Freestyle windsurfing - jumping through the booms

Kinda freestyle move for landlocked windsurfers - most of them...
Sailing inside the boom, facing the wind is easy in strong winds, even on small boards 90+ litres.
However, I require at least 130l to jump.

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• sailboarding
• tricks
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[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?

[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 :)

[Uomonutria]

@RadicalWaveSaling

Fottiti, merdaccia.