made this video from some clips taken from last summer, its pretty repetitive.. the board is a flare 88 which is one of my favourite boards ever, it has a Isonic rocker and is one of the best shapes in the last ten years.. but I sold it!
Vimeo is pretty cool a? you can make a vid in like 10 mins on windows movies maker and chuck on it Vimeo with real cool music, way better than youtube..Love the music dude
that's pretty funny dude. I bet the chicks will love the ape You should look for a sponsor mate, cause you cand do all the moves real well..
You would have to be australias best freestyler. I assume Jaeger Stone's would be at that level and above, but he's a fully sponsered/payed professional.
Jaeger's freestyle is nowhere near that level
His wave sailing is freaking awesome though.
barny is the man, make sure ya come back and visit us at the pit again dude this summer
Havnt seen Jaeger sail in years but the only move I can do that I didnt see him do 3 years ago were double spocks, and Id be surprised if he cant pull them off every run anyway.. I saw him land his 1st flaka and took me over 2 years to land one after that... Also I think Simon Hurrey at Severne is an Aus citizen now, and he can do everything I can and more on both tacks, unless he has turned into a overweight WA wave sailor..
Unfortunately I think its more relative to the poor state of affairs of freestyle windsurfing in australia more than anything... there are 12yo dutch kids who can kick my ass and they learn in a semi frozen pond.. whats happening?
Anyone wanna run an Australian freestyle championships?? I reckon I would be the only one to show up and then I can get a sail sponsor
Hey Barn, does SP=Sandy Point?
Also, did it really take you 2 years to learn the flaka?
Cheers!
awesome skillz
i know a certain someone from the capital, while he probably can't match you, I'm almost certain he'd show up at a freestyle comp in Oz and rip it up.
yeah its sandy point, thats not the main speed run though and it only works in an easterly.. thats corner is better for me because I cant do any moves that need flat water on starboard so the main run is pretty useless.. unless I learn everything again on the other tack..
Also the flat water on the inside in a sea breezes are pretty useless for freestyle for me for the same reason..
It took me 2 years to learn to flaka because I was doing it wrong, not because they are hard.. For some reason I decided my way was the correct method and everyone that could already do them was using the wrong method!..
When I used the right method on the other tack I landed my 1st one, so it can take 2 years to learn it yourself, and one day if u use the right method!!! (just like everything)
Love your videos they are complete class, but I do think you should drop in some Andy Barnes old school moves!
Thanks for the reply Barn, because it highlights something I don't think has been discussed before.
When you watch the best sailors doing forwards, back loops, push loops, vulcans, flakas, grubbys, spocks etc, etc, you are watching a level of sailor you can only aspire to. Their execution of each move is unique to that sailor, as well as their ability to modify/tweak each move, to add their own style, as well as the ability to recover any of these moves.
To my thinking, the watching and imitating of these sailors does not apply to the learning stage, especially for the "weekend sailor" trying to break out of his/her regular comfort zone.
Do you think there are alternative training/learning methods that have yet to be uncovered that will allow the recreational sailor some chance of making these moves, no matter how visually basic the execution appears?
pretty repetitively awesome
i think you need to teach chris some tricks now he has a proper freestyle board
Hey barn whats ya vid called the one on canberra i am trying to find it on vimeo??
Barn,
Other than practise, what training stuff would you recommend? Is trickionary any good?
Amazing by the way!
haha Sorry for any misleading suggestions that canberra has epic lagoons, the clips with the sand dunes (maxs flaka and my spock) come from my trip to brazil last summer.. I just put them in cause I found them on my computer... Anyone who has seen four dimensions will have seen the lagoons before.
Easiest way to learn anything is to book a flight to Jeri, its windy there right now, every day 30knots.. take triktionary because u will run out of moves to try!
flipper, the video with more footage from the sand dunes is called jeri2009, click on the vimeo tag, and youll see my other videos.. ive posted it on seabreeze before so im not doin it again..
but heres some more Jeri for anyone who hasnt seen it before, its me filming max.. he sells power balance bands so hes way better than me!
take triktionary because u will run out of moves to try!
