Learning to tack

[obxDave]

I can tack heelside to toeside no problem on land but on the water I'm still working on it, I find that the motion can be hard on my shoulder if the wing transition is not smooth.  Toeside to heelside tacks are just as easy as jibing for me now.

Same here on the on the shoulder irritation especially for the larger size wings. Plus it also is a wee bit harder for me to roll the new Echo's on these heel-to-toeside tacks. What I've been doing is using my release hand to help push the wing over just before I regrab, and it seems to work for my old joints . Has to be a pretty fast hand/arm motion (release-push-grab). Don't need to do the push at all on the toe-to-heelside. Like you said, as easy as jibing. When you nail a heel-to-toeside tack on the foil it feels great

[blueplanetsurf]

Nice, I'm going to try that push with the release hand!

[VB_Foil]

me too!!!

[Phils]

Gotta love that wing pass.