Gee that looks close to exposing some nerves. You gotta get it capped or it will eventually wear down to the nerve endings-which surely must be half a mil away. Plus it looks a tad spooky.

PS- Sorry, can't help with any gybing info (on L plates there..), but you've certainly made me think about my teeth in relation to the boom.

wbailey said...

Sorry to see your injury Sue. Can commiserate as I have put my top front teeth into my bottom lip when crashing into the boom when wave sailing after coming off a jump. What's a bit of pain and blood when compared to the joy of windsurfing?

Don't think a mouthguard would work as it means you would have to do all your breathing through your nose and have to keep you mouth closed most of the time.

As for your technique, if you commit your weight to the inside rail and hold the rig down so it loads up the board, you should make it more times than not. You may also have to make your turn a bit wider so you have a flatter board profile. Try it - good luck with the tooth.

Remember Jack Nicholson once said "You can't handle the tooth."

Wavesailing..yep my first thoughts were cripes I'm only sailing on the lake!.I think I might stay clear of the waves if I can damage myself this well on the lake!.
Maybe a wider arc would be the way to go..It's going to be hard to be game enough to enter choppy gybes as aggressively after this stack..eek.. Oh well i better not do it too often as I can't afford to! Sounds like it will be about c $300 to fix although they haven't seen it yet..I had visions of $1000 etc as I don't go to dentists much but have heard horror stories re $.
Don't understand the quote?

So many things to think about gybing need to focus on the getting low & pulling down into the boom..out again today . Not as windy.Once I got up to top speed I whimped & came in to change down sail + board but murphy's law.. It died down again.. Good sail though.
Everytime I went into a gybe I thought about crashing..

Just wear one of these !!



But don't say "Are you.... there Clarice" in a deep voice cause that would freak people out!

looks painful!!

Lake chop can be worse than sea chop because it's closer spaced. If it's shorter wavelength than the board, then no amount of knee bend is going to solve the fact.

The board bounces less when it's on its side and when you're sheeted right in.

Most importantly, the boom shouldn't be in front of your face anyway - try to keep sight of as much of the nose of the board until you flip the rig, this will make you lean the rig to leeward plus make you come forward to look around it.

busterwa said...

Just wear one of these !!



But don't say "Are you.... there Clarice" in a deep voice cause that would freak people out!

Where can I get one??..

Glynn Merrit said...

I have broken many teeth I go for the cheap cap they seem to last me well.
I have never broken one wind surfing but come close too it a few times I manly break mine biting on chops bone I alway find something hard in my food while my wife never finds anything but she has good teeth with no fillings.
Looks bad I know how you feel try keeping your mouth shut next time?

I was probably going @#@##!! as I went in...

ginger pom said...

sboardcrazy said...

ginger pom said...

looks painful!!

Lake chop can be worse than sea chop because it's closer spaced. If it's shorter wavelength than the board, then no amount of knee bend is going to solve the fact.

The board bounces less when it's on its side and when you're sheeted right in.

Most importantly, the boom shouldn't be in front of your face anyway - try to keep sight of as much of the nose of the board until you flip the rig, this will make you lean the rig to leeward plus make you come forward to look around it.

I still can't seem to straighten my front arm and I keep the rig too close to my body..I know I do it but changing it is hard..I get it occasionally in flat water but in survival chop I go to bits. I definitely need to pull down into the boom more and get further forward..
Also now this has happened it will be hard to go charging in as usual..I think the chop was just short and sharp..I usually go further till I get to flatter water but there were strips of floating weed there so I turned earlier.MM good idea re looking to see if you can see the nose.. Only problem is need and try to look at the exit the whole way through the gybe as it goes better..

Enter on a very broad reach for a while. You don't need to consciously extend when you do this cos the rig pulls you forward

If you let it..
I just almost gave myself a heart attack...I was ringing around to find a dentist to fix my broken tooth and the lady said.'.Ok that's fine he can take it out and have it fixed today and put it back in..' ??????!!! EEkk....
Then we realised I'd rung a denture place and she was talking about false teeth..lol's
Phew.. It sounded pretty drastic. How was he going to put my pulled tooth back in..?.

bad luck Sue,

you need a big trailer or van to carry all the gear to the beach, or go back to Lord Howe where taz will bring a different board ready, like a golf caddy

Wow, bad luck. It looks like it should be painful.

Gybing overpowered in choppy water is much like bottom turning on waves here in the uk. It's really important to engage the rail so that you slice through the chop and make your turn more predictable. Here's a few tips to help you do this.

Move your back hand right down the boom before you initiate the turn. The extra leverage will help you control the power in the rig.

As you start turning, lean the rig into the turn and oversheet, pulling your back hand almost behind you. This does three things. It dumps the power in the rig so that it's easier to turn the board off the rail, it puts pressure on your back foot which engages the rail and it directs the power from your rig (through the mast base) sideways into the water keeping the nose from bouncing around.

Don't hold the over-sheeted position too long, perhaps a second at most. It'll help you turn faster and tighter so you'll need to open the rig faster too. Once the rail is engaged you'll have the control (hopefully) to open the rig and move it forwards.

Remember to ensure that your back foot is as far back as possible to engage the rail. Banking the board over on the soft rail further up the board is less effective and you'll be more likely to trip.

So, wide hands, wide feet and oversheet. Easy (not)
Good luck

Wood Duck said...

You could probably do with a wax as well.

Or a shave...