WHY YOUR FW STARTS NEED TO BE BETTER (Pt II)
Posted on 15 June, 2010 | 4 Comments
Without a doubt, the most crucial part of any race is how you get off the startline. Sailing off the line at the favoured end in clean air, ahead of your competitors allows you to control the fleet in to the first tack and help cement your position in to the first upwind mark. That [...]
...Continue ReadingBetter Buoy Rounding
Buoy roundings are an important part of any windsurfing race and a key area to make (or lose) places and positions in a race. Done correctly, bottom buoy roundings can set up your position for the next upwind beat and create opportunities for passing or protecting a lead early on in the next upwind beat. [...]
[Read More]Tuning Your Kit for High Wind
High wind Formula racing! It doesn’t get any more exciting, challenging, fulfilling and hardcore than that! With class rules that allow the Formula boards to be raced in up to 35 knots, its important that regular racers learn the do’s and do not’s of setting up their equipment to stay in control in high winds. [...]
[Read More]HWR vs LWR
Being the bigger of the formula board manufacturers Starboard decided to cover their customer market this season by releasing two formula boards instead of the usual one. With the board designs fixed for two years (2010-11), for those who aren’t lucky enough to own both, a difficult decision lies ahead to choose whether the HWR [...]
[Read More]The 10-Step Carbon Extender
If you’ve been sailing FW for a few seasons then no doubt you’ve broken a mast at some point or know someone who has. Ever wondered what you could do with the broken pieces? With just one ‘bottom section’ you can build yourself a custom carbon extender at any length, which will help prevent you [...]
[Read More]Recovering Lost Races
No doubt, nailing the start of any race is one of the most important factors in winning windsurfing races. Starting well requires great board handling skills, a good knowledge of the conditions and the fastest lanes around the course as well as nerves of steel and a tiny bit of guts. A great start usually [...]
[Read More]The Ultimate FW Board Tuning Guide
In late 2007, the IFWC elected to lock the registration of Formula Boards for 2 years, meaning we’d all be riding the same boards in 2009 as we had been in 2008. Now, after a full season on the current boards, there exists an unprecedented opportunity to have your board ‘already’ dialled in for the [...]
[Read More]
.
[url=http://startds.net/trafff/go.php?sid=3&...
Erik, agreed! Lowering the boom on small kit makes...
interesting fact, lowering the boom on formula doe...
Hi, great article. but I was able to do it even si...
Hi shaun, I just got a 2008/9 Exocet, been reading...
Thanks Sean,
The footstrap setup you suggest is E...
