Once the wave has gone through from underneath us, the board goes back down on the back of it. That’s only part 1 of the problem, now comes part two In this circumstance, we must force ourselves to do the counterintuitive: bend only the back arm and keep the front arm straight.įor me it is always a key moment of joy the first time that a student manages to overcome the urge to bend the front arm as is rewarded by the wind keeping them up.
Our instinct will be to pull both arms close to the body as in ony other situation, if we are falling backwards or want to pull ourselves up, we bend both arms. I have written before on the importance of keeping the front arm straight and this is one of the occasions in which it is VITAL to focus on keeping the front arm straight. A very important thing to remember is KEEP THE FRONT ARM STRAIGHT. Sheet in to get more power in the sail so that you get held/lifted up with the wind. In other words, do as you would do if the wind suddenly dropped. There is a simple solution to this rug-pulling effect: sheet in with the sail. For us this is like someone pulling a rug from under out feet: our feet get pulled away with the board and our shoulders are thrown backwards. What happens then is that the wave hits the board from the side and pushes it along about 0.5-1 meter (2-3 feet). When returning however, the board is positioned so that the wave comes from the side, even a little from behind. Not much of a problem as we have the whole length of the board as well as our stance to reduce the impact of the waves. This means that when we are sailing away from the beach, the waves come from the front.
You see, the swell comes into the bay in the same direction as the wind, side onshore.
Getting through the beach break is hard enough (which I have explained here) but windsurfing in waves and getting back to the beach is usually a big problem. One of the biggest hurdles for beginners coming to El Médano is the ocean swell.
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