How to forward loop in windsurfing

If you can ride a wave with a sail, you're ready to test the forward loop. Get your boom higher than your regular setting, and give it a go. Make sure you start jumping waves on a sandbar, A-frame wave so that you can have an escape route, if necessary.

Build your confidence by trying your first forward loops in small waves. If you can't get the board out of the water, it's because you're not going fast enough, or you're not tilting the board enough on take off to get the wind underneath it.

Ready? Let's fly away:

1. Look out for peaky waves that will make good ramps;
2. Pick up speed on the flat water;
3. Sail on a broad reach with your feet in the straps - the further apart your feet are the more leverage you   have when jumping;
4. Go for the selected wave slightly downwind;
5. Carve your board towards the wind and up the face of the wave;
6. Bear away before hitting the peak of the wave;
7. The wind will get under the nose of the board;
8. Move your back hand backward and extend your front arm to speed up the rotation;
9. Look back, tuck your feet under your butt and oversheet.... [Read More]