Ely of the Yahoo Long Island Windsurfers Forum recently posted the following loop video (who he credits to his friend Darryl in Maui). Describing itself as a Loop DVD trailer, it’s a loose, fun collection of loops and loop drills…plus all of two and a half seconds of a loop simulator (go to 2:34 if you’re in a rush.) Perhaps they’re saving a full explanation of the simulator for the DVD. In any event I’m intrigued. I was going to type “I’ll try anything” but as anyone who has tried forward loops knows, the trying is trying. Scarifying and whatnot. So I can use any and all steps to get me closer. I must try to figure out how to rig this up:
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7 responses to “Forward Loop Simulator? Look at the video…”
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Nice video….but you really should use a custom sizing when embedding videos. The width should be 465.
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You’re right Joe…that was sloppy on my part. I don’t always remember to resize.
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Great video, just found a new life for my vulcan simulator gathering dust in the garage. Not sure, but is the line from the ceiling attached to the balance point on opposite boom side?
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Michael, Great video to help get juiced for the season. Is that the full-size image of the simulator? Can’t really see how the lines are tied?
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That’s what it looks like to me, Mike. So the board gets air by lifting on the footstraps.
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i especially like the loops on flat water using the nose as a pole vault. i hope to get good enough to hope to do this on the lake. have a good weekend guys.
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OK look, I know I don’t know anything about windsurfing, but the front loop looks an awful lot like falling down a flight of stairs.
Couln’t you just use any open stairwell as a simulator?
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