A lot of this applies to foil jibes too. I was really struggling with the foil jibe until I took a clinic. They told me to widen my jibe and to always look ahead to where I want to go, not at my feet or at the rig. I was pretty notorious for looking at my rig. That's a jibe killer for sure! Another thing they told me that really helped was to keep my weight on the inside of the jibe throughout. Prior to that I would constantly fall to the outside of the jibe and behind my board. I did that so often, I called it the "standard fall". My instructor said to think of it like turning a bicycle. When you turn your bike you lean your weight into the turn, not away from the turn. Also, you look ahead to where you want to end up rather than straight down at the handlebars.
100% correct, with Foil jibing I feel you can go even wider than normal jibing. The one from leaning in the curve is a great on as well, although in the second half of the jibe it just should only be a little bit since otherwise you will carve to much at the end of the gybe which will prevent you from planning out!
@@dietervandereyken9271 That's true as well. It's good to jibe really wide with the foil. The foil goes upwind so well, you don't need to worry about getting back upwind. I agree that you don't want to lean too much into the jibe towards the end, but enough to keep from falling to the outside of the jibe. The thing I'm working on now is carving a smooth radius throughout the jibe. My tendency is turn well enough in the beginning of the jibe, but then straighten out as I go downwind. I tend to keep going straight downwind until the board slows down too much and I can't possibly foil all the way through the jibe. I have the same issue with fin windsurfing.
@@dairyairman where are you watching half way the jibe? Through your sail still or are you focussing on starting to look past your clew? If you look past your clew in the direction you want to go you should be turning well (since your shoulders will open up the right direction an let the rest of the body follow). For the radius the second half of the jibe is always bit wider than the entree since the entree can be quite tight as we in general have more control over the rig. At the entree we are not sailing clew first, you are still in your front foot strap & carrying more speed . I would focus in your next session on looking past the clew at the second half of the jibe & sailing few meters clew first before flipping the rig.
Great. You switch feet before sail, is it ok if I first flip the sail so that I am switched with back foot out of strap, then front foot exit and put the other in the new front strap, then back foot in strap?
Hello Tom, to get more consistend and have more stability at the end it is extremely important to learn to switch your feet before flipping the sail. It will also allow a wider exit for the jibe.
Hello Fred, all my camps can be found on my website www.dieter-b35.com/windsurfcoaching/ . For improving your jibes both the camp in Fuerteventura (2nd - 7th June) & Rhodos, Greece (9th - 13th of September) . Other camps I do are aimed towards entree of Wave or advanced waves.
Najs & clear. Gonna try these tips!! Thx.
Thank you! Let me know how you get along with them!
Thank you for the advice ❤See you in Fuerteventura in your camp in June 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
Your welcome! Looking forward to welcome you in Fuerteventura & get those jibes dialled in!
Nice advise thx a lot❤🎉😊
your welcome!!
A lot of this applies to foil jibes too. I was really struggling with the foil jibe until I took a clinic. They told me to widen my jibe and to always look ahead to where I want to go, not at my feet or at the rig. I was pretty notorious for looking at my rig. That's a jibe killer for sure! Another thing they told me that really helped was to keep my weight on the inside of the jibe throughout. Prior to that I would constantly fall to the outside of the jibe and behind my board. I did that so often, I called it the "standard fall". My instructor said to think of it like turning a bicycle. When you turn your bike you lean your weight into the turn, not away from the turn. Also, you look ahead to where you want to end up rather than straight down at the handlebars.
100% correct, with Foil jibing I feel you can go even wider than normal jibing. The one from leaning in the curve is a great on as well, although in the second half of the jibe it just should only be a little bit since otherwise you will carve to much at the end of the gybe which will prevent you from planning out!
@@dietervandereyken9271 That's true as well. It's good to jibe really wide with the foil. The foil goes upwind so well, you don't need to worry about getting back upwind. I agree that you don't want to lean too much into the jibe towards the end, but enough to keep from falling to the outside of the jibe.
The thing I'm working on now is carving a smooth radius throughout the jibe. My tendency is turn well enough in the beginning of the jibe, but then straighten out as I go downwind. I tend to keep going straight downwind until the board slows down too much and I can't possibly foil all the way through the jibe. I have the same issue with fin windsurfing.
@@dairyairman where are you watching half way the jibe? Through your sail still or are you focussing on starting to look past your clew? If you look past your clew in the direction you want to go you should be turning well (since your shoulders will open up the right direction an let the rest of the body follow). For the radius the second half of the jibe is always bit wider than the entree since the entree can be quite tight as we in general have more control over the rig. At the entree we are not sailing clew first, you are still in your front foot strap & carrying more speed .
I would focus in your next session on looking past the clew at the second half of the jibe & sailing few meters clew first before flipping the rig.
Great. You switch feet before sail, is it ok if I first flip the sail so that I am switched with back foot out of strap, then front foot exit and put the other in the new front strap, then back foot in strap?
Hello Tom, to get more consistend and have more stability at the end it is extremely important to learn to switch your feet before flipping the sail. It will also allow a wider exit for the jibe.
Hello dieter
What is your planning for camps please
Hello Fred, all my camps can be found on my website www.dieter-b35.com/windsurfcoaching/ .
For improving your jibes both the camp in Fuerteventura (2nd - 7th June) & Rhodos, Greece (9th - 13th of September) . Other camps I do are aimed towards entree of Wave or advanced waves.
@@dietervandereyken9271 hello dieter. Thanks for the feedback. I would like to join an advanced course for wave. I will see your website. Pascal