How to get in footstraps and getting planing. Windsurf Ride-along sessions with Cookie
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2020
- The Ride-Along Series with Cookie take you through some simple steps to get into your footsteps whist on the board planning.
Filmed with live commentary and a mixture of on-board cameras to ensure you fully understand the basics of the skills and how to go faster in control.
Let me know what you think, and if there is anything else you’d like me to run through whilst windsurfing drop me a message in the comments or Instagram at @Cookiesport. And make sure you check out many more videos on the channel series.
So thats what I'm doing wrong!! Finally someone to talk it through while on the board so I can see too!! Witchcraft explained!!!🙆♂️
Glad you’re enjoying them Simon! 👍
As a intermediate windsurfer, in-situ explained tips are quite helpful. Thanks for your effort. Frankly speaking, this channel deserves much more attention from windsurf lovers. For upcoming videos, I would like to see tips to avoid any accidents. While getting faster, catapulting, hitting head to mast, falling bacward while in harness with rig on you or any other situation would be more harmfull. A comprehensive video might prevent us being hurt and makes people more cautious.
Thanks for the nice comment Pepe. I’ve only had this channel going for a few weeks now- feel free to share about and give it some attention! 😜
I’m on the process of the kind of video you mention- key tip though- head upwind! That saves any sort of catapult, push the toes to bear away for power- but remember “bear away” doesn’t mean go downwind- just further away for the wind to the upwind position you’re currently at. To power up and get to the board planing you do not have to go down the wind, you only have to bear away a little! I hope the difference between those two commonly confused terms makes sense - watch for a new video about power control that will explain this in the upcoming weeks
The onboard comments are great. Really useful with watching what’s happening
Thanks Jeffery! Many more useful videos in the same style on the channel, plus many more coming this spring! 👍👍
Thanks Cookie! Finally cracked both straps - age 60😀 And take-off. Planing in full control at last. Please emphasise the back strap gives you that full control. You’re often reluctant to get in the back strap. But hey, couldn’t have done it without you. Huge thanks. Gybes next😱
Congratulations Elliot, great work! I’ve given you some tips, but it’s you that’s cracked it! 👍👍👍
You are encouraging me to try the straps! Am 71, been w-surfing since 18 on and off around the world and still hate using them as with the slightest change of winds, they guarantee that I will be thrown off the board. I am very average at it mind you; I also sail Hobiecats/cats. I want to learn to levitate with the wing but cannot get an opportunity. Perhaps I might try going to Lemnos next year.... its a thought at this point... 2 yrs after u wrote this...
to me the sign of a great teacher is how easy they make stuff look, which in itself is great encouragement to a twice a year windsurfer like me. Thanks for your videos and the way in which you present what you are doing.
Thanks Peter! Glad you enjoyed it, and I’m sure many others on this channel!
One of the best videos I've watched to far to try and improve. So much better than a dry simulator! So many different degrees of freedom on a board and its difficult to always find which part of the body, board, sail set-up it causing you to not speed-up when all the other are planing by.
Glad you enjoyed it! Fault analysis can be hard. Get onto some coaching clinics where possible. One things the instructor will introduce you to very early on with intermediate/advanced lessons in the fast forward formula, the 5 elements of windsurfing. Here's an intro I did on it, have a thing about these white you're learning anything new.
Eg, I dropped off the plane whilst going for the foot straps... where was my vision. ah- at my feet- eye up and look forward to the direction where you are aiming to go.
Heres the link...czcams.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/video.html
Sounds good, Cookie. Just two days ago I was trying to give advice...having first got into the straps 40 years ago and trying to think of what I now do automatically. MOST thankfully, having watched your video, my advice was on the mark. He did say that he watched your videos; I endorsed his choice. Good for you, chap.
Thanks Richard, happy to help!
Hopefully you can make it out to Vassiliki this summer for some face-2-face coaching!
there's all this theory and important balance stuff and I'm nodding along all the way but when I'm on the water all I remember is drop down and push the front foot and boom! I'm flying 😎
Haha!
That’ll do it! 👍
Great windsufing channel, very helpful, excellent quality of the instructions and very nicely filmed.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you
Thanks for this video! Can't wait to start nailing the straps.
Thanks Steven, glad you like the video! Let me know how you get on! 👍👍👍👍
Yeeeewwwwwwwww, nice to see you back at it mate!
Always at it mate! Come and play- the conditions here are great!
this was the best tutorial and the most fun to watch one I have seen, I did send it to all my intermediate windsurf friends after receiving it from another friend as well. Your channel is amazing, keep it up!!
Wow, thanks!
hhhhahahahha the flying hat!! love it!
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Really helpful thankyou! The camera angle is just right and your explanation spot on!
Thanks Tina!
Hello Cookie we love the video it has really helped me! I also want to thank you as finally after watching your videos my 7 year old daughter wants to learn to windsurfing. Keep it up and posting your videos. Tim
Hi Tim,
Great to hear it helped, and really happy it's inspired your daughter to get on a board! I'm in the snow season now so will be posting some more winter based videos, but stay tuned for Summer 2021 when I'll be back on the water!
man, this is an amazingly well explained and shot tutorial. the best channel i have come across. thank's for the excellent work. i will try it out tomorrow, i am very excited :)
Thanks! Hope it goes well!
Thanks Cookie - that was really helpful!
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Simon, this was great! Thx!
Thanks David, make sure you subscribe and stay in the loop with the series!
Great Video, awesome explanation about how much to use your feet with hand coordination and those constant adjustments really good thank you.
Thanks Robert! Glad it helped! Stay tuned for many more videos coming regularly!
Thank you, so well explained and finally with onboard video!!!
Hi Emil! Thanks for the comment. Hope you've enjoyed this and some either videos on the channel!
Ride-Along Windsurf Coaching with Cookie! I did enjoy your other videos as well, please keep up the good work👍😊
Congrats for your videos !! I am a beginner and those videos have been so helpful ...8 hours on a board and by watching your planning video i did plan for 3 seconds ...3 amazing seconds...thank you so much for your time!!
That’s great news- well done! Thanks for watching
Excellent explanation as it happens really useful.
Thank you very much!
Brilliant tutorial! Thank you!! I’ve been windsurfing every week this summer, yesterday was incredibly windy & choppy and I struggled quite a bit on the water. Got catapulted many times trying to get into back strap so I’ll apply your great advices when I’m on the water tomorrow. I’ll watch more of your videos later :)))
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Great video so much value in a really well shot video thank you!!
Thanks! 👍
Very good instruction and cool surfing looks perfekt
Thanks
Excellent narration and love the 2 cameras!
Thank you! Many more on the channel, plus a lot of recent ones with better filming techniques I've learnt!
So I finally learned this (essentially just put my feet in one at a time and compensated for balance with the other foot, then pushed it down in the strap)! You do need crazy power in the sail bordering being over-riggered for the board to be stable enough to make the initial mistakes. Later I (we) learned how to do it at lower speeds as well. Now I just struggle with my Fanatic Jag being hard to control at high speeds through choppy seas and gusty winds 😅
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Hey thanks for your videos! Truly interesting! I'd like to add that I agree that if you stabilize in the front footstrap the back footstrap is easy, mostly on a wave board, anyway when I was learning I broke my board nose multiple time while trying to get in the back footstrap!!
Hi Alpha!
Thanks for watching. You're right, taking your time to get into the back foot strap can really help- head hard upwind before doing it too will save catapults and reduce noes jobs on boards!
this man fantastic
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Really explanatory video. Just found out that I have to push with my front strap foot to prevent the board from steering into the wind.
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Great vids thanks. Used to do a bit of windsurfing many years ago and thinking about going back to it so these sort of videos are so helpful. Tried kitesurfing but it just feels far more dangerous to me and you really need to do it with someone else. Looking forward to going through all your videos.
Hope they help you out! Kiting is great too- bit I definitely prefers windsurfing!
Ssooo useful thank you my hero!
Happy to help!
Very helpful thanks Simon, much appreciate the link from fb!! 👍👍👍👍
Happy to help. I seen you’ve been on a few of the videos- stay tuned for more coming this summer!
Great video
Thanks
Well explained bro thanks! Cant wait to get out there and give it a crack. Was so close at end of last season . Was fanging along at 20knots and felt out of control, my board flipped and nearly put the fin up inside me.
You’ll be great, give it a go! I’ve got a variation on this foot strap video coming soon that’ll really help you!
I struggle to get back from the mast, once I bear down wind, or start to! I am on an older long narrow, plastic Wayler board, there’s no way I’m gunner get that sucker to plane.....! 😆First tutorial to mention toe & heal....! Thanks 😎🏖🌴☀️🇦🇺
Hope it helps!
Remember- you don't have to go down wind to get in the straps and get going. The term "bear away" simply means to sail a little further away from the wind than your current position. For getting into the straps start up wind, close to the wind. "Bear away" by dropping low and pushing through your front toes to speed up and get in the front strap... this move might only take you sillily off the wind, or eve just across it- but not downwind.
The use the heel pressure to head back up, rake the rig back (even de-power slightly by pulling a little with you front hand) to then get into the back strap!
Good luck!
Wow....just found your videos and that's all I can say. Keep this up - this is really fantastic information and I'm absolutely amazed by your abilities! I just got into the sport last year and have been learning on my own through CZcams videos and trial and error and I feel that I've stumbled upon a gold mine now that I've found your tutorials : )
HI Matthew,
Thanks for the nice message, really glad the videos are helping. I'm on the snow now for the next few months- continuing the channel and teaching in different sports. I'll be back on the water filming again in April!
Plenty of videos to keep you entertained and training for a while though- feel free to drop any questions on the videos though!
@@Cookiesports Enjoy the snow, brother! I just ordered a thicker wetsuit so that I can keep sailing through the cold(ish) months here in the northern part of Florida ; )
For some reason getting into the back strap is for me harder than getting into the front one. By the time I'm ready to get into the back strap I'm fully blasting and in the choppy and gusty conditions we have on my spot I'm having difficulties in finding a "calm" moment when I can shift my weight from the back foot to facilitate the movement. Need more practice and I'll try pushing a ring a bit before going for it. It's perhaps a mental thing shifting the weight on the front foot while planning. Hey, great videos. Really appreciate! Keep'em coming!
Hi Marko!
Thanks for watching, really appreciate your support on this channel!
Don’t rush to get in the back one, get happily cruising around in the front on a getting up wind. Once your up wind nicely you’ll find it more natural to take the rig back, bring your body forward, then tease you back foot into the strap! 👍👍🤣
@@Cookiesports Hi. I keep coming back to your videos and eagerly waiting for new ones. The back footstrap was a nightmare for me. Then I come back here and I literally pause-and-play through the video few times. I memorized the sequence of moves (legs, arms, head, body) and pre-visualized the moves before entering the water. And guess what - I'm fully in the straps now, greatly thanks to this and your other videos.
Now I'm trying to master the "carve-tack" (czcams.com/video/lgtRtOAW0qc/video.html) and I find myself I can't get out of the back fotostrap :) I probably wait to long and the board stalls. Will get there :)
One day I hope to join you on one of your clinics! The plan was for this year, but couldn't do it for known reasons. Thanks.
Great to hear, thanks the message!
I’ve got a new video coming soon that’ll help you into the straps in another way! 😉
Amazing tutorial! Just like the other videos. I’m starting to get into the straps and am going to try these techniques. Thank you for making these amazing videos. You rock!!!. I’ve got an RRD Evo and foot straps in the “placebo” position, I can get in them pretty well. Do you think I should move the straps back and put to the next spot?
Absolutely! Get them a bit further back and out. It’ll be a bit tougher and more sensitive to your foot pressure- but when you start to go faster it’ll be far more stable! 👍👍👍
@@Cookiesports Thanks! Will try!
Hi Cookie. This is one of the best tutorials I've seen online for getting into the straps and steering. Thanks for making the vid. What I would like to ask is what is the best way of slowing the board down and coming off the plane ready to tack (I'm not into planing carve gybes or carve tacks yet). When I get planing with both feet in the straps and fully accelerated, trying to slow the board down to reverse the process seems a bit haphazard. What is the best practice for this? Looking forward to seeing more of your vids when you have time to make them. Many thanks.
Hi Marc,
Thanks for the comment, really appreciate your positivity!
So, slowing down and getting into a tack... firstly referent back to the "Elements of Windsurfing- Fast forward Formula" video i made a week or two ago (link below here).
Use this formula to figure out a plan of attack....
Vision...you want to head up wind and stop, then tack, so look upwind hard.
Trim... aiming to get up wind so need heel edge pressure. Do you want to keep speed? If you front foot keeps the board flat and fast, or back foot pressure will slow you down and turn quickly.
Counterbalance...as you steer into the wind and slow down the rig will be going back to your body must be going forward to counter this.
Power... you want to slow down, but you also want some power to help get you further up wind- so keep the pulling down and back through the boom, and as you steer closer to the wind keep the sail in.
Stance... a big moment like this you'll want a low stance for stability.
You can use this formula to figure out most problems when windsurfing!
Let me know how you get on!
Cookie
czcams.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/video.html
Many thanks!
Thanks a lot Cookie, you did not spare any details for each step and this is really unique about your videos 🙏 here especially the counter balance tips are really useful to getting in the back foot strap. Do you have particular tips on staying in them without freaking out on high speed? 😅 How do we improve this without loosing balance?
Hi Duygu,
Thank your your comment, much appreciated!
Without freaking out... I think this answer will come in two parts...
Part 1- get a lesson- or at least an encouraging friend.
Dealing with issues in our heads (like freaking out at speed) are best dealt with with the support of others. Knowing someone is right there cheering you on, encouraging you to move your feet- that are likely glued on the board with little chance of moving- is a great support and will help keep it fun and less scary. It also can help as you know in your mind should you have a slip, they are there to help.
Part 2- Go Upwind.
Everyone seems to think that you must go downwind to get planing, and get in the straps. Start close to the wind and the decide how much speed/power you need to get up to a speed you are comfortable with. This may not even need to be turning across the wind but the whole process can be down close (ish) to the wind. To get upwind your VISION is the key- look where you want to go with you head, shoulders, hips and front foot, this will pull the board in that direction (I'm just working on a video that shows this key element a little more actually so stay tuned!)
@@Cookiesports Thankfully I have the friends part covered and as you say it is really good encouragement 😊
It's also great to know I can do all that upwind! Thanks a lot
Hi Cookie, can I ask the wind speed when you took the video please? Also, I have a baby question, do straps make us faster ? or when we get faster we have to use straps? which is reason and which is outcome? Thanks!
Hi Tom!
Wind speed in here was mid 20's if I remember right. Foot straps lock you onto the boards and stabilise everything. It may make you a little fast, but the key bit is about control. Work on the front one only, no rush to get into the back one.
@@Cookiesports Thanks a lot! Cookie.
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Thank you for these videos, they are so helpful. I can really understand what you mean when the camera angle is this and you narrate while doing. I've got a question or a problem. I have a 122l Starboard Futura, can get planing and into the harness. But not yet into the footstraps. When I get planing while in the harness I tend to steer upwind, losing power. My front foot is in front of the strap, but I fear putting it in. Feels like my feet are so far back that the rig just leans too much back steering me upwind. Or then if I lean forward I get catapulted. Is my harness lines too far forward or too short (I have adjustable ones, now at 29")? I need to learn to get into the straps as my feet won't stick the board while going faster in some chop. I fear getting catapulted while in the harness and straps, snapping my legs off at my knees 😅
Glad you’re enjoying these videos!
To get into the front strap you have to head slightly off the wind to accelerate and power up (not necessarily downwind - just a little bit further off the wind than the original up wind course). The rig has to come back in order to drive the power and accelerate. Consequently the board wants to turn into the wind. The job off your front foot kicking, driving & pushing is what stops the board turning hard into the wind and stopping.
Problem quite likely (and most commonly) is that as you go back towards the foot straps you stand too heavily on your back foot which turns the board even quicker into the wind. Drive off the front foot give it a push or two, a kick or two then repeat as you step into the foot strap!
Try this video, a lot of the tips I’m using for light wind powering up are the same for getting into the foot straps!
czcams.com/video/nBdWc6EUX-k/video.html
Thanks for the great tips cookie. I've got a 200 lt board which is really stable and quite good to start planing... I'm not a pro so it helps. It would be great if you could make a vid about how to control a 135 lt board
Hi!
Thanks for watching and liking the videos. To be honest all these little points along the way will support you in your progression from a 200ltr to 135 and below.
I’ll drop in a couple specific ones below this comments- make sure you know and can apply the Elements, and can make solid tacks. These are core principles from beginner to advance windsurfers on all kit and in all conditions!
czcams.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/video.html
czcams.com/play/PLHYZzhAVyItB36ANS-9-p2Qx7lNyj_n0A.html
@@Cookiesports Thnx for your speedy response. I've checked out all your vids and I'm integrating the techniques into my sessions. I'm yet to take my smaller board out for a spin and try what I've learned here. I'll make sure our next holiday is at Keros once the corona crisis simmers down. Will be in touch. Cheers.. Dom
Hi Cookie, I have troubles getting into the back strap: my feeling is that the moment I move my back foot I get into a catapult. it is a mental block I am sure and maybe the advice about setting the rig a bit back to counter balance can help. Do you have any other suggestion?
Thank you very much, your videos are absolutely a must watch.
Hi!
Up wind! Look up wind, drive off the heels of both feet for a few seconds to get up wind. This will allow the rig to come back easily and you can the counterbalance this with your body moving forward. As your body moves forward you'll unweight your back foot allowing it to shuffle in.
Chances are this will slow you down or even stall the board, so ready for a big push to return across the wind and speed up again as soon as you're in both straps.
@@Cookiesports Perfect, looking forward to trying soon ;) Thanks
Hi Cookie! This is to thank you so much for these videos, they are so nice and helpful!
Wanted to ask, what's better wind-wise , Vass or Keros?
Are you coming to an island this summer?
Hi George!
Great question and a tough one to answer.
The morning wind in Keros is great, but I definitely prefer Vass for everything; better kit, better people, better vibes on the water, better nightlife, better access, better safety cover should anything happen! The afternoon wait can be frustrating though... will or won't the wind come... watching for clouds on the mounting and the other sings of wind approaching! haha!
Maybe you can make it out this summer to join me?!
@@Cookiesports Thanks a lot for the honest reply! Waiting for the blast to come isn't that fun unless you have good company. I would like to plan a windsurf vacation, so I wanted your opinion for the best place overall. This was the reason of my question. I was at Vass 2 weeks ago for a weekend and it was EPIC. I must travel from Athens to preveza in the end of July and will try to combine it with a some action at Vass :) ! I hope to learn some additional things from you there (on top of the videos) and probably have a beer. (Will send you a PM) . Cheers have a Great season ahead 🤙😁😁
Can I ask how your camera is mounted? I love the angle. And what camera are you using that is both waterproof and has a mike? It's a really great video
Thanks! I mounted it in a few different places for this video… most of it is explained here. This video is a little old now for this channel… I’ve upgraded a lot of cameras a mic’s since I made this one you like. 👍👍
czcams.com/video/smbTwJUc6Y8/video.html
I’m looking for more advice regarding body positioning while attempting to plane, go upwind, downwind (planing, non-planing). And how to steer while planing (I’m doing something naturally which involves opening the sail a bit when going downwind, and closing it when going upwind, but AFAIKT it should be just steering the board, applying different angles on the fin).
Hi! Thanks for watching.
Try this video out to start with, it’s aimed at light wind ideas but as you’ll see if relate it back to a lot of general uses and applications that’s you’ll find useful!
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czcams.com/video/nBdWc6EUX-k/video.html
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Awesome channel! What about getting into the straps first and then onto the plane? I find this the safest and easiest, but I am not good at the demonstrated method - tend to stall when putting in the back foot. Is this (footsreaps first) something I should avoid?
Getting into the straps early (off the plane) can work when you know you're powered up, and you know how to kick the board off the wind. Stepping back/into the straps without power, or skill & awareness enough to push the board away will result in you stalling into the wind and falling in backwards.
Sailing with only the back foot in the start is not recomended, far more likely to stall the board, and will need far more power to actually get going.
two videos I've done will help you...
- The elements of windsurfing...
czcams.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/video.html
- How to get going in light wind....
czcams.com/video/nBdWc6EUX-k/video.html
Feel free to comment with any more questions once you've had a look at these two! 🤙🤙
Hi I am not sure if this is possible but do you think you could do a session for intermediates tacking on a 150 litre board in chop when not planing as do most of my sailing off stokes bay in Gosport and having moved from a starboard start 220 ltr to a 160 litre JP Fun I am finding it much less stable. I am also being a little avoidant of bigger sails at times . I guess it’s seeing it in slow time and in choppy conditions to see whether there is anything I can do to make life a little easier. Thanks for all the videos love the channel and hope to see you next year for my 50th birthday treat
Hi Darren,
Thanks for watching! Great that your dropping board size, 160 is a solid platform to progress on.
For sure you'll need some power though, check out what other more experienced people are going on a nd get closer to matching roughly what they'r on (or even a bit bigger if you weight a bit more!).
It'd be great if you can make it out to Vass for Summer 2022, hope to see you there for clinic or two.
Although not specifically on the subject you're asking these videos will really help you out....
czcams.com/video/oCng8Mj6CTM/video.html
czcams.com/video/lgtRtOAW0qc/video.html
czcams.com/video/1GorYeXADoc/video.html
Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, really appreciated. Look forward to 2022
Watching this again. Lots of details to learn! Today I'll try to get a feel of the toe/heel reaction.
You said this was medium wind, how many knots was it? To practice at this level, can you recommend some ball park sail sizes for wind speed ranges? Many thanks.
HI!
I think this was filmed in around 20 knots on a 5.7 sail.... to be honest you can't be too specific with sail size and wind speed- too many variable to consider. On any given day people can be out having a nice time on a huge range of sails- I may be on a 5.7m someone else on a 8.2, someone else on a 4.0m.
As long as you have power in your sail you're ok. Aim to find someone on the beach you're heading too, similar skill and size, with a similar bard and then roughly match their sail size!
Let me know how you get on!
@@Cookiesports I got a more suitable rental board today, and was able to try out some of the things in your videos. For the first time, I was able to steer the board (kind of) in high speed. It was great feeling. Catapulted a few times, but it was great! Thanks for your videos. I will watch them again, and look forward to new ones.
Windsurfing is a declining sport in Japan. On my beach, everyone is a veteran. I am the only beginner. Quite a few gentlemen here are over 70, and they are very good, planing at high speed and foiling. So inspirational!
@@LeroyYue Great job!
Try this video out next, will help you cut down on the catapults!
czcams.com/video/dpAvn6GGvqU/video.html
@@Cookiesports I was wondering and got the answer. It was fast with 155 l board and 5.7 sails with 20 knot. I am biginner, wish one day get this speed. Thanks, Cookies.
Thanks for the great video! I’m been surfing on and off for years but never really reached a confident level. In addition I typically don’t have the ideal material, meaning to small and especially to narrow board. Getting planing is ok but i always go in the back footstrap first. The front one I find much harder to get in. Any tips for that?
Always, 100% of the time, front foot first! I’ve a number of videos showing how and why! 👌👌👌👌
@@Cookiesports thanks! It seems unnatural for now but I’ll work on it!
hello great videos.. when im planning in order to go top speed - accelerated do i have to push my frond toe's down or up .. also what about the pressure on the back foot ?
Hi!
Thanks for watching! Funny you ask...I've got a video I've almost finished that'll answer exactly those questions!
Amazing thank you! Every time I try and get in the foot straps it ruins my ride :D :D! I'm flying along and then the footstraps which seem miles away, I get in them or half in them and the board starts sinking and nose turns into the wind. It just feels so unnatural to get my feet back there. And then? I need to lean the rig forwards to counter balance? Thanks..
Thanks for watching! You need to learn to steer the board with your feet also… by standing back the board will steer with your feet unless you use them to go the other way!
Come join me in Vass for some coaching! 🤩
Thanks for the tutorials. You should have left in the hat retrieval! Maybe that's a video on its own
Haha! Maybe…
Hi Cookie, when I hook and start accelerating to place the front foot I usually tend to get very upwind loosing all speed all of the sudden (which leads to falling off the board), can you provide any advice of how to avoid this? Thx a lot!
Accidentally turning up into the wind, loosing speed and falling in backwards is common when learning to get faster and into the straps. It’s all down to counterbalance- as you work your way back on the board it try’s to turn to the wind, push the rig with your front and towards the wind to steer the board away, whist simultaneously pushing the through front foot- if you weight goes back, and the rig goes back you’ll turn to the wind and fall in backwards.
Kind of would like to have seen the hat rescue...
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Please give us a video to explain different board designs and how each design will behave on the water and which design suits which water condition and rider experience - straight or curved rail/ rocker/ tail shape/ distribution of volume/ width/ length.
Hi!
Glad you’re enjoying the videos I’ve made so far! I’ve been focusing so far on “on-board controls”. I’m sure in the future I’ll move towards some equipment focused clips! 👍
It's my third year learning how to windsurf at Vassiliki during summer hols. Started with Polly at your centre and I have just started to plane ( for a few seconds) but how do you plane for longer. By the way I'm 10 years old.
Great work- well done! To keep it going you may need to adjust your line… if you’re falling in backwards go off the wind a little, if your catapulting out the front come upwind a little. 👍👍
Does your weight through the harness stay relatively constant when going for the front foot strap and you just push through the front arm or do you put more body weight onto the lines ? Thanks.
Stays consistent really. You can give you front arm a little push away too- that uses the harness lines like a little pivot, gives you a little extra power when you move to the front strap.
I’ve got a new video on this subject coming soon! 👍
@@Cookiesports excellent, thanks cookie
@@Cookiesports at the weekend I put it to practice and for the first time I got into the harness and both foot straps in either direction! It was amazing, the board came alive and so much more stable and controllable. Such a blast. Can’t wait to go again :) there is hope for us older wrong side of 50 windsurfers yet. Next stop carve gybes! You’re the man cookie!
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@Cookie:
Trolling around the web lately, searching for advice on strap settings (width/height) for max safety. I'm looking to mitigate risk of foot/leg/knee injuries during blasting. The concern is situations like burying the nose and going over the handlebars at full speed with a locked in front foot. Thoughts?
Hi Charlie!
Thanks for watching, and hope you've found a few of these videos helpful!
I'll be filming more soon so stay tuned. I'll also be running bespoke clinics in Vassiliki throughout this summer if you're free to travel!
So, as a general guide for foot straps (safety as well as performance) you'll want the knuckle of your little toes just poking though the strap.
This will change for specific disciplines (wave/freestyle/speed act) but for general riding this is a good guide.
Also, if you're concerned about going out the front, make sure you check out this video...
czcams.com/video/dpAvn6GGvqU/video.html
I have this problem where i rode the indoard straps for 1 season (beginner) and it felt better than without i had more control and everything but now im basically at the starting point again since i put my footstraps into the outboard position (inboard wasnt good enough anymore) and i cant get into them for some reason, i feel like im gonna catapult instantly and it all feels so weird and too far back
Hi! I know exactly what you mean. Try this video out… it explains the problem and how to fix it!
czcams.com/video/c3z3FXNQqEE/video.html
I put my footstraps from the most inner to the middle position a few weeks back. I like that the board is going easily upwind, and im blasting in the super 7 stance. But there is still the most outer position, when do i go for that.
Often people will struggle to get up wind if the back foot stay in inboard… sounds like you’re doing ok though!
At some point when you’re really powered up the heel-edge will start to lift and wind will get under it… that’s a sign the straps are too far inboard.
@@Cookiesports Can i have spin-out from that the heels-edge getting out of the water? I have the right fin on the board, but when in fully blasting sometimes i spin-out. And like for a long time, that it ain't funny anymore. The fin is in good shape/new.
@@maikelvantures3660 as long as the fin is long enough too it shouldn’t be too much of an issue.
At the 8:00 mark, back foot in the strap discussion...
I'm very wary of catapulting when sailing with just my front foot in the strap. I find it extremely difficult to take my weight off the back foot so that it can be moved into its strap. In fact, I can only take the weight off for a fraction of a second. And then, I'm in such a rush to move the foot into its strap, that I often miss. Its the main reason I wear those dorky booties when sailing as I often slam my toes in to the front or rear of the strap where its screwed to the board.
What I think I hear you say is, that to put the back foot in the strap, move the weight to the front foot and counter-balance by moving the rig back a little bit. Do you find that you could lift the back foot off the board in this position form several consecutive seconds so as to allow time for the back foot to find the strap?
The other thing is that when I'm cruising with my front foot in and my back foot out of the straps, I find that my torso is well aft of my feet. That somehow, I got to shift my torso forward in order to weigh my front foot and take my weight off the back.
Backfoot strap- rig goes back so your weight can come forwards. This will stop you catapulting (as you've turned upwind) and also unweight the backfoot allowing you to slip in backward and towards/into the back strap!
Don't rush it, steer gently upwind and start to feel it unweighting!
@@Cookiesports Thanks, I'll give it a go!
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Hello
What is the main reason that a 100lts trifin board, cannot turn and loses control i gusty winds? Is the board overpowered? Is the sail overpowered? Is my technic wrong?
wind: 25-27 knots (gusts 33), board :RRD FSW 104 LTE, fins: 1x22, 2x10 ,rider average level (waterstart, gybes) 89-90 kls
Hi!
Tough to say from the description. have you heard of TTPPEE? I'll be doing a video explaining it this summer if you haven't;. The reason I mention it is because the way you're question is phrased is great- very close to the TTPPEE way of looking at things...
People automatically blame technique, but maybe it's something else...
- Equipment
- Environment
- Psychological
- Physical
- Tactical
- Technical
Stay tuned for the video explaining in full!
Which camera do you use?
Thanks for watching! This is filmed on a mix of GoPro's and OLFI cameras!
Convincing my back leg to not lock up and washout the back of the board is my current mental problem... body not obeying brain for some reason...
Ha yes- the head says yes but the body says no-way! 🤣
May I ask how much do you weight?
I'm asking because my 155L looks a lot different under me. :D
Hi Fano!
I weigh about 80kg, but after a few years I'm pretty light on my feet! 😉
I hope you've managed to see a few of the videos I've uploaded, many on this channel now!
If you're looking to get in the straps try this video out.. czcams.com/video/co1LTl5JHG4/video.html
@@Cookiesports ok, you have some 20kg less + light feet, that must be it. 😅
I have seen all of your videos, they are great! I hope you are travelling to Greece soon to make new ones. 😎🤙
@@franogracin2326
All being well I'l be back on the water by mid-late June 🤞🤞🤞
If you've got anything specific you'd like me to make a film on just let me know!
How to slip into the foostraps with GUSTY wind
1. Enough wind for gliding (not enough: forget the straps)
2. Your Foot joints (ankle) stabilize your Board.
3. Put your feet wider apart your legs more spread
4. forward Foot joint only stabilizes the Board
5. Backfoot being close to the back-footstrap...slip into it
6. Now stabilize the Board with the Foot in the BACK-footstrap
7. Step into the front-footstrap.
I'm afraid I don't agree with these points, I'll make a video explaining how to use the straps in gusty wind in more details.
One key point though; never go in the back strap first, it's a sure way to stall the board very quickly. You should never see this taught or done by anyone.
Front foot first all the time, often sailing with only the front foot in the strap for a log time is fine.
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90% of the time I use rear strap first. See the gust, point downwind, place front foot near mast. Feel gust hit the sail and pull down/back on harness, push power through toes on front foot while lifting rear foot in strap to make board plane. This gets me planing VERY quickly vs the conventional method. It almost feels like you are on a swing and the board swings away from you and onto the top of the water to start planing. Once planing slide the front foot in and start working across to upwind. If a problem arises I never pull the rear foot out, always the front first. 90 cm wide RRD Firemove 140 may be the reason for this technique.
Hi!
Thanks for watching the video, glad you enjoyed it.
Changing a teaching you've used for a long time will be tough, and will feel very wrong for a while, but with a bit of practice following this teaching you'll be able to get going quick, closer to the wind, and with smaller sails than the technique you're describing here!
I've worked with a few student who came to me with your technique and within a week of working with them their windsurfing had jumped up heaps!
how can you find your hat?
Just go and look for it! 🤩
Why does he say push through the front hand on the boom to go downwind? Wouldn't pushing on the boom just pull on his harness lines?
Hi Zachary!
Think of the harness hook as a pivot point… You can keep tension in the harness lines if you pull your front arm in, but the sail will open at the back- as a result the sail de-powers and you’ll likely head upwind.
If you push your front arm away (as I’m saying to do so here), the sail will close at the back, sheeting-in, powering you up, stopping the board turning upwind and stalling- allowing you even to bear away a little and get into the straps. 👍👍👍
@@Cookiesports oh wow.... that makes sense now! I can't wait to try and focus on that next time to help control while planing. Thanks Cookie!
On this huge board the footsteering doesn’t really have the impact on the board. In less wind closer to the planing threshold you wouldn’t be able to sail along so nimbly with only the front foot in, you’d eventually sink the tail. On the old narrow boards pretty impossible to sail along with one foot in the strap. Getting in the rear strap quickly is necessary to comfortably remain sheeted in and maintain the mast foot pressure in marginal planing conditions.
Sorry friend, but you’re wrong!…
Foot-steering is important to learn and understand as you get back into the straps- otherwise students simply stand on the back foot and wonder why the board is turning upwind so quick.
Sailing with one foot in is a good starting point to stop this happening and understand how to turn the board off the wind with the front foot pushing. Getting quickly into the back-strap will not help to begin with!
Also I’m guessing you’re new the the channel if you’re quoting “mast-foot pressure” like this! 🤣
Watch this video and join the future!….
czcams.com/video/w6I3qwB4OX4/video.html