WindsurfingUK Issue 9 December 2018 | Page 10

10 COACHING WINDWISE TECHNIQUE How to control being over powered If you do find yourself suddenly way over powered up, with not enough time to change sail for the last few runs of the day, it’s time to accentuate your ‘Sunken 7’ stance and check in on those Windwise touch points. Windwise ‘Sunken 7’ touch points: accentuate! Rear hand: Rear hand should be weightless and within ‘thumb’ touching distance of the rear line (see our harness line guide to ensure the lines are doing the work not your rear arm). Harness: Force the lower back deep into your harness, hips down and outboard a lot! Heels: With the front leg extended and rear leg flexed, dig the heels and curl the toes up (especially on the front foot) to lock that board flat. Extra WiseWords to gain control when over powered Try lowering your boom, adding more down and outhaul and reduce fin size. Try a narrower, higher rockered and softer railed board! High v ‘Sunken 7’ Far left photo: too high Here’s Gordon Craig, potentially about to lose or feeling out of control. Too upright and toes too flat. I’m in his ear, encouraging a lower position. Left photo: max control Gordon’s now locking it down, sinking that ‘7’ low, curling the toes and no longer ‘feeling over powered’. Heavy v light Two sailors of different stature can mean different stances in the same wind. The ‘little one’ is feeling over-powered, hence a ‘Sunken 7’ and the ‘bigger’ less powered is a straighter 7. uk WIND SURFING