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Thanks guys.  Dry land exercises commenced.

jrob

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My foot switches are pathetic, and I feel like I still have too much weight on the back foot (windsurfer).  I was watching a video where the instructors said, in the space of 30 secs, if you have too much weight on the back foot you have to 1) move the mast forward in the track, and 2) move the mast back.  I then realized I have no good feel at all for how to do this.

Since I don't have footstraps, if I move the mast aren't I just going to adapt to the new position by adapting my feet until they feel comfortable, ie too much back foot pressure just like before?  My mast is fairly far back in my 125L board.  Mostly light winds and flat water, 6 or 8 m wing on top of GoFoil 2200.

The more I wing the more balanced I feel front foot vs back foot, and I've been narrowing my stance which has helped, but I would like to get over this early in the upcoming season if possible.  Comments appreciated.

jrob

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Now that we've foiled  around and we're momentarily in switch stance with the wing in its new place, would anybody like to comment on the next 3 seconds, how to foil away stably on toeside?  My falls at this point are nearly all to windward.  Trying to get myself to not rush things, maybe flatten the board a little at 10:30 (if 12 o'clock straight downwind) and engage the wing gradually.

Any other advice/imagery appreciated.

jrob





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Had more success yesterday, and realized that the unanimous advice to "forget about the wing and concentrate on surfing the foil through the turn" seems intuitive but is maybe not so easy to implement in practice, especially for a long time windsurfer.  As you surf through the turn it is very easy to get distracted by the wing, it's sitting there, silently demanding you do something with it.  When I really achieved 100% concentration on the foiling everything fell into place, the wing appeared in the right place without any manipulation, the process seemed simple, and I only wrapped the leash around my neck one time. 

jrob





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How do people think about timing the wing transition?  I'm getting conflicting inputs between waiting and not waiting, and on the water I see some people really spinning the wing like a pizza dough maker, and other not.  Are you actively twisting the wing?  Does the wing follow you to the new tack or does it lead and facilitate to the new tack?  Sometimes when I manipulate the wing at about 12 o'clock or dead downwind I find myself pushed back and out of the turn.

Thanks,
Jrob

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So I didn't imagine it?  Longer mast causes more inertia in turning? 

Recently bought 100cm after struggling with chop on the 72cm.  Still a stubborn beginner, my jibe attempts went from sketchy to horrible.  About halfway through the jibe it felt like an invisible hand pushing me back the other way.  Went back to the 72 on the flat water venue and all was back to "normal."

I think I read in this forum that there was an adjustment required to go to longer mast but had no idea.






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I'm 175 lbs + wetsuit, 125L Naish board, Infinity 84 2000 cm^2 wing, 71cm mast, 6m wing in 15 mph, very flat water. Have mast set dead center in track.  Several people including this thread advise no pumping for beginners so I've been trying that but one gets impatient.  Am old windsurfer, no foil or kite experience.

Something weird happened at the end of the last session.  Was slogging back to shore, needed a little turn downwind, and put in a *tiny* bit of yaw with feet and the board started to rise up in a really smooth, level, controlled manner.  Then shoreline intervened.  Baffling.

jrob

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Hey -- I'm stuck in the phase of getting up on the foil but can't sustain flight.  Many failures are the classic stall and falling back.  In those cases I'm trying to apply front foot pressure and speed but it doesn't seem to work.  Have read the earlier tips and would appreciate any more ideas on getting out of this phase.

Thanks.


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Technique / Re: when to turtle the board or bail it?
« on: April 12, 2010, 08:39:30 AM »
Recently I tried the "get to knees, weight back" method on white water from a 4-6 footer.   It seemed like the white water pushed the sunken tail back into still water, compressed it, and voila, 12 feet of SUP board vertical, riderless, with 18" of air under it.  This seemed less than optimal.  

That same week I watched some guys trying to get out through big surf at Lanes.  One guy was waiting until the white water got to him, then throwing his board over the white water with both arms overhead.  This seemed like a great way to co-mingle your teeth with your board if things didn't work out.

What's a "push kick"?

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Technique / Re: Dave Kalama Paddling Article
« on: March 04, 2010, 11:56:16 AM »
Someone asked for a slow motion version.  Here is a cut-down slo-mo version of the original video.  Tahitian begins at 1:38.



I did some frame grabs at key points during both strokes.     I can post them if people want.  Unfortunately no head-on shots.

Jrob



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