👍 That description of how to get started on your Windsurfer with a sufficient amount of wind in the sail to perform a step start was precise, and another benefit of it is that the sail doesn't get wet and can billow more thoroughly which keeps it lighter for guidance movements after getting started.

Hee Sam, I've learned alot from your videos's, but there is one thing i am missing. There are some videos on youtube which show it, but they do not go into detail. I am talking about active planing by pumping your rig. I am trying to manage this skill but I don't have an example which shows me some tips and tricks, could you do a video on this?

@trexinvert

7 жыл бұрын

Did you ever get the answer? I have some experience in this. Basically, "planing" means riding on the tail or like on a motorcycle doing a wheelie. You can simulate this feeling anytime by just standing on the tail. Make it sink and raise the front. That's it. Now, the trick is maintaining balance in low wind. Most planing instructions are confusing because it seems to happen "naturally and smoothly" in strong/good wind conditions this is true. There's no forcing the nose up, by squatting down to apply more force on the tail. Earlier as an intermediate windsurfer I could actually plane(unintentionally) on a beginner board with both feet across the mast in strong(rare) gusts of 20-25 knots. I know I was planing because the board traction on the water started to get very slippery and squirrelly. Started bouncing and humming. It was scary and I felt a little out of control. I didn't know to get into the straps. Now I do. In the absence of wind the mechanics of planing is really just standing on the tail, and pulling back on the boom to lift the nose. Of course without wind you will lift the nose momentarily and then sink tail first. With low wind you can force a plane for a few seconds by pulling the sail back for both wind grab and also to force the nose up. Make sense?

@jaryH3

7 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't. To get planing, you need to make pressure on the front leg. You want to sort of force the board to overrun it's own wake. Before pumping, you need to bear away (head downwind). Then you start pumping, keeping the heading and keep the pressure on the front foot. There may or may be enough wind to start planing. If it is, the board drag is reduced and you are able to stay on plane and even go little upwind. It is easier with lighter carbon (LTD) boards.

@jaryH3

6 жыл бұрын

On 1:11 one can see the pressure on front foot. The back foot is flexed into a bend, hips and shoulders twisted into the direction of travel. It is even more pronounced at 1:16 and further. That's when she is exploiting some gust. She is hanging from the boom, full power in the front leg, back leg quite relaxed, just for keeping the stability. And she is low to have advantge over the sail.

@RobManser77

3 жыл бұрын

Nico Prien has done a really good video on this.

What about the difference between going up and downwind?

@guidoguida8865

3 жыл бұрын

Don't know if you still need an answer, anyway, when downwind (hence going further away from the wind) the pressure is on your toes and the legs' positioning is with your back leg bent and the front one extended and straight, with pressure on both feet, since you are trying to keep the board flat going that fast due to fin power. Head looks over the boom and ahead of the mast. For the upwind course instead legs are both slightly bent and you stand quite upright with head and torso looking into the wind direction over your front shoulder. The foot pressure is this time on the heels, that push the rail and the tail away from the wind and make the front of the board turn in the direction of the wind. A tip: going upwind is not as easy as going downwind if you are a beginner, and while you can hop on board and go downwind in seconds you can't do that upwind, since the board can go upwind correctly only after a downwind course. What I suggest is to gain speed downwind and then turn upwind

Full Intermediate windsurf playlist now online. kzread.info/head/PLP7KGVZy0gFQZIm3nx-4nl5RHru074imd

What size so should I get from 5 ft

can I do this in upwind surfing?

what about getting up?