🔑 THE KEY TO BETTER GYBING (analyzing my power jibes)

An engaged rail is essential for an efficient power gybe. In this video I took some of my training footage and went through it step by step for you.
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[@Nico_GER7]

Jibes starting at 2:55 Stay tuned and subscribe 🔔 for the upcoming 'overpowered' tutorial!

[@dengordo]

Hi Nico, you don't need to apologise for your "not so positive" videos. I think it's cool that you post honest videos about the situation and make people aware of what's going on in your life even if it's not positive. Please keep making videos that you personally want to make and don't worry about the views. Stay safe and live in full power.

[@paulhamilton7473]

Hey Nico. What a privilege that you share your skills with us. As a windsurfer of 35 years your videos excite me to keep getting better. Thanks for helping to keep our sprits up!

[@Nico_GER7]

Awesome, Paul! Keep pushing... I mean once they open the beaches 😄

[@windsurfer3329]

Nico, thanks for posting this video for lots of windsurfers who are struggling with their jibes. As I teach people how to jibe I have observed two things from their movements, and both happen during the transition. The first one is about footwork. It is imperative to place your front foot close to mast base moments before you transition the sail to maintain stability. Most guys place their front foot away from the mast base area closer to straps, thereby sinking the tail and slowing the board. As a result, they have no time to transition the sail because the board comes to standing still on the water :-)) The second is to judge when to move the front foot to initiate the jibe as you are carving. This is something your brain should tell you as there is no clear explanation. My guide is about 90 degrees into the carve from the direction you are sailing. I have to make sure board has tons of speed during the carve, and you don't get intimidated by the centrifugal force of the carve. Thanks for your videos as they are helping lots of people :-))

[@MarioKuempel]

Interesting Video! Can´t wait to get out again to work on my jibes... at least now there is plenty of time to reflect and set goals! 🤙🏾

[@kizzmiazzz]

like really going for it on overpowered days? no more scared leaning forward, just close the sail and go for it? im so sure u can do it one day!

[@marcosgallodgp]

I love this idea of tutorials! can't wait to the next one and the PDFs Hang in there Nico I hope the situation in Spain gets better soon! Much love for you all!

[@cyruslai7875]

Woohoo watching windsurfing video during this critical situation is just nice

[@martinbailly573]

Thank you Nico for these very interesting instructional videos ! We need them before the season start and we need them in these low activites time. Looking forward to the one on riding overpowered !

[@renaud1978]

thanks so much to have some videos of windsurfing and with those tips, I have seaview from my place and so far it is not windy at all thank god !!!!

[@pv1706]

Thanks for your great tutorials Nico!

[@WindsurfingNelson]

Hi Nico, thanks. Somehow I had the feeling before, now you made it clear: you can sense it when/if a gybe is efficient. As fast as possible, dynamic, powerful with an effort. There is something new to keep an eye on in my training, haha (as if there weren't enough already anyway). Great video!

[@bob2787]

Hey nico great video again, your putting out great content and helping us get through this self isolation with all our marbles still intact. Good tips , because we could all improve our gybes.

[@lobigi7119]

Hi Nico, many thanks for sharing your expertise, great video again! 🤙

[@miles_walker]

Makes so much sense. Another point is that with so much speed and a fast turn you can come away sailing on a broader reach than otherwise so the carving angle is reduced... Keep the videos coming!

[@thibaultquelavoine5811]

The "bad vibes" (I wouldn't call them that but for reference) were not an issue, I like that you keep it real, the point of vlogs is to share the experiences :) and it is more than important to put the good advice out there !

[@enigma4801]

wirklich perfekt und sehr sympatisch erklärt, freue mich auf weitere Videos und auch wenn ich es selbst probieren und hoffentlich auch umsetzten kann

[@scottyluxton]

can't wait for the next one this was extremely well done! :D

[@pierreadam5734]

Liked the fact that you share with us your vision about the current situation. It was interesting to see it by a pro windsurfer. Even you don't go windsurfing etc. Appreciate " bad vibes " even if I didn't feel like that. Great video again and again !

[@mikerozie6340]

Tnx Nico, I am going yo take this to my own training🤙🏻

[@paulsp2k]

Great video. The comparison between you and Mario highlighted for me my exact problem. I nail most of my under powered turns, but as soon as I enter the gybe either fully powered or over powered, that upright position results in the turn stalling downwind and I end up just sailing dead downwind until I fall off, or I get thrown off to the outside of the turn cause I haven't leaned in enough. Can't wait to get out and practice this. Cheers Nico, looking forward to the next tutorial. This video definitely one of your best. Off to check the weather forecast for tomorrow. Isolation on the water for me 😁

[@Floatnride]

Really good advice about leaning in, very similar to carving on skis. Commit and let the gear do the work. Can't wait to get out and refine.

[@paulmertz6666]

Nico, thanks for another great video. Stay healthy. Hopefully we will get back on the water soon. I enjoyed your last video as well. I’m in the US and it was interesting to see your situation in Spain.

[@enricofrancescomaria]

Tank you, your videos are the best 🙏🙏

[@markcornell8578]

Thanks Nico, great video as always, you inspire me to be better. Can I please request you do a video of your current fitness regime in isolation and any lounge room, or garden windsurf training that might be helpful while we can't be on the water

[@galensk]

Very good explanation ! Thank you for the effort 👍💨💨💨💨👍

[@dairyairman]

This is a great video, especially considering you had to use entirely old footage. I'm always trying to improve my jibe and seeing your analysis of your own jibes is a big help!

[@gonzaloriosley2]

You look like a real queen haha. Remember to record yourself surfing with it in the future!!

[@gchipilski]

Perfect explanation Niko. I will follow your recommendations. Many times I have can’t keep the rail engaged in choppy conditions even I go in low position and I loose the control over the board . Please advise how to make the gybe smoother in choppy water

[@natsirt50]

Nice video! I am windsurfing since 1,5 years and I want To start learning gybe .... greats tips ;)

[@windyfly4313]

Thanks Nico. Really helpfull. Especially about the railing. If you need some ideas for other videos, i would really like to know how to keep the board down in flying conditions in combination with chop. With this i mean the stance/sailposition and not the masttrack/boomhight. Keep em coming and again, thanks for sharing. Really much appreciated!

[@Nico_GER7]

You will like my next one!!

[@samvella4427]

I need to get out there and practice heaps. Thanks Nico

[@djmax01]

Love your videos 😊

[@femkeenjelle3826]

Cool video! Great tips!

[@klausraudonat9155]

Stay healthy 👍👍

[@jasonpolakow98]

Dass du muskolös bist, wusste ich immer, aber deine brutalen Unterarme fallen mir erst hier auf 🤘🏽 Video ist natürlich auch Hammer

[@tobig.2609]

Helped alot thx!

[@nicke14]

Could you give more info on how to engage the rail? I also wonder why racers always switch the feet first, and then the sail, or both at the same time? This gives a moment of instability when you and the rig turn at the same time. If I switch the sail first, my feet are still in the same position and can stabilize the board. When I then switch my feet, I am already holding the rig in the new sailing position, which again stabilizes the board.

[@gradjenaaien6065]

I would rezlly want a full tuturial on jibing

[@Nico_GER7]

That's a big project, because I'm very focused on details. That said, it will happen for sure 🙂.

[@fertysurfer]

Hi Nico, another great video and thanks for keeping my spirits up in locked down Fuerteventura. Loved the honesty and grasp of the reality of what life may be like once we get through these strange times. Who edits these videos? Sometimes it's almost put together word by word like a kidnappers ransom note made from newspaper cuttings! Must take hours. Stay healthy, wear a mask, wash your hands.

[@gradjenaaien6065]

Really helpful video

[@SvenElshoecht77]

Hi Nico, your videos are super inspiring! They help me get through these ”corona no windsurfing times”. You mention power in the legs is crucial for a good racing jibe. Could you explain this leg motion a little further? Do you mean simultaneously pushing down through the toes of the back/inside foot and pulling up through the foot in the front footstrap? Thx a lot and fingers crossed for real windsurfing action soon!

[@SuperFlo8888]

did not windsurfing more then 10 years, back to windsurfing due to lockdown, everything from beginning, first day back to ocean, windward take off, downward back , do not know how to windsurfing any more! start over again, subscrip and learn from you again🤞

[@windsurfingtwins7197]

Very nice Video very interesting Many greetings Marvin and Louis 🏄‍♂️🤙🏻👍

[@JonassTass]

Hey nico! I love your vids and the tutorials. Could you please make a beginner gybe tutorial, there are a lot of beginners incl. Me. I cannot really gybe but i really wanna know how to do it non planing but faster so i dont spend much time on the tacks! Looking forward to get on the water this weekend!

[@frontloop71]

very good tip, lay down must be combined with hard carving, much easier to lift the sail back up. thanks!

[@richardnwilson]

Great video thank you! So it appears that you're saying that a sharp jibe with a well engaged Edge would be more likely to plane through to the next tack then a long gradual turn? Is this what you're saying? For myself I have not been able to identify whether I do better on the sharp turns or the gradual turns as far as planning through the entire jibe.

[@mrfish489]

Hi Nico, there is a small confusion in your description in your gybing videos, probably from a German to English translation. In English upright and vertical mean the same thing. You are getting more horizontal in your gybes (not vertical) in comparison to Mario. Great videos, keep up the good work.

[@Nico_GER7]

Damn! You’re so right. Mixed up Verifikationen an horizontal. Very important point!

[@philknibbs6239]

Slight confusion,,,but we get the point ,,great video,,didn't get to practice them at medano lock dowwwwwwn 🤣🤣🤣

[@altumano]

And also, it is not gravity that pulls you up, it's centrifugal force ;)

[@Nico_GER7]

@@altumano My physics teacher would be ashamed of me.

[@Vini.OliveTree]

Great video

[@rokasjanauskas7311]

Great suit 🥳🥳🥳

[@cge771]

Thanks Nico. Great video and important take away. Your jibes look great and very efficient at the same time. Questions: in normal or overpowered conditions, understood. But would you go with the same logic with less wind? I mean it seems that so much pressure on the rail would then slow us down whereas a larger radius and less pressure on the rail + standing more straight maybe (?) would give us a chance to plan through the entire jibe ? Again: the question is only if the wind is not as strong or because of a lull etc. And overall: in the jibe, the more overpowered you are, the closer the radius and the closer you are to the rig when jibing? PS. Looking forward the "overpowered" (+ any other technical) tutorial too :-) Thanks again and wishing you to be able to windsurf again as soon as possible !

[@dusanturk4222]

Nico, thanks for insight in the details, nice. However, the10th minute: vertical is perpendicular to the surface of water (planet Earth surface) that is upright and not perpendicular to the board surface - what I assume you would like to say about the best position during the carving part of the gybe.

[@Turbodudedk]

Hi Nico, GREAT video again 🙏😍 For my big board 85cm wide and 8,6 fx, if I carve too hard in choppy waters I will get spinout and loose control. The solution is to jibe as Mario on big gear. I have tried to put my body more inwards. But any tips for this? 🙂

[@pagki]

HI NICO! KEEP IT UP!

[@ihlakschneider4702]

helped a lot

[@gianlucac.8944]

Hey Nico, loved your video even if I'm not into racing/slalom plus I definitely love your motto as I sense a slighly mocking intonation in it or at least that's what I like to believe... Keep up and I'll sure go check out those negative-vibe video that everybody and their dog is talking about! By the way, I'm writing from locked-down Rome. Stay safe and healty

[@wajfarut]

Hi Nico, i'm really enjoying your channel! Do you have a video of how to make good power jibes when not laying the sail down? i think it would be really useful, since a lot of people (like me :) ) are still improving and are working on this kind of jibes before starting to lay the sail down Moreover i'm honestly confused on when and why to sail the sail down, can you help? Please keep on posting such interesting content with comparison between good and not good! Thanks

[@andreoost3128]

look at Janga wetsuits for cool colors and designs :) great comparission with the jibs, i guess Mario has a lot improved (not the little bit you mentioned ;) ) on his jibes. I love the way you engage the race jibe, it puts a lot of power on your legs! The carve radius is so nice :) For the ones whom putting their data on GPS-Windsurfing, look at your Alpha's this is a good indication if your racejibes are efficient enough. Nice: Bring on the full tutorial on how to engage racejibes on the slalom course and what your decision is for the choossen line at the mark.

[@emiel.dc.]

You could maybe make a video were you react on our gybe like you did some time ago?

[@nilsbuer]

Very nice jibes.

[@tyniewicki]

Great material, record a movie about tactics of slalom prosecution, getting to the buoy of positioning etc. Once again, congratulations on the channel. Regards

[@Nico_GER7]

good idea, need to find some appropriate video footage.

[@vivalatip]

Good information! Great alternative if you can't surf ;)

[@mmilhazes]

WTF?? You scared me with that pink thing 😁😁 Great vídeo!! Awesome tips!! Specially for me as i am a bad gyber 😨😞😫😭😭

[@koerper51]

@12:30 it looks like the Superlightwind. Isnt it ?? Maybe it could be the answer of my minded question if its possible to do good jibes, with that board, like you shown in the mov. I have a jp superlightwind, i can stay a powerjibe but I always loose planning :(

[@janhoffmann4122]

Hi Nico, fährst Du bei viel Wind und Welle eigentlich das JP Wave oder das Freestylewave?

[@user-mk8we2sh8u]

Nice video ! Can you do a video how to duck jibe ?

[@windfilms9114]

yeah🤙🏼

[@user-mk8we2sh8u]

Nice video

[@seppolehti6294]

Do you think that laydown jibe is best way to be planing after jibe?

[@Macroscience]

Can you provide us with some data, how fast is your good racing gybe? GPS alpha 500m? above 25 knots I am sure, but what exactly?

[@milosceconik]

hello Nico, please, introduce the sail and board sizes and wind and water conditions in your videos, thank you very much :-)

[@Nico_GER7]

Okay, sure. Usually I write it in the video description or say it at some point. Most of the equipment in this video was 6.4 NeilPryde RS Racing EVO XI and JP Slalom 62.

[@cyrilcivet782]

cool

[@junhaolo8486]

yeww 🤙

[@SuperFlo8888]

I like your pink suite😂

[@marcscheepers8822]

Hi Nico , What size ( wide) is your board?

[@defenderoftheadverb]

I don't know how you avoid accidental hook ins when you're so close to the sail. Others say keep the sail at arms length.

[@coreylanser4073]

Stay safe bra

[@felixg3797]

looks great ... have a look at what "vertical" means. perhaps you should use another word

[@Nico_GER7]

I corrected it with a note. I mixed up vertical and horizontal

[@gradjenaaien6065]

Road to 10 k

[@1967andrewd]

Great video Nico, lots to take away from it. Can I just correct you on one thing though, I think you mean to say you are horizontal, not vertical. You say your friend is upright and that you are more vertical, when in fact those 2 words basically mean the same thing. Sorry to nit pick, your English is WAYYYYYYY better than my German ;-)

[@Beachbumextraordinaire]

So, in summary, lay down the sail as much as you can engage the rail, so as to keep the two as perpendicular to each other as possible? Good stuff, by the way.

[@thibault2173]

You were talking about full power lay down jibes when you are first at the mark. It made me remember a video frime the French championships in Leucate from 2 or 3 years ago, with the young guns trying to lay down as much as they could during the qualification phase : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJSkoGeHfqhma6M . One really nice is in slow motion around 4’31. Take care in Tarifa and thanks for the video :)

[@digitalbrother834]

Machst Du jetzt auch Skispringen oder Eisschnelllaufen? Der pinke Anzug sieht auf jeden Fall windschnittig aus... Aber damit wird man doch verhauen, wenn Du so am Strand auftauchst, oder?

[@Nico_GER7]

Solange ich damit keinen Kite aufpumpe.

[@digitalbrother834]

Nico Prien das würde ich nur im äußersten Notfall tun...

[@kzterminator]

aren't vertical and upright the same? do you mean horizontal?

[@Nico_GER7]

Yes I put a note to correct that. 🤙

[@scout8745]

Ever tried to Airjibe with slalom gear ? :)

[@Nico_GER7]

No, you??

[@scout8745]

@@Nico_GER7 no, have no slalom gear :)

[@datapunk7883]

Very cool Video...next time jibe examples in pink suit 😂🤙 I think it was not that negative in your last video, just realistic opinion. I hope it will not hit the windsurfing industry too hard :/ so let’s stay at home to containthis virus as fast as possible 🤙

[@talhappy]

8:50

[@ChrisK-kp2qc]

My English is not the yellow from the egg. Deshalb hier aus Ger. Hau bitte alles raus, Speed fahren, super gerne auch Videos, warum du upwind auch so versaut schnell bischt. Thx Grüße, die Fanboys from Tarifa. 🤙

[@stonerolling6813]

;)

[@rasmuszaurins7233]

Good explanation, but may be think about vertical and horizontical. Just correct this and it will make your content just a little bit better. And of course, keep staying healthy and obey to the lock down, it is for protection of other humans.

[@Nico_GER7]

Yeah, you’re the third one to say that. Sorry about that 😄

[@isaack2274]

Shot on IPhone

[@Nico_GER7]

hahaha!!

[@marcofranchi2079]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npfNoKiIhb6bbKc

[@Frozenguy1]

I think you swapped vertical and horizontal in the video, vertical: |; horizontal ---; your body position looks a lot more horizontal than Mario's.

[@Nico_GER7]

Yeah somebody else mentioned this already. Sorry about that!

[@Frozenguy1]

@@Nico_GER7 But I do have to say your breakdown adds a lot to the existing videos out there, most are on footchanges and rigflips, yours is way more in depth in some specific parts nobody actually mentions!

[@Nico_GER7]

@@Frozenguy1 Thanks! In the end this is not meant to be a jibing tutorial but rather exactly what you're saying. Just an in depth talk about one particular part of the jibe.

[@mikewhiting5707]

When you say vertical I think you mean horizontal...

[@Nico_GER7]

Yes!

[@kizzmiazzz]

in Deutschland kann man noch surfen, in Deutschland kann man noch surfen ^^

[@candewan6197]

I became kite surfer because I never learned a good windsurfing jibe😭

[@oliverrichie9921]

Jibing is still with J.

[@Nico_GER7]

I put both versions in the title bc some people search with g

[@ulviugur3605]

“Engaging rail” ? That’s English but no idea what that means :/

[@Nico_GER7]

Pushing the rail into the water and having pressure on the rail, as opposed to the fin.

[@RUS_US]

too much bla bla bla ... time is money ... respect viewers time