Lezardo said..
There are so many videos, tutorials to explain how the windfoil gybe is so different ... But when you look at the pros, it's hard to see the difference from fin slalom: they arrive very fast at the buoy, sheet in the sail like power gybe, engage their body in the carve, put their back foot straight to the other edge, no intermediate steps, etc. Even some of them were doing duck gybe in PWA Pozo event with small sail!!
As a mediocre foiling jiber that sometimes comes through flying, I
love the feeling of carving into a foiling jibe on race gear and stepping into the new front and doing the flip. I've even come close to a similar style on freeride gear with a larger cammed sail, slower foil, and narrower board, but there's something about that whole motion that's exciting. Feeling the carve hold you up as turn and steer to the right angle before flipping and carving back upwind...fun!
There seems to be two main styles (step vs. strap) and types (fin vs. foil), so at least 4 main branches of jibes with lots of permutations on other things (like ducking, etc.). But learning foiling jibes is helping me out with my fin jibes because the feel and timing are still very similar, but fin jibes are noisier with the bouncing on plane...fundamentals seem to help regardless of the variant.
From the footstraps up, most casual windsurfers would be hard-pressed to notice the difference.
