Turning downwind:
COACHING WINDWISE TECHNIQUE
SHORT BOARD NON-PLANING
This is hard work but so, so, so good for your windsurfing, especially IF you exaggerate your Warrior, vision and move your hands! Get out there, do the hard yards and work down in volume until you can do it on anything.
Before you start … remember your touch points. 1. Back hand down the boom. 2. Back foot well back. 3. Chin on rear shoulder.
Turning downwind:
Look downwind, chin near or on rear shoulder, wide hands( clew hand pulled in and down towards your head. Lever the rig out of the turn as the body leans, in Warrior over that flexed knee ridiculously far forward and into the turn. If the tail sinks lean body( and even the rig) forward more.
This does wonders for your windsurfing flexibility, counter balance and ability to stay on that board in tricky situations. The amount of times I’ ve been caught out on a wave, lost wind, speed, power and been incredibly grateful to still be on that board with crashing white water around me. Become amazing at it if you have any aspirations to wave sail.
SHORT BOARD NON- PLANING IN THE STRAPS
Warning – this is hard!
To get into the straps off the plane( this was shot in six knots), lean forward,‘ sail ugly’ by pulling down heavily on the boom, keep the rig forward more than you thought possible and slip both feet into the strap. If the tail sinks, get the body and rig forward more! Then run through your FWWR ethos … and watch your wave sailing ability soar!
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