so in order to ride out toeside you would have to begin toeside....lolSlappysan wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:17 pmLearning to duck tack is actually quite challenging and if you can't nail it on a SB you're probably better off learning it there first. That being said, there are some people that only ride HF these days and if you are one of them by all means work on your duck tacks.
The above video is misleading IMO. I would not call that a duck tack, it's just an upwind carve to toeside. To be a duck tack you need to change your feet.
The term "duck" comes from windsurfing. It comes from ducking under the back of the rig as you do a transition with your back facing the tail of the board. A conventional tack has the rider passing in front of the rig with their back towards the nose of the board.
Sure, but you wouldn't call a "downwind carve to toeside" a "jibe to toesdie", it's just a carve. To me it's not a jibe or a tack unless you change you feet, it's just a carve.OzBungy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:54 amThe term "duck" comes from windsurfing. It comes from ducking under the back of the rig as you do a transition with your back facing the tail of the board. A conventional tack has the rider passing in front of the rig with their back towards the nose of the board.
Regardless of the terminology, I am not interested in switching feet on this maneuver. Can we please limit comments and videos to the maneuver where the rider starts heelside and finishes toeside? As the OP, that is what I would like to learn.Slappysan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:13 amSure, but you wouldn't call a "downwind carve to toeside" a "jibe to toesdie", it's just a carve. To me it's not a jibe or a tack unless you change you feet, it's just a carve.OzBungy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 06, 2019 3:54 amThe term "duck" comes from windsurfing. It comes from ducking under the back of the rig as you do a transition with your back facing the tail of the board. A conventional tack has the rider passing in front of the rig with their back towards the nose of the board.
The classic (non-foil) duck tack video
Another thing about learning duck tacks is that when you fail them you generally shoot your board way upwind and in deep water it's a mega PITA constantly body dragging back to it. I highly recommend learning to duck tack on a surfboard in waist deep water.
He does lean back quite hard to initiate the tack, with the knees slightly bent, but then once the board is turning upwind he almost immediately seems to spring up a little and straighten up. So when he goes through the apex he is quite upright and lightly weighted on the foil.
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