Hey dude, just found your channel and working through your vids. Keep em coming. I am finding them very relevant as a 43 year old Australian that started windsurfing about a year ago. Love your attitude, just lay into it and crank it! Who cares what happens or what others think as long as your safe and having fun! I learnt basic windsurfing when I was about 20 but didn't really progress and then had a 20 year break! Picked up some second hand kit last year and have gone out every week since other than when covid lockdown prevents. I still have a lot to learn but am planning, harness and footstraps.... how friggen good is planning! I don't understand why this isn't the most popular sport in the world? Subscribed and keen to see your new videos.
Totally agree:) Hope ill be Windsurfing for many years - through retirement. It's the complete package sport for me: very technically difficult and can never stop learning new things, great fitness, thrilling, not overly prone to injuries, awesome being in nature, and social on the water... Thanks for the comment!
You are completely right! I'm in almost the same boots currently. I have been on plane for almost 2 seasons now without using any footstraps and at the end of this season (in August) I just gathered my sh*t and stepped into the blody thing after years of "what will happen"... Guess what, nothing happend except I felt huge amount of control I never had before. So you are damn right - just step into the thing and manage the rest. If you go upwind and fall back - who cares. You start over and make it work next time. Having the same exact mindset now and can't wait for spring to come.
Awesome. Two weeks ago I left my wetsuit boots home by accident. oops, cold feet time. Accidentally discovered how much easier it is to get the back foot in with bare feet. I've had a hugely successful last two weeks. Did my first waterstart. Now that I'm planing all the time I'm trying to carve gybe. I pulled one off. Yeh with a positive attitude and a but of gusto it's easier to progress. Well done
@@beginnerwindsurfer2589 I always knew it would be easier without the neo boots - i have very thin ones, so they have a pretty direct feel - but the lake I ride on 90% of the time is shallow and has a lot of clams and debree on the bottom. So for a lot of falling and beach start practice I kept the boots on. Don't want to prematurely end a session with a bleeding foot. Congrats on the waterstart! It is truly a must - especially on the open sea / ocean. Carve gybe as well... nice. Huge progress in one season.
@@beginnerwindsurfer2589 I wish I were there... Live in Hungary - Europe. Pretty bad place to be a windsurfer - only 2 large lakes to windsurf on, but winds are pretty gusty and rare - in comparison to the ocean or sea for example. Despite all this there is quite a large community. On windy days you have to watch out for traffic. :) I can recommend the thin ones, it is a pretty locked in feeling even with loose straps - i had no problems getting out with them. Only drawback is with the starts - lifting the foot out of the water is harder due to the excess water in the boot... Grip is better though, this helped me a lot with the strapless plane sustain.
I have the same strugle :) , many thanks for your Videos . they give me hope!!
Hey dude, just found your channel and working through your vids. Keep em coming. I am finding them very relevant as a 43 year old Australian that started windsurfing about a year ago. Love your attitude, just lay into it and crank it! Who cares what happens or what others think as long as your safe and having fun! I learnt basic windsurfing when I was about 20 but didn't really progress and then had a 20 year break! Picked up some second hand kit last year and have gone out every week since other than when covid lockdown prevents. I still have a lot to learn but am planning, harness and footstraps.... how friggen good is planning! I don't understand why this isn't the most popular sport in the world? Subscribed and keen to see your new videos.
Totally agree:) Hope ill be Windsurfing for many years - through retirement. It's the complete package sport for me: very technically difficult and can never stop learning new things, great fitness, thrilling, not overly prone to injuries, awesome being in nature, and social on the water... Thanks for the comment!
Ha ha love the enthusiasm! Wise words about getting stuck in, its easy to hold back sometimes. Enjoy your summer sailing.
Thanks weather is warming up I'll be back into it soon!
You are completely right! I'm in almost the same boots currently. I have been on plane for almost 2 seasons now without using any footstraps and at the end of this season (in August) I just gathered my sh*t and stepped into the blody thing after years of "what will happen"... Guess what, nothing happend except I felt huge amount of control I never had before.
So you are damn right - just step into the thing and manage the rest. If you go upwind and fall back - who cares. You start over and make it work next time.
Having the same exact mindset now and can't wait for spring to come.
Awesome. Two weeks ago I left my wetsuit boots home by accident. oops, cold feet time. Accidentally discovered how much easier it is to get the back foot in with bare feet. I've had a hugely successful last two weeks. Did my first waterstart. Now that I'm planing all the time I'm trying to carve gybe. I pulled one off. Yeh with a positive attitude and a but of gusto it's easier to progress. Well done
@@beginnerwindsurfer2589 I always knew it would be easier without the neo boots - i have very thin ones, so they have a pretty direct feel - but the lake I ride on 90% of the time is shallow and has a lot of clams and debree on the bottom. So for a lot of falling and beach start practice I kept the boots on. Don't want to prematurely end a session with a bleeding foot.
Congrats on the waterstart! It is truly a must - especially on the open sea / ocean. Carve gybe as well... nice. Huge progress in one season.
mmm good idea maybe I need to get some thinner boots. I much prefer having them too. where are you windsurfing? you in australia?
@@beginnerwindsurfer2589 I wish I were there... Live in Hungary - Europe. Pretty bad place to be a windsurfer - only 2 large lakes to windsurf on, but winds are pretty gusty and rare - in comparison to the ocean or sea for example.
Despite all this there is quite a large community. On windy days you have to watch out for traffic. :)
I can recommend the thin ones, it is a pretty locked in feeling even with loose straps - i had no problems getting out with them. Only drawback is with the starts - lifting the foot out of the water is harder due to the excess water in the boot... Grip is better though, this helped me a lot with the strapless plane sustain.
I will try this myself. I have one 145 jp and i have only one footstrap in the back
Awesome and good luck with the change