Stop short tacking bell ends

Haydn24 said...
Right up there with the stupidest post ever posted on SB

Ever

Must be something in the water over there

Quite right

pain in the arse in lite wind like today. Glad to be on the water though

The stupid thing is when people kite for 50 metres, turn around and kite another 50 metres. As a result one area becomes congested with a whole bay to kite in.
If you don't know what 'short tacking' means, its probably you doing it.

Thankyou you you nailed it (I didn't have the energy or gumption to type a detailed explanation yesterday). Those that dont know what short tacking is should google it

Hayden there are spots that are better than others.

Particularly if you want cross or cross off winds relative to the wave, and then a wave that peels in the direction of down the line wave riding (ie left handers)
and then wave shape etc. So there will always be better spots that we want to go to.
Pretty basic.

Then, my local has reef at each end that you cant cross, so you are constrained to that area. In some cases one drop-in / screw up but a guy in front of you can mean a good rinsing, and then ending up downwind on the shallow reefs. = Missing skin - or a $300 fin set, or a $1000 mast.

So all we need is politeness and short tacking can be really annoying - particularly if there are enough people out that when you turn onto a wave in the zone (or close to) it is already taken........ that's when it is really fkn rude.

I am glad you have so much room.

oceanfire said..

snalberski said...
Stop short tacking bell ends

Location?

Everywhere. When I was a newbie it always seemed obvious and courteous to me that you dont cut riders of who are setting themselves up. Not that its always newbies who are short tacking, but mostly. As I say anyone who doesn't know what it is (and may not realize they are doing it) should research it. Anyone who is doing it deliberately is just a discourteous prick.

short tacking.. doing a transition in front of a rider coming in on opposite tack. Then travelling in same direction blocking said rider from doing trick, catching wave etc.

bad form

correct etiquette is to pass rider on opposite tack before transitioning.

so simple

Yeah that sux balls too eppo. While technically not a short tack is effectively doing the same thing. Constantly mowing the grass in the trick sweet spot or transitioning straight back into oncoming traffic is a no no for sure

eppo said..
Oh it's the normal down here.... Cool just wanted confirmation that it sucks major c0ck. Cheers.

Hmmmmm, you've been good of late. However, the phallic references are indeed worrying el capitano

It appears to be mostly old windsurfers who have converted over to kiting who make the best short tackers.

Just sayin.

RPM said..
It appears to be mostly old windsurfers who have converted over to kiting who make the best short tackers.

Just sayin.

I guess that would be me. ^^^

lol.

Now let's not get too confused here.

There's short-tacking ...

and there's snaking.

Short-tacking is positively fine if you are not interfering with another's wave ride.

I short-tack all the time ... cause i can.

On the other side, pole-dancers seem to have to sail out to the shipping channel before they can gybe.

lol.

Haydn24 said..
It's funny how you muppets constrain yourselves to a 150m area

Then have the wits to complain about congestion

Ever thought about... umm... maybe a different LOCATION?

haydn24 , the new lotofwind

Picture this. Your at a point break. There's more riders than decent waves in the set. A decent set rolls in every 5-10 mins (double to triple head). You all end up in a similar rotation heading in and out at the same time. When the set roles in each guy picks a wave in turn and rides it.
If you end up with the wrong timing you miss out and wait for the next set.

There's this one guy who claims his swell rides it for 50-100 meters doesn't like it so he tacks off it... by the time he does that it's wasted for everyone else...... grrrrrr.

PS everyone else claims a wave and rides it. This guy is hunting the biggest waves in the set but by doing so wastes good waves that others could ride.

I don't know what that's called but it pisses me off.

How long is a short tack?

Plummet said..
This guy is hunting the biggest waves in the set but by doing so wastes good waves that others could ride.

I don't know what that's called but it pisses me off.

That's called cherry-picking. ^^^

Cherry-picking is fine if you're the only rider or one of a few in the break.

Anything shorter than the circuit is a short tack although If there's enough room for you to crash and relaunch without interference I wouldn't mind!