Freestyle windsurfing - jumping through the booms

[wordreet]

Jeez! I'll have to loose weight to try that!!!

[Xpapasmurf05X]

this is the old person free style!!

[IzZeFreestyle]

Lol

[xellyxbellyx]

ur vids has helped me learn how to railride :)

[mbfipr]

how many wannabe freestylers are going to choke themselves trying this trick?

nice vid tho :p

[pierrec45]

@mbfipr : worst is the b***s - make sure both legs clear, or else. Broke a few masts in my days. Or when the feet don't quite clear, and you fall head first: just make sure you hang on to the booms then. Awkward fall, but no harm done.

I was just doing a lot of sailing inside the boom, facing the wind, on my Goya (100L) this weekend in fair winds. Couldn't quite jump it though.

[gracefulangels]

"Play hard, Play safe"...where's your helmet Ning Nong???? The mast can knock you out real fast!

[pierrec45]

@gracefulangels : point taken, but sorry I don't believe in them's helmets.

Have a look at the PWA guys, or my local freestyle champ'ships: nobody does, and no damage done there. I actually find that head injuries are easy to avoid: just keep hanging to the booms, esp short boards.

I find the worst injuries of my short and longboard freestyling have been dislocated shoulders, crotch, lotsa shin injuries and bleeding, wind knocked out and twisted knees, broken noses too.

Not complaining one bit.

[Cadiuro]

I can really sail in the boom, face to the wind, with no problem... I think I must proceed to the next step, then ^^

[pierrec45]

How are you doing Cadiuro?

What moves are you working on?

[jeezieer]

if he would have showed it 20 years ago, there wouldnt be vulcanos or spocks. everybody would do the same what that dude! :>

[windsurferJed]

ha ha that is all right get a new sail though sirously

[54spiritedwill54]

look really hard but looks really fun 2

[bruvey]

Lovin' the old windsurfer sails! Brings back great memories. Great move!!

[RadicalWaveSaling]

just to remind you we are in 2008 not 1960s

[Uomonutria]

@RadicalWaveSaling

Fottiti, merdaccia.

[lucatuch]

hahha... nice freestyle session!! .. have you ever try forward loop with this sail? lol :-) take care & have fun!!!

[pierrec45]

The sail, the weight of the board, the mast - not a chance. Plus I loop (and miss some) in waves off Sydney, not on the flat here.

Longboard freestyle with no harness keeps one in shape though...

Cheers!

[D0nRadja]

Heh, nice move :)

[pierrec45]

Me mum taught me  :-)

[D0nRadja]

I'd like to look at grandma tricks :)

[ssaaiilloorr]

this is the new material 2008?

[pierrec45]

This must be a tongue-in-cheek question. Of course it's old sh*t. Point is: it's cheap, keeps me in shape, it's fun.

I dig up shorties when on the ocean in Australia and there is wind. Otherwise, longboard freestyle on yard sale gear.

[MANELRIC]

Good, good, good, amazing , with a old sail, ok!!!

[pierrec45]

Yes, you're right, the old gear with the longer boom (8') makes it more difficult. Oh well, more fun!

[Niggle0039]

In Ssauga now !

[Niggle0039]

Yeah - but Dinghies don't make you big and strong !!!

Cheers mate...

[gadgetpants]

good job

but i gatta say that sailing dinghies is much funner :D

[pierrec45]

I also have a 27-footer - Sydney is the best place in the world for that. And you're right that dinghies can be a good sport as well. But I like the extreme side of freestyle windsurfing...

[butweat]

sydney australia? haha

well i live up in canada

[madboy119]

look really hard but looks really fun 2

[pierrec45]

Yep. Board = 25$ in a garage sale. Not kidding.

I can do it on smaller and newer boards, but I'm not consistent then. The Star boards work fine, for instance.

[pierrec45]

Tips for this move posted in rec.windsurfing

[Puffin13]

nice trick. Is this you sailing now, or is this an old clip.  Tie on boom!

[pierrec45]

Movies are recent - this year. Couple of stills are old from Sydney, Australia. Booms: yes, they're shitty. Difficult to tie properly, esp. for those moves. But they're one-design and consistent. Clip booms all have different inside curves, which make hard to jump over.

[ruvald]

Woah! Good stuff.

[pierrec45]

Addendum from the poster. Am responding to a mail that wonders: "Why would I want to do that?"

Simple: it's fun, it's free, it's a challenge (to me it is anyways), it is sport. And sailing inside-the-boom, facing the wind, is a real thrill to do, on any kind of board.

I'm not in Sydney these days, am overseas. No waves, no ocean here.

[Niggle0039]

You 'da man !

Awesome stills at the end...

[pierrec45]

Thanks mate.