99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
over the front.

Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.

From:	Tsunami
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:49:38 +0800

I am in WA and feel the same as you since I moved to a location in WA that
has cross-shore conditions in winter which is totally the wrong tack for me
(In Perth and most of west coast it blows onshore in winter)
You do however get used to it slowly, but in a good summer season it blows
so much it won't take long if you get out there often.

Sounds like in your first winter, if living in Perth, you'll be stoked by
Crazy Waves. It is about 5min south of Fremantle and goes off in winter.
There are waves coming from 2 different directions 90 degrees to each other,
so you can often jump on both tacks, and ride backside on both tacks. And in
a good winter storm 30-35kn........

wrote in message
news:1105898609.990640.252240@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> over the front.
>
> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>

From:	nord_roi
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:50:21 -0500

It is very important to practice think both side, freestyle is good for
that!

I understand that wave sailing is comming from the same tack most of the
time for you, but it come fast if you practice. After a month of crashing
you will start to nail a lot of good moves and become confident in both
tack.

Some important knowledge doesn't go...read the wave, read the sets coming
in, when to do your take off etc..it will be more the jumping..it will just
be a mather of go for it!
nord_roi

wrote in message
news:1105898609.990640.252240@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> over the front.
>
> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>

From:	Scott
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:51:55 -0800

Am I missing something here?? How can you sail greater than 50% on one tack
or another? One tack outbound and the other tack inbound.

wrote in message
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> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> over the front.
>
> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>

From:	Igor T
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:32:13 -0600

From my own (little) experience: it has everything to do with your
jumping leg. For instance, I don't have any problem getting into straps
on port while on starboard it requires some of effort.

Igor.

Scott wrote:
> Am I missing something here?? How can you sail greater than 50% on one tack
> or another? One tack outbound and the other tack inbound.
>
> wrote in message
> news:1105898609.990640.252240@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
>>99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
>>moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
>>the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
>>jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
>>technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
>>starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
>>jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
>>over the front.
>>
>>Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>>
>
>
>

From:	MTVNewsGuy
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	17 Jan 2005 13:49:35 GMT

This is in reference to the outbound tack, which generally determines your
"good" side for jumping. For example, where I learned to sail the wind were
overwhelmingly from port at the launch, so I have much more experience hitting
chop on port. My better jumping side by far is when I'm sailing on port.

Scott wrote<<
Am I missing something here?? How can you sail greater than 50% on one tack
or another? One tack outbound and the other tack inbound.

wrote in message
news:1105898609.990640.252240@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> over the front.
>
> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>

>>

Michael

From:	Dan Weiss
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:20:46 -0500

Scott: Itchy feet is talking about sailing in waves or chop that run in a
particular angle to the prevailing wind so as to make jumping on the way out
a one-tack affair.

-Dan
"Scott" wrote in message
news:csf64m$hl8$1@nwnexus-news.nwnexus.com...
> Am I missing something here?? How can you sail greater than 50% on one
> tack
> or another? One tack outbound and the other tack inbound.
>
> wrote in message
> news:1105898609.990640.252240@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
>> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
>> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
>> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
>> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
>> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
>> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
>> over the front.
>>
>> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>>
>
>

From:	Scott
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:38:48 -0800

OK. The tack-iness of a venue always refers to out-bound tack, yes?
Thanks,
Scott

Dan Weiss wrote in message
news:f5mdnaS854IzJnbcRVn-2w@comcast.com...
> Scott: Itchy feet is talking about sailing in waves or chop that run in a
> particular angle to the prevailing wind so as to make jumping on the way
out
> a one-tack affair.
>
> -Dan
> "Scott" wrote in message
> news:csf64m$hl8$1@nwnexus-news.nwnexus.com...
> > Am I missing something here?? How can you sail greater than 50% on one
> > tack
> > or another? One tack outbound and the other tack inbound.
> >
> > wrote in message
> > news:1105898609.990640.252240@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> >> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> >> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> >> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> >> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> >> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> >> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> >> over the front.
> >>
> >> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I
guess.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

From:	Dan Weiss
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:25:54 -0500

Pretty much!
-Dan
"Scott" wrote in message
news:cshpob$ldv$1@nwnexus-news.nwnexus.com...
> OK. The tack-iness of a venue always refers to out-bound tack, yes?
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> Dan Weiss wrote in message
> news:f5mdnaS854IzJnbcRVn-2w@comcast.com...
>> Scott: Itchy feet is talking about sailing in waves or chop that run in
>> a
>> particular angle to the prevailing wind so as to make jumping on the way
> out
>> a one-tack affair.
>>
>> -Dan
>> "Scott" wrote in message
>> news:csf64m$hl8$1@nwnexus-news.nwnexus.com...
>> > Am I missing something here?? How can you sail greater than 50% on one
>> > tack
>> > or another? One tack outbound and the other tack inbound.
>> >
>> > wrote in message
>> > news:1105898609.990640.252240@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> >> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
>> >> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
>> >> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible
>> >> to
>> >> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
>> >> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
>> >> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
>> >> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
>> >> over the front.
>> >>
>> >> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I
> guess.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

From:	Wolfgang Soergel
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:20:27 +0100

itchyfeetoriginal@hotmail.com wrote:
> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> over the front.
>
> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>
I have the problem, to some extend: I'm generally stronger with the
right foot back (regular stance) which means that it's either good
jumping and quite OK riding (most common conditions) or bad jumping and
very naturally feeling riding. Used to be worse, general practice and i
think especially also trying freestyle tricks on both sides (which is
even more challanging to me, definite chocolate sides for each move
here, fortunately different ones for different moves) helps a lot.
I also observed that it's a question of feeling to a large extend: When
actually counting which percentage of my moves i make on my good and my
"bad" tack, i was surprised that there was not much difference, despite
way more practicce on the "good" side. Si it may feel strange at first
and maybe you'll want to start out a little cautious in bigger impact
zones but eventually it will work out.

Greetings
Wolfgang

From:	WARDOG
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:11:41 -0800

Practice, practice, practice...
We get port tack conditions on Santa Anas...and storm fronts...
also, the Sea of Cortez is all port tack...
If you surf, try surfing goofy foot...
When Ian Boyd lived here, he was a pretty good goofy foot surfer, and
could rip our port tack conditions when they happened pretty naturally...

http://surfingsports.com/images/air_boyd1.jpg
http://surfingsports.com/images/air_boyd2.jpg

I have to force myself to bear off more during jumps...and the timing on
wave rides can be a bit off...be careful, I know more than a couple of
people who got rotored terribly, while trying to learn to jump port
tack...resulting in broken ankles and blown out eardrums...

WARDOG
http://surfingsports.com

itchyfeetoriginal@hotmail.com wrote:

> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> over the front.
>
> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>

From:	AD.
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:11:54 +1300

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:11:41 -0800, WARDOG wrote:

> Practice, practice, practice...
> We get port tack conditions on Santa Anas...and storm fronts... also, the
> Sea of Cortez is all port tack... If you surf, try surfing goofy foot...
> When Ian Boyd lived here, he was a pretty good goofy foot surfer, and
> could rip our port tack conditions when they happened pretty naturally...
>
> http://surfingsports.com/images/air_boyd1.jpg
> http://surfingsports.com/images/air_boyd2.jpg
>
> I have to force myself to bear off more during jumps...and the timing on
> wave rides can be a bit off...be careful, I know more than a couple of
> people who got rotored terribly, while trying to learn to jump port
> tack...resulting in broken ankles and blown out eardrums...

While I'm hardly a good down the line wave rider, it's jumping that causes
me all the grief on those rare occasions that I end up sailing port tack.
The riding doesn't bother me as much - maybe it's because I can gybe on
both tacks ;)

Even just sailing out through the break seems difficult on port tack
sometimes.

--
Cheers
Anton

From:	D. White
Subject:	Re: Switching Tacks
Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2005 13:58:34 -0500

Same thing happens to me on the other tack. The more sailing you do,
the better and more natural it'll feel on the other tack. I can get good
air on starboard tack even though it's the "wrong" side when at first I
couldn't do anything. Still feel better on port tack, though...

itchyfeetoriginal@hotmail.com wrote:
> 99% of my sailing has been on a starboard tack . I will shortly be
> moving to Western Australia - which is port tack much to my horror. On
> the rare occasions I get to sail port tack I find it near impossible to
> jump or sail waves. While on starboard I am completely confident on
> technique and ability, however port tack everything feels like I am
> starting over again. I can hardly get the board in the air while
> jumping, and if I do get airborne I either land up wind or get pulled
> over the front.
>
> Anybody have the same problem? Any tips? Nothing beats practice I guess.
>