Big guy with a big sail (especially for 30knots).

The big sail gives lots of lift and floatation in the air.

Lots of strength to hold position and float downwind through each jump.

A very strong windsurfer!

flipper4444 said...

OK, next time I go for a windsurf, I am going to sail my 6.6 cam sail in 30 knots, and see if i can get some air like mr. cook

In a video he once said two things make him fly:

real flat rocker: He sails with a roberts custom built slalom board

A power wave sail: He sails with a sail called the Hucker that has alot of low down power.

So the board gives him a fast take off and the sail gives him the lift.

Dale was saying on one of the sailworks vids that the boards today have to much rocker and the sails are to flat, so it makes it alot harder to get huge air and hang time.

Im going to go out with a smaller sail in 30-40kts next time then i may have the energy and be standing upright enough to try a jump!

This guy is apparently a gorge legend. This vis was posted last year. He can fly and has great on flight control.

The only tall skinny bloke I know that it could be is Dan?

The wind there funnels in and helps with sailors getting "extra" height.
I remeber seeing a Mag article in the 90's where robby was promoing his new gear, the wind picked up, and he grab the display rig and went out and popped some 15-20ft airs like dale of stock gear which he sold after he sailed back....

Heres a clip of some hardcore ppl doin what dale's doin in the late 80's (circa pre 87)...



Again, nothing special about the gear, and if you took this gear out on a wave, I don't reckon ppl were getting that kind of lift....

Well then i may be wrong......seems KC-21 = sailmaker Bruce Peterson - founder of gorge based sail company sailworks..... lots of years of R&D with sails at that place then ....

Dale cook was saying that the older gear is better for jumping, cause the older fiber glass wave boards had alot less rocker and were more narrow, so they were faster. And the myler sails had alot more shape than todays sails, wich created more lift. So that's why they designed and built the Hucker

G, he must be good at swimming to his rig, he is allways looseing his rigin the videos

Wet Willy said...

flipper4444 said...

G, he must be good at swimming to his rig, he is allways looseing his rigin the videos

They show the same wipeout 3 times...wakey wakey, son

nar he has lost his rig on the second vid at the end son, your getting cheeky willy keep it real hommy

Chris 249 said...

Dale's not the only guy who reckons that new gear isn't the best for lift - plenty of other guys were saying that a long while ago. The jumps in Heart and Soul (posted yesterday) are another example, apparently.

Despite all the hype, flatter sails create less lift for the same area, all else being equal. They are low in drag, but also (AFAIK) lower in lift; probably just basic aerodynamics.

I say, the Wally is the best thing to do real high jumps

I have just been out in the bay fellas and had another go at the dale cook jump with a 5.3 sail. I got a little higher than normal, but the wind angle was not really right tho, it was blowing to on shore. But this weekend looks good as the northlys are meant to swing NW more side on shore going by the bom forecast. I have to master the dale cook jump it's me goal fellas

nice man Hey there is a video online i have been looking every where for it and it shows a guy jumping a long board with a 7.5 m sail. His jumps look very simular to dales style of jumping. Has any one else seen the video? The video is fairly current it was made not that long ago.

Hi Flipper 4444.

I think you need very strong winds, which get stronger/gustier as you rise in the jump.

Also, you need to use the board for added lift by raising the windward rail and getting the wind under the board.

The hardest thing is to control the board/rig as there a great deal of turbulence in these type of jumps.

Good luck in your quest!

PS: Get someone to video your progress!

Think this is the one i was looking for

Look at the fin. It basically is slalom kit. The modern really wide boards would be very difficult to control in the air.

SeanAUS120 said...

Wonder how high he'd go on slalom kit?

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