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.....................

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Welcome to the site!
Aswell as regular features and news updates from Fuerte, I am going to be using this site to promote my windsurfing clinics.
After 15 years on the island,having competed in the PWA freestyle world cup and now representing Fanatic Boards and North Sails, I have decided to give something back to the sport which has given me so much over the years.
My aim is to provide clinics "tailor-made"for each individual, with a strong emphasis on practical in-the-water instruction, backed up by on-the-beach tuition and video analysis. The consistent conditions here in Fuerte make learning so much easier and, perhaps equally important, more fun than the typically inconsistent, cold UK - why not come over for a week and improve your windsurfing by a year!!!
I can help with any manoeuvres from carve-gybe through to advanced jumping and freestyle, just email me with your wish list and we'll take it from there! Over the next few months, I am going to be video-chronicling manoeuvres which you can check out on the right in my tricktionary sections. This will give you some idea of the things we can work on, or, if you can't make it over here, you may find them useful to help understand and break down a manoeuvre you would like to learn (hopefully, the slow-mo will help in this respect!).Just click on the trick and scroll down..........
Anyway, keep checking it out as I have loads more in my bag of tricks and will be updating as and when I get the footage.
If you're interested, e-mail me on gibboinfuerte@yahoo.co.uk
See ya in Fuerte?
Stephen.............