terminal said...powersloshin said...
I agree: when the sun is down against your eyes and the place is busy I am always worried i might not see in time someone in the water. Just think the damage a fin at 20 + knots could do. Do you think polarized sunnies would help? I never wear sunnies 'couse i often get wet. And what would be the best emergency manouvre if you cannot avoid contact ? so at least you would know what to do.
Normally its easier to carve heelside but that can bring the fin into play.
Yes agreed, carving upwind in the above video avoided a collision but if he carved that tiny bit harder the board would have skipped downwind and he'd have stuck fins in her head.
Verrry nearly brought fins into it.
Dunno what I'd have done as you can't see the lead up (how much time did they have to react?).
On a waveboard standing hard on the tail and sheeting out will slow you down pretty quick but in the above vid that would have resulted in a hit perhaps, as he saw here so late. Then again, I'd rather have a flat board bottom hit my head slow-ish, than a fin still at full speed in my neck. Sometimes a "almost deliberate" hit might be better than an attempt to avoid which results in full speed collision.
Hard call...
