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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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.
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See ya in Fuerte?
Stephen.............