Looking for tips on my jumping stance... Going for straight forward nothing fancy jump, in pictures I always seem to have the sail back to the side of my body with front arm across my chest. Bending my legs up, but see I should maybe extend the front leg? Should I be hanging more directly below the sail (not to the side)? Any tips gratefully received :)
It does look a bit weird. Are you raking the sail back to turn upwind before you jump?
Select to expand quotethedoor said..
It does look a bit weird. Are you raking the sail back to turn upwind before you jump?
Yes quite upwind to hit ramps, can see it on the water... maybe should try more cross-wind next time to make a comparison
I think you need to extend the front leg all the way, maybe that will get your torso more inside too.
Trying underhand grip may give you different position when you pull yourself close to the sail.
Select to expand quotenorwaysail said..thedoor said..
It does look a bit weird. Are you raking the sail back to turn upwind before you jump?
Yes quite upwind to hit ramps, can see it on the water... maybe should try more cross-wind next time to make a comparison
Either jump off more across the ramps or get more over the board and carve the board upwind with your feet instead of raking the sail back
I never rake the sail back before, as, or after jumping because that causes pressure on tail of board so you land pointed upwind, spinout, and come to a crawl.
You want to land slightly OFF the wind to stay planing and avoid spinouts.
Extend your back leg and you'll be migrating nicely towards table tops. We all have our different styles when jumping and some things come more naturally to us.
Upwind jumps are the safest (high jumps, backloops...), downwind to keep momentum (forwards, nose dives).
How are your landings? Can you cope with different types of ramps?
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Extend your back leg and you'll be migrating nicely towards table tops. We all have our different styles when jumping and some things come more naturally to us.
Upwind jumps are the safest (high jumps, backloops...), downwind to keep momentum (forwards, nose dives).
How are your landings? Can you cope with different types of ramps?
Cheers, yes so far have just been doing what felt comfortable without thinking too much, but now with gopro am trying to to see whats actually going on and try to improve.
Landings are mostly pretty good, normally manage to bear off before I hit the water. Problem over here is that we only get wind swell so mostly heading upwind to ramp. Perhaps I should man up and head off the wind and use the back of the swell? I do find the more downwind I go, the more chance I nose dive... I guess thats over-sheeting pushing the nose down.
Cheers for the top tips people!
Practice Practice Practice 
Downwind jump = long jump
Upwind jump = high jump
Nose dives on downwind jumps are a nice tool to have when crossing swell in side-on conditions to maintain the plane.
Your style of tucking and use of power will improve with practice yes!
This is what an average chop hop looks like:
Here is a sequence I did of a chop hop few years ago... shows upwind take-off down wind landing, so might help...
The raked back sail looks a little awkward. I used to point my toes and tuck the board under me to get some lift from the board. The overhand grip with lots of heavy landings ended up giving me tendonitis in the shoulder so I changed to underhand.
