80 COACHING WINDWISE TECHNIQUE
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR WARRIOR
No matter what your level or aspirations, here’s how to start to get to grips with your
inner warrior. Keep it simple, exaggerate and most importantly enjoy!
Windwise Warrior Key Points
Obviously you won’t take one hand off
during a move, but this shot fully
exaggerates the concept. Try this on any
board or rig to get the idea first.
1. Look in the direction you want to go +
Windwise Touch Points = chin on or
very close to shoulder.
2. Lean over a heavily flexed knee.
3. Lever the mast/rig the opposite way.
Warrior Skills Training
With the warrior concept in your mind,
blend it into whatever transition you’re
trying to learn.
Warrior Uphaul
I’ve always suggested we need to change the
way beginners are taught to uphaul (all over
the world). Standing with your feet across the
board, across the wind, with the rig elevated
out of the water at 90 degrees to the board,
might work on your first few days on the
water but it is a disaster in stronger winds,
rough water or smaller boards it is NOT a
‘secure position’!!! From now on promise me
you’ll use your Warrior stance and, just as
importantly turn the board much more into
wind (never across the wind), so that the rig
comes out of the water from the back to the
front of the board.
Warrior Tack Exit 2
At the end of your tacks, don’t rush to
bring the rig forward, keep the sail towards
the tail, and adopt a look, lean and lever
Warrior stance/action to get stable first!
(We will do a full feature on how to
transform your tacks using Warrior shortly)
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