Monday, 1 December 2008

How To.....Shaka


Shaka from Stephen Gibson on Vimeo.

I love doing shakas! This is my technique for doing them(off a wave).

Approach the wave on a broad reach, with as much speed as possible.

As you reach the wave, bend your knees and start the carve into wind. You should be carving pretty hard as you take off from the lip.

As you take off, lay the sail down as for a shuvit, keep sheeted in hard with the back hand, and lean the upper body forward towards the nose of the board. Do NOT lean back!

In the air, keep the front arm straight and use the back hand to feather the sail and control the rotation.

Keep leaning forward throughout to encourage a nose-first landing.

As you land, keep the front arm extended forward, push the clew through the wind and you're outta there, job done!

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