Improve your WIND-FOILING gybes!

Have you just started you WIND-foiling career but can't quite crack the fully foiling gybe?
Then this Ride-Along Session is for you!...
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Skills like gybing/tacking (and many many others) can have soooo many coaching points!
What also follows below here here is really special though.... the FULL breakdown of ALL the coaching points needed to complete the get back on the water for the summer successfully!
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- Free-Ride Kit (like I'm on)...Low aspect foil, foil specific board.
- WIND- decent strength of wind for power will really help you out!
- Back-Foot out early- still going UP-WIND!
- Lower the ride height as you head downwind.
- Creepy- back-foot...both on the entrance and as the foot change happens.
- Re-adjust the foot positions as necessary to maintain flight- back for up, forward for down!
-Use the DISCO-GYBE to aid the slow, progressive rig-flip! • Disco Gybe- How to exi...
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Filmed on a 125lt Starboard Foil-YX, and a 5.0m Point-7 SP.
Wind was a changeable bft 3-4 (8-18knots!).
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Filmed in Vassiliki, Greece- join me here for a clinic!
Kit used...
- Sails provided by Point-7; mainly the Spy, ACX and F1e. point-7.com
- Boards are kindly supplied by Starboard. windsurf.star-board.com
- Filmed on a mix of Insta360 Onex2- www.insta360.com/sal/one_x2?i...
- Audio recorded on InstaMic- instamic.io
- Mixture of camera mounts including Fly Mount and Sail Video System
flymount.com/shop/ www.sailvideosystem.com
- Eyewear provided by SunGod www.sungod.co/en-gb/?
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[@windfoil1000]

Ah yes, I remembered the disco sail flip right away. Nice tidy explanation. Thanks.

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! Hope you can make it to Vass this summer for a clinic or two! 👍

[@mrslkungpowchikn1206]

Oh COOL! You do wind foiling too! Sweet! We live off the Columbia River and my 13 yr old son saw a guy just foiling across it last summer and yelled, “Mom! What’s THAT?!”! We were in awe so I had to look up more about it! I am “hoping” I can find a fun water sport we can do in our section of the Columbia where it is a lot lower winds than like Hood River OR close to White Salmon WA. We are WA side but down river and past Bonneville Dam. But this looks like a lot of fun and my husband finally gave me the green light to start taking lessons (I elected to do kite surfing and have wanted to do it for many years!)! I know how to fly stunt kites so hopefully it will help me learn a little faster.

[@Cookiesports]

I love it, it’s great fun!

[@nilsbuer]

Great video

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! Hope you can make it to vass this summer for a clinic!

[@markocernic8659]

To me, the most important advice is to take rear foot out of the footstrap, while riding cross or upwind. Since I tried that, my jibes are way, way more confident and I don't struglle with hight in the jibes anymore !! Big improovement ! Thanks Cookie

[@Cookiesports]

That back foot out early is a key change- glad it worked for you. Exactly the same on a carve gybe too! 🙌🙌🙌

[@chuckr3398]

How about doing an "Improve your WIND-FOILING "Strap to Strap" Gybe video where you flip sail first while in switch stance and then switch your feet?? Thanks!!

[@Cookiesports]

Nice idea, thanks! 😜

[@laurentdelageneste8100]

I have the exact same setup (foil + board, except it's the FoilXWing model since I use it also to learn wing). I have been struggling to score my first foiling jibe but your video pointed two things I have been doing wrong: lack of speed and power when entering the curve and back foot movements to correct board flight. I had actually discovered that it is the same when trying the jibe with a wing so it will help me with both hopefully... Thanks for the video! 🤙

[@Cookiesports]

So similar for wing foiling… stay tuned to the channel for the Wing-Foiling sessions coming soon!

[@motsnik2264]

Awesome video - I’ve watched several times and knowledge is building confidence to get this done.

[@Cookiesports]

👍👍👍👍

[@dairyairman]

This video hits very close to home! I've been working on the windsurfing foil jibe for months now but I'm still struggling with it. For me, it's hard! I noticed that in this video you're doing some things that I'm not. For example, you wait at least a second or two to flip the sail after switching your feet. I need to try that! I've been flipping the sail immediately after switching my feet but I tend to lose control of the rig at that point and fall into the water. I'm also not tilting the mast to the outside of the turn like you're doing. That probably explains why I tend to travel in a straight line downwind after switching my feet. There's a lot of good advice in this video and I need to try some of these things! Btw, I think I saw you windfoiling when I was in Vasiliki recently. I remember seeing someone windfoiling with a black sail who really looked like they knew what they were doing. I'll bet it was you!

[@Cookiesports]

That could well have been me… not many P-7 sails out here….even less foiling…and far fewer with a camera stick out the front talking to themselves! 🤣 Hope the advice helps!

[@dairyairman]

@@Cookiesports I tried the techniques from this video and they helped, especially the tip about using a non-planing technique. I still wasn't able to foil all the way through a jibe (that's difficult!!) but the jibes I did were more in control and I didn't fall in the water as much as I usually do.

[@Cookiesports]

@@dairyairman great to hear it! 🙌🙌🙌

[@eastcoastsailingcenter7768]

Best foil video for me, thank you for making this .it’s helped me a lot

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! 🤩

[@paddleboarddog]

Very instructional and fun to watch.

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! Hope it helps!

[@dirtburper6668]

Wow! Fantastic camera angles! Now I can see close up what my feet are supposed to be doing. I have been windsurfing (the gorge) forever and started foiling a couple months ago. I can stay on the foil most of the time, BUT, trying to gybe, things come apart. I can get around 90 deg downwind, when I have to switch feet. I can get my back foot to the downwind side of the board and stay on the foil (gybing) until trying to move my front foot. Then I crash. Usually quite spectacularly. I will try your method tomorrow. Thank you for these videos! I think they have greatly shortened the learning process.

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks for watching, hope the videos help!

[@jamesmckenzie4572]

Longboard jibe with a disco rig flip. I haven't seen either description before. I think this is going to help. I can see that I've been trying to do my regular short board jibe. Thanks.

[@Cookiesports]

Hope not goes well for you! Let me know! 👍👍👍

[@kmf2153]

I have been switching my feet after gybing the sail, your technique looks much more in control. Thanks for the tips, will try this technique tomorrow if possible. The tips on practicing the non planing gybe is a good one also. this will really help when one loses the wind on the foil and is trying to slog home.

[@Cookiesports]

Stepping first is a much simpler way of doing it…. Same with a carve gybe…. Let me know how you get on! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmatY6F6est0nKs

[@danieludo1984]

Great video!!!! Thanks!!! I use the same foil whith SB Futura 127 2021. Work very well! 👍 much better than SB freefoil 150 2020.

[@Cookiesports]

Thanks! 👍

[@mommomom6501]

Good video, I think about buying foil gear😉🤠

[@u_g0ld932]

Yes it is so fun ngl

[@Cookiesports]

Go for it- you won’t regret it! 🙌🙌🙌

[@WadeVogt]

Great video. I've been having an issue with getting back-winded every now and then when I turn down wind and open the sail. Not sure if it's due to losing the wind/gust as I turn or if I'm doing something wrong with the rig as I enter the gybe.

[@Cookiesports]

Tough to say… do you have a link to a video?

[@WadeVogt]

@@Cookiesports I don't... I'll make sure I have my camera ready next time I go out.

[@henrylocatelli8255]

Hi Simon, a question for you. By using a freeride foil board, witch stance (distance between screw straps) do you suggest? Generally on slalom board I use 42cm, I'm 1.80cm tall. Thanks a lot! Henry

[@Cookiesports]

Hi! I’m not sure I quite understand your question. I have the foot straps set as standard… if I’m on the front hole for example, all screws go in the front hole… same with the mid or back.

[@robmilligan3650]

I have a FoilX 145 and am just getting to grips with first flights. My back straps are set in board, but I notice you were placing your back foot sometimes in the centre between outboard straps. Which is the best strap position for a beginner? Thanks.

[@Cookiesports]

Great choice of board! In-boards straps at the back will de-power you and stop the bird rising up… if this is the goal then great! 👍 But if your struggling to get flight/sustain the flight then moving them back, and out, will really help out! This is the same for beginners and good riders really!…expect instead of moving the straps in/out, we just move our back foot position. Try watching this little video I did for starboard…. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHKnXq18mcd3d6s

[@richardwood9757]

I notice you sometimes hold the mast to bring the rig upright after the rig flip. I do too although I seem to recall it is frowned upon in windsurfing. Something to do with flipping the rig too late? Ideally should the hand change be done boom to boom?

[@Cookiesports]

It’s an interesting discussion point…. I’m talking about making the rig flip slow… progressive… and not fighting to pull power on straight away. You should have enough speed to continue to foil without needing power straight away, and can continue to foil by adjusting you balance/weight between your feet…. If I’d gone boom-2-boom on some of these I would be quickly back on power- but upset the trim of the flight and likely crash. Keep the movements slow so you can hold the foil and the balance… if that means the mast for a moment fine… as long as you never try to power back up on the mast!

[@MrRod767]

Cookie, did you bring out your FoilX 125 to Vass, or are they available to rent from a centre out there? Would you change your gybe technique if there was wind swell / waves, to gybe sail first, feet second ?

[@Cookiesports]

Hi Rod! The FoilX I’m on is my board… I don’t know of anyone who rents this so if board… but you can rent foils and foils boards in the bay. Change for swell- costly id ensure I had a long foil mast… better chance not to touch down/beech. And that’s the key change really… ride with the swell… absorb a little and read the waves to get the ride height correct. 👍

[@MrRod767]

@@Cookiesports Thanks for the quick reply. I’m using the iqfoil foil mast with my FoilX 125, so no problems with ride height! My issue is, that I’m starting the gybe going down the wave, switch feet and then typically as I rotate the sail I plough into the next wave then stop

[@Cookiesports]

@@MrRod767 maybe keep the technique… change the tactic and turn a little tighter!

[@fabioprb3538]

Ho C. I am a rookie foil windsurfer but regular windsurfer since 20 years. My weight is 95kg, I have got a naish galaxy 144lts and and the rrd bigger foil one mt fusellage and 85 cm mast. In my place there is a regular 10-12 knots wind. What size of sail could you tecommend? I tried a 6,4 f-pace duotone but there was no way to take-off. Shall I have to keep on triing with this or use a 7,5 or 8,4 cambered ? Please help. Cheers f

[@Cookiesports]

You need POWER! More wind ideally, but otherwise a bigger sail!

[@jimjybe]

I have the same board in the 145ltr and setup but have to use way too much back foot pressure. Have the +1.0 shim and mast track in back position, its nearly impossible to fly as the force keeps the board from lifting off the water! any thoughts???

[@Cookiesports]

Are you sure you’re powered up enough?

[@jimjybe]

@@Cookiesports probably not, my goal is to fly in the lightest conditions, was able to get back out with more wind and it sails fine with the +1.0. Thank you, love your videos!!

[@jimjybe]

Update, I changed the fuselage to a 105 with a +0.5 shim and this thing will fly in next to nothing!

[@constantinforst728]

General question: Is foiling harder than riding a funboard ?

[@Cookiesports]

It's all fun! (but I'm not sure what you mean by a fun board?!)

[@altumano]

I disagree about the creepy back foot. From the video it is clear that new back foot lands in wrong place and have to be adjusted. Instead, it should land on the centerline, so that it is possible to keep foiling just on one foot, while the second foot finds its way directly into footstrap.

[@Cookiesports]

You do you my friend! 😜 Trouble you’ll have is the centre line isn’t always the right place for the back foot to land…sometimes it might be, sometimes not… you need to be ready to adjust and make the “creepy” movements I’m describing here. If you’ve perfected the move them good on you! 👍…. But for most people learning and progressing this is solid advice!