How do you tack a directional face into the wind ?
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:37 am
I have no problems tacking waveboards and raceboards, when jumping around "back" against the wind.
Landing feet either in front of the straps, or in the straps right away also
But I simply can not make the tack where you turn face first into the wind, thus changing feet almost like you do in a jibe
Has anyone else found the "trick" ? And anyone had similar difficulties with this move ?
Have tried it both on my waveboards and raceboards as said - with no luck - I tend to fall "away" and behind the board, no matter what I do.
Feels very contra intuitive (for me) because you have the kite overhead pulling you "back" even when depowered, while the board moves into the wind...
But looks so relatively easy when you see it done.
Mitu does it on his strapped waveboards, and most race kiters can do it easily I think.
Anyone got any hints on how to pass face first into the wind (rotating the same way as your board in a tack that is) without falling backwards ?
An old move now - but those times I've tried, I havent found the key
One example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHkxcgQakM8
Peter
Landing feet either in front of the straps, or in the straps right away also
But I simply can not make the tack where you turn face first into the wind, thus changing feet almost like you do in a jibe
Has anyone else found the "trick" ? And anyone had similar difficulties with this move ?
Have tried it both on my waveboards and raceboards as said - with no luck - I tend to fall "away" and behind the board, no matter what I do.
Feels very contra intuitive (for me) because you have the kite overhead pulling you "back" even when depowered, while the board moves into the wind...
But looks so relatively easy when you see it done.
Mitu does it on his strapped waveboards, and most race kiters can do it easily I think.
Anyone got any hints on how to pass face first into the wind (rotating the same way as your board in a tack that is) without falling backwards ?
An old move now - but those times I've tried, I havent found the key
One example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHkxcgQakM8
Peter