The Secrets to FULLY PLANING JIBES (avoid these mistakes!)

The planing nJibe or Powerjibe is one of if not the most complicated maneuvres for up and coming windsurfers.
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00:00 - 01:30 Intro
01:30 - 02:26 Focus on one thing
02:26 - 02:49 The Gear
02:49 - 04:22 Pick up Speed
04:22 - 06:06 Initiating the Jibe
06:06 - 06:22 Foot placement
06:22 - 07:01 Bend the knees
07:01 - 07:36 Body positioning
07:36 - 09:12 Sail Flip
09:12 - 10:18 Exit the Jibe
10:18 - 11:32 Outro

[@mjoosterhuis]

Hi Nils, Nice video again. What helped me was two things: just before flipping that sail, shift the (old) mast hand over the boom all the way to the mast. This helps when pivoting the sail. Number two: I used to pull the board with my outer foot (still in the footstrap) together with standing (too little) on the inner rail. This however did not load the rail enough, so I now focus on really standing on the rail side foot and pushing the board, and only using the outer foot for some balance. This engages the rail much more, making the board much more stable and it looses much less speed. Hope it helps someone on their next session. And if you fail, you can always return to the good old proven “German Gybe” technique ;-)

[@robertbrankin9659]

Hi Nils, I have watched almost all your videos, I really like your passion about windsurfing and your unpretentious way of sharing your knowledge, and I must say this video, to my opinion, is your BEST, THANK YOU 🏄‍♂🏄‍♂🏄‍♂ Robby

[@WindsurfingNils]

Thanks so much for you feedback!

[@fasullamail]

Hello Nils, thank you for this very informative video. I know I'm pedantic, but I must point out that by bearing away before gybing you reduce the angle subtending the arc of your turn, NOT the radius. Stay dry! 😉

[@WindsurfingNils]

absolutely right!

[@tompaesmans]

Hi Nils, thanks for this well-made tutorial! What I learnt is also very important, is to continue the curve of rotation of the board when switching the feet. What did the trick for me, is learning to foil jibe on a small lake, where while sailing 8-figures you make up to 200 jibes in one session... since I master this, the power jibe on slalom gear is a piece of cake.

[@paulmills421]

keep up the great effort on videos, always well thought through, and well produced. KZbin millions are around the corner!

[@bernhodgins8698]

I began windsurfing in the mid-80's, bought my first board in the late 80's, and began doing planing jibes shortly thereafter. I sailed short boards for years, but always made the mistake that you mentioned in that I thought the jibe had to be a 180 degree turn. I spent years not bearing off before jibing, and probably out of the jibe too close to the wind. Thanks to guys like you posting tips online, I have slowly improved my jibes, despite being much older than I was during my windsurfing prime. Keep up the content. Brands get more exposure from vids like yours that they do in a competition setting, and your general vibe reminds me about all of the cool people I've met through this wonderful sport. Fellow sailors are generally quite helpful and supportive, and we need more of this sort of person in the world today. Thanks again. Bern

[@allanasp771]

Hi Bern, I can really relate to this problem where I used to end up too close to the wind without any speed left when flipping the sail i.e basically a sinking ship😮. However the last couple of years I have started to flip the sail way earlier on a broad reach which makes the whole procedure much easier since speed makes the board much more stable. BTW. I am also an oldtimer starting windsurfing in the summer of 79 and still hooked. Now also trying to learn to windfoil😊

[@sharewavestv]

I do „german jibes“ all the time. And i never fail ✌🏼

[@WindsurfingNils]

Respect!

[@dairyairman]

Haha! "German jibes". I've never heard that. Here in the US I've heard them called "land jibes".

[@henrycartwright7124]

Great vid Nils!

[@pierreturner1540]

Thanks Nils, really well done!

[@Leonidych1965]

Thanks! I've learned a couple of interesting points!

[@windsurferMARC]

Nice video. Good tip is don't want to turn full 180' degrees. Like you think it is necessary. I you plane after that you can go upwind again

[@dairyairman]

Great video! There are some really key points in this video. Coming out of the jibe on a broad reach is one of them and is something I didn't start doing until I'd been jibing for many years. I'm not the world's greatest jiber, but I've learned a few things over time. If you want to plane out of a jibe I think it's really important to be going as fast as possible coming into the jibe. That means jibing in a gust, or at least when you're really powered up. As you start going downwind to pick up speed, it's good to bend your knees (like you said) and keep your weight low to counterbalance the extra pull of the sail. You definitely don't want to bend forward at the waist at this stage. I usually try to do a kind of "banked turn" so that the inner rail is buried in the water. I believe that burying the rail helps prevent the board from bouncing out, or god forbid, spinning out. A mistake I've made frequently in the past (and sometimes still make) is to keep going downwind in a straight line until the board slows down a lot or stops before switching my feet and flipping the sail. Of course, you will not plane through a jibe if you do that. Typically, the tail will sink, the board will round up into the wind on the new tack, and you'll be lucky not to fall in. You really need to keep the board on a smooth arc throughout the jibe, and make sure you switch your feet and flip the sail while the board is still planing. I think it helps to look ahead downwind to where you want to end up at the end of the jibe. It's not good to look at the rig or at the board while jibing.

[@streetsailor]

Thanks Nils, I've picked up some new nuggets of jibe knowledge.

[@WindsurfingNils]

🤟

[@user-sj3wi9oo5b]

Great video, agree with everything you said and apologies for being another person chipping in with more advice but the difference for me between planing and not planing out of the gybe is keeping downward pressure on the boom through as much of the turn as possible

[@timhumphreys3057]

Thanks Nils, I have not tried moving my front hand closer to the mast. It makes sense for flipping the rig and i do have trouble with the rotation at times. I will give that a try this weekend.

[@WindsurfingNils]

i also forget to do that sometimes, but it actually makes a big difference, give it a try sometime

[@sandervang1208]

Great video again. Also super that you point out your own "mistake". Frankly, I noticed this already in a lot of the earlier tuturials you made so probably this way feels good for you. The loss of speed is rather low in my opinion. You showed some really good jibes in choppy conditions so I think your jibing is pretty good in general. Bending my knees is my most common flaw. I keep forgetting this. Hopefully the weather improves shortly so we can make longer sessions taking more risk and learn more. It's to cold know to fall every jibe.

[@schobihh2703]

since there is windsurfing there are tutorials about jibing. It simply is one of the hardest maneuvers to learn.

[@WindsurfingNils]

Yep

[@alanpods2]

You only briefly covered foot placement for the foot change in a nanosecond. I think this is really critical for a good gybe? I keep messing this up, because other videos suggest you have to cross your feet over, which is a crazy impossible ballet move to attempt to do while on a bouncing, turning wobbly board at speed. Your placement at 9:37 is much simpler 👍 Interestingly, you also suggest switching the feet AFTER the rig flip 😮 Literally EVERY other guide I’ve seen suggests doing the foot change before the rig flip. Maybe this is where I’m going wrong 😭😭😭 ? I’m hopeless at gybing 😂

[@alfordmick]

Great vid as usual Nils, yea 20 years ago we used to laugh at “German gybes” on the lakes at the Dutch coast. Prove them wrong now 😂😂🎉

[@WindsurfingNils]

haha 😅

[@hunterthompson8450]

terrific tutorial

[@philipbrown7196]

Great video, and I have watched loads of videos trying to perfect my jibe. The biggest problem I have is the exit, I always drop off the plane. Now I realise I am trying to head too far back up wind and should bear away. 120 degree jibe, not 180 !! Best jibe video yet !! Thanks😊

[@WindsurfingNils]

Thank you for your feedback Philip, much appreciated :)

[@athertones1775]

Interesting that when you rig flip your back hand goes over the top of your front hand. Most tutorials suggest going under (which i struggle with). Does it matter or is this a personal preference? Great vids, thanks for the fab content.

[@michelletran7852]

Thanks for the advice. I am learning the planing jibe. Goes perfectly into the jibe. Then I get slowly down in the turn 11:32 and loose the speed. The flip off the sail, and right feet position. At this moment I nearly stop and then go planning again. 😊

[@WindsurfingNils]

bend more the knees, body weight more forward and right timing with the sail flip, you'll get there 👍

[@michelletran7852]

@@WindsurfingNilsthank you for the tip🙏

[@bohvasspedersen4834]

Moving the back hand further back - made a huge difference for me😊

[@WindsurfingNils]

yes it really does:)

[@FPV777]

It definitely better tutorial than from Nico Prien. Very much really useful moments exposed. Thanks 🙏👍

[@GreenGoblinDK]

Nice points........Getting your bum low also adds a lot of stability. With straight legs it only takes a small chop to throw you of balance although it is more physical.

[@fonsvandenhove]

Always helpful. Trying to improve. Brum brum!

[@Lindhofguitar]

Thanks a lot. Bending in my knees, more than you actually think, was the first access to fully planing jibes for me. I have a strange experience though. I use weed fins half of the year, due to weed, and jibing fully planing with a small weed fin is way easier than with an upright fin. It's like an upright fin is designed to go upwind, which is contrary to going downwind in close arcs. The raked weed fin just cuts the corners nicely, especially in chop. Anyone has the same experience?

[@WindsurfingNils]

I haven't sailed a weedfin in ages, so I'd have to check it out and focus on the jibes to see the difference, but thanks for your comment!

[@jos_t_band3912]

Tip: surf on a tiny lake, it forces you to jibe all the time.

[@WindsurfingNils]

works best with really gusty lakes ;)

[@MarioKuempel]

believe me, Nils finds a way to not jibe ang go in a straight line forever, also on the tiniest lake...🤣

[@FPV777]

I v already did like 50 times attempts to power jibe and always failed. 😮 Now I just gave up, and do a German Jibe, it works always 😂 I think each letter should be Capital: German Jibe!

[@marlinbergmueller3630]

going through the bend faster than the wind made me prick up my ears. during my attempts, it always seems to me that the wind is pushing into my sail from leeward and therefore stops me. has anyone ever felt the same way?

[@WindsurfingNils]

Yes, that's exactly what I meant in the video.

[@J3hudi]

a surfer is from the free folk, a surfer will not bent the knee!

[@MarioKuempel]

😂

[@michaeld5645]

Ich kenne das als Wulfener Hals-e.

[@WindsurfingNils]

auch nicht schlecht ;)

[@ingotaraske6996]

The coordination of all this is so difficult. I started to dry exercise the movement at home, helped a bit so you’re not stalling in the water thinking about what comes next.

[@WindsurfingNils]

I#m still no master of it by any means, but that's so fun about windsurfing, you can always learn and become better

[@tomfrederiksen3257]

Solid advice, but you forgot the two most important factors for planing gybes. Flat or flatish water and heaps of wind.

[@WindsurfingNils]

that certainly helps

[@pierrebareil6041]

Why not switching the feet strap to strap?

[@WindsurfingNils]

coming out of the jibe it's better to be a bit further to the front of the board, gives more acceleration, but can also work strap to strap in stronger winds

[@niclaskarlin]

As mentioned, you need to keep the board flat, that is why you move the body forward. Nils did not mention the reduced mast foot pressure, this is the reason for moving your body forward, to compensate.

[@kapamk]

Nils, du machst ein Fehler beim Powerjibe: Dein Helm sitzt schief! ))

[@reiry429]

nene der Weg wird länger weil die Hand die hinten am Boom liegt wird die neue Frontboom Hand also nene nene Knie ne früh ins Carven kommen um den Chop zu zerschneiden also jeder beschreibt es anders ich habe noch von keinem eine vernünftige Beschreibung bekommen, nagut wieder einer der das versucht und versagt

[@mstokmanverhagen7703]

Great vid Nils!