my forward loop attempt .. hahahah

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and carveing 360 attempt .. i stay in both straps hole time

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if all u see in a hole **** load of word mean i copy and pasted wront thingo .. can anny on post the vids up if i stuffed up thanks

360 was good, I reckon if you kept the rig tilted to the back of the board for another second you would have got around.

I think on the forward you need to move your back hand down the boom and extend your front arm more to get the rotation happening.

ps. You suck for having that flat water to play on, nothing like that in Mackay

As haircut said the biggest tip is reach back....waaaay back on the boom. In that video you look overpowered, once you sheet in a bit and the sail powers up you don't have the leverage to keep it sheeted in hard. Reach as far back as you can with your back hand and sheet in with all your might.

Another thing to overcome with the forward is the 'anti catapult reflex'. When we learn to windsurf our muscles 'learn' to sheet out when a catapult is iminent and it becomes reflex, it looks like this happens to some extent in your vid. One way to counter this when you're learning is to look back at the clew of your sail when you sheet in. As you are not looking forward you don't have a reference and the reflex does not come into play as much. Looking back also helps your body position a bit RE sheeting in.

Good luck, you'll get them in no time.

not sure how others are after learning forwards, but for me catapults are still just as scary as they ever were