For the first time my beloved took some photos of me windsurfing yesterday. I was shocked on seeing them how bad my technique looked. I thought I was leaning into the turns, but it looks like I'm actually leaning backwards. Do I need more weight on front arm and leg to keep the board flat? I actually made it around 90% of the corners yesterday, I could post the shots immediately after these ones which show me sailing away from these gybes, and came out of a few of them fully planing, (flip that rig way earlier than what you think!), but it's weird to actually see yourself in action. A great learning tool if you can get someone to take some shots for you. Then compare them to magazine shots, or some of the ones on seabreeze, to realise what you need to do.
BTW, water like a bath, shorts, rashie and sunhat, fully powered on 6.5 with smooth water,

If you plane out, then you can't be too far off.

I've found the Alpha division using a GPS to really help my gybes as well. Mainly by showing me that I've still got a long way to go

easty said...

mineral1 said...

Lovely set of Lilly legs on ya
Your pulling the piss surely re able to gybe OK. Any gybe you don't get dunked is a good gybe
Mineral

Yeah don't get dunked too much if it's flat, but throw in a bit of steep chop then that's where lack of proper technique gives you even more waterstart practice.

That was meant to be a

easty said...


What's the Alpha division? Looked at some of the gps tracks and you can see the smooth corners at the end of each run - or if you stuff the gybe, fall off, waterstart, and then get going, does the track still look like a smooth curve?

It allows you to measure how good your gybe was, and give it a number:

http://www.intellimass.com/RealSpeed/Alpha%20Racing.htm

thats a great looking spot you got there easty, looking forward to the noreasters on the weekend

Hey Easty ,nice pics. If you don't like the look of them, then stay away from the camcorder, that really shows all the things you are doing wrong. My main problem was hanging on to the rig too long, even my wife ( who doesn't windsurf but has watched Peter hart when in the room with me) can be heard behind the camera saying let the back hand go you and flick the rig you tosser.

fitz66 said...

Hey Easty ,nice pics. If you don't like the look of them, then stay away from the camcorder, that really shows all the things you are doing wrong. My main problem was hanging on to the rig too long, even my wife ( who doesn't windsurf but has watched Peter hart when in the room with me) can be heard behind the camera saying let the back hand go you and flick the rig you tosser.

Same here.....but I think she watches the w/surfing vids when I'm not at home too.....which worries me, 'coz she doesn't windsurf?!?

BTW Easty, I reckon my technique's similar to the pics you posted...I can gybe around, but my consistency with stance sucks, sometimes I do it easy, most times I get wet, mainly at rig flick point. I'd post pics my wife takes of me, but she waits until I'm slogging, standing upright in no wind close to the beach!

Easty i think your boom is a little high.If you drop it just a little you will be able to put more downward pressure on the boom giving you a more controlable turn.
If you stay on your toes and push down on the boom this eleminates the leaning back habit ,keeps the nose down and initiates the rail.Think of it as riding a motorbike around a bend.
cheers

Easty, you need to lean forward a hell of a lot more, weight on front foot, straighten your front arm, everything else looks pretty good.

easty said...


Hey, maybe a good idea for a topic - people post photos of themselves and get feedback from the better sailors. Be a good learning tool for everyone.

Jeez, its bad enough having people laugh at my gut overhanging my harness, my double chins, not to mention my gumby style in person, let alone having the whole seabreeze community humiliating me

no worries Easty, i learnt to lean forward by doing one handed gybes, a tip i got from the old freesail mag, you have to bend forward and down to drag your back hand through the water half way through the turn, worked a treat and learnt a new trick at the same time.

fatwa said...

ahhh cremorne!

i grew up down there, top spot easty

Yep, tops. Lagoon, ocean beach, pointbreak surfing, top salmon and flattie fishing, love to live there, have to settle for 25min drive. (but 5 mins from work)

easty said...

fatwa said...

ahhh cremorne!

i grew up down there, top spot easty

Yep, tops. Lagoon, ocean beach, pointbreak surfing, top salmon and flattie fishing, love to live there, have to settle for 25min drive. (but 5 mins from work)

Some pretty good oysters in that lagoon too. Just dont step on 'em.

1. Bend Ze Knees!

Gestalt said...

1. Bend Ze Knees!

Ha ha, I bet myself another bottle of red that would be the first! Cheers (burp)

thanks easty thats another problem solved only 100 to go , ill have to go out today and practice,practice , wind starting to pickup im outer here cheers bazz