Find a slightly bigger ramp would help.
Or wait till you gain a bit more hight before initiating the rotation. Once you sheet in to start the rotation you seem to stop gaining hight.

Lol you're persistant Zac. Hope your board nose is holding up.

zacd, maybe take this with a pinch of salt as i have never landed a loop but i've done what you're doing a few times.

i think, but am not sure, that the rotation needs to be more horizontal rather than endo.

the endo type that you are trying and that i did....ouch... need to be done in the surf with more height

on flatter water you need to rotate more horizontal. so when you pull your back leg up under your bum also kick it upwind. you can do it with your rig only on dry land. this will help force a horizontal rotation.

pulling your foot up uinder your bum only will force a more endo type rotation.

well that's my theory anyways.

See If you can get a mate to tail you and watch where you are coming unstuck.
I did this when I was learning them, I was coming out of the straps everytime. A mate followed me and told me to pull my legs up more. Next one landed no probs.
Good luck with it, sounds like you are over the hardest bit, the fear factor!

Well done Zac it only took you an extra day to start sailing away from them! No it is up to Nick and I to start growing some balls and trying harder.

Bring on next week and hopefully some starboard tack jumping...

i was just talking to little Zak on the beach a few hours ago at rye, and he said he was stoked about his flip, and i think he should buy him self some red bull and celebrate.. the kid has put in the hard work, he was out there windsurfing at 7 am with a 4.0 today. So the results paid off for the little fella. Anyway i am still working on the dale cook jump.. today was a awesome day, i pulled some nice airs, and a few wobbly ones, and nose smacking ones. i want to start on me flips once i pull a dale cook air, thats me goal.. still trying to work out how he flys so high today was one of those days fellas, sailing me 5.0 in the sun with a nice side shore wind, it does not get much better than that fellasHANG TEN

You been cheeky Leman? you naughty boy where ya been? ya been abit slack my friend.. i am looking for a sinker dont worry still on the hunt. Anyway i am 120 kilos, so a 120 is like a sinker for me. you want to see me flip it well just watch out kid..i eat 3 pizzas a day with me beer

flipper4444 said...

You been cheeky Leman? you naughty boy where ya been? ya been abit slack my friend.. i am looking for a sinker dont worry still on the hunt. Anyway i am 120 kilos, so a 120 is like a sinker for me. you want to see me flip it well just watch out kid..i eat 3 pizzas a day with me beer

Uni, and school placement! Busy as hell and would you believe it the wind is going nuts. Getting occassional local sail in though

allso leman i am looking for a 50 litre jp sinker, so keep a look out for one for me. I need a board to be able to sail in 50 knots. This wind is going nuts, there are trees every where, and half the sand along the beaches has blowing to china. Before ya know it we will look like pozo. Come on fellas around australia fly to vic and ride the waves.. Come on now pack ya windsurfers and fly here the wind is free

little hint for the fellas who live outside VIC, please dont tell the kiters.. PLEASESSSSSSS, August is our real windy month in VIC, every year august is windy. And the gales can blow on to september. And from september on it can blow a gale 1 or 2 times a week or some times blow every day till summer..