This clearly isn't one but I'd be interested to see a video of what people think is perfect. It's not me by the way
Someone posted this here a while ago...... dunno if its perfect but it looks pretty sweet to me
if you want the perfect jibe here you go, this by Jacques van der Hout its a 28.48 alpha 500m
who can turn a board around
Ginger pom the answer is easy. I'll show you on our next sandy sw trip.
In fact I'll show you all day.
Rail pressure and modulation is the key. The board will turn it's self and will feel effortless. Usually you will find you exit speed is greater than the entry speed because your riding the rail rather than the whole deck which offers more resistance.
Other key is to exit well before the 180 degrees. So gybe to 130 ish. Speed up. And come back to your entry point as a cross cross about 50 metres. On some days you will still see the wake.
what's all this alpha stuff and graphs?... it's not about a to b to a
It's about form and style
nah, it just means you came in fast and went out fast...
You can do that with unbeautiful technique..
If you watch the alpha video above (and watch the sailor rather than the numbers at the bottom), the board wobbles on the way out. He goes strap to strap but not in a super cool way.
ok well the smoother the board goes around the quicker it will be.so if the board went around smooth the technique would of been good.
Can someone explain to me the difference between "strap to strap" and any other gybe, to fullfill my noob curiosity............... and why as Izaak said it may be better in light wind
i was trying strap to strap jibes in light wind the other day and it did seem to be better due to it seemed to make the board more fluent threw the turn and stayed on the plane better as i flipped the sail over....it might of just been me but did seem to work.might have to see what Andrew D says about it.
