Starboard Carve IQ 151 - Just Happy to go in a Straight Line!

Learning to ride my Shortboard. Starboard Carve IQ 151, 6.5 Ezzy Legacy. Wind 15-20+. So Much fun!

[@matiasgibbs251]

Awesome video. I feel you. I'm at that stage of trying to gain control on smaller boards. It's freakin tough!

[@gusthunter8780]

The effort is worth it! Keep going!

[@alummis]

This is awesome. So inspiring. I wish I could windsurf as good as you! Thanks for posting!

[@gusthunter8780]

You can do it!

[@BillBradstreet]

"Hold my beer!" I love it!! You did great!! I love seeing people learning our sport! You looked like you were in control when you got in the footstrap! And you were flying!

[@marneyman]

Love the thrills and spills of windsurfing, you just have to laugh when you fall off!

[@Vok250]

Most realistic windsurfing channel. Haha!

[@gusthunter8780]

Super average guy windsurfing!

[@danielmori501]

Yea it's convinced me that I need to get the most stable board possible 🤔😅

[@Anthony-ix3rp]

Well done..inspiring.

[@chrisarnell1]

Well done!

[@phbeaf]

nice to see normal people like me sailng. you have great beach start, keep sailing!

[@gusthunter8780]

Thanks Philippe! Just accomplished my first water stars too in the past couple months. I just returned to Windsurfing after a 30 year gap and having a blast! I too like seeing videos of regulars dudes getting better. Subscribe. I have a bunch of short videos and will be doing more this winter. Windy season in Florida. Cheers!

[@onewheelisbetterthan2]

Sick board and sail

[@alummis]

Ok. I’m subscribing!

[@dveziris]

Now the real addiction begins !!

[@lucaantonucci857]

Grandissimo

[@mr.goeser1867]

Keep sailing bro !

[@gusthunter8780]

I am addicted! Here is yesterdays video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2HIf2ybhpuri68

[@Westcoastwindsurf]

Good speed! Mast foot pressure is your friend. It allows you to get in the foot straps without blasting at full speed.

[@marneyman]

Just push the rig away as the power comes on right?

[@Westcoastwindsurf]

@@marneyman not quiet, push down on your boom. Think of mast as your third leg. So the weird is to be distributed between front foot and mast when going for the back strap.

[@marneyman]

Ok, that makes sense, good description. What about the front strap?

[@Westcoastwindsurf]

@@marneyman this works for me; From complete stop. 1 lean back and rig away to counterbalance the power - when shoulders are over the back foot, you can lift the front foot up (at this point the front foot is straight and you are accelerating) when lifting front foot you’ll naturally want to push down with your front arm (this keeps the board from turning into wind and slowing down). When in front strap, bear away (go down wind). When turning board down wind you’ll be pushing hard with the front foot (for the first few seconds) this is when your back leg is free to get into back strap (try lifting it up to practice). Mast foot pressure is key for both. Check out this video by a professional coach: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nl6aYohrnbyBic0

[@davidhmws]

4:11. It’s inherently unstable to sail with just the front foot in the strap. If put in too early before there is enough wind, it just sinks the tail and slows the board down. When there is enough wind, put the front foot in, sheet in, weight on the harness, back foot in, the board should stay level as it speeds up, your weight now being partially supported by boom through the harness.

[@gusthunter8780]

finally got that figured out too , here is my latest video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYqlmadspMZqd6c

[@allagreta9990]

The more your arms are straight the less you can open or close your sail according to the ups and downs of the wind. Hence the harnessline a inch shorter and the Boom a inch lower.

[@gusthunter8780]

I have gotten a bit better since then. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKbHfJaqqbKYprc

[@danielmori501]

Good stuff!. I go sailing and am looking to get a windsurfer... I have to ask, if you had a more stable, more bouyant board would you enjoy it more? I'm looking to windsurf on the sea and don't want to go in that much. I think I'm going to buy a Starboard Start (theres the Go, but the start is like a proper boat)

[@gusthunter8780]

Yeah for just starting out you are on the right track by looking at a Starboard Start. Another option is the Starboard Rio line of long boards. I started with a Rio larg, 259L.

[@danielmori501]

@@gusthunter8780 Cheers for the reply, I think the Start is the one, it's massive and so bouyant. The right forecast here gives no shorebreak. Cheers, happy sailing!

[@simonparker4992]

Can I ask, what's it like? I'm thinking of getting the same. I'm an improver. I can plane by accident and get into harness, promptly followed by falling off. Would a 151 be a suitable board, do you think?

[@gusthunter8780]

This was my first Shortboard and it probably was a bit advanced for me. The important thing was that at 151L I could uphaul it. I weigh 250lbs. I would recommend the Goya Volar 160L as a first Shortboard. I currently ride it. It is more forgiving and stable.

[@simonparker4992]

@@gusthunter8780 Ok, thanks for the tip

[@Drumbuoy545]

Ha ha! Hold my beer! Are you having fun yet??

[@spencer.h561]

Maybe straighten your arms a bit and have your front hand further back

[@gusthunter8780]

That was a year or so ago. In the straps planing now. Working on planing out of carve jibes.

[@windsurfingatmeerwijck]

I think your boom is too High for you, between breast and shoulders. Wait to Hook in when the Board has more speed. If the boom is Lower you can get in the footstraps more easyer and you have much more controle.. Good luck.

[@NinjaSeb123]

Your boom is too high. It looks uncomfortable.

[@gusthunter8780]

Yeah, I have since started lowering my boom, unless it is light wind and using an 8m or more sail. That was way to high for a 6.5.

[@wisecoonie]

Your harness is much, much too high. Get it down.

[@gusthunter8780]

I have gotten on Ion that fits me really well, and also a seat harness that I like to use when I am sailing my 5.5 and 4.9. Thanks for watching and the tip.