✅ 👑 UPWIND WINDSURFING LIKE A KING! - Technique Explained

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[@LikeMentalFireworks]

This might be the best windsurfing tutorial ever made!

[@Nico_GER7]

Haha, I wouldn't go as far as saying that, but I appreciate it 👍

[@escapeartistpodcast5189]

​@@Nico_GER7 I tell you why I think it's so good: 1) It's hard to strike the balance between content value and entertainment and manage to find a sweet spot - it's just the right length and has some very good creative elements. The tongue and cheek approach is great 2) Tone - getting the deep, male narrator voice was a genius touch. I suspect you got him from fiverr? Point being, keep going with this. It will set you apart from the other instructional videos! I launched a podcast recently and getting the intro right is one of the most difficult parts. Anyways, good wind forecast in San Francisco today. Will get my 5.0 out and sail under the Golden Gate bridge. Will test your upwind approach based on the tides today.

[@Nico_GER7]

@@escapeartistpodcast5189 This was one of the best feedback I ever got 😄

[@Nico_GER7]

gotta let it sink in...

[@escapeartistpodcast5189]

@@Nico_GER7 Glad it's useful! Gerne geschehen!

[@tadej255]

The intro was epic! Tnx for the tips :)

[@Nico_GER7]

Literally every second comment is about the intro 😂. I should start making intros only..

[@tadej255]

@@Nico_GER7 it was funny AF. And hey.. I thanked you for the tips as well ;)

[@peggyw4143]

Hahahaha the first part is so hilarious 😂

[@professionalfreerider9133]

Also das Intro ist ja wohl „Prädikat künstlerisch wertvoll“ Gut gemacht!

[@Nico_GER7]

Sehr gut 😂!

[@marcelu3904]

Thank you for the great tips! Will use them next time on the water. A guide to properly ride choppy water would be great, yesterday i was really struggling against choppy waters.

[@Nico_GER7]

Happy learning! Let me know how it goes.

[@bochen9862]

The intro was LOL, thought I was at the wrong video for a sec and almost clicked away 😂

[@blickpunktwindsurfen5335]

Super starkes Intro episch könnte man sagen. Danke Nico für ein richtig gutes Tutorial. Gerne auch ein weiteres fürs surfen im chop

[@Nico_GER7]

Danke, das Intro scheint gut anzukommen 😂😂

[@chuckko1]

Love that you explain the WHY as well as the HOW!

[@peterplanlos7761]

Endlich hab ich mal ’n Plan von Aufkreuzen

[@fokketros9065]

Hi Nico, a very clear explanation. Thanks a mill

[@jimbarber8124]

That is a great video Nico. There's not much out there to really help struggling amateurs like me but this is gold !

[@Nico_GER7]

Tutorial starting at 1:29 Next Sunday I'll take you with me on the water again. 🤙

[@cautionpotatos4660]

it looks so easy 🤩

[@philtrett5196]

Loved the upwind empire intro! Your content is entertaining and informative, thank you. Aloha

[@Maria-dn9fs]

Yes please - I would love a tutorial on chop. Sneaked in a windsurf just before lockdown and it was my first go on big chop. I love your videos Nico you are my new windsurfing friend ☺️

[@Nico_GER7]

Hi maria! Glad you’re liking the videos 😊

[@andreas49er]

This is gold Nico

[@flemmingpahavet7297]

Ein schöner Intro!! Und wie immer eine klasse Bildbearbeitung!! Wie, selbstverständlich, auch die Aufnahmen. Insgesamt ein Genuẞ😊

[@Nico_GER7]

Perfekt, so soll es sein :-)

[@longboarderanonymous5718]

Great Video! Can't wait to get tutorial on choppy/waves techniques.

[@japrisvk659]

Thanks for great tips. Really like the intro. The tutorial about choppy conditions will help me so much.

[@Nico_GER7]

Got it! :-) and thanks.

[@Spoylex]

Hahahaha, loved the intro ! And thanks for the advice !

[@MrBramSolome]

Hello Nico, great tutorials! Learned a lot! If you would have time to post something about adjustable outhaul system: advantages, correct mount and use for racing, I would be very interested!! Keep it going! Thanks a lot!

[@mikerozie6340]

The intro was AWESOME😂👌🏻and all the instructions were very clear. I Will take it with me again.

[@Nico_GER7]

awesome, mike!! 🤙

[@greylynnn]

Yes please sailing in chop and waves pointers would be great!

[@jordiort81]

Very helpful Nico!!! 🤙

[@jamesdouglass6850]

Love that intro!

[@kurrandesoutter-henry8167]

Amazing introduction ! Really well worked vidéos as Always. Best windsurfing chanel from fare. All the best Nico !

[@Nico_GER7]

Thanks Kurran! Nice to hear 🤙🤙

[@matthi344]

OMG that introduction 😂😂😂😂

[@azazel070]

Great in- and out-tro!!!! Keep up the great video's and tutorials. Love them every time……! It alway's makes me give a litle smile when I recieve an email whit the notice that a new video has been uploaded. Looking forward to the next!!!

[@Nico_GER7]

Awesome! I try to upload every Sunday as long as there are no competitions.

[@fedup3449]

I find the best way to go up wind is to get in the car. Seriously, though, I began windsurfing in 1978! My first board was a Sailboard which most of you have never heard of. It was about 10ft. long and weighed more than my car. After a while i learned to sail it really fast upwind. Listening to Nico's comments makes me realise that modern boards are no different in behaviour, only in construction and shaping. I used to, when going upwind, narrow my stance, lean my upper body forward, position my weight (feet) more to leeward, actually dipping the leeward rail, inducing the board to head up, but then sheeting in hard with the back hand. What that does is to squeeze power into the board. The tilting of the leeward rail sends you upwind, but the sheeting in sends you down. Result = faster upwind speed. If you end up just going in a straight line, just ease the rig back a little so the balance shifts slightly in favour of upwind progress. Unless you're in super high wind, get out of the straps. You don't need them for this.

[@user-mk8we2sh8u]

Nice motivation clip

[@maciejg.8653]

Hay mate! That's exactly what I was asking for, great job, fantastic material! (in the name of all WS pupils ;) )

[@kramshoej]

thank you so much for these videos! One about chop sailing would be great!

[@Nico_GER7]

okay, got it!

[@stefansundheden8852]

Enjoy your videos! Keep it up! 🙌🏼😃🤙🏼

[@Nico_GER7]

I will, Stefan! 🤙

[@benediktm.fischer9004]

The intro really made me laugh😄 Thanks for the great explanation. Very useful and motivating for me as I am advancing in my second year of windsurfing.

[@Nico_GER7]

Haha, glad you liked the intro. Always nice to hear of people like you, improving 💪

[@FeuerwerkNews]

Richtig geiles Intro💪 Und hilfreiches Video, wie immer. 😊💪

[@Nico_GER7]

Freut mich, dass es gefällt!!

[@styntissink454]

If you do make a the tutorial on how to handle choppy water could you cover how to make sure you have a good stance? I think I might have my front leg bent to much in my normal stance but I'm not sure how I should move my foot straps (they're currently in the widest setting).

[@Nico_GER7]

Okay, got it 👌

[@bolajozso6925]

Would you please share the choppy water tutorial with me? Thx

[@RaphaelOertel]

Yes to Hop on chop tutorial 👍

[@Nico_GER7]

👍👍

[@Beachbumextraordinaire]

I have always found that pinching the board with my rear foot so as to rail the board also works...Combined with the slight lift to the board I give through my forward foot, I find that friction is reduced - since only the leeward rail and fin drive the board upwind. This is a skill that I learnt on formula boards and later on worked on to slalom sticks.

[@Nico_GER7]

yes that's very true, however, it's a too advanced technique for most viewers, I believe

[@stefanoneri4475]

@@Nico_GER7 come devo mettere i piedi e spostare il peso per farmi aiutare dal bordo sottovento?

[@joshuasurridge52]

Sailing better in chop and waves would be awesome! Thanks

[@markmalekian4383]

Best intro! Haha

[@kizzmiazzz]

Editing and Music/Sound is on another level, the outro is so VOLL PORNO :D Well done!

[@dengordo]

Got confused if I'm watching a game ad or actual video. Epic into! Choopy water board handling please.

[@nauth975]

Hahahah love the intro👏🏼👏🏼 keep it up!

[@LiamInviteMelonTeee]

Best one so far 😆

[@Nico_GER7]

Haha, glad you guys are liking it 😄.

[@georgelaputka1705]

Great video I would like to see a video about sailing in choppy water

[@vincenzo_outdoors]

Great video again. In choppy water I try to absorb the waves with my legs bended. I would love to see the choppy water edition 🙋‍♂️

[@Nico_GER7]

Good job, that's the right way, but will still make a tutorial then

[@ScrattleGG]

LOL hahaha that intro. It is official. Nico went mad with corona

[@jeffbrand7613]

Awesome job with videos. Entertaining and informative. In the United States, particularly the Midwest, we have limited access to Starboard boards. Last summer it took three months to receive one. There are also very limited choices. Can anything be done to improve that? Thanks for all you do for windsurfing.

[@deroux]

Would like to see 'Windsurfing Technique' the Musical!

[@salsamancer]

Nico your tutorials are pretty advanced, do you have a channel recommendation for newer surfers?

[@rboonk8552]

Nico Good stuff. Can you please do one full tutorial on how to set up your harness lines. Cheers

[@Nico_GER7]

Mhh, that sounds very specific...

[@fonsvandenhove]

I took it seriously so had to come off my cloud a bit after the intro. Great tips; will concentrate more on getting upwind faster or more upwind. As an amateur I tend to go for speed to early and stick too close to the shoreline thus complaining about waves/chop and making my jibing progress slow.

[@Nico_GER7]

Haha yes, so better go a bit upwind first. This should help you 👍

[@Chakirisan]

The other tip is stretch so you have longer arms lol. Great tips, I actually love upswing sailing, it forces you to concentrate on being efficient.

[@windsurfingtwins7197]

Great Video Nico very Good explaines and Recording many greetings Marvin and Louis 😂🏄‍♂️🤙

[@Nico_GER7]

Ihr seid aber spät dran.

[@windsurfingtwins7197]

Yes 😂😅Sorry 😉

[@007700887]

Hey Nico, love the videos. I would absolutely love a video about keeping control in the chop, as this is my biggest issue in my windsurfing at the moment!

[@Nico_GER7]

Yeah, you're not the only one. Many are struggling with this.

[@farbfehler]

Moin! Das kann hilfreich sein bei ablandigem Wind 👍🏻

[@Nico_GER7]

Oh ja!

[@Thorben05]

would love a vid on surfing on scop

[@erkaltarm2872]

Thanks Master. I think you are a viking. 💪⛵😊

[@Nico_GER7]

Haha, Erkal!

[@windfilms9114]

yeah🤙🏼

[@alatassak]

Please do the chop and wave video!!

[@scaler04]

wahrscheinlich das beste Thumbnail, das ich gesehn hab xDD

[@RYTISJAS]

omg king - jajajaj - almost spat out my dorada during that intro :) :) that would have been some fishy business on my laptop

[@mareejordan1887]

Enjoyed the up wind. Have u done one for speed sailing?

[@joavandenberg5422]

I would like to see a video how to sail in chop and waves

[@henrikrumpf3546]

Hey Nico, Ich liebe deine videos, die sind so geil ich komm net klar. Wär super nice wenn du ein video zu wasserstarts machen könntest, idealierweise wo du erklärst wie man das Segel in die richtige Richtung bringt, denn ich kann wasserstarts aber nur wenn das Segel schon quasi in der richtigen Position ist. Vielen vielen Dank, weiter so mehr mehr mehr videos. Viele Grüße, Henrik, 19 Jahre alt., Und falls du Ahnung hast, was sind die besten/nähesten Spots in Nordrheinwestfalen die du kennst.

[@nicksklatiniotis5973]

sick intro haha

[@soenkeschmidt9620]

Great video! Could you provide us some numbers for achievable VMG and your angle towards wind (true wind) for both, slalom and foil gear if you assume medium conditions and flat water? Thanks!

[@Nico_GER7]

Not sure tbh. I don't really measure it, but I wanted to explain this for better understanding.

[@maxirvin]

How to sail fast in chop/wavy conditions would be awesome!!!

[@Nico_GER7]

👍👍

[@capn_ron]

Great instruction, thank you! Can a gps watch help figure out vmg?

[@Nico_GER7]

Yes, there are apps that calculate your VMG, if you set a point.

[@westwindsailer]

I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, but I bet I am in a minority! I love going up! the feeling of being locked in and straining for every bit of gain and the fine line between too high and loss of speed and falling of a plane or too low and tons of speed but less vmg...well love it. It's harder in my opinion , anyone can blast on a broad reach, ( well, let's be honest most aren't at a real speed on a broad reach , and it scares me! Lol) Plus ...well the truth is unless your in the Columbia River Gorge, you gotta go upwind like crazy for those fun downwind runs! Great video !

[@danaelcarbonneau2843]

If you love going upwind, have you ever considered trying Raceboards or Bic293 ? That's honestly a great way to enjoy going upwind (I'm both a Raceboarder and a funboarder and I sincerely prefer my mistral equipe to the rrd..), That's also where you can include a lot of strategy and thoughts, since the max angle lessens with the speed (your speed wind increasing changes the direction of the wind you sail with)

[@westwindsailer]

@@danaelcarbonneau2843bic 293 would be nice to try, but where I live in Canada , we we have about 8 windsurfers...maybe 10 kiters, no shops that sell gear within 1500 kms!!. Most people do not do watersports Between myself and a friend we have lots of equipment a few Equiped, F2 races, both early and later full volume versions. A formula board and a many many old sinkers.

[@JuelZ925]

Do you think we can go the spain island mid july?

[@Prof.SchulzeSternberg]

Haven’t windsurfed for ages, so please my question: how high can you go upwind. What’s the tacking angle?

[@nakedflockapplewoodtrainin2419]

Hi Nico. I subscribed to your email to get the workout pdf but the download link only goes to the free ride PDF. Is there a link you coud give me to the workout pdf? Thanks. Jon

[@brianm7924]

Another great video Nico! How can I get the sweatshirt that your wearing?

[@Nico_GER7]

You'll be able to get a much cooler one soon :-)

[@timoschneider6361]

Great video like always:) Is their a video for getting in the footstraps? Or does anyone can recommend one?

[@Nico_GER7]

I don't have one yet, sorry. Maybe somebody knows a good one?

[@grantmacdonald4838]

Practice on dry land so you know where the straps are automatically. Make sure you are heading a bit downwind and putting pressure down through the boom to keep your feet light.

[@joostkuijsters8946]

Hi Nico, do I see on 2.56 that you have your backfoot before the backstrap? Rgds, Joost

[@luno9191]

Best windsurfer , best video and İ like the video and subscribe the channel :))

[@Nico_GER7]

Glad you like it!

[@tomaslandi2025]

I would like to see a tutorial on how to sail on choppy conditions ;)

[@Nico_GER7]

Alright then :-)

[@tomaslandi2025]

@@Nico_GER7 love it! Appreciate it Nico!!!

[@e.l.w948]

with which app do you edit your videos?

[@annenkirchechoralband7505]

Asking for a hint here. I've been noticing for quite some time that slalom sails give really bad upwind angles compared to freerace sails. Is it just me or is this an actual issue? Anyone else with the same problem?

[@DamienMarecaux]

How did you get that intro done? Who 's the voice ? : )

[@kasdewolfwindsurfing3832]

I would love to see a tutorial obout wave and tjopy water

[@Nico_GER7]

Ok, got it ✌️

[@kasdewolfwindsurfing3832]

Nico Prien thanks man I think It would help a lot🤙👌

[@Westcoastwindsurf]

What about shifting the body weight forward to “look around the mast”? Is that still necessary, or only at lower speed?

[@J3hudi]

i was wondering the same thing

[@Nico_GER7]

yes, you need to create kind of like a tension between the sail leaning backward and your body leaning forward. I explained exactly this more detailed in the coaching video I was talking about.

[@simonjandrell5897]

easier now Cranking Upwind with Mr Foil

[@alpayyorganci4004]

hi there,why are u saying;; MakeWindsurfingGreatAgain'' ?? Windsurfing was,is & will be great for ever!!

[@gudrunfliegner8781]

Diese Sache mit der Channel Membership kenne ich so gar nicht. Kannst du das nochmal vorstellen/erklären? Das würde mich freuen. Und du hast eine sehr angenehme Gestik. Leider ist sie oft abgeschnitten und man sieht nur mal einen Teil der Hand. Keine Ahnung, wie man das schöner machen kann...

[@SlatanErvice]

Gudrun Fliegner das ist ähnlich wie die Patreon-Sache bei diesem anderen deutschen KZbinr, nur mit etwas mehr persönlicher Betreuung durch Nico. Es gibt 3 Kategorien: Fun, Sport und Pro. Fun = Nico zeigt Dir den besten Strand, Sport = Nico baut Dir das Segel auf und Pro = Nico surft für Dich... oder so ähnlich. 😎

[@Nico_GER7]

Hi Gudrun, in der Channel Membership (Kanalmitgliedschaft) mache ich ein online coaching. Wie Slatan schon sagt, gibt es drei verschiedene Kategorien. Die sind dort alle im Detail erklärt, wenn du draufklickst. Ich lade dort regelmäßig Videos für die Kanalmitglieder hoch. Diese Videos sind etwas länger und detaillierter, als diese "kurzen und knackigen" Tutorials.

[@deroux]

triple like

[@apollomorris9920]

Its the board ! Hard chins square tail .

[@np_vice]

Hast du schon den Jibe Wear Hoodie von der nächsten Kollektion an?👌🏻

[@Nico_GER7]

😂😂😂

[@nonahwouters5833]

hahaaha the intro lol

[@ivarsandvik9838]

Ah yes enslaved improvement

[@danaelcarbonneau2843]

Am I the only one who always goes upwind when I'm getting overpowered? I mean, I feel like it's much easier to go up rather than down when the wind rises. I observed that with my pupils this summer: those who knew a little how to ride NEVER came downwind during windy days...

[@eytankoen8108]

am I the only one who prefers going upwind, and can go almost as fast as my downwind?

[@Str8representing]

2:44

[@dennisboisen]

Did you send the link to @surferzzzzz ?? He really struggle

[@Nico_GER7]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Caspar448]

IS IT YOUR FATHER WHO IS TALKING ON THE MOVIE !

[@Nico_GER7]

no😄

[@stefansundheden8852]

Nico, Search your feelings; you know it to be true! 😄

[@gerdprien3211]

😂😂😂

[@simonfauser4179]

Or you could iust use the foil 😅

[@govertvanamerongen5902]

Good tutorial... i like to add the right fin size. If your fin is too small your board will feel loose and downwind and jibing is easy. However going upwind with a small fin is like making love to your granny...

[@Nico_GER7]

True that. For going upwind a little bit bigger fin helps, but on the reach it's gonna kill you 😄

[@WindsurfingNelson]

I just made a little piece showing how the sail angle changes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6KlaWWco718h5I

[@alikalfaoglu8633]

Most important part is your sail. If not tuned fine, you cannot go upwind good enough..

[@Nico_GER7]

Yeah, tuning is an important part.

[@coloredriot8193]

Erster! Guten Morgen

[@Nico_GER7]

morgen 👋