Monday, 1 December 2008

How To......Forward Loop


Forward loop from Stephen Gibson on Vimeo.

Try and find a bit of chop or a wave, say 15 metres ahead of you, in other words pick your jump. Head slightly downwind and now place your hand at the rear of the boom, the further back the better when you are learning. Jump off your chosen bit of chop and turn your board downwind, you do this by lifting your rear foot under your bum and sheet in hard whilst looking towards the clew of your sail.

Whatever you do NEVER look straight ahead or down at the water when your doing a loop always look back over your back shoulder as far as you possibly can.

Keep sheeting in hard, even just by holding this position you will rotate a certain amount. You can tell just how far you have rotated by looking at the clew of your sail. It’s very important to not sheet out or let go of the boom with your back hand at this stage as you will probably be in for a hard crash.

Initially you will land on your back, but over time and with practice you will get a feel of what a loop feels like and will develop your own technique.

Good luck..................

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