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Windsurf techniques for waves - wavesailing and jumps

AerialThe aerial is a jump that is launched over the lip of the wave during a...

Aerial - one handedThe balance of the rig is extremely important for one-handed aerials. The back...

Air ChachooThe air chachoo is a pretty sick move where the sail is shifted in the air like...

Air TakaAn aerial 360-degree turn in the wave - the air version of the taka. While the...

BackloopThe backloop is a kind of backward rotation that is jumped into the wind as a...

Backloop - one footedA one-footed backloop. Hanging with your weight at the rig, the mast base and...

Backloop - one handedOne-handed is the term used here for a backloop jumped with one hand at the...

Backloop - one handed/one footedThe one-handed and one-footed backloop is the most difficult variant of a...

Backloop off the LipThe backloop off the lip is a backloop that is jumped as a backside aerial. The...

Backside 360A backside 360 is a body, board and sail rotation around 360 degrees, slided on...

Backside AerialA backside aerial is a jump out of and back into the wave while riding...

Backside CutbackA turn to the lip of the wave during a backside wave ride is called a backside...

Cheese RollThe cheese roll was the first variation of a front loop - a jump in windsurfing...

Cheese Roll - no handedA hands-free cheese roll. When jumping over the flattened sail, both hands are...

Crazy PeteThe Crazy Pete is basically a half backloop. At the highest point of the jump,...

Double ForwardThe double forward is for professionals only. With the double rotation, it’s...

Double TakaThe taka in double version, a 720 degree rotation on the wave around the...

FloaterThe floater is a delayed turn at the lip of the wave. Instead of riding a...

Forward - one footedOne-footed frontloop - that’s what you call a frontloop jumped with one foot...

Forward - one handedThe one-handed execution of the forward. The front hand is released from the...

Forward LoopThe forward loop (also: front loop or just forward) is a forward rotation when...

Forward off the LipA forward off the lip is a loop initiated from an aerial during a frontside...

Frontside CutbackThe turn at the lip of the wave on the frontside wave ride is called the...

Frontside Cutback - clew firstShift the sail first and then start the bottom turn and cutback with the clew...

Frontside Cutback - one handedThere are two ways to perform the one-handed frontside cutback. The front or...

GoiterThe goiter is a move in windsurfing. The goiter is jumped during the frontside...

Goiter - no handedThe hands-free version of the goiter. Both hands are released from the boom...

Goiter - one handedA one-handed goiter. The back hand is released from the boom to rotate this...

Gu ScrewGu screw is the term for a jump in windsurfing: A 180-degree turn jumped as an...

JumpJumping forms the basis for many windsurfing moves. Here you’ll find the...

KillerloopKiller loop is the name given to a front loop that is jumped vertically over...

Ocean JumpA move inspired by windskating, a kind of switch stance cheese roll with the...

PonchThe ponch is nothing more than a goiter that is jumped over a wave when riding...

Ponch - one handedThe one-handed version of the ponch. This riding technique content shows the...

PushloopThe pushloop is a type of backwards loop in which you initiate a turn over the...

Pushloop into ForwardThe pushloop into forward (push forward) is a high jumped pushloop that is...

ReverseThe reverse is performed from an over-rotated backside cutback. With a lot of...

Shove itThe shove it is derived from the backside aerial and is jumped over a wave....

Shove it into Cheese Rollalso see 'Twister'

SpinloopThe spinloop is a low, more sideways and very fast rotated frontloop (forward)...

Stalled Double ForwardA delayed double forward loop is called a stalled double forward. Only a few...

Stalled ForwardWith the stalled forward, the rotation is only initiated at the highest point...

Stalled Table Top Double ForwardThe stalled table top double forward is a delayed jumped double forward loop...

Table TopThe table top is a jump in windsurfing where the bottom of the board is turned...

Table Top - one handedA one-handed table top. During the jump, one hand is taken off the boom. This...

Table Top BackloopThe table top backloop is a combination of jumps in which an additional table...

Table Top Double ForwardThe table top double forward is a double forward loop that is initiated with a...

Table Top ForwardA variation of the forward that is initiated with a table top. The table top is...

Table Top PushloopThis jump is not a sequence of table top and push loop, but describes an...

Table Top Pushloop - one handedThis one-handed jump is not a sequence of table top and push loop, but...

TakaA taka is a 360-degree rotation around the vertical mast while a frontside wave...

Taka DiabloThe taka diablo is a taka in which the sail is shifted over the...

The KleiThe klei is a combination of wave 360 and taka. This riding technique content...

Triple ForwardThe triple rotated front loop is currently one of the biggest challenges for...

Triple TakaA triple turned taka. Finding a suitable wave for this move alone is not so...

Tweaked AerialThe tweaked aerial is a frontside aerial where the body is twisted under the...

TwisterThe twister is a shove it into cheese roll. These examples show the twister in...

Wave 360The Wave 360 is a 360-degree turn that is performed against the steepest part...

Wave ridingRiding waves is the supreme discipline in windsurfing. Wave riding (windsurfing...

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