Monday, 1 December 2008
How To....Push Loop
Push Loop from Stephen Gibson on Vimeo.
Note: The first thing to do when wanting to learn to push loop is wait until you have a windy day, meaning slightly overpowered, not to the point where you cant hold onto your sail but enough wind that you are fully powered up. Secondly especially when attempting a push loop for the first time a steep ramp will help.
Step 1. As with a back loop you want to hit the wave or chop just as it's about to break, in my opinion with a push loop its more essential to get more vertical, this means trying to go as straight up as possible and with lots of speed.
Step 2 & 3. Ok, so your now airborne and thinking what the hell do I do now. Although it may not look like it you need to rotate just before the apex of your jump meaning try to rotate just before you actually get to the top of your jump. You do this by throwing your weight back and looking over you shoulder down at the water as well as opening up your sail so your clew is heading into the wind. Do not try and push your sail around, it doesn't work that way, it's the clew of your sail pointing into the wind that actually rotates you or pulls you around. This takes a bit of practice but, as with any, move be patient.
Step 4. Now you will be looking directly over your equipment through your sail and straight down at the water. This part I must say when not used to it will feel unnatural and you will be very tempted to bail which is common. I spent a good couple of weeks bailing continually at this point. You must tell yourself to hang on no matter what. This is where you push your sail, meaning push your back hand down or your boom end of your sail down towards the water. At the same time, drag the sail forwards with your front hand. This will start to bring you upright again. The key here is to concentrate on not over rotating which is also common and landing on your back which everyone does from time to time. Its as simple as this - to perfect your landing push until you are upright and then sheet in, think of your sail as your car accelerator if you don't want to stop rotating just keep pushing and you will always over rotate. By sheeting in, this is your brake to stop rotating you must sheet in and fill your sail with wind. Its about playing with this part of the move for a while and getting used to when to push and when to sheet in.
Step 5. Land your board tail first, do this by extending your back leg towards the water. This will avoid a flat landing as well as preventing a broken board!
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Thursday, 1 May 2008
How To.......One-Handed Flaka Diablo
One-Handed Flaka Diablo from Stephen Gibson on Vimeo.
Yep, we're blatantly just showing off now!
Start as you would for a one-handed flaka, and, as the board is sliding backwards, go into your diablo.
There are two ways of doing this; first way is to put your front hand back on the boom in the normal position, wait for the rotation to begin and then move it to the back of the boom and do your diablo. The other, flasher way is to leave your front hand off completely until the board starts it's rotation and then grab the end of the boom directly. This second method looks way better and is just as easy, but requires more speed than the first.
Easy??!!!??
Monday, 14 April 2008
How To.........Flaka Diablo.
Flaka diablo from Stephen Gibson on Vimeo.
Once again, consistency in your basic flakas is a prerequisite here.
Pop as you would for a normal flaka, catch the nose and begin the backward slide.
Timing is crucial here- wait until you feel the board begin it's spin and take the front hand off the boom, moving it back to the clew end as in a duck gybe. If you let go too early, the board will carry on in a straight line backwards until it stops planing and you will fall in while being whipped around by the sail like a rag doll, much to the amusement of onlookers!
As the board rotates, reach around the boom with the old back hand, pulling the sail across yourself to stop the board over-rotating, and quickly get the sail under control in the clew-first position with both hands on the new side.
Sheet in, and flip the sail or gybe the board to sail off on a new tack.....................
Sunday, 13 April 2008
How To......One-Handed Flaka
One-handed flaka from Stephen Gibson on Vimeo.
I am assuming you have your flakas pretty well dialled before you try this variation.
Approach the manoeuvre exactly as you would a normal flaka and, as you pop the board, quickly shift your back hand up the boom towards the mast (mine normally ends up around the back harness line) ,at the same time letting go completely with your front hand.
When the nose has caught and the board is sliding backwards, wait a split second until you see that the board has begun to rotate (spin) and quickly shift your back hand again forwards towards the mast, this time catching the boom in front of the harness lines.
Keep your arm fairly straight to keep the sail upright and, as the board completes the 360, throw the sail forwards to stop it over-rotating into wind.
Grab the boom with your free hand, move your back hand back to the normal sailing position, smile at the camera, and sail off...........
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