How to get planing!

[@bon6899]

Best Windsurf Channel on the planet, thanks cookie 👍!

[@Cookiesports]

Thank you!!! 👍👍👍

[@panupihl2061]

Agreed!

[@Cookiesports]

@@panupihl2061 🤩

[@fonsvandenhove]

I think it is awesome that you show all these techniques and tips on normal material. Essential for people to learn on these big boards and freeride sails. Starboard and Point7 should be so happy with you.

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! Glad you like the videos, I think doing the skills I’m demonstrating on the correct kit for the people who would be learning it is important! 🤩🤩🤩

[@domjen1255]

I'm teaching my daughter, and your videos are the best

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! Come and visit in Vass and I can help!

[@JOHN-qs7yu]

Thank you sir for the wind direction arrows, much easier to understand. 👍

[@Cookiesports]

It’s not easy, but added where I could! 👍👍👍

[@karstenbjrk9222]

@@Cookiesports Totally agree, thanks for the effort in putting in the wind arrows - otherwise my head spins 😅

[@bdilsen]

Thanks!

[@Cookiesports]

Thank you 🤩

[@horsemadf1]

Good one. Some great tips even for more advanced sailors.

[@Cookiesports]

Thank you! 🤩🤩🤩

[@ST-ye8fe]

Just back in the game since 20(!!!) years, and this really helps getting me back trimmed out to speed. Cheers! Great channel 🤘🏼

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! 👍👍👍

[@Martnk94]

love your videos! most useful and entertaining windsurf channel!

[@Cookiesports]

Thank you! 🤩🤩🤩

[@CastaVill]

Thanks so much from Spain, really, really helpful!!

[@Cookiesports]

Hope it helps you improve! 🤩

[@dylanmenzies3973]

👍👍 as always

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! 🙌🙌

[@KristinaAdventures]

this is so awesome, great video!! thank you for putting in the effort to create this video 😄

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks for watching! 🤩🤩

[@KristinaAdventures]

@@Cookiesports you are very welcome, have a wonderful day 😃

[@martyc5674]

Great video- I learned to windsurf 20 years ago- never got beyond harness and footstraps blasting and that took a few years!- looking to get back into it now- I really wish we had videos like this back then- it was so hard to try understand all this from reading articles- I was bamboozled!!

[@Cookiesports]

Glad this was helpful! 🤩🤩

[@jeremytownshend8344]

I'm in exactly the same place and whilst it's a real challenge I know these videos help in both preparation before heading out and self analysis after a session on the water - just brilliant!

[@Davidallen9]

This looks very helpful. Will try it on my next sail

[@Cookiesports]

👍👍👍

[@Tabi3Lucs]

😎🏄‍♂️ niceeee thank you

[@Cookiesports]

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[@florianbauch3581]

Great selection of tips that all combined gets one going. If I had to pick a favourite it would be: Get (very) low, to go(with front leg straight. At ~3kts less I would like you to show us how to pump onto the plane in marginal conditions using probably a 7.5-8.0m2 sail.

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks for watching! I’ll add pumping in marginal winds to my “to-film”‘list for s23!

[@Meergreis]

thank you very much for the great explanations. it was really easy to implement and worked straight away

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! Glad it helped!

[@Twiiik]

A great video!

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks!

[@mr.goeser1867]

Many thanks for this great video

[@Cookiesports]

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[@marie-ebelanger9999]

Hi! Thank you for the really helpful videos. How about one about choosing fins? Sorry for the simple question: when you say in, back, down, is it: In means sheeting in Back means reducing distance between clew and the back of the board/mast towards the back of the board Down means mast towards windward Thank you!

[@Cookiesports]

Hi! Thanks for enjoying! I’ve been thinking and discussing a lot about fin’s lately, and come to quite a simple solution…. Stick with what the manufacturer recommends for each board- until it’s giving you too much lift and you can’t control it…. Then either change down sail or loos some fin! Simple!

[@joyfool1225]

Thanks❤

[@Cookiesports]

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[@dannyvardanian]

Awesome Vid !!! Thank you gustilliki ! What sunglasses you rockin Hermano ?

[@Cookiesports]

I'm always in SunGod's, these are Tempest... highly recommend!

[@joaco5]

Great Videos! . Could you plese explain what you mean by "dig" (in drop and dig)? Thanks

[@Cookiesports]

Drop and dig= drop your hips low, dig your heels to trim the board to windward and head up wind. Hope you can make it to Vass for some coaching this summer! 👍

[@anthonylock2004]

might be going backwards but ...tacking when is blowing hard of getting going from an up-haul when the wind is strong would really help. I watch the relevant ride along over and over before going out and its really helping but getting going again in the deep when its blowing... no one covers

[@Cookiesports]

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[@basvb100]

Hey man! Love your videos. You said once the wind hits you, steer a bit downwind to get planing. How do you steer the fastest when the wind hits you (expecting you are still non planing and want to start to)? Since steering mainly via pressing your toes to engage the leeward side doesn't really work as long as you're not planing right? So do you mainly do this by firmly pressing your front foot to get a bit downwind fast? Thanks a lot

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks Yes… drop and push- front foot pressure to flatten the board, allowing it to speed up!

[@basvb100]

@@Cookiesports thanks! So pushing your front foot makes the board bear off/go downwind?

[@PavelBarbanegra]

When you say "push with your front leg", do you mean with the muscles of the leg, or do you mean "move your center of gravity (that is, the hips) towards the back leg"?

[@Cookiesports]

Mmmm…. When holding something and leaning back you can choose (without changing stance/shape)… which leg you have weight/balance/pressure on. If you want to speed up use the front leg… slow downs/head up the back leg. 👌👌

[@RobManser77]

You say a high boom - how high is that relative to you?

[@Cookiesports]

Varys a little depending on the goal of the session, and worth mixing it up as such. For example… -lower boom easier to manoeuvre and make transitions stay dry. Beginners use boom apx nipple to shoulder for this reason, same as freestylers and wave sailors generally around shoulder to chin. -higher boom easier to channel the power and get planing- hence this video, saying higher. Chin to eye height. Harder to get in/out of the harness- but your already “dropped” to power in being correctly channeled. All-round I’d generally say about chin height- but mix up and experiment! 👍

[@vallsz]

hi , i am an relatively experienced dinghy sailor and i recently bought a wiindsurf pretty hardcore for beginner (110l board 7.8 7.0 North sails slalom 4 camber) i bought it because it was a bargain and could not pass on this great deal, any advice on how to start on these setup ? ofc the reason commentary would say "go take lesson" but i have the stuff in my garage and the sea at 500meter so any tips is welcome

[@Cookiesports]

That’s some hardcore kit even for an experienced windsurfer! Maybe rent some kit for a while while you get ready to step onto your kit!?

[@matiasgibbs251]

Awesome video! Is it essential to use a harness to start sheeting in the sail?

[@Cookiesports]

No…but it’s less physical

[@יניבאזולאי-ת3נ]

Hi ❤ Love your work. Can I translates your videos to Hebrew? 🙏🏼

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! You can’t re-upload the videos, but you’re welcome to use the translate feature in YT

[@geosystems2106]

Dig, trim, back, what ?!

[@Cookiesports]

What is it you don't understand? I'll happily help you out... maybe a time stamp of which bit you're referring to?