How to sail upwind FAST!
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Filmed in Vassiliki, Greece- join me here for a clinic!
Kit used... a mix of Point-7 sails, mainly the Spy, ACX and F1e.
Boards vary too, starboard tends to be my "go-to" for kit, but also RRD a lot too.
Audio recorded on InstaMic
Filmed on a mix of Insta360 OneR & GoPro Max
Mixture of camera mounts including Fly Mount and Sail Video System
This video I cover how to really crank as far upwind, as quick as possible; leaving you more time to practice those fun downwind manoeuvres!
This is the continuation to the summer 2021 series filmed from the Cosmos Hotel, Vassiliki.
Comment here or find me on Instagram to discus lessons and clinics options through this summer. @cookiesport
Videos mentioned in the video that are of good reference...
The Fast Forward Formula... • The Fast Forward Formu...
Tacking do's and don't... • How to tack! Windsurf ...
Special thanks to Point 7 sails, Starboard Windsurf & Sungod.
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DUDE you are the sickest .... the best (teacher) drill instructor . i inhale all the videos . BRILLIANT
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I learned a lot windsurfing skills from you. Thanks a lot. 👍
Glad to hear that! Thank you!
Good to see you again cookie, have a great summer
Thanks!
Glad you're back! I've been looking forward to your rant on MFP since last season.
Thanks! I think I was quite reserved in that rant today! 😉
Love your "show" I've been watching all your videos and learning a lot! thanks! about the new fisheye camera, at first I didn't like it at all, but now I realize you can see everything that's going on all at once which is great! to the guys complaining here about it, I say, give it a chance, once you get used to it, it really helps.
Thanks SB, really appreciate all of this!
You did it Cookie. Cheers from Chile 🇨🇱👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks! 👍
Great stuff, as always
Appreciate that! Thanks
Really cool
Thanks!
very helpful as always!
Glad to hear it!
These are very good videos. Thank you.
Glad you like them! Thank you!
Seen a couple of comments about the 360 camera - have to say it's the best angle I've seen, way better than the standard go pro points. Love that I can see your hips and feet, as well as the wake and get an idea of what you're doing
Thanks Tom- I really appreciate this- I was beginning to worry!
Great topic, trying to stay upwind is where 70% of my energy goes especially in marginal conditions like your video. I find that to go in the plane these conditions you have to bare away and that's enough to loose all the upwind gains done while waiting for the gust...thanks again for the video.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed!
You're right though- the majority of our time should be/is spend trying to get back up wind, or at least considering where the wind is and where I am in relation to it!
Big Z for the win! Great board great Thomas
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Thanks a lot!!!
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Amazing video looks amazing!
Thanks mate!
Great pointers in this video. Vision is so important. I spend way too much time looking at the rig, or my feet, and than too much time swimming.
Thanks Gregory. Nothing wrong with the occasional "splash tack" or keeping popping in to keep the fish company for a few mins now and then!
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Very concise explanations there, even though I don't really need any help with this, I watched anyway because there is always something you say or point out which I find useful, even if its something I already do or already know. Man that spot looks awesome!! Looks like you can get quite a bit of wind with very flat water.........I soooooo want to go there!!
Thanks for watching! It's a great spot, well worth a visit if you can get out this summer!
@@Cookiesports It wont be happening this year, I can get out of my country, but its the getting back in thats the issue, we have a very costly 2 week quarantine to go through......I'll have to wait sadly....
nice one again!
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazed how there's barely any wind noise in the audio!
Great series, btw!
Thanks! It’s a great mic I’m using, and I’ve been playing with the mounts to make it this clear!
Thank you for the video! Looking forward to go upwind and make 50 gybes!
Good luck! You can do it!
Thanks! Great video Cookie, some top tips.I agree with the others, the camera is cool but makes it difficult to see much of your position and stance. Upwind sailing I find tipping the rig forward towards the windward side also works, could be wrong? but seems to have great effect.
Hi!
Thanks for watching! I'll have a play with the 360 camera views for the next video. I though the large angle made it clearer to see, but clearly I was wrong!
Upwind- pulling the rig to windward is an out come of "channeling the power- pull the rig IN, BACK & DOWN" to the rider, the rig will of course go to windward. 👌
Went out windsurfing yesterday, must have caught myself saying “in, back and down” 100 times whilst blasting along 🤣👌 great tip
@@magnusr6473 Great to hear that- glad it's working!
Nice one! Cant wait to practice this. Next one can he pumping techniques? :)
Definitely! It's on the list!
Yes agree! Pumping technique would be great. When to do it / when not to etc
Thanks Simon! How about those strap positions? Front straps almost look in the "placebo" position / v close to center line?
@@jamesdougall2886 Pumping tech's- on the list!
@@jamesdougall2886 Its a freestyle wave with a thruster set up. Thrusters a "easy" to sail and get in the straps- they don't need to be outboard at all to get the pressure on the heels. Very good set up if anyone is struggling with foot straps, but happy on sub 140 lt. This is a new 137 few from BigZee boards, highly recommend. Only costs around 1300e brand new!
With the 360camera its hard to oriantate 😅 love your vids, learn a lot of it
Thanks for watching. I was hoping the 360 can have a clearer, bigger view and you can really see what I’m up to!
Nice as always. Maybe you can show us the spot without the 360 degrees camera once. So we get a better impression of everything. The camera is distorting things and I can‘t get it straight myself :)
Agree 360 camera very distorted perspective, hard to see the demonstration. would be better to use it sparingly. Enjoying the super instructional videos, much appreciated 👍
Thanks for watching guys! 360 cams are new to me, I'm loving these angles, but feedback is it's not as clear as I thought it was! I'll play with the vies and make it better for the next one!
Thank you for the video! Great info! One question though, does any of things change when using thruster fin setup? Anything particular we should pay attention to for going upwind efficiently with thruster?
Thanks for watching. The nice thing about the thruster set up is you don't need the foot straps so far outboard to affect the trim- they can stay further in (and easier to get into!) and you can still get the windward rail down as described in this video!
(The BIG-ZEE board I'm on in this video is thruster!)
thanks a bunch for lovely videos, I would like to know how you spot the gust, it would be great to show us from a back camera, if it is possible
Hi!
I’ve been trying to make an edit to show it, very tough to pick up on camera tbh. Look for darker patches/light patches, changes in the density of the ripples. Easy to see from a height, essential to learn to read them!
I love your series, constantly watching for a new tip or two as I progress through my early intermediate stage, I sail at Stokes Bay on the south coast and we get punished by the tide especially after a swim, so much of my time is spent trying to sail up wind, yesterday in lighter conditions I found I was able to sail closer to the wind when not in the harness as I was able to sheet in more, what is the technique to using the harness lines to help sheet in?
Hi Adam, thanks for watching- really happy I can help! It could be that your lines are too far forward if you cannot sheet in- commitment to the harness should pull the sail in for you! 👍
Thanks for the tutorial. Are you working for wild wind in vasaliki?
Hi!
I'm in the Cosmos Hotel in Vassiliki, pop on in and say hi if you're here!
fab
Thanks!
I'd love for you to talk more about "mast foot pressure" and why you don't use the term. I've used it while teaching other windsurfers and am curious how you'd explain the concept differently (or why the concept isn't useful at all).
While I was learnig I was literally bombarded with this term. Each video or any social media content is mentioning it. Despite that I didn't imagined it till I reall felt it. And that transition was for me two things really. Driving the board with the front foot and not laying out on the harnes but rather down and out/back. This made me feel what mfp or power in the rig really is. That was my experience. Hope it helps somebody...
Hi!
Short answer on MFP... when taught, received and implemented 100% correctly it can be useful. The reason it's been dropped for all modern teaching syylabus's is far too often one or more of those three things are done wrong- it becomes miss explained, miss understood, then wrongly implemented on the water. Wrongly done MFP is what I did briefly, it pushes the board down into the water, stopping any drive forward. It pulls the harness lines up to the riders chin (a common issue!).
"I've got all this power but can't get going"
"I seem to need a 7m sail when everyone else has a 5m"... all common outcomes from misunderstanding MFP.
"Channeling the POWER by pulling the sail IN, BACK & DOWN" can still be done wrong of course, but it's much easier for instructors to explain and students to understand and action.
Hope that helps? If more people ask for it i'll gladly make a video explaining it (I'm better at the spoken word than written! 😜)
@@Cookiesports Thank you! Definitely makes sense in terms of taught/received/implemented. Looking forward to testing out "in, back, and down" while teaching over the next few weeks
It’s sort of three stages to teaching- taught, received, implemented- what we may think is simple (taught) is misunderstood in the student (received), then they cants do what they thought they understood so implement something completely different.
No modern coaching schemes us MFP anymore, “channeling the power in, back & down is straight out of the RYA coaching hand book!
Game changer!
Have a look at the “elements of Windsurfing video” if you get a chance.
I’m working on my windfoiling stance, something with it seems wrong. I’m consistently pulling my arms in to keep power in the sail (front hand kind of close to the mast). If I keep my arms extended (front hand a bit further back, more “normal”), the rig feels like it just wants to fall aft and I almost have to push with my front hand to keep the sail up. Anyways, if I can borrow a GoPro (not a 360), which camera angle/mount do you suggest I use to capture my stance?
Have a good one!
That for joining me! If your front hand is close to the mast you'll be always de-powering- get that front had back by the front lines!
There are so many options for GoPro mounts, anything thats stone enough to hold the vibrations.... plus a safety line!
Try this....czcams.com/video/WFKFxgJBWmI/video.html
I like the look of that board. Do you have a link to Big Z?
info@stonero.com Thomas (Big Z himself) will help you out!). Great boards highly recommend!👍👍
@@Cookiesports
That's great, I'll drop him a line. Would be good to come over and try one out. Thanks!
I watching in France
I think these techniques work internationally! 😜
@@Cookiesports yep
I have ride this afternoon
I don't mind the 360 but I wish it was possible to get the wide angle without flattening the water. Can you give an idea of the size of the chop and wind strength when you start? It always looks pretty flat but I bet it isn't!
Noted! The more recent videos you’ll see I’m always introducing the conditions and kit I’m using to make this clearer for the watcher! 👍
Thanks for watching!
Thanks man. Great camera quality at ~10:30! Why not update them all :-) ? Sam O'Levski
Thanks for watching! Not sure I understand what you mean about "update them all"?!
I dont mind the 360° lens. give's the opportunity in the edit to focus on what you are talking about.
I've been having the other problem recently - its been so windy that I cant get downwind (mainly out of fear I guess).
How come the water is so empty? Tourists missing?
Go through the H’s to get comfortable heading downwind!
Thanks for the note on the cameras- I quite like them too! 👍👍
I also prefer the other camera instead of 360 but I like the videos nonetheless
Thank you! I'll have a think about the camera set up!
Tell me about master power, i think this is one reason why I’m not get on the plane faster.
The phrase I HATE is Mast Foot Pressure- it just doesn't work for most instructors or students and is so often miss-used/interpreted. The key bit for powering up and getting going effecfiantly is "Channeling the POWER, bu pulling the sail IN, BACK & DOWN' as I go through in this video, and also this one...
czcams.com/video/rJ4QD4Tmw9E/video.html
this is a CRAZY good camera angle! Maybe it would be even more perfect, if the fix point is on your upper body instead of the boom? I imagine then it looks more like it looks to us, kind of a POV and we could see more how the board and sail are moving relative to the body.
Hi!
100% right, I'll give you a full POV ride angle session soon!
Hows the board looking... what do you think?
I love it! Great boards! 🙌🙌🙌
Have watched all your videos so far and are so happy you're back. But I must say the new camera really puts me off. Fisheye lens makes it impossible to see the direction you're sailing. You become very small making it super difficult to say your stance and body work. We can't see your face so it makes the videos less personal.... I won't the width was a bit narrow on the old one but this has gone too far in the opposite direction imo. 😊
Much love from Denmark.
Thanks for joining me. Really surprised to hear this feedback on the 360 camera, I thought the view was so much clear to see everything! I'll have a play with the angles and see what I can do- find the middle ground between the two views I've had! 👍👍
Love your videos. However, the insta360 makes it more difficult to see what you are doing properly. It's just too much fisheye for me.
Noted! Few people saying this, personally i thought it was much clearer- but I'll have a play with the angles for the next video!
@@Cookiesports You can see everything, but because of the distortion it is difficult to see how far you are moving inside/outside/up/down.
I understand, I’ll have a play with the angles for the next one! Stay tuned! 🤙
What happened to Big Zee?
Great boards, still going strong!...m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067662587965&eav=AfZdm-Jp4gqZFvvJiUeFUT31zvUkS_AYGt5ofLiDwlCltEFaA51tBD3C4lV-WWIUX9k&paipv=0&_rdr