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isobars
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| jingebritsen wrote: | | agreed about foot strap changes. lots of extra work for one sail. |
Even with my 29" inseam, I just mount my back strap all the way aft and front strap all the way forward, so I can trim my board dynamically and subconsciously according to conditions. |
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isobars
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| coachg wrote: | | I’d go one further than John and tell you to get in both straps before hooking in. Iso’s would tell you go BFF but both methods are crutches leading to glass ceilings if you stay with them too long |
Unless, of course, one learns to do them properly. |
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swchandler
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| It's a bit humorous to imagine someone with their back foot in the rear strap with their front foot placed well in front of their front strap. Kind of poised in an oddly stretched out stance that is almost comical in nature. Can you imagine if their front foot unexpectedly slipped forward? Ouch! |
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jingebritsen
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isobars
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Key words: "one guy".
I know "one guy" who can't plane through a jibe. I guess that makes it impossible, or at least difficult enough that we needn't try to master it. |
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GURGLETROUSERS
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:04 am Post subject: |
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Funny thing about surf.
It doesn't care about boasting or techno-crap, and humbles everyone at times. |
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jingebritsen
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:15 am Post subject: |
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just trying to help those that may have few inputs from others beyond this forum. if one is an environment where the opposing current helps people get away with both feet up on the board water starts along with 30 knots of wind all the time, the www can amplify lazy/sloppy techniques that do no apply in humbler conditions. seen the crappy water start thing bunches too. all these folks get eaten up in onshore surf conditions resulting broken gear and injuries.
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GURGLETROUSERS
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:16 am Post subject: |
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In full agreement John.
I know that YOU surf! |
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isobars
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| jingebritsen wrote: | | over the years, as i've encountered folks that BFF, on flat water or surf, they either accept advise to switch to FFF and become more accomplished sailors, reject that coaching and end up quitting, or like i said about this one guy, show up in the surf about 2-3 times per year and gets his adz kicked about half the time. |
Anyone who sails the surf only 2-3 times per year and does it adequately half the time is a pretty phenomenal sailor. He must be on to something that works. Besides, "switching" implies abandoning one technique for another, rather than adding to one's skillset ... Ye Olde "My Way or the Highway" mindset which completely ignores such considerations as choice, wind and water conditions, gear, safety, versatility, expansion vs contraction of one's options, overcoming plateaus, even basic physics sometimes, and much more.
| jingebritsen wrote: | | if one is an environment where the opposing current helps people get away with both feet up on the board water starts along with 30 knots of wind all the time, the www can amplify lazy/sloppy techniques that do no apply in humbler conditions. |
Please tell us where that place is; I'd move there in a heartbeat as long as its downsides aren't too egregious. The best place I've found so far blows a consistent 30 kts (thus gets the newsworthy swell) < 10 days a year and has no perceptible current ... and even then there's nothing remotely steady about it. And don't be so jealous of the spots that DO have current allowing two-footed waterstarts; your back yard often has the blessing of waves even with little wind. Almost every place, just like almost every technique, has its advantages. |
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coachg
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| antonputman wrote: | No idea what you mean coachg...
Whatever |
Now do you have an idea? 
Coachg |
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