+1 to what notwal has said,
plus in lighter winds the step gybe is preferred as it keeps your weight forward and stops the board stalling.
hhhhhmmmm must be me with the strap to strap jibe haha,any way not my favourite way to jibe would rather do duck jibes and normal jibes (step jibe)???
I prefer strap to strap in higher wind gybing for the reason that it gives me smoother board control and earlier acceleration,but it can mean a balancing act so the tail doesn't dig or over-point.
Every time you place your foot somewhere else on the board it will affect the pressure you have on the cutting edge - kato is one of the best "dancing" free flowing foot movers I have seen make this look like one fluid movement.
is Guy Cribb winning the perfect gybe contest at the moment then?
Only video, stills don't show timing or finesse on rig and feet change
Cool thanks for those replies, i'm still trying to get through my gybes with some kind of style instead of wobbling about and stalling in the last part of them.
Sorry Ginger, didn't mean to hijack your thread and turn it into a tecnique session.
A pic from my glory days, taken on a setting that allows 3 underexposures on the one frame, hence the ghosting.