Video - Friday, 15 Oct 2010

[Lawrence Lim]

What a day.  The wind started blowing from SW at 12.00 noon for the whole afternoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm_L8Oqp86w

[PlaneSailin]

Great vid as usual, Lawrence!  Thank you!

Nice music, too!  And it's cool how you combine the music with the sound of the water gently lapping, yet somehow manage to leave out the wind noise.  

(Mind you, I happen to like wind noise...)

 

[Lawrence Lim]

I have to cut out the wind because it sound like someone blowing into your ears.  While watching the video you can turn on your fan to speed selection "15" (15 knots) to get the sound and also the feeling of the wind.   Do not forget to wear your harnest.

[corden]

That'sa good one. Lol got u there didn't he Andrew?

[PlaneSailin]

That'sa good one. Lol got u there didn't he Andrew?

Huh? Yes it's a good one...Lawrence is a funny guy...but I can't see how you'd think anyone was "got"...

[NT]

After watching a few videos shot by Lawrence, I noticed that a number of windsurfers could use some tips from this guru, Guy Cribb. Here is a link to his website:

http://www.guycribb.com/windsurfing_technique_DVD_0145v01.htm

I wish I had this DVD 10 years ago.

For those who have never sailed a freestyle board, borrow one to practise your gybe. It is so much easier to learn how to gybe with a freestyle board than a slalom board. A camberless sail will help too  

Nick

[PlaneSailin]

NT, gybing well is really hard to do.  Most of us know what a real gybe looks like, but we're happy if we can just get around the corner without falling off.  

I've watched so many good technique videos, including the Guy Cribb stuff, and in my mind I know how to carve through a gybe WITHOUT STOPPING , flip that rig smoothly and plane away in a heartbeat...but translating that knowledge into action isn't easy.  Something always goes wrong - and sometimes, everything goes wrong!

But, we keep trying!  Rome wasn't built in a day.  Nothing good comes easy.  And so on.  

 

[NT]

Hi Andrew,

I agree with you totally. Gybing is one of the hardest thing to learn in windsurfing. I'm still trying to nail that planing gybe after all these years but I realised that I have to get rid of some old habits first.

You are fortunate that you have Lawrence to capture your actions in video. It is much easier to understand what went wrong by watching yourself in video and also to compare with how the gurus like Guy Cribb did it.

Have fun and keep trying!

[FKPhil]

Yes the Guy Cribb gybing DVD is a great instructional tool. I’ve done one of his coaching courses and that dry land “muscle memory” technique he uses is very effective.

But IMO the gold standard of instructional videos is Jem Halls “beginner to winner”.

http://www.jemhall.com/beginner_to_winner.htm

Anyone else seen that one?

Covers the lot; not just carve gybing. Very well arranged so you can watch the bit you need; with very clear instruction and practice suggestions and good emphasis of the key points. I’ve watched it so many times I think I’ve burned a groove in the gybing section by now. But sadly acceleration of my slow progress seems resistant even to the excellent instruction of messrs Cribb & Hall.

[Lawrence Lim]

We can learn by looking at ourselves and analysing the errors that made us fall.  The other way is to fall and fall untill we do not know how to fall.  I think most of us do it the second way.   That is why it take us so long.   Mabe I should not cut those part of the clip showing the surfer falling.  It may be helpful to him although it can be embrassing to some.

[Denis Wee]

Have you noticed that all those jibe demos are done in decent winds and fairly flat water? Well we hardly ever get
decent winds and when we do the water is choppy as hell! So don't be too hard on yourselves. Maybe we should all take up kiting. I hear it's a lot easier.     

[PlaneSailin]

Have you noticed that all those jibe demos are done in decent winds and fairly flat water? Well we hardly ever get
decent winds and when we do the water is choppy as hell! So don't be too hard on yourselves. Maybe we should all take up kiting. I hear it's a lot easier.     

Denis, you are just trying to provoke some kind of reaction...we're not going to fall for that one again 

[Ian]

Just to be controversial

Lawrence, I think your best work is done when taken from the beach or boat. Standing in the water up to your neck did not, in my opinion, convey just how good it was on that day

Besides, it’s dangerous to be so close to all those people who can’t seem to gybe 

[Denis Wee]

Denis, you are just trying to provoke some kind of reaction...we're not going to fall for that one again 

So says one agent provocateur to another!!

[PlaneSailin]

touche, Denis...

i was thinking the same thing as Ian -- Lawrence, you really should at least wear a bright flouro-coloured hat (or helmet!) if you're going to be lurking in the water in the (bad) gybe zone...if you want your head to remain on your shoulders...