made this video from some clips taken from last summer, its pretty repetitive.. the board is a flare 88 which is one of my favourite boards ever, it has a Isonic rocker and is one of the best shapes in the last ten years.. but I sold it!

Unreal sailing in that clip!! Well done.

You would have to be australias best freestyler. I assume Jaeger Stone's would be at that level and above, but he's a fully sponsered/payed professional.

barny is the man, make sure ya come back and visit us at the pit again dude this summer

Hey Barn, does SP=Sandy Point?

Also, did it really take you 2 years to learn the flaka?

Cheers!

yeah its sandy point, thats not the main speed run though and it only works in an easterly.. thats corner is better for me because I cant do any moves that need flat water on starboard so the main run is pretty useless.. unless I learn everything again on the other tack..

Also the flat water on the inside in a sea breezes are pretty useless for freestyle for me for the same reason..


It took me 2 years to learn to flaka because I was doing it wrong, not because they are hard.. For some reason I decided my way was the correct method and everyone that could already do them was using the wrong method!..

When I used the right method on the other tack I landed my 1st one, so it can take 2 years to learn it yourself, and one day if u use the right method!!! (just like everything)

Troppo said...

so whats the method then.?

nice vid btw

The method is commitment, I was trying to place the sail exactly right because thats what the good guys do when they have learnt how to do them...

But this just meant I was just slicing the rig forward, and that doesnt work, you have to commit your sail, and your shoulders, hips, head and everything above your waist into the wind..

also before entering the move dont over sheet. Because if you over sheet, you then need to swing the sail around your body to get it into the wind... and this swinging action will stop your body rotating.. for every action bla bla bla..


so the sail rakes back and away from your body before you jump, almost sheeting out.. the sail slices in a straight line, not swung around your body.

and loads of timing.


here is my mate max who I never listened to, notice the sail and commitment into the wind, then the board follows after.. (I also used to try stick the nose in the water and pivot around on it, thats also wrong)

Love your videos they are complete class, but I do think you should drop in some Andy Barnes old school moves!

dan berry said...

Geez you guys have some big dunes down Canberra way.

Umm...none of these vids are from Canberra. Either from Sandy Point (south of Melbourne) or Gerroa which is NSW, a few hours south from Sydney.

Although I've never been there, I reckon the footage with sand dunes in the distance are probably Sandy Point.

so Barn, I'm interested in your thoughts; let's say you see a new trick...something you want to try. How would you go about learning it?

Trousers said...

dan berry said...

Geez you guys have some big dunes down Canberra way.

Umm...none of these vids are from Canberra. Either from Sandy Point (south of Melbourne) or Gerroa which is NSW, a few hours south from Sydney.

Although I've never been there, I reckon the footage with sand dunes in the distance are probably Sandy Point.

so Barn, I'm interested in your thoughts; let's say you see a new trick...something you want to try. How would you go about learning it?

Yes I forgot to mention, as well as clips from gerroa and sandy point, there were a 3 clips from the nations capitol... from a secret lagoon at the very end of lake george!.. or maybe that was brasil, cant remember.. (I have a whole video from that location on my vimeo page)

Yes sometimes watching pros nail moves its hard to try to copy them, they are doing so many subtle movements that are impossible to pick up.. Its almost easier to copy someone who has just learnt, good and bad actions are exaggerated and fairly obvious to the laymen..

But that leaves the problem of finding someone who has just learnt the move your trying to master.. You can always find that person at a windy holiday location, but that means going on a windsurfing holiday..

Sorry for being off topic but why can't you watch vimeo on an apple product?

Barn,

Other than practise, what training stuff would you recommend? Is trickionary any good?

Amazing by the way!

haha Sorry for any misleading suggestions that canberra has epic lagoons, the clips with the sand dunes (maxs flaka and my spock) come from my trip to brazil last summer.. I just put them in cause I found them on my computer... Anyone who has seen four dimensions will have seen the lagoons before.

Easiest way to learn anything is to book a flight to Jeri, its windy there right now, every day 30knots.. take triktionary because u will run out of moves to try!

flipper, the video with more footage from the sand dunes is called jeri2009, click on the vimeo tag, and youll see my other videos.. ive posted it on seabreeze before so im not doin it again..

but heres some more Jeri for anyone who hasnt seen it before, its me filming max.. he sells power balance bands so hes way better than me!

What's wrong with these people?!!

quality stuff barn!

barn said...
Unfortunately I think its more relative to the poor state of affairs of freestyle windsurfing in australia more than anything... there are 12yo dutch kids who can kick my ass and they learn in a semi frozen pond.. whats happening?

You have just answered your own question... the lack of waves in most European spots (ie semi frozen pond) was the start of Freestyle.

Given the sheer abundance of wave sailing locations in OZ most people sooner or later get hooked to that and simply can't get enough. Then by the time they might start thinking about Freestyle because wave sailing bores them their body is so fcked up they simply can no longer do it.

After several torn ligaments in my foot and a knee that's starting to play up. I don't even bother thinking about any of that twisty twirly spinny freestyle stuff. Still it's great to watch.