@@jamesoof1522legend! Appreciate the support! If any time speed is your friend, it’s in light winds. Enter the gybe after doing a few foot pumps and a few pumps of the wing at the same time. Everything is more critical in light wind so you want as much speed as you can get. Aim for at least 70-80% of your light wind top speed. After that, the technique mentioned in this video will help a lot. Hold onto the wing in the old position as you carve through the first part of the gybe, then transition the wing through quickly once you get through dead downwind. Transitioning the wing from the old position to the new position will prevent the wing getting backwinded and stop it from dropping onto the nose of the board where it will get in the way of the turn. Your other option is to learn the heineken gybe which I have some videos on. It will keep the wing above your head where it won’t backwind anywhere near as often
You could try a dyneema loop to make the leash a little bit longer. Second option to try - attach the wing leash to the front of your impact vest or to a wing belt. You might be able to see my setup in my more recent videos. Board leash to the back of my impact vest and wing leash to the front. Works really well for me!
Nice video. 👍
Thanks! 🙏🙏
Thanks. Coffee is on the way. What adjustments would you recommend for very light winds to avoid getting backwinded?
@@jamesoof1522legend! Appreciate the support!
If any time speed is your friend, it’s in light winds. Enter the gybe after doing a few foot pumps and a few pumps of the wing at the same time. Everything is more critical in light wind so you want as much speed as you can get. Aim for at least 70-80% of your light wind top speed.
After that, the technique mentioned in this video will help a lot. Hold onto the wing in the old position as you carve through the first part of the gybe, then transition the wing through quickly once you get through dead downwind. Transitioning the wing from the old position to the new position will prevent the wing getting backwinded and stop it from dropping onto the nose of the board where it will get in the way of the turn.
Your other option is to learn the heineken gybe which I have some videos on. It will keep the wing above your head where it won’t backwind anywhere near as often
Hi my leash raps around my elbow mid jibe ! Most of the time and can not work it out . I use a north wing with north wrist leash any ideas .
You could try a dyneema loop to make the leash a little bit longer. Second option to try - attach the wing leash to the front of your impact vest or to a wing belt. You might be able to see my setup in my more recent videos. Board leash to the back of my impact vest and wing leash to the front. Works really well for me!
@@LachieWhite thanks will try this
Mate, only just had a chance to see this. Brilliant. the buy a coffee link? PayPal?
@@wingfoilrentals looks like they no longer support PayPal. Hit me up on Facebook/instagram and I can forward my PayPal details