Justyna in Screw Loose windsufing vid

Justyna Sniady and Sylvester Stallone in Screw Loose Windsurfing

That first forward is a killer! There's nothing worse than crashing and knowing something is broken.

I got flamed on here a few years ago for pointing out this isn't how to do loops (Robby Style Pole Vaults).. Pole-vaults forwards are deadly, there is no way to spot the landing and without spotting the landing you can't properly brace for landings.

Snapped boards, broken feet, and pinged ligaments are the result.

Everybody who does 'em should consider a change in style.

Spin Loops > Pole-vaults

Apart from the pain inducing crash at the start, great action Justyna! And that Go pro harness mount is seriously smooth.

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barn said..
That first forward is a killer! There's nothing worse than crashing and knowing something is broken.

I got flamed on here a few years ago for pointing out this isn't how to do loops (Robby Style Pole Vaults).. Pole-vaults forwards are deadly, there is no way to spot the landing and without spotting the landing you can't properly brace for landings.

Snapped boards, broken feet, and pinged ligaments are the result.

Everybody who does 'em should consider a change in style.

Spin Loops > Pole-vaults




Apart from the pain inducing crash at the start, great action Justyna! And that Go pro harness mount is seriously smooth.

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Yeah. Nah. I don't do them like that, er, because of, um, what Mark said. But otherwise I totally would be doing. that.

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I've been lining them up in my head and I think this season is the season. You'll know because I'll come gloat on this forum because who else is going to appreciate that I've finally done a forward? My wife? "That's nice dear. Didn't you do them years ago? Or was that a Jive?"
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jusavina said..

barn said..

*Posted Philip Stalled video*

This forward is great, 90% of the way around, the top of the sail is the highest point of the rig, so it draws circle above Philip's head.. These are the very horizontal, technically perfect. This same technique is what he uses to get those doubles so slow and in control. He makes them look too easy, andl unfortunately less 'radical' in the eyes of a few people.

robert teriitehau is still the king of real endo doubles

none of this pansy horizontal corkscrew stuff

In these days of endless go pro and drone shots (drones nearly been done to death now also)
its great to see a video with


an actual story!

to sustain some interest. Nice work Justyna!


Had to relearn my fwds over the last few years - starting to work out how to avoid pole vaults - but still tricky on the really big scarey ones.

More often than not i chicken out and go the backie.

lovin small / medium fwds with the new technique - the sideways spin feels wicked. especially when you get hit side on by a bit of Scarborough chop / sea
You should land going deep off the wind -
in fact if you just flick the rig after landing youve done a fwd jibe and are now going the other way.

I reckon big fwds should score higher than big backwards rotations as they are waaaaay scarier and quite a bit more technical to land. Backies once you get them (do enough and you will) anyone can land them all day long. They are Board friendly though!

that's a nice endo barn

Endos rule, they may be considered old school, but they look the best. If you do enough of them, you know where the landing is....

great vid, nice to watch a journey rather than endless hard core snaphots
still think it's one of windsurfings bucket list moves, a stalled end-over forward. The height gained by the pros do these days is insane, kudos to the new school. After 20+ years of going over the handlebars I've only ever been able to do em on port tack. My fav jump by far, still love the rush when the nose goes down... As for pole vaults, approaching half a century dictates this jump is now best kept to light wind days when there are less forces involved

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Yuppy said..
Hi reflex

Help me out here. How do you instigate the corkscrew instead of the pole vault? Do you just turn down wind on the face of the wave?

I think I pole vault. See below.

^You should post that video as its own topic! I've seen a windsurf video with narration before!

To initiate the spin loop, think how you steer the board into position while waterstarting.. To turn the nose downwind, you slice the sail into wind while sheeting in. For even more control, you place you back foot on the board and tuck it in.. You'll turn the board so far down wind that you'll eventually need to flip the rig..

It's the same with the spinloop, you slice the sail into wind, while tucking the back foot in. This action completely changes the alignment of the board and sail, and will initiate a good rotation.. You'll hear the tern, 'scissoring' the board down wind.

Back to the waterstart analogy, once you actually decide to pull yourself up onto the board, you send the sail up and forward, while sheeting in. This rolls you over the centreline. This action is the same as a polevault. Up and over, into an endo.

This explanation is all a bit abstract, but it's often useful to look at a problem from another perspective.

In the end, if you're doing polevaults, you really need to be getting at least 400cm of air time! Yarden Meir in the video below is a great demonstration.

Hi barn

Good analogy with the water start.

I'm shooting for my second forward loop in Maui tomorrow.

Does it help to turn down wind on the face of the wave to start the board in a flat rotation?

It looks like the guy in your video does this.