Big guy with a big sail (especially for 30knots).
The big sail gives lots of lift and floatation in the air.
Lots of strength to hold position and float downwind through each jump.
A very strong windsurfer!
OK, next time I go for a windsurf, I am going to sail my 6.6 cam sail in 30 knots, and see if I can get some air
like mr. cook
In a video he was saying two things that make him really fly are:
real flat rocker: He sails with a roberts custom built slalom board
A power wave sail: He sails with a sail called the Hucker, that has alot of low down power.
So the board gives him a fast take off and the sail gives him the lift.
Dale was saying on one of the sailworks vids as well, that the boards today have to much rocker and the sails are to flat, so it makes it alot harder to get huge air and hang time.
like mr. cook
I remember sometime back in the mid to late 90's there was a tall skinny dude with a beard that sailed a windtech board ( I think it was from memory), and he would quite often on very windy days on the swan river at pelli point be boosting air not far of the same as in the vids. It stuck in my memory bank for sure. you dont see to many sailors jump like that. don't know who he was though.
can any perth boy's add to that.
I think rider5 might know him as he possibly made a custom board(bjuce) for him I think. one with a calidescope or dimond graphics on it. if it's the same bloke im thinking off.
I wonder how much weight matters for that kind of height+control...
Let's face it: I've had even better conditions than this guy, for nowhere near the same height. I'm also surprised at the amount of downwind he's getting whilst in the air, I suspect this is because he's jumping on a wind chop, and not square off a wave.
Great jumps, great control.
The guy in Perth in the 90s "skinny, custom, high jumps": one Jon J. the south-african guy with a funny accent ?
The wind there funnels in and helps with sailors getting "extra" height.
I remeber seeing a Mag article in the 90's where robby was promoing his new gear, the wind picked up, and he grab the display rig and went out and popped some 15-20ft airs like dale of stock gear which he sold after he sailed back....
Heres a clip of some hardcore ppl doin what dale's doin in the late 80's (circa pre 87)...
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Dale cook was saying that the older gear is better for jumping, cause the older fiber glass wave boards had alot less rocker and were more narrow, so they were faster. And the myler sails had alot more shape than todays sails, wich created more lift. So that's why they designed and built the Hucker
He's really moving on the water, too...a lot of the other folks look like they are sailing in survival mode, or just chugging along, but he's flat-out blasting.
...wicked!!
G, he must be good at swimming to his rig, he is allways looseing his rigin the videos
in the videos
in the videos
keep it real hommy
Dale's not the only guy who reckons that new gear isn't the best for lift - plenty of other guys were saying that a long while ago. The jumps in Heart and Soul (posted yesterday) are another example, apparently.
Despite all the hype, flatter sails create less lift for the same area, all else being equal. They are low in drag, but also (AFAIK) lower in lift; probably just basic aerodynamics.
in the videos keep it real hommy
I have just been out in the bay fellas and had another go at the dale cook jump with a 5.3 sail. I got a little higher than normal, but the wind angle was not really right tho, it was blowing to on shore. But this weekend looks good as the northlys are meant to swing NW more side on shore going by the bom forecast. I have to master the dale cook jump it's me goal fellas
nice man Hey there is a video online i have been looking every where for it and it shows a guy jumping a long board with a 7.5 m sail. His jumps look very simular to dales style of jumping. Has any one else seen the video? The video is fairly current it was made not that long ago.
Flipper, there's a bit of jumping early on in this IMCO vid.
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Hi Flipper 4444.
I think you need very strong winds, which get stronger/gustier as you rise in the jump.
Also, you need to use the board for added lift by raising the windward rail and getting the wind under the board.
The hardest thing is to control the board/rig as there a great deal of turbulence in these type of jumps.
Good luck in your quest!
PS: Get someone to video your progress!
Hey Chris 249..... The guy with SVK 1 on his sail in the video you posted, it's his video that i am trying to find. In the video he pulled some really massive jumps on a lake and jump jibed the board and even did a flip with that same rig.
Look at the fin. It basically is slalom kit. The modern really wide boards would be very difficult to control in the air.
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Go get 'em, boy!!
