How to get in the foot straps- fault finding!

"Why does it keep turning into the wind and stopping as I got into the footstraps"... I hear you cry!

This video will pick apart the three most common reasons and get you blasting comfortably in no time!

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Skills like gybing/tacking (and many many others) can have soooo many coaching points!

What also follows below here here is really special though.... the FULL breakdown of ALL the coaching points needed to complete the get back on the water for the summer successfully!
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VISION- Gear gazing, looking at your harness or feet is a very simple way of slowing down and falling in! Look up and forward, toward the wind and the direction of travel! Feel the foot straps with your feet, so you don't need to look at the to step into them!

Bending the front arm! This can be a useful thing if your trying hard not to catapult and get thrown off the front... but doing it when you step back into the straps will de-power the board and spin you quickly into the wind! Learn the "1-inch punch" or the "shoulder shuffle" to give an extra little bit of power at the moment you go for the front strap!

Too much back foot pressure! Of course when you step back on the board and into the front strap there will be a moment or two when all your weight is on the back foot... however it needs to e as brief as possible. As soon as your front foot is back in contact with the board push through the front foot hard to stop the board turning (classic foot steering). Use the "stiletto back-foot" to unweight the back foot and help you drive off the front one!
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Filmed on a 133lt Starboard Carve, and a 5.9m Point-7 Spy.
Wind was a changeable bft 3-4.
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Kit used...
- Sails provided by Point-7; mainly the Spy, ACX and F1e. https://point-7.com
- Boards are kindly supplied by Starboard. https://windsurf.star-board.com
- Filmed on a mix of Insta360 Onex2- https://www.insta360.com/sal/one_x2?i...
- Audio recorded on InstaMic- https://instamic.io
- Mixture of camera mounts including Fly Mount and Sail Video System
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- Eyewear provided by SunGod https://www.sungod.co/en-gb/?

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