Hi, I've been practicing my jumps but I can only get about 1 meter high while I've seen others make 2 meter+ high jumps at the same spot...
(The spot is Boracay which is mostly chop, no breaking waves).
I really wonder, how can I get to those 2 meter+ jumps that I see some others doing?
What are those other surfers likely doing different that gives them that extra height?
I'd really like to learn how to jump high like that also...
P.S. The board I'm using is a Mistral Classic 278 (9' 1'') 104L (oldie from 1999).
I know it's not ideal for jumping but I assume it's not the crippling factor.
combine all 3 of the above
Timing, 40knots and a hoverboard!
on a srs note get as much speed as possible, and before you jump make you you got that "powered up" feeling in your sail
Throw the rig UP with your front hand. Trying to find a decent Youtube of it to demonstrate but failing.
EDIT: 2:10 on here should give you an idea. Admittedly he's looping, but you get the idea.
may be you sail that spot on tack that is "not right" for you.
i can pull a nice high floating jump off sailing on starboard no problemo.
but i am hopeless on port. no matter how good conditions are, my jumps are pathetic.
footedness is to blame so i was told. i am goofy.
Just before you jump, you need to be at maximum speed, as well as being able to hit the wave/chop at the steepest section.
You can do this by spotting your piece of wave/chop ahead of you, then bear away slightly so as to maximise speed and then at the last second head upwind to hit the wave/chop at full speed.
Then pull up with all four corners (i.e. both arms and legs) and make sure the board is tilted/angled to expose the bottom of the board to the wind so that it gives you some extra lift.
Cheers
PS: Here's an example of how much air you can get off wind chop in extreme conditions
Thanks for all the tips. @albers. I really like that video you posted, it looks like he's floating a lot downwind when he jumps, interesting to watch...
You know I actually don't know how high I jump exactly cause I never look down (my focus is on the jump and landing), I just ask my girlfriend, but I think my jumps are about 2 seconds of air time. I just counted the air times in that dale cook video and those are max 4 seconds, hmmm...
Anyway, I'll just keep practicing and practicing and keep all those tips in mind to get higher and higher 
P.S. if any of you ever come to Boracay you can pm and I can give you some tips, I live there.
That vid was awesome! Agree with albers comments, here's an old photo of how I angle the board slightly. I've also don't a last minute upwind adjustment to ramp off the chop and kind off wall ride across the wind until I'm facing downwind again (providing there's enough wind to really get under the board)
Having said that I've never pulled anything off anything near like what that guy was doing in the vid... and I can only pull em goofy foot.
one more tip: open (depower) the sail just as you hit the ramp. If the sail is powered up and providing downforce when you hit the ramp then you'll retard your jumping force and you'll squash the ramp flat
of course the wavier the sail the more "depowerable" it'll be.
Also turning the sail horizontal so its like a hang glider wing and gives you positive lift
to try..
After watching the Dale Cook video a few times, I think that you:
a) Sheet in on the way up, so as to keep the power in the sail to get more height
b) Sheet out on the way down, so as to slow the descent and get more air time and end up further downwind when you land
I don't know what I do personally, because I've never seen myself jump 
Not only nature has given us that we have the talent to jump. Of course it after a good jump is large and hard work.
Each exercise requires systematic training ... proper development and technology.
You need to start from the base and slowly move towards top.
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