To review main steps go to 10:56 & 7:00 & 8:40 & 11:30 & 12:15. Seriously becoming my favorite windsurf channel.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you like my videos and thank you for helping others with time stamps! :) Stay posted for more.

👍 The Helitack description was precise and in sequence with the actions shown, and as I'd run my own Windsurfing school during the mid 1980s I knew that although a gybe is most common to perform the actions used in a Heli-tack is of benefit to know also. Particularly standing upon Slalom boards, but especially when using Wave-boards.

Τέλεια! Best explanation available on KZread. Will test it out as soon as back on the water. this will be in light ioanian summer winds, so will have to practice with a very big sail…σε ευχαριστω…

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope it helps :D Παρακαλω!

Thank you. This is a great, detailed and non-patronising explanation of helitack.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you liked it! Hope you get it perfected soon! :)

Very easy to understand which gives a beginner confidence. A big thank you, Kyriakos.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you liked it! Hopefully you get it soon! :)

I watched this video and found it very helpful. Around 3.03 you talk about the main mistake. I finally understand the mistake I am making. I often when trying to back wind the sail it powers up again…I was not slicing the sail into the wind (front of the board). Thanks for pointing this out as it finally got me to do this move correctly. Love your instructional videos! Keep ‘em coming.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

Жыл бұрын

I am glad I could help! Keep up the good work and progress. :)

Excellent video! Good explanation, covering points that some videos don't mention!

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed it. I hope it helps you out! :)

Ok! Sorry guys... at around 12:50 looks like I make a small mistake and start referring to the duck gybe! Everything I am saying is obviously about the Heli Tack I just got confused in my head. Didn't even notice until some of you guys mentioned that to me! ( I do have a duck gybe video so go find that if you wanna know how to make your duck gybes smooth and easy! )

best explanation , thank you man you are the best. i will try it on Saturday

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

Very nice explanation. Beautiful breakdown

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope it helps! :)

Great video, good tips I will try next time on the water

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Go for it and have fun :D Good luck!

Thanks, easy to understand!

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear it! Hope it helps :)

Thanks! Great video, I'll get around to it eventually! So far I've only managed to give myself the tree on the legs :D

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! That is very normal... focus on the part where I said you dont have to cross the sail over the wind line to make it rotate. You simply slice it into the wind, approximately over the nose of the board and you hold that position and wait. That is usually the main reason you hit your legs! :D

Great video, thanks

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :)

τέλειος δεν έχω λόγια😊

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Ευχαριστω πολυ! :D

Awesome! I need to get practicing, but it is so cold here.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

I know its not the best time of year to be posting new videos but this way you can get a head start! :D Maybe even some land practice to get used tot he sail being backwinded :) Either way, next time you are on the water just go for it! Good luck!

@mousikantis

3 жыл бұрын

Γεια σου Κυριάκο σε ευχαριστούμε !

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

@@mousikantis Εγω ευχαριστω! :)

Thanks Kakos! Good explanation, well presented. I've subscribed. I don't think the dog at 4:54 was impressed, though.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt-0!! Thanks for the kind words... This dog is never impressed. He is a tough audience and quite stuck up at times if you ask me! :D

Great video! Could u please explain the difference between a heli tack and a jibe?

Great Vid!!! Thanks for highlighting the 2 options for the exit, can't wait to get on the water and try letting the sail go when my front foot lands. Do I have that right? I always get over powered on the exit and fly off the nose of the board. Brilliant advice! (sometimes I fly off more literally than I want and land really far from the board)

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Glad I could help! Yes that is basically right but I wouldnt put such a 'strict' rule on it. Especially when you are first practicing your dont want to have to think about too many little things. So, just try to feel your way around it... you should not feel any of that pull that normally throws u off if you get the timing right! :)

@johnb1677

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind Thanks Kyriakos! I'll keep working on it!

3:34 haha. Who's a good boy...! lol..

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thats Rocky all right!

Thanks boss👌

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Hope it helps! :)

@reimop9595

3 жыл бұрын

Cant wait the spring or 9mm suit 😄 Thanks, it seems not very difficult i should try.

@vaggelisvassos1455

3 жыл бұрын

Αδελφέ αν επιτρέπεται τα βίντεο που γυρνάς σε ποιο μέρος είναι.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

@@reimop9595 it really isnt once you get the feeling of the sail position! Practicing on land could help with that and make it easier in the water! :) Good luck!

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaggelisvassos1455 Γεια σου φιλε μου! Το μερος ειναι το Windsurfers' World στην Ροδο! Το καλυτερο μερος το καλοκαιρι! :D

You ended up mentioning duck jibe all the time though ;) I was also wondering if you wouldnt keep rotating the sail while the board rotates, to keep the sail pointing in the wind.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes just rewatched the video and noticed I get mixed up! Sorry about that... I am still talking about the heli tack, just referring to it with the wrong name :D I dont fully understand your second question. Care to explain more?

@Aijse

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind I mean that after you backwinded the sail and the board starts turning, you should also turn the sail, but in the oposite direction. This way you keep the sail at the same angle in relation to the wind direction. That's what I do atleast, but I am just learning it, so I am not sure.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aijse to make it simple: You want to 'slice' the sail across the wind, towards the nose of the board fast so that you start catching the wind backwind. In this position your mast will be over the nose of the board or JUST past it, your front arm is extended towards the nose and your weight on the front leg that is slightly bent. So at this point you should be backwinded but you will feel the pressure in the front part of the sail (at the mast not at the clew) and then all you have to do is wait in that position! all your kit stays the same, like it is stuck! You dont turn anything except your head that looks where you want to go. You just wait until the equipment has come to the right position, so you can finish the turn by rotating the sail. I hope this makes sense! :)

Fix the sound! Do one with mic. Tnx for the videos, good one! great work!

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed it

if you can do a video on how to get planning. for us the beginners / intermediates that we find it difficult to get planning because something we do wrong maybe with the feet or the harness. i don't know my brain cannot get it how this is works.

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Savvas, Check this out and hopefully it helps. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYesu9ayYa7Rdrg.html Main idea when trying to get planing is to use the pressure through the harness and mastfoot to control your gear

@thezerogforce

2 жыл бұрын

@@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind thank you very much

Of couse the dog has done millions of heli tacks , he is bored :P (10:37)

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

8 ай бұрын

For sure! Nothing new for him

Very good camera woman you have :P

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

The best!!! :D

@jacksbackable

3 жыл бұрын

👀No wonder you forgot the manoeuvre you were explaining.......😝🏖🌴☀️😎🇦🇺

Hello, your vidéo is vers good but could you make it in french 🙏🙏👍👍

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Unfortunately my French is not good at all :D

i am here only for 4:37

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

your favourite part of any move! :D

@justinasm3769

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind 9:04

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

@@justinasm3769 hahahhhaaha

Как всегда - слишком много лишних движений и слов!

@kyriakosgiakoumaroswingandwind

3 жыл бұрын

If thats what you think, then thats fine! Just dont fault it until you try it :)