In and out, it just depends on the jump. Hitting waves on the way out, mostly unhooked. Big long jumps over ocean swell, mostly hooked in. High jumps with tail first splash down, mostly unhooked. But after saying that it can be the other way around for all situations....I think it's a personal and feels right at the time thing. I don't do crazy spinny jumps so I have no idea about them.

Unhooked I tend to jump higher......

?????? Straps, you should definitely be in you straps when jumping....

My 2 cents.

Learning I'd suggest out of the harness..I decided to start to jump hooked in once , hit a ramp overpowered and massive stack really hurt..Much safer out until you get it sorted..

PhilSWR said...

sboardcrazy said...
Learning I'd suggest out of the harness..I decided to start to jump hooked in once , hit a ramp overpowered and massive stack really hurt..Much safer out until you get it sorted..

Yeah, Sue, that's part of the reason I'm doing them un-hooked for now. Firged it's easier to bail. When they begin to feel natural and I get comfortable, I'll try them hooked in. Pretty exciting feeling going airborn hey! I'm hooked.

One reason Id like to get back into the surf..much easier to get airborne.. hard not too..

FlickySpinny said...
I'm almost always unhooked (prob one in ten jumps hooked in) just because that feels right to me and I can get far more lift from being able to fully extend my front hand forward and upwards on take-off than I can if I'm hooked in.

Mate of mine jumps hooked in all the time... and he bends booms and has once pushed a mast track deep into the board as a result of the loads he exerts on his rig when landing flat.

Whatever works for you.

Sounds like it's better / safer to stick with not using the harness lines.

As jumping is new to me, (only two sessions so far) all I'm up to now is- point board slightly down wind to get on the plan, lock feet in straps, build up speed, line up a swell or wave and launch. Been lifting the rear foot on take off, and holding it up during flight, then lowering it slowly just before hitting the water. My "jumps" are primarily flat, 60 cm high (max) and around 3 meters so across. Ultimately I wanna stretch that out to over meter high and 5-10 meters across But gotta start in the shallow end of the pool I guess...

You mentioned, "Fully extend my front hand forward and upwards". I assume by doing this you're getting leverage off the boom? Bare with me, only been sailing for 11 months