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what moves are you all working on

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Created by curac > 9 months ago, 11 Nov 2008
CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
11 Nov 2008 5:07PM
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After years of doing just a vulcan here, vulcan there I thought $@#@ it this season i'm nailing them. Went hard at it right from the beginning of this and now have them pretty consistent....on one tack. So my aim is vulcans on the other tack and then shakas and flakas. A big floaty shaka is I reckon one of the coolest tricks around....but holy moly I reckon i'm going to go through some sails/gear trying to get them If my first few attempts are anything to go buy.

eyeMhardcor
255 posts
11 Nov 2008 5:02PM
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Also, think Rad Lad is being more Hardcore then you


Nah.

I'm so hardcore that when my girlfriend told me she didn't want to see me anymore, I poked her eyes out.

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
11 Nov 2008 7:05PM
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FlickySpinny said...

Nailed a vulcan last weekend at Sandy (I was soooo close for soooo looooong)... now aiming for Spocks and Flakas (think the Spock might happen way before the Flaka)...


Saw that mate!

Epic!

Upthere
QLD, 348 posts
11 Nov 2008 6:33PM
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At the stage of attempting flat water backloops almost there. About three quarters. i agree with CJW, shakas and shovits are sick tricks attempting and failing them also.

NightsTalker
WA, 7 posts
11 Nov 2008 6:02PM
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Gonads n loops (like Nebs)
Gotta do it. Even if it takes hypnosis. Self respect demands it.

Some other old school stuff that I have been trying in a desultory way for years without success.

Make a start on Vulcans.

Wet Willy
TAS, 2317 posts
11 Nov 2008 8:50PM
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NightsTalker said...

Gonads n loops (like Nebs)
Gotta do it. Even if it takes hypnosis. Self respect demands it.

Some other old school stuff that I have been trying in a desultory way for years without success.

Make a start on Vulcans.


Bonus points for using the word "desultory"

tt
SA, 64 posts
11 Nov 2008 8:43PM
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Bigger more floaty chop jumps, consistent duck jibes and vulcans which i think will probably take forever to master, can pop the board out in flat water so it's a start.

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
11 Nov 2008 10:46PM
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NightsTalker said...

Some other old school stuff that I have been trying in a desultory way for years without success.

Make a start on Vulcans.

Wow, impressive words...

Anyhow, be precise: what old school stuff, as in buying her flowers or water moves ? (And if windsurfing, what moves?)

Gestalt
QLD, 14982 posts
11 Nov 2008 9:49PM
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finding the perfect shot.

MavericK040
WA, 583 posts
11 Nov 2008 8:55PM
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Forwards - i can do it without the board no problems its just when im in the estuary and i do a big enough jump to do it i think im too close to the water and i will hit my mast or something, and to jump in the estuary i need to point upwind which is bad im told.

then when im in the waves i do big enough jumps to clear my mast and i think uh oh im too high i dont wanna get hurt

That and goin over 35kts would be good im only 1.6kts away...

smithers
TAS, 54 posts
11 Nov 2008 11:15PM
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curac said...

so what moves are you guys working on at the moment
Or plan to work on this summer. For me it's the water start


Hmmm thought you would be past the water start stage by now....

elmo
WA, 8897 posts
11 Nov 2008 9:22PM
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smithers said...

curac said...

so what moves are you guys working on at the moment
Or plan to work on this summer. For me it's the water start


Hmmm thought you would be past the water start stage by now....



Me thunks Mr Curac's tongue was very firmly planted in cheek

Bertie
NSW, 1351 posts
11 Nov 2008 11:30PM
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walking
steps

Tozza
WA, 160 posts
11 Nov 2008 10:04PM
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Hmmmm,

Mainly more consistency through Tacks, Heli Tacks and Duck Gybes and also would like to get into some Vulcans!

sailpilot
QLD, 788 posts
11 Nov 2008 11:07PM
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Carving 360s, vulcan, do some board building projects when the winds out.

puffin
235 posts
12 Nov 2008 1:37AM
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On flatwater: duck tacks and donkey jibes (essex duck)
In the waves: better bottom turns and cutbacks
In chop: getting up the nerve to throw a loop
nonplaning: anklebiters

lanky
QLD, 213 posts
12 Nov 2008 7:04AM
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Flat water= consistent Chachos and Grubbies
Waves= Better overall riding and gu-screws

king of the point
WA, 1836 posts
12 Nov 2008 9:36AM
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.......................

windaddict
VIC, 1121 posts
12 Nov 2008 11:55AM
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Forward loop, like MavericK040, can do them no probs without the board as I chicken out and fly out of the footstraps.

Land a backloop, always over rotate and land on my rig.

Vulcans, have gotten about halfway for the few I have attempted.

Upwind 360.

Gecko.

king of the point
WA, 1836 posts
12 Nov 2008 10:17AM
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360 into heaving pits,,, love them on the way out as well

Harrow
NSW, 4521 posts
12 Nov 2008 12:32PM
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Want to come out of gybe still planning. Maybe try some strap-to-strap, or even a duck.

pingu
TAS, 40 posts
12 Nov 2008 3:16PM
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I like to call this move the "Rock Lobster".

Launch into the jump as if you are going to do a forward then throw the rig away,

wave your arms and legs about like a crustacean, emit the cry of the lobster,

re-enter the ocean, retrieve gear, repeat.




lordhowe
NSW, 209 posts
12 Nov 2008 6:36PM
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Got a new one I was working on today...it's called 'grind your board full speed over ****loads of coral when you think the tide is high enough', the other one happens at the same time 'smash hell out of your new MFC fin'.
Come to think of it, maybe I shouldn't keep practising those ones.
But seriously, trying to plane out everytime. Get my port tack gybes happening & get as much air as possible.

Haggar
QLD, 1670 posts
12 Nov 2008 8:58PM
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Not breaking my neck

Little Jon
NSW, 2115 posts
12 Nov 2008 10:35PM
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would you believe the old finding time to get to the beach when its windy move

windykid
QLD, 368 posts
12 Nov 2008 10:01PM
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im working on gybing and jumps

landyacht
WA, 5921 posts
12 Nov 2008 9:23PM
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learning to see without my glasses so I can go out on water and try to sail one of these sailboard things

dism
NSW, 660 posts
12 Nov 2008 11:24PM
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landyacht said...

learning to see without my glasses so I can go out on water and try to sail one of these sailboard things


Prescription sports glasses (with proper neck band), that's the trick
Well you see the basketballers wearing them, so they'd be okay I reckon

I tought a mate with normal glasses, he put on his older/cheaper glasses, and that band thing connecting to the ear bits, and was fine, didn't lose em or break em

Ian K
WA, 4170 posts
12 Nov 2008 9:36PM
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puffin said...

On flatwater: duck tacks and donkey jibes (essex duck)


Is the essex duck really a move if it's not in the all-the-moves bible?

www.continentseven.com/moves.php

Got a link?









Wet Willy
TAS, 2317 posts
13 Nov 2008 12:26AM
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pingu said...

I like to call this move the "Rock Lobster".

Launch into the jump as if you are going to do a forward then throw the rig away,

wave your arms and legs about like a crustacean, emit the cry of the lobster,

re-enter the ocean, retrieve gear, repeat.







Hey, I can do that!!! And I thought I wasn't ready for aerial freestyle yet!!



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