Stumbled upon this great little clip on Youtube. Now, only having played on a sailboard for a few weeks I can say I'm super impressed watching this guy keeping his ballance on such a small board in goggly conditions and virtually no wind at all. This is like some form of dance, pretty bloody impressive really- well, too me anyway...
Am I easily impressed or is does this take some serious skill?
Ian- I think he's 8 foot tall...
Mark- How are you mate. Going really well (for a learner), just starting to get a feel for the new (old) Tiga FreeX, sailing every second day to speed up the embarrasing stages. Sailed on the bay a few times, even caught a few small waves, planed several times, and crashed plenty. So all is good, totally hooked, so thanks for ya help
Shortboard- True, looks like a total workout. But mate, wish I had 1/5th his ballance.
I for one think this is useful for strong wind freestyle.
The balance and feel thus acquired transposes for when the wind picks up.
(Not sure about the actual workout though, he'd need a bigger board for that.)
This is actually quite fun to do on a low-wind day. I did it once with the same sailsize, boardsize and weight. It felt like i was starting over again, had a lot of fun and was totally beat afterwards, and i think it did a lot of good regarding balance... Though i was no where near the moves he's doing, so i'm impressed
If you really want to be impressed have a look at some of the older wave sailing videos of Robby Naish, his transitions were sensational...
I dunno why everybody can't do this stuff.. There is always enough wind to practice..
He did some switch stance clew 1st sailing, an upwind 360 and a push tack..
After this there is the pirouette, strimmer and the Gecko..
Once you master all that it gets boring as bat****. But you're a better sailor..
http://www.continentseven.com/2009/08/31/video-with-the-sailartist-caesar-finies/
^ that's a bit like kitesurfing, you just do the same trick over and over and give them different names
