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Wind Powered / WindSUP on Speeed
« on: December 18, 2015, 11:43:09 AM »
Some shots from a windSup session a couple of months ago on my 8'5" Sunova Speeed:

https://sail360.smugmug.com/Windsurf/2015/Aug-01-2015-wind-sup/i-VNjtq5L

It's a ton of fun and a great session saver when it's too light to windsurf & too windy for good surf.

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Technique / Punching whitewater
« on: August 30, 2007, 07:49:21 AM »
You are stuck inside with a head-high whitewater coming at you, WHAT DO YOU DO!?:

A. Freeze up and fall off before the wave has a chance to knock you off... get dragged by your leash (been there, done that)

B. Paddle at the wave & try to kick your board over while jumping off the back... (Done that too, with some success, but not very satisfying & slow)

C. Calmly paddle at the wave, pop the nose up & over and paddle on... (I can do it up to about chest high or so, but no dice over that size so far)

D. OTHER?



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Technique / Paddle straight!
« on: August 20, 2007, 10:13:56 AM »
I just wanted to post a technique that I discovered on my last session.

My board is a 9'8" quad, so it does not track very well at all. When I first started, I had to switch sides paddling every few strokes to avoid paddling in circles.. I noticed recently that when paddling on my right side, I could paddle without switching almost indefinitely, barely veering left at all. But I was still veering badly when paddling on my left.

After messing around trying to figure out what the difference was (trying J strokes, & other variations & paying attention to how I was stroking on my right), I discovered that I was beginning my stroke with the paddle angled towards the board.

I tried to replicate the stroke on my left, and it works!

Basically, just start your stroke with the blade twisted so that the face is angled towards the board at about 45 degrees or so. Then as you pull back, gradually twist it back to 90 degrees as the blade comes even with your feet. Basically just like a J stroke, but going from + 45 to 90 instead of 90 to - 45. The movement is actually pretty natural, but it does take a bit to get used to the different torque on your body.

Anybody else using this technique? Or variations?

-dooner

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