Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA156529432; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 14:37:12 -0700 Return-Path: <sdubois@Advent.COM-DeleteThis> Received: from mozart.Advent.COM by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA299579432; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 14:37:12 -0700 Received: from smtp_out.Advent.COM (smtp_out [204.243.141.5]) by mozart.Advent.COM (8.8.5/8.8.4/mailhost) with SMTP id OAA06985 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Wed, 2 Jul 1997 14:16:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccMail by smtp_out.Advent.COM (SMTPLINK V2.11) id AA867878218; Wed, 02 Jul 97 14:07:12 PDT Date: Wed, 02 Jul 97 14:07:12 PDT From: sdubois@Advent.COM-DeleteThis Message-Id: <9706028678.AA867878218@smtp_out.Advent.COM-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re[2]: What to Do?
Many great advices from all the wind_talkers. I think that nothing replaces
practice in learning how to jibe. So you must be ready to have to fall a
thousand times before you get it right.... That can be tiring. You could try to
practice in a shallow area so that you don't have to waste your energy and time
getting your rig in place and waterstarting between your many falls. I learned
to jibe at Flying Tigers which is perfect for this. Windy, flat, and shallow
under most tide conditions. Next choice, Third ave. on low to mid-tide.... If
you focus and work hard, you can crank a hundred jibes in an afternoon and learn
a whole lot...
-s
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Subject: Re: What to Do?
Author: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis at Internet
Date: 7/2/97 12:00 PM
Setup:
1. bear off and pick up speed.
2. unhook ahead of time and get stable before starting the carve.
Carve:
3. move rear foot forward of front foot straps, close to the rail and
STOMP on BALL of foot to force board to carve. Use an exaggerated foot
stance, heel well up off the deck. Use the pressure on ball of foot to
control rate/radius of carve.
4. BEND KNEES and bend them into the DIRECTION of the carve, leaning
forward while pushing the boom out in front of you, but still sheeted in.
DO NOT let the rig sag back towards you, hold it out in front of you at
arm's length. With your knees bent and leaning forward, your face should
be down slightly below boom height.
The key here is an aggressive body posture, S/B low center of gravity
and forward. If you let your body or rig sag back towards the tail of
the board it kills all the momentum.
Sail Flip:
1. Wait until the carve is almost complete, then use a push pull motion.
Push the boom away with the back hand while pulling the mast in towards
your face with the front hand. Again, be aggressive, use exaggerated
motions until you get it. Get the carve down solid before worrying about
this.
2. Change feet.
Observations on rig position:
The mast angle should be forward towards the nose all through the carve.
If your stance is low and forward it will be. You can't carve worth a
damn with the rig sagging back towards the tail. Conversely, you can't
flip the sail worth a damn with the rig forward, you must pull the mast
(at boom height) towards you and the tail as you push the sail around.
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Name : Dave Hoagland /H\ /H\
E-mail: <hoagland@sfgate.com-DeleteThis> __/_H_\/_H_\__
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