thedoor said..

Adding being able to jump like this on slalom gear to my bucket list. Taking all tips.

Bucket list also has Lake George, Defi wind, breaking 40 knots, foiling tack and clean forward loop

That's quite a list! And he is quite a sailor! My bucket list these days is just to feel good enough to be able to go out!!!!

Here for the jumping tips because mine are hot garbage, regardless of gear

Takes skill and good tuning sailing in open water, great video

Love this video. There's nothing more fun than fast blasting in open (really open) water.
6.2m and 93 litre 60 wide.

tips.

some things are similar to jumping w/ bump gear, others different; first off, you're carrying a lot more speed going into the jump so that by itself will give you a lot of projection and hang time even without a ton of height.

* as with B&J, you need to stay sheeted in (it's a bit harder), but it is critical to be unhooked without disturbing the rig before landing (if you value your board and your boom)
* tucking in your back leg in flight is super important since you're going low and far and you're more hiked out over the water (instead of over the board as in B&J)
* let the nose of the board drift downwind slightly for an easier landing, and be sure to pull in your back leg on landing (not super easy to do when pretty hiked out)
* unlike B&J, you don't need to actively do anything. on the contrary, as you go over the ramp instead of trying to keep the board down, just let it fly. that means, don't push down with the front foot much, but also, don't drive off the fin. and don't "load and pop" until you really got it down
* don't go for a very steep ramp or too directly into it. the speed alone will launch you well, so at first go for slightly low ramps and hit them at a diagonal angle. as you progress you can go for steeper ramps or hit them more head-on
* use gear on the small side of things (boards ~63cm or narrower, sails ~6.2 or smaller)

jumping with slalom kit is an unreal rush.
at my home spot on windy but clean B&J days, i love to go on my 5.5 and 55cm board and jump my @$$ off (works on both tacks!). also on GPS days (on 6.2 kit) i often kick off a speed run by heading up and hitting a ramp!

best luck!

The faster you go the higher you jump! Any ramp will do, line it up, bear away to get up to speed and hang on. Speed equals height.

Sail fast, stay dry.
Roo

^^ Really an end over end fwd loop is less scary (easier) ?

I just wish I could jump slalom gear after so long on wave and FSW for some reason slalom stuff just feels planted.

Anton - you're nuts, love the vid

I found jumping with outboard foot straps very difficult. Watching the video it's apparently not!

Def not anton level, but feeling in control in bumps and 7.1 felt fine when B&J guy was on 4.8

Yes bear away more dowwnwind but not too
much or you will get slammed

Hydrosurf said..
Yes bear away more dowwnwind but not too
much or you will get slammed

Thanks hydrosurf. I'll keep that in mind next time I am out there.

Hydrosurf said..
Yes bear away more dowwnwind but not too
much or you will get slammed

yes.

also pull in (tuck in) with your back leg on the landing (it's easy to push out instead, guaranteeing the washout).

shannon19 said..
Ok will do. I have also read to extend the front leg and sheet in keeping body tension. Hopefully I can put it all togeather.

If you sheet in the nose drops.
If you sheet out the tail drops.
Extend front leg or pull in back leg nose goes off the wind.
Extend back leg or pull in front leg tail goes off the wind

So in short. Pushing your front foot forward and sheeting in whilst your bodyweight is above the board is prob going to lead to endo loop and result in a huge nose dive.

To avoid that.

You need to compress by dropping your bum down towards the tail of the board, hanging under the rig. Getting your weight lower over the tail helps avoid the nose dive. Then extend or retract your front leg to steer upwind or downwind like a waterstart.

Unfortunately while i know that, i cant always do it and have some sad looking nose dives.

Id say someone like anton would just make micro adjustments without needing to even think it through.

Sounds like I have a lot to learn like normal haha thanks so much! I'll start small

shannon.