hi decrep,

i think the main reason slalom racers do the step is because they are usually being covered by someone coming into the marker, so they need to exit clew first to keep the power on. plus it lets them change course half way through the gybe for overtaking because their feet have switched. advantage with step gybe for learners is that they are easier to balance.

whenever i try gybes like snides photo i stall. i keep flipping the rig too late.

i reckon freesailing in chop sailquik is on the money. pulling down through the boom keeps the board on the water.

just noticed this topic..
i.m.o look for the flattest water available to initiate the gybe on, nothing flatters a gybe like flat water...the real test is initiating and maintaining speed through a gybe in chop! and i dont think i have seen anyone do it as well as slow boat..he would be the best to comment on this.
he gave me some tips a couple of weeks ago for gybing in chop and the 1 thing that really stuck out was his comment about maintaing mast foot pressure via pulling down on the front hand through the turn as much as possible.
for us light guys it can be hard to gybe in chop because you cant get enough weight on the rail as you bare off and try to set the leeward rail its easy to start bouncing over the chop which then leads to problems.
leaning forward in the turn,pulling down on the front hand (which should be fingers over the boom) even sliding the mast step forward a little will help keep the board carving through the chop.
as i said gybing in flat water is very easy as you dont have the chop pushing you about and off balance, gybing in chop fast is what sorts the men out from the boys and unfortunately i am still a boy at that
here is link to a flat water gybe.www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=8822

we've seen the beautiful.

now the ugly. this is me demonstrating one of my badder moments on what not to do,

i like to call it "The good, The bad and The ugly"



anyone for another pie?

the slow boat gybe perspective...not the 1 i was looking for though...

snides8 said...

sailquik said...

Bit nervous but here goes.....

cooool! smooth as silk!

Andrew i have some head cam footage from hardies run but not sure how to post it..any tips?

The easiest way is to (if not already signed up) create account on YouTube, post the footage there and then post the link to that footage here.
Same as sailquik has.

sailquik said...

Bit nervous but here goes.....

bloody poetry in motion sailquik

Is there a secret to the effortless gybe? [/unquote]
Utube as a training aid!
Here is THE SECRET (sorry to shout but this is of considerable consequence)

Not only should one make the sail go light, one should make the BOARD go light at the moment that it thinks it might do it's bog down act.

Snow sliders unweight their board to change edges. Either UP unweighting or DOWN unweighting will work, but the longest lightness results from an "up" merging into a "down". Sailquik's "up" comes from the flattening of the board, and the "down" comes from dropping into the "power out" position.

The board looks like it will never stop planing because there is nobody on it!

Just did a Google Earth search.
Cremorne Is on that piece of land between Sydney Harbour and Middle Harbour - water in walking distance north, east and south.

susie will you join my windsurfinf harem, na joking my little red head would kill me any back to subject cremorne is just out hobart tas

Let's see what you guys think of this one


In contrary to Sailquik, I always put my frontfoot first in the footstraps after any sail-switch, and my frontfoot never gets placed behind the frontstrap. I do use the direct underhand technique though. I guess all that is the most common way to jibe anyway. Comments welcome.