Hi,
I am starting to get more consistent with my Vulcans on port tack and have finally landed my first few Spocks. Thinking my next move will be the Flaka... Im just wondering, do people generally find it easier to Flaka on the opposite tack to their Vulcan or on the same?
I feel like as the opposite tack gives the same direction of rotation then this would be the easiest to start learning on.
Any other top Flaka tips that people found were helpful would be much appreciated :)
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I can Vulcan and Spock on port tack but not starboard. I am the same feel it should be easier on starboard but I struggle popping board on starboard, too much jumping only on port!!
someone that can do them told me best to try doing the flaka on the preferred side so port.

sorry doesn’t really answer your question but also interested to hear responses.

shaggy696 said..
I can Vulcan and Spock on port tack but not starboard. I am the same feel it should be easier on starboard but I struggle popping board on starboard, too much jumping only on port!!
someone that can do them told me best to try doing the flaka on the preferred side so port.

sorry doesn’t really answer your question but also interested to hear responses.

Sounds like we have the same problem… maybe I should start re-learning the Vulcan on my bad side first and that could make everything else easier🤪 it’s so easy to get fixed on one side and completely forget to train the other!
I will try as your mate said and just go for it on my preferred side then (feels more natural and is my favoured upwind 360 and helitack side).
Let me know if you have any glans break throughs!

Tongue-in-cheek tip: switch to winging! Chances are you'll learn the flaka faster winging, even if you have to learn winging first. Well, the tongue-in-cheek part is that I doubt you'll actually consider this - the tip itself is solid. My wife worked on the windsurf flaka for several years. She had one every now and then that she could claim, but never got to the point where she could reproduce it. Her crashes when trying were spectacular, and made sure none of the other freestylers would join here in trying.
She's since switched to winging, and now lands flakas almost every session. The idea of trying with a foil underneath kept her from trying for a few years, but watching competitions, it seemed that wing freestyle crashes were quite harmless. Once she started trying, she found out that's true - crashed are generally a lot softer than with a fin. That may not be true for everyone - a guy we know took a private to learn the wing flaka and ended up in the hospital. But none of here crashes were bad. She got the first flaka at least 10x faster than with the fin, and more importantly, got to the point were she lands one or more in most sessions quite quickly after the first.
Getting the first switch vulcan on the wing is even easier. She got one within her first 10 tries, and got to 50%+ success in a few more sessions. Once you figure out how to wing switch in the straps, the rest is easy, she says (as do others). She had not yet gotten the switch 540, though. She's quite good at winging, but the bigger difference is that the tricks are much easier with the wing (just like jibing is). I can't wait until she finally tries the Palau (kind of a backloop with switching hands to keep the wing powered). It's a bit harder to try since you have to ditch the board leash, and (unlike the flaka) have to jump high.

Did you ever try sail body 360? Yeah upwind 360 or heli tack preferred side.