Dagger boards for original Windsurfers from the 70s and 80s. Three types - standard (bottom), high wind or profiled, and retractible for the 1984 and up models
Longboard freestyle windsurfing - duck tack. Suffices to duck way low, don't push the sail forward into the wind. Simple as that. Make sure board has enough speed to turn.
Longboard freestyle windsurfing - duck tack
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Windsurfing
from pierrec452
18 June 2008
Freestyle windsurfing - clew-first railride examples. Article at lbws-com-au. Strong wind and lighter wind examples herein.
Freestyle windsurfing - duck tack to back to front. End up inside the boom, facing the wind. Article at lbws-com-au.
Freestyle windsurfing - duck tack to back to front
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Windsurfing
from pierrec452
16 June 2008
Freestyle windsurfing - duck tack with a jump. Much more fun. Jump on the other side rather than just reach out...
Freestyle windsurfing - duck tack with a jump
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Windsurfing
from pierrec452
16 June 2008
Freestyle windsurfing - pirouette tack to pushing the sail. Pirouette as the board gets on the other tack.
Freestyle windsurfing - pirouette tack to pushing the sail
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Windsurfing
from pierrec452
16 June 2008
Freestyle windsurfing - jumping the booms. Article under www-lbws-com-au. Brace up, 90 degrees with the wind. Strong wind preferably. Jump well, land on other side of boom, normal sailing !
Freestyle windsurfing - jumping the booms
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Windsurfing
from pierrec452
13 June 2008
Freestyle windsurfing - getting into sailing back-to-front - how to get into it by ducking underneath the booms.
Freestyle windsurfing - jumping the boom - more examples. Here I freeze the frame at the time of maximum height - more exciting. I also hope this gives a better perspective if you wanted to try. Article at www-lbws-com-au.
