Lots of good stuff posted here:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Carve-Gybing-2/I have no problem step gybing in relative smooth water. However I suspect my technique is challenged in 20+ knots, choppy conditions, which is often the norm at my local sailing spot.
I generally find the carve maintains speed and the edge of the board digs in when I adhere to the advice of:
1. bending the knees
2. keep rig forward and sheeted into the turn.
However when I come out of the turn the board feels unstable when I execute the step and rig flip. Hence I often leave the rig flip until I'm facing in the return direction, and by then I'm no longer planing out of the turn, and almost at a standstill. The feeling of instability is due to the fact the board is planing, no longer carving and riding over lumpy water sometimes down a wave face.
Any tips to improve are welcome.
