it wont be long o-b 64 dump your go and try something smaller i had trouble getting in the straps on my go but could get in the straps easy on the carve and now i dont like the carve arfter getting 105 salom board , just comit to that harness and enjoy the ride , ![]()
When you start crashing at over 30 knots, and 35 knots plus, it aint a lot of fun really, and as you get older, recovery takes a lot longer, I hate crashing at speed.
Know your limitations, have good gear, set up well, practice and build up to higher speeds (Not that you can pull a 40 out at will anyway), and a good fin is essential.
dont you hate the harness fling around the front, I still manage it at least once a sail, least its not at that speed anyway
My personal favorite is the catapult which launches you with such velocity that you just know you are going to have a good swim back to your kit.
But instead of flying through the air like SuperElmo, your harness line say's to your harness hook, "you ain't going anywhere mate". At this time in time you wish you had of bought weaker harness lines.
Your flight path is suddenly changed by 90º and you end up getting flipped over, all that energy which was going to throw you +5m is now trying to embed you in the ocean floor.
The added bonus with this one is after you hit the water your sail flips over the top of you pinning you under the sail whilst still hooked in with a twisted harness line.
Nº 32 in a 101 ways to Elmo yourself
I once Super-Elmoed with such force that I not only bent the boom but also tore the spreader bar clean off my new harness. Funny thing is that the old harness lines remained intact, perhaps someone could invent sacrificial harness lines?
Hey Elmo, do you often do the "Running through the Air" dismount?
Usually happens when a fin contacts the bottom while travelling at speed.
Your board and rig instantly slows down while the following events happen in slow motion, matrix style. As your feet are leaving the foots-straps you have time to think about impact and you actually start running in the air before smackdown.
Wouldn't want to recommend the best way to crash, but after forking the nose on my new board with a direct hit by the boom Sam told me "when you're about to catapault stay sheeted in". And that's easier to do if you also stay hooked in. The theory is, which has worked for me so far, is that you then do an involuntary semi forward loop around the front of the rig and miss the nose to leeward. This seems to work better the faster you're going, I've copped more bruises at half speed.
I cant say I have had any real high speed crashes yet but I have found that as I shoot over the nose, still hooked in and holding onto the boom, my shins tend to smash into the top of the mast. I have matching lumps and bruises on both legs lol.
Oh an I have a couple of indentations in the sail. Thank god the sail has xply panels.