Very nice indeed. A very common mistake seems to be, that many sailors try to get planning while navigating across the wind or worse, slightly upwind even. That would require a lot more wind ... When a gust looks promising, investing into a few degrees more downwind while bending the backfoot in order to get lower and apply more downforce is helpful as you stated in this nice tutorial. Keep it up.
Can't get enough of this awesome on board action! It helps a lot to improve skills in marginal conditions....Nothing like planing in the breeze...and get cold beers after....
You already mention board and sail size, thank you. I think that is very important so one can compare to own gear. Could you also mention the wind speed in your videos? That would help for choosing gear, knowing what you can or cannot do in specific winds. And Cookie, go make a Patreon site! I think many of us would like to support you financially as these videos are so great!
I’ll see if I can measure the wind speed, I’m never very good at that- I just know by looking that a Xm will work well for me! It’s worth noting there are so many variables about selecting kit that is not just the wind speed... Type/size of board you are on, type/size of finn you are on, type of sail, water conditions, where in the world (denser wind) not to mention technique itself! Someone who is very skilled can get going on a 4.0m, whilst someone else may need a 4.5 or 5m! I’ll have a think about the Patreon thing, thanks for offering!
I’ve just got back into windsurfing after a 15 year break. These videos are fantastic. I now realise how many things I’ve been doing wrong and why others were flying past me. I employed some of the techniques on the weekend including proper harness line placement, hand placement, and stance. This gave me instant results. Now I just need to master tacks and gybes and I can maybe wear a hat and sunnies too!
Good on you getting back into it Stephen- welcome back! If you’re struggling with something feel free to ask! I’m off the water and in the snow fields now so look out for some similar videos on the pistes coking soon- then I’ll be back on the water in May! 👍👍👍👍
@@Cookiesports Fantastic. Thanks for the reply. It’s the start of a windy summer here on the east coast of Australia. I’m sure I will have some questions and I will keep following your videos.
Thanks Mathew- if I make it to 5000 subs I'll run you through my filming and audio set up's- seem to get as many comments on that as I am with the technique! Maybe you can share to your friends and help me get the numbers up! 😉
Good training. I like the idea of these ride along sessions. Good point re not getting in the back strap necessarily if the wind speed is moderate. I tend to just go for both and then have to get out of both when it doesn't work.
Thanks Lance. Plenty more videos in the channel to check out. You’re right about one foot- a key tip not to jump in both too early! Patience and play with the board to see how much power you need!
Awesome videos, best windsurfing tutorials I’ve encountered! I think you deserve at least tenfold the number of subscribers, but in the end the most important is of course to provide value to the viewers no matter if the format is ”selling”or not. I will for sure watch all your videos now that the season is soon starting here up the north. Thanks a lot! 😁👍
Thank you Magnus! I only started the channel last summer, keep sharing for me and the subscribers will come! 😜 Im putting together. List of things to cover for this summer so let me know if there is anything specific you’d like me to film! Plus new cameras and microphones ready to go so should be great! 👌👌👌 Thanks for watching!
Another cracking video, top job Cookie! Keep up the good work😎👍 As a side note, is there any chance of you being able to do a video on how to chop hop, jumping etc I'm feeling the need to start to get some air under my board 😀
Enjoying your videos, very good explanations of the minor details which make all the difference between planing and not planing, losing height or not. Interesting that there are many different opinions about getting in the front footstrap. I get into it usually (on my futura) when the board just starts planing, because when doing it before my board will rear and can’t find the speed. However I’m now in gusty and choppy Fuerte on a JP MagicRide and it feels a bit uncontrolled to get in late. On this board riding with the foot in before planing feels possible. When I get in with a gust coming and bear away a bit the planing starts.
Thanks for watching and glad you're enjoying them! I think the how early the front foot goes in depends on what is about to happen... if you know you have power stick the foot in early and you can use the power to drive it off the wind and onto the plain- the moment it kicks into the wind doesn't matter as the power you have will help you kick it off the wind again. When it's less windy and you jump into the strap be more patient, you need the board as flat as you can for as long as you can to get up to speed- jumping in it early will cause the board to go up and you won't have the power to bring it back off the wind or flat again.
Thank you for the great video. Very useful tips. 👍 I try hard to get better. 💪(and faster) 😬 Mostly my conditions are light winds at a lake between some mountains of the alps. 🏔 Do you also have a Video about sail tuning for light winds? Is it better to put the mast foot position more forward or a bit backward? Have a good time. 🤙
Hi Tobias, thanks for watching and really glad you enjoyed it. I’ve got loads more windsurf tuitional videos on the channel, I’m sure you’ll find many more of them useful! To answer your question… a little forward with the UJ you’ll likely find it a little easier to get planning, but your top speeds will be slower and it’ll be harder to go up wind. A little back with the UJ and you can go faster, but need a lot more control to to the board turned off the wind and into the straps. I’ve got a video on this coming soon so stay tuned!
Excellent video again thank you I always struggle to get planning going one direction but not the other especially in marginal conditions and I think after watching that it's having a goal point to aim for where I'm going wrong! 👍 Would really appreciate a waterstarts video if that's possible with your ride along style?
Thanks Roy! Beach & Waterstarts are on the cards, just trying to decide if i do a traditional videos for it rather than Ride-Along, want to ensure you can see and hear all the key points!
@@Cookiesports yes it could be awkward enough with the ride along style but it works so well actually being able to see what your describing in real time it really helps things click into place! I will definitely be giving it a watch whatever you decide and thanks for all the help in this series! By far the best on the net! 👍
Another vote for water starts! Can beach start to about waist deep but just can't get the full water start - is it just copious amounts of wind need?ed? Can technique get you up in light winds or do you have to resort to uphaul? (Of course we know you don't fall and it's only you shorts that get wet! )😬
Thanks for the great lesson! And I've got a question: won't you have more power if you put your harness lines wider? And what about mast feet position?
Hi Pitachaja, Thanks for watching! Wider lines does not mean more power, just means the power is more spread out. In fact having the wider could result in have the front one too far forward, sheeting out and loosing power, or could end up with them too far back, over sheeting and stalling power! Setting them to just the right point- and really knowing exactly where that right point is, is a skill in it's self! I've touched upon it in another video actually, try this one out!... ua-cam.com/video/HxAmoBEObw4/v-deo.html
@@Cookiesports thanks for reply, I just found your channel and already find it very useful for me! Also I'm a little bit jealous of this spot with turtles .. Peace!
Thank Warwick! This video is on getting planning and into the straps, a lot of upwind things covered in it. ua-cam.com/video/h-71U5hWNSk/v-deo.html Also have a look for the “Fast Forward Formula” video, all points cover everything and will help you fault analysis things going on.
Thanks! Common riggings issues are people don't DH enough thinking it gives them power- you need a soft flappy leach so sail can twist and create lift. Similar with OH, often people put too little on thinking more belly give power, but then too much belly and the sail sits/creases off the boom and create drag (and hurts your back hand). High boom can really help though, you'll notice on starboard tack in this video the camera is blow the boom and you can see how high I have it. I've steered a little away from kit- chat videos so far and stuck with the "ride-along" style, but think I may branch out soon! Thanks for watching!
Great video..... Its a situation that I am in all the time. I am riding a Kona long board.... Any advice for getting going upwind on a longer board? using a centerboard?
Hi Simon! Great choice of board, really good fun! Centreboard is only for light enough wind that you can’t get going, if you think you can get going kick the centre board away as it’ll mess up the trim of the board if it’s in the water when the board is giving you lift. TBH the main key points apply on your board as with the ones I’m filming on here- nothing special or crazy to do.... Select the gust to try to get going in. Keep the board as flat as you can by driving through your front foot, toes in particular. Squeeze in the power in by committing out and back to windward of the board, pulling down through your hands and the harness and pushing the front hand away to help sheet the sail. 👍👍👍👍
Hi i really like your videos i learn from them a lot i would be very happy with you will learn what to do with the mast broken in the water what should i do how do i come back
Fantastic videos and production, Cookie! Question: Does the "out, back, and down" instruction contained in your other video(s) apply in this type of condition? I'm still trying to get comfortable in the harness with the inconsistent and gusty winds we have here in the American Southwest!
Hi! Thanks for watching! Muss it absolutely does apply, bit in lighter or gusty winds it’s really key not to over commit encase the wind drops you you. I sail a lot more upright, and movement are smaller/more subtle 👍👍👍
Cookie, love your videos, I’m sure we met once, Vass? Anyway, I am that down wind windsurfer esp in marginal conditions or big swell. You answered the light wind condition but any tips for not losing ground in swell? I assume it’s because my line gets upset by constantly adjusting for a wave and I lose ground. Video?fed up of the walk of shame.
Hi Edward! Thanks for the message, really glad you've enjoyed this and some of the other videos. I've got what you're asking for on the "to film" list when i get back on the water next summer- winter has begun now so will be in the snow filming for the next few months. Try this video out though, it's specially on getting in the straps, but a lot of it is about staying up wind anyway- just just bearing away and oaring up too much! ua-cam.com/video/h-71U5hWNSk/v-deo.html This will also be really usefull0 the key windsurfing elements that people often miss out on/forget about... ua-cam.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/v-deo.html 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Mateusz! Glad your enjoying the channel! I weigh about 80kg, I’m a Gemini, and don’t like long walks on the beach as that usually means I’ve failed at something on the water and have to walk back to the car with my kit! 😜
@@CookiesportsI am looking for a first own shortboard and thinking about JP magic ride 112L. Do you think it is a good choice as I weigh about 70kg? My current level is planning with harness in, trying to get into foot straps and first successful water starts - still progressing :) most time I spent was on 155l board but it is becoming to big for stronger winds. Smalles one I tried was 122 and it was chalanging but doable...for sure in the nearest future. Cheers !
Can you get to any test centres or school? Rent some birds and see what feels good to you. The JP magic ride is a great board, a big jump from a 155 though and you’ll find it much more sensitive to foot pressure and how the trim is controlled (keep and eye out for Tuesdays vides actually- all about this exact subject!)
@@Cookiesports Yup, I have rented the gear so far. Todat I spent 3 hours on pretty wide 78cm 122L rrd board and it was challenging but fun. What is surprise for me - tacks up the wind were much better with big sail 7,3 than with smaller 5,2 Thanks to its counterweight.
Going up wind in light winds would be fab. I can get going alright, but getting back where I started out from is still a bit of an issue. Also when I practice jibes, going upwind is exhausting and painfully slow. I'd be great to know how to keep speed up as much as possible while going upwind. I ride a twinser freeride board and I wonder whether that could be the reason I am going upwind at slower speeds than other riders. Or maybe it's just my technique.
Hi! Great to hear you enjoyed the video! Slow upwind could well be the board or technique... but remember the elements of windsurfing outlined in this video... ua-cam.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/v-deo.html Upwind Elemenet breakdown.. VISION- head, shoulders, hips, and leading foot all turn to look upwind. TRIM- The board needs to be flat from front to back to stay fast, the board need minimal heel edge pressure to get upwind- but not so much to slow you down- subtle! COUNTERBALANCE- arms remain extended, rig away. If the rig goes back you pull your body forward- this will help keep the board flat too. POWER- stays on! do this by pushing hard through your extended front arm, and ensuring your harness lines are far enough back that the sail stays closed. STANCE- a straight, upright body is efficient. It is tough as you'll always be on the edge of being pulled around the front, but being upright, and forward with your body will help... the vision, flattening the board, allowing the rig to go back and stay powered up. 👍👍👍👍👍
@@Cookiesports Okay. Identified two mistakes already: Too much heel-pressure and front-arm not fully extended. But whenever I stop doing that, I begin bearing away. I can't possibly turn my body more upwind. Thanks again. These videos and your comments here helped me a great deal to improve. I already started lobbying for a beach-crew trip to Limnos. ;)
@@slickvisualpoetry Doing them both fully will cause you to bear away, sounds like you're at a point we're the movements are correct but need to be a little more subtle, or even one at a time... extend the front arm with a little heel pressure, to stop you going too quickly into a downwind position. 👌
@@Cookiesports I'll give it a try. I guess my home spot is also not the easiest to work with. It is a lake with rather patchy wind and the runs are not particularly long. If I want to crank out as many jibes as possible, I have to go upwind aggressively. Maybe I'll try it the other way around: keeping the board more flat with less heel pressure while pulling the mast over just a little. I'll try both options, I guess.
Hi Cookie. I've noticed that your feet are on the windward side of the board when you are not planing. I'm putting my feet in the middle of the board instead. Am I wrong ??
Hi PL! Thanks for watching, and a great question. I’ll try my best to explain an answer... - to stay upwind when not planning you just engage the windward side of the board into the water, this creates lateral resistance and allows you to stay/go up-wind. - to get planning you need to get the board flat. - as the board gets faster you need to get further out and further back one the board to control the lift. So you have an option... either move your feet a lot to be in the right position depending on what you’re trying to do (tough to do without a lot of skill, experience and energy!)... Or stay a little further back and out, but control the boards trim (how flat it is) but either heel or toe pressure. This same heel/toe pressure is how I steer up/down wind when not planning. So, when you see me not planning and standing on the windward rail I have some heel pressure to give me the resistance in the water and stay up wind. When the wind hits and I’m trying to get going I then (without moving my feet) push hard through my toes- in particular through the toes on my front foot. This gets the board flat and will allow the board to speed up. No need for excess movement on the board- just controlling how the board is trimmed through foot pressure changes. I hope that makes a bit of sense?!
@@fabwissler1245 122 is a relatively small board, but with some practice you can easily up-haul it and sail without water starting (providing the water is not to choppy of course!). Have you seen my water start video? ua-cam.com/video/46b4NksuwqI/v-deo.html This video will also help if you're sailing smaller boards.... ua-cam.com/video/UO6B9e7hObA/v-deo.html
Hahah! It’s a bit of metal, hammered flat with a go-pro style thing on it! Move promised everyone asking that if/when I hit 10,000 subs I’ll do a full intro to my camera set up. Share the channel and help me get there!
You have vid for light wind waterstarts? i.e.- holding mast and sail bottom. Lots of instruct vid for high wind waterstarts but nothing at the most critical point - getting back when wind dies🤔😒
When the sail is pulled back and down, what stops the back end from washing out... you need speed on the fin, but you need to get going before adjusting back and down... clearly I don’t get it... arg
Follow these steps and you will be able to too! Watch the video on this channel too about the Elements of Windsurfing- that’ll really help you if you’re struggling! 👍👍👍
Definitely the best tutorial I've seen!!!
Thanks Simon!
Very nice indeed. A very common mistake seems to be, that many sailors try to get planning while navigating across the wind or worse, slightly upwind even. That would require a lot more wind ...
When a gust looks promising, investing into a few degrees more downwind while bending the backfoot in order to get lower and apply more downforce is helpful as you stated in this nice tutorial. Keep it up.
Thanks Florian, glad you enjoyed it!
Hope youve subscribed and seen many more of the uploads!
Once more, the best tutorial video out there! Congrats!
Thanks Michael!
Best windsurf instructor I've ever seen 🤙
Thanks! Fell free to share the channel around to friends, it's not been going long so the more shares the more enthusiasm to film more this summer! 😉
Can't get enough of this awesome on board action! It helps a lot to improve skills in marginal conditions....Nothing like planing in the breeze...and get cold beers after....
Thanks! Fully agree on the cold beer after!
You already mention board and sail size, thank you. I think that is very important so one can compare to own gear. Could you also mention the wind speed in your videos? That would help for choosing gear, knowing what you can or cannot do in specific winds.
And Cookie, go make a Patreon site! I think many of us would like to support you financially as these videos are so great!
I’ll see if I can measure the wind speed, I’m never very good at that- I just know by looking that a Xm will work well for me!
It’s worth noting there are so many variables about selecting kit that is not just the wind speed... Type/size of board you are on, type/size of finn you are on, type of sail, water conditions, where in the world (denser wind) not to mention technique itself!
Someone who is very skilled can get going on a 4.0m, whilst someone else may need a 4.5 or 5m!
I’ll have a think about the Patreon thing, thanks for offering!
I’ve just got back into windsurfing after a 15 year break. These videos are fantastic. I now realise how many things I’ve been doing wrong and why others were flying past me.
I employed some of the techniques on the weekend including proper harness line placement, hand placement, and stance. This gave me instant results.
Now I just need to master tacks and gybes and I can maybe wear a hat and sunnies too!
Good on you getting back into it Stephen- welcome back!
If you’re struggling with something feel free to ask! I’m off the water and in the snow fields now so look out for some similar videos on the pistes coking soon- then I’ll be back on the water in May! 👍👍👍👍
@@Cookiesports Fantastic. Thanks for the reply. It’s the start of a windy summer here on the east coast of Australia. I’m sure I will have some questions and I will keep following your videos.
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Another great video - thanks again
Thanks Chris
Awesome, just what I was hoping for!
Thanks Aice!!
Really appreciate your time mate, very useful tips!! 👍 👍 👍 👍
No problem 👍
Have found...😉...very helpfull this little details you show us. Thanks a lot
Thanks! Hope they help! 🤟
Awesome video Cookie, always amazed how clean the audio is!
Thanks Mathew- if I make it to 5000 subs I'll run you through my filming and audio set up's- seem to get as many comments on that as I am with the technique!
Maybe you can share to your friends and help me get the numbers up! 😉
Good training. I like the idea of these ride along sessions. Good point re not getting in the back strap necessarily if the wind speed is moderate. I tend to just go for both and then have to get out of both when it doesn't work.
Thanks Lance. Plenty more videos in the channel to check out.
You’re right about one foot- a key tip not to jump in both too early! Patience and play with the board to see how much power you need!
Awesome videos, best windsurfing tutorials I’ve encountered! I think you deserve at least tenfold the number of subscribers, but in the end the most important is of course to provide value to the viewers no matter if the format is ”selling”or not. I will for sure watch all your videos now that the season is soon starting here up the north. Thanks a lot! 😁👍
Thank you Magnus!
I only started the channel last summer, keep sharing for me and the subscribers will come! 😜
Im putting together. List of things to cover for this summer so let me know if there is anything specific you’d like me to film!
Plus new cameras and microphones ready to go so should be great! 👌👌👌
Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Great for live lesson.
Thanks! Loads more similar ones on the channel!
Thx this will increase performance.
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Excellent material!! Thanks you so much!
Thank you- glad you found them helpful!
Another cracking video, top job Cookie! Keep up the good work😎👍 As a side note, is there any chance of you being able to do a video on how to chop hop, jumping etc I'm feeling the need to start to get some air under my board 😀
Thanks Matt!
Jump video is definitely on the cards!
@@Cookiesports Thanks Cookie, looking forward to it 👍😎
Enjoying your videos, very good explanations of the minor details which make all the difference between planing and not planing, losing height or not. Interesting that there are many different opinions about getting in the front footstrap. I get into it usually (on my futura) when the board just starts planing, because when doing it before my board will rear and can’t find the speed. However I’m now in gusty and choppy Fuerte on a JP MagicRide and it feels a bit uncontrolled to get in late. On this board riding with the foot in before planing feels possible. When I get in with a gust coming and bear away a bit the planing starts.
Thanks for watching and glad you're enjoying them!
I think the how early the front foot goes in depends on what is about to happen... if you know you have power stick the foot in early and you can use the power to drive it off the wind and onto the plain- the moment it kicks into the wind doesn't matter as the power you have will help you kick it off the wind again.
When it's less windy and you jump into the strap be more patient, you need the board as flat as you can for as long as you can to get up to speed- jumping in it early will cause the board to go up and you won't have the power to bring it back off the wind or flat again.
Thank you for the great video. Very useful tips. 👍 I try hard to get better. 💪(and faster) 😬 Mostly my conditions are light winds at a lake between some mountains of the alps. 🏔 Do you also have a Video about sail tuning for light winds? Is it better to put the mast foot position more forward or a bit backward? Have a good time. 🤙
Hi Tobias, thanks for watching and really glad you enjoyed it. I’ve got loads more windsurf tuitional videos on the channel, I’m sure you’ll find many more of them useful!
To answer your question… a little forward with the UJ you’ll likely find it a little easier to get planning, but your top speeds will be slower and it’ll be harder to go up wind.
A little back with the UJ and you can go faster, but need a lot more control to to the board turned off the wind and into the straps.
I’ve got a video on this coming soon so stay tuned!
Excellent video again thank you I always struggle to get planning going one direction but not the other especially in marginal conditions and I think after watching that it's having a goal point to aim for where I'm going wrong! 👍 Would really appreciate a waterstarts video if that's possible with your ride along style?
Thanks Roy!
Beach & Waterstarts are on the cards, just trying to decide if i do a traditional videos for it rather than Ride-Along, want to ensure you can see and hear all the key points!
@@Cookiesports yes it could be awkward enough with the ride along style but it works so well actually being able to see what your describing in real time it really helps things click into place! I will definitely be giving it a watch whatever you decide and thanks for all the help in this series! By far the best on the net! 👍
Another vote for water starts! Can beach start to about waist deep but just can't get the full water start - is it just copious amounts of wind need?ed? Can technique get you up in light winds or do you have to resort to uphaul? (Of course we know you don't fall and it's only you shorts that get wet! )😬
+1 on waterstarts video please, ride-along or traditional :)
Thanks for the great lesson! And I've got a question: won't you have more power if you put your harness lines wider? And what about mast feet position?
Hi Pitachaja, Thanks for watching!
Wider lines does not mean more power, just means the power is more spread out. In fact having the wider could result in have the front one too far forward, sheeting out and loosing power, or could end up with them too far back, over sheeting and stalling power! Setting them to just the right point- and really knowing exactly where that right point is, is a skill in it's self!
I've touched upon it in another video actually, try this one out!...
ua-cam.com/video/HxAmoBEObw4/v-deo.html
@@Cookiesports thanks for reply, I just found your channel and already find it very useful for me! Also I'm a little bit jealous of this spot with turtles .. Peace!
Great videos. Please do one on planning up wind.
Thank Warwick!
This video is on getting planning and into the straps, a lot of upwind things covered in it.
ua-cam.com/video/h-71U5hWNSk/v-deo.html
Also have a look for the “Fast Forward Formula” video, all points cover everything and will help you fault analysis things going on.
Great tutorial. I'm curious what was the wind speed about. I think I missed that. Thanks for video.
Thanks! If i remember right is about 12-15 knots.
Again a great vid 👌 Any rgging tips for marginal vind? Less down/outhaul? Top/bottom clew ring? Boomheight? Base forward/aft?
Thanks! Common riggings issues are people don't DH enough thinking it gives them power- you need a soft flappy leach so sail can twist and create lift. Similar with OH, often people put too little on thinking more belly give power, but then too much belly and the sail sits/creases off the boom and create drag (and hurts your back hand).
High boom can really help though, you'll notice on starboard tack in this video the camera is blow the boom and you can see how high I have it.
I've steered a little away from kit- chat videos so far and stuck with the "ride-along" style, but think I may branch out soon!
Thanks for watching!
Great video..... Its a situation that I am in all the time. I am riding a Kona long board.... Any advice for getting going upwind on a longer board?
using a centerboard?
Hi Simon!
Great choice of board, really good fun!
Centreboard is only for light enough wind that you can’t get going, if you think you can get going kick the centre board away as it’ll mess up the trim of the board if it’s in the water when the board is giving you lift.
TBH the main key points apply on your board as with the ones I’m filming on here- nothing special or crazy to do....
Select the gust to try to get going in.
Keep the board as flat as you can by driving through your front foot, toes in particular.
Squeeze in the power in by committing out and back to windward of the board, pulling down through your hands and the harness and pushing the front hand away to help sheet the sail.
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Awesome lessons .. amazing detail and physics .. would be great to visit and get some lessons .. where are you
Thank you!
I am in Vassiliki, Greece, this summer! Great windsurf spot!
Lots of the tips here apply when there is enough wind but it has lulls so you have to conserve your upwind position
Fully agree on conserving your upwind position, mentions a lot through this video. I have used the term “gust selection” a lot in the past too! 😜
Hi i really like your videos i learn from them a lot i would be very happy with you will learn what to do with the mast broken in the water what should i do how do i come back
Hi! Thanks for watching and gals you’ve enjoyed them so far.
Broken mast recovery is an interesting idea, I’ll add it to the “to film” list!
Fantastic videos and production, Cookie! Question: Does the "out, back, and down" instruction contained in your other video(s) apply in this type of condition? I'm still trying to get comfortable in the harness with the inconsistent and gusty winds we have here in the American Southwest!
Hi!
Thanks for watching! Muss it absolutely does apply, bit in lighter or gusty winds it’s really key not to over commit encase the wind drops you you. I sail a lot more upright, and movement are smaller/more subtle 👍👍👍
Cookie, love your videos, I’m sure we met once, Vass? Anyway, I am that down wind windsurfer esp in marginal conditions or big swell. You answered the light wind condition but any tips for not losing ground in swell? I assume it’s because my line gets upset by constantly adjusting for a wave and I lose ground. Video?fed up of the walk of shame.
Hi Edward!
Thanks for the message, really glad you've enjoyed this and some of the other videos. I've got what you're asking for on the "to film" list when i get back on the water next summer- winter has begun now so will be in the snow filming for the next few months.
Try this video out though, it's specially on getting in the straps, but a lot of it is about staying up wind anyway- just just bearing away and oaring up too much!
ua-cam.com/video/h-71U5hWNSk/v-deo.html
This will also be really usefull0 the key windsurfing elements that people often miss out on/forget about...
ua-cam.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/v-deo.html
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Great videos mate! Thanks for all the information. What is your weight if I can ask?
Thanks Mateusz! Glad your enjoying the channel!
I weigh about 80kg, I’m a Gemini, and don’t like long walks on the beach as that usually means I’ve failed at something on the water and have to walk back to the car with my kit! 😜
@@CookiesportsI am looking for a first own shortboard and thinking about JP magic ride 112L. Do you think it is a good choice as I weigh about 70kg? My current level is planning with harness in, trying to get into foot straps and first successful water starts - still progressing :) most time I spent was on 155l board but it is becoming to big for stronger winds. Smalles one I tried was 122 and it was chalanging but doable...for sure in the nearest future. Cheers !
Can you get to any test centres or school? Rent some birds and see what feels good to you. The JP magic ride is a great board, a big jump from a 155 though and you’ll find it much more sensitive to foot pressure and how the trim is controlled (keep and eye out for Tuesdays vides actually- all about this exact subject!)
@@Cookiesports Yup, I have rented the gear so far. Todat I spent 3 hours on pretty wide 78cm 122L rrd board and it was challenging but fun. What is surprise for me - tacks up the wind were much better with big sail 7,3 than with smaller 5,2 Thanks to its counterweight.
Ça c'est du tuto! Grt thx
Merci! ✌️
Maybe too late to comment but in non planing conditions, is it possible to use the harness while using the daggerboard or will that ruin the balance?
Yes, for sure possible to use the harness with the DB… but you must remember how foot steering works and changes with/out the DB
Going up wind in light winds would be fab. I can get going alright, but getting back where I started out from is still a bit of an issue. Also when I practice jibes, going upwind is exhausting and painfully slow. I'd be great to know how to keep speed up as much as possible while going upwind. I ride a twinser freeride board and I wonder whether that could be the reason I am going upwind at slower speeds than other riders. Or maybe it's just my technique.
Hi!
Great to hear you enjoyed the video! Slow upwind could well be the board or technique... but remember the elements of windsurfing outlined in this video...
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Upwind Elemenet breakdown..
VISION- head, shoulders, hips, and leading foot all turn to look upwind.
TRIM- The board needs to be flat from front to back to stay fast, the board need minimal heel edge pressure to get upwind- but not so much to slow you down- subtle!
COUNTERBALANCE- arms remain extended, rig away. If the rig goes back you pull your body forward- this will help keep the board flat too.
POWER- stays on! do this by pushing hard through your extended front arm, and ensuring your harness lines are far enough back that the sail stays closed.
STANCE- a straight, upright body is efficient. It is tough as you'll always be on the edge of being pulled around the front, but being upright, and forward with your body will help... the vision, flattening the board, allowing the rig to go back and stay powered up.
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@@Cookiesports Okay. Identified two mistakes already: Too much heel-pressure and front-arm not fully extended. But whenever I stop doing that, I begin bearing away. I can't possibly turn my body more upwind. Thanks again. These videos and your comments here helped me a great deal to improve. I already started lobbying for a beach-crew trip to Limnos. ;)
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Doing them both fully will cause you to bear away, sounds like you're at a point we're the movements are correct but need to be a little more subtle, or even one at a time... extend the front arm with a little heel pressure, to stop you going too quickly into a downwind position. 👌
@@Cookiesports I'll give it a try. I guess my home spot is also not the easiest to work with. It is a lake with rather patchy wind and the runs are not particularly long. If I want to crank out as many jibes as possible, I have to go upwind aggressively. Maybe I'll try it the other way around: keeping the board more flat with less heel pressure while pulling the mast over just a little. I'll try both options, I guess.
Hi Cookie. I've noticed that your feet are on the windward side of the board when you are not planing.
I'm putting my feet in the middle of the board instead. Am I wrong ??
Hi PL!
Thanks for watching, and a great question. I’ll try my best to explain an answer...
- to stay upwind when not planning you just engage the windward side of the board into the water, this creates lateral resistance and allows you to stay/go up-wind.
- to get planning you need to get the board flat.
- as the board gets faster you need to get further out and further back one the board to control the lift.
So you have an option... either move your feet a lot to be in the right position depending on what you’re trying to do (tough to do without a lot of skill, experience and energy!)...
Or stay a little further back and out, but control the boards trim (how flat it is) but either heel or toe pressure. This same heel/toe pressure is how I steer up/down wind when not planning.
So, when you see me not planning and standing on the windward rail I have some heel pressure to give me the resistance in the water and stay up wind.
When the wind hits and I’m trying to get going I then (without moving my feet) push hard through my toes- in particular through the toes on my front foot. This gets the board flat and will allow the board to speed up.
No need for excess movement on the board- just controlling how the board is trimmed through foot pressure changes.
I hope that makes a bit of sense?!
7:17 That would be me ;-)
🤣 hopefully this video will help you change that!
What sail are you using?
7.6 RRD Fire sail. 2020 edition. Nice performance freeride sail.
Hope you’ve managed to check out more in the series!
Good video. What do you weigh?
Thanks for watching. Hope you’ve managed to check out a few other videos on the channel 2!?. I weigh about 80 kg.
@@Cookiesports
Yes nice. I also weigh 80kg.
Is such a 122 liter board enough if I have not yet mastered the water start perfectly?
@@fabwissler1245 122 is a relatively small board, but with some practice you can easily up-haul it and sail without water starting (providing the water is not to choppy of course!).
Have you seen my water start video?
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This video will also help if you're sailing smaller boards....
ua-cam.com/video/UO6B9e7hObA/v-deo.html
May i ask where you found this fin mount for your go pro ? I'd love to buy one....
Homemade I’m afraid! I’ll do an intro to my camera set ups soon!
@@Cookiesports nothing wrong with that😉 I was just thinking there'd be a lazier way than me having to tidy up my toolshed
Hahah! It’s a bit of metal, hammered flat with a go-pro style thing on it! Move promised everyone asking that if/when I hit 10,000 subs I’ll do a full intro to my camera set up.
Share the channel and help me get there!
@@Cookiesports Consider it done...I've tried to make one myself with a old aluminiium tube but it broke...better luck next time :-)
You have vid for light wind waterstarts? i.e.- holding mast and sail bottom. Lots of instruct vid for high wind waterstarts but nothing at the most critical point - getting back when wind dies🤔😒
I haven’t yet… but I’ll get on it!
@@Cookiesports Thx for your respond....looking forward for your new vid to share with fellow WSurfers'
When the sail is pulled back and down, what stops the back end from washing out... you need speed on the fin, but you need to get going before adjusting back and down... clearly I don’t get it... arg
Push though the front toes, that'll drive the board flat and forward and not spin you out.
New video coming soon will touch on this point!
At least you can go upwind lol
Follow these steps and you will be able to too! Watch the video on this channel too about the Elements of Windsurfing- that’ll really help you if you’re struggling! 👍👍👍