Techniques & Tricks

Windsurfing techniques and tricks in alphabetical order:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 3

a

able Top Pushloop This jump is not a sequence of table top and push loop, but describes an...

A

Aerial The aerial is a jump that is launched over the lip of the wave during a...
Aerial - one handed The balance of the rig is extremely important for one-handed aerials. The back...
Aerial - tweaked also see 'Tweaked Aerial'
Air Bob The air bob is a bob that is completely rotated in the air. First take a look...
Air Bob - one handed This is how the one handed air bob works: Like a duck tack, you duck under the...
Air Bob into Bob The air bob into bob is the combination of two bobs - jumped one behind the...
Air Chachoo The air chachoo is a pretty sick move where the sail is shifted in the air like...
Air Flaka An air flaka is a flaka that is completely rotated in the air. And this is what...
Air Flaka - one handed A one-handed air flaka is a flaka that is jumped with one hand released from...
Air Flaka into Shaka also see 'Air Flaka Shaka'
Air Flaka Shaka The combination of air flaka (a flaka that is completely rotated in the air)...
Air Funnell An air funnell is a funnell that is completely rotated in the air. And this is...
Air Funnell - one handed An air funnell is a funnell that is completely rotated in the air. In the...
Air Funnell - one handed into Burner also see 'One Handed Air Funnell into Burner'
Air Funnell - one handed into Funnell also see 'One Handed Air Funnell into Funnell'
Air Funnell Funnell also see 'Air Funnell into Funnell'
Air Funnell into Burner - one handed also see 'Air Funnell into one handed Burner'
Air Funnell into Double Funnell The combination of air funnell and then double funnell. So it goes round three...
Air Funnell into Funnell The name says it all: an air funnell followed by a funnell. And this is how the...
Air Funnell into one handed Burner Combination of air funnell and one-handed burner - a trick combination in...
Air Jibe The air jibe is a kind of jumped jibe. The board is turned 180 degrees during...
Air Jibe - clew first The clew first air jibe avoids one of the sticking points of the classic air...
Air Jibe - switch stance / clew-first The switch stance air jibe in clew-execution is a good warm-up for the...
Air Kabikuchi The Air Kabikuchi is the combination of Kono and Spock, completely rotated in...
Air Skopu The skopu is a switch stance kabikuchi, the term ’air’ means that the move...
Air Taka An aerial 360-degree turn in the wave - the air version of the taka. While the...

B

Backloop The backloop is a kind of backward rotation that is jumped into the wind as a...
Backloop - one footed A one-footed backloop. Hanging with your weight at the rig, the mast base and...
Backloop - one handed One-handed is the term used here for a backloop jumped with one hand at the...
Backloop - one handed/one footed The one-handed and one-footed backloop is the most difficult variant of a...
Backloop off the Lip The backloop off the lip is a backloop that is jumped as a backside aerial. The...
Backside 360 A backside 360 is a body, board and sail rotation around 360 degrees, slided on...
Backside Aerial A backside aerial is a jump out of and back into the wave while riding...
Backside Cutback A turn to the lip of the wave during a backside wave ride is called a backside...
Backwind Duck Jibe The backwind duck jibe is a mixture of duck tack and duck jibe. After changing...
Backwind Jibe With this jibe variant, you step around the front of the mast to the other side...
Backwind Slam Jibe While planing in normal stance, duck the sail and then push a slam jibe into...
Barrel Roll also see 'Backloop'
Beach Start The beach start is a convenient way to get directly onto the windsurf board in...
Bender The Bender is a variant of the Carving 360 where the sail is put on the water...
Bob - one handed The bob is similar to the funnell, but is jumped in normal stance. Unlike the...
Body Drag With the body drag, the feet are completely detached from the windsurfing board...
Bongka The bongka is a combination of a front loop or spin loop followed by a...
Bongka 720 also see 'Bongka Double Flaka'
Bongka Double Flaka The bongka double flaka is a combination of a frontloop followed by a double...
Bonka also see 'Bongka'
Burner The burner is Gollito Estredo’s signature move, jumped in switch stance and...
Burner - no handed No Handed Burner - Gollito’s signature move in a hands-free version:
Burner - one handed The one handed burner - Gollito’s signature move in the one-handed version:
Burner 900 Burner followed by a second rotation and change of riding direction. The bottom...
Burner 900 - no handed The ’Burner 900 - no handed’ is a hands-free burner with subsequent second...
Burner 900 - one handed One-handed burner followed by a second rotation and change of riding direction....

C

Caesar Throw Not a windsurfing move, but a feat: the rig, separated from the board, is flung...
Cana Brava A cana brava is a flaka diabolo that is shifted behind the back. And this is...
Carving 360 also see '360'
Chachoo The Chachoo is a kind of jumped duck jibe followed by a spock 540...
Chachoo - switch stance also see 'Switch Chachoo'
Chebongka The chebongka is the combination of a cheese roll with a flaka applied directly...
Chebonka also see 'Chebongka'
Cheese Roll The cheese roll was the first variation of a front loop - a jump in windsurfing...
Cheese Roll - no handed A hands-free cheese roll. When jumping over the flattened sail, both hands are...
Cheese Roll into Flaka also see 'Chebongka'
Clew First 360 also see '360 - clew first'
Clew First Air Jibe also see 'Air Jibe - clew first'
Clew First Cutback also see 'Frontside Cutback - clew first'
Clew First Flaka also see 'Flaka - clew first'
Clew First Grubby 540 also see 'Spock 540 - clew first'
Clew First Heli Tack also see 'Heli Tack - clew first'
Clew First Puneta also see 'Puneta - clew first'
Clew First Spock also see 'Spock - clew first'
Clew First Spock 540 also see 'Spock 540 - clew first'
Clew First Volcan also see 'Air Jibe - clew first'
Clew First Vulcan also see 'Air Jibe - clew first'
Clew-first Air Jibe - switch stance also see 'Air Jibe - switch stance / clew-first'
Crazy Pete The Crazy Pete is basically a half backloop. At the highest point of the jump,...
Culo An extremely dynamic move! Movement sequence like the burner, but jumped in a...
Culo - one handed The culo is an extremely dynamic windsurfing move. The one-handed version (culo...
Culo 540 The culo 540 is a normal culo (jumped 360-degree rotation) to which a...
Culo 900 The culo 900 is a culo with an additional 360 slide. Together with the change...
Cutback also see 'Frontside Cutback'
Cutback - clew first also see 'Frontside Cutback - clew first'
Cutback - one handed also see 'Frontside Cutback - one handed'

D

Delayed Forward Loop also see 'Stalled Forward'
Diablo also see 'Diabolo'
Diabolo The diabolo is a variant of the spock in which the sail is shifted like a duck...
Donkey Jibe The Donkey Jibe is a duck jibe with following 360-degree body and sail...
Double Air Culo The double air culo is an extremely dynamic move! Both rotations are performed...
Double Burner Two burner jumps in direct succession are called double burner. And here you...
Double Burner - one handed Two one-handed burner jumps in quick succession. Yes, you can - that’s what...
Double Culo Power freestyle at its best! The double culo is the double version of the culo,...
Double Flaka also see 'Flaka 720'
Double Flaka - no handed A move with the highest level of difficulty. The first flaka is jumped...
Double Flaka - one handed Double Flaka - one-handed: The first flaka is jumped with one hand off the...
Double Forward The double forward is for professionals only. With the double rotation, it’s...
Double Frontloop also see 'Double Forward'
Double Funnell The double funnell is a double-rotated funnell, also known as the funnell 900....
Double Puneta The double puneta is a switch stance spock in a double execution. Here you can...
Double Shaka A double rotated shaka is logically called a double shaka. The second rotation...
Double Spock also see 'Spock 900'
Double Taka The taka in double version, a 720 degree rotation on the wave around the...
Duck Gybe also see 'Duck Jibe'
Duck Jibe The duck jibe (duck gybe) is a variation of the jibe where you lean the rig...
Duck Tack A quick tack where you turn to an upwind course and dive under the clew of the...
Duck Tack - switch stance This variation of the duck tack is called switch stance duck tack because the...

E

Eslider The eslider is nothing more than a switch stance grubby. Here you can see how...
Eslider 540 The eslider is nothing more than a switch stance grubby. In the 540 version, a...
Eslider 540 - one handed The one-handed version of the eslider 540, the eslider is a switch stance...
Eslider Diablo The Eslider Diablo is a switch stance grubby followed by a duck jibe. You can...

F

Fast Tack also see 'Shortboard Tack'
Flaka A flaka (flatwater taka) is the freestyle version of the taka, jumped on flat...
Flaka - clew first A clew first flaka is a flaka in which the sail is shifted before the jump. The...
Flaka - no handed The hands-free version of the flaka. In this jump, both hands are removed from...
Flaka - one handed The one-handed version of the flaka. And this is how this freestyle move works:
Flaka 720 A double flaka, two complete rotations of the flat water taka. The momentum of...
Flaka Diablo Flaka variant with shifting the sail over the clew. Flaka diablo is the name of...
Flaka Diabolo also see 'Flaka Diablo'
Flaka into Shaka Combination of flaka and shaka. From the rotation of the flaka, the momentum is...
Flaka into Shaka Diablo also see 'Flaka Shaka Diablo'
Flaka Shaka also see 'Flaka into Shaka'
Flaka Shaka Diablo Combination of flaka and shaka diablo. From the rotation of the flaka, the...
Floater The floater is a delayed turn at the lip of the wave. Instead of riding a...
Footstraps also see 'Windsurfing with footstraps'
Forward also see 'Forward Loop'
Forward - one footed One-footed frontloop - that’s what you call a frontloop jumped with one foot...
Forward - one handed The one-handed execution of the forward. The front hand is released from the...
Forward into Double Flaka also see 'Bongka Double Flaka'
Forward into Flaka also see 'Bongka'
Forward Loop The forward loop (also: front loop or just forward) is a forward rotation when...
Forward off the Lip A forward off the lip is a loop initiated from an aerial during a frontside...
Free Willy The free willy is a combination of willy skipper and backwind jibe. Watch these...
Front Loop also see 'Forward Loop'
Frontloop into Double Flaka also see 'Bongka Double Flaka'
Frontloop into Flaka also see 'Bongka'
Frontside Aerial also see 'Aerial'
Frontside Aerial - tweaked also see 'Tweaked Aerial'
Frontside Cutback The turn at the lip of the wave on the frontside wave ride is called the...
Frontside Cutback - clew first Shift the sail first and then start the bottom turn and cutback with the clew...
Frontside Cutback - one handed There are two ways to perform the one-handed frontside cutback. The front or...
Funnell The funnell starts like a burner, but is not jumped over the flattened sail to...
Funnell - no handed The no-handed funnell is a trick with maximum difficulty! The throw of the sail...
Funnell - one handed The one-handed version of the funnell. Here you can find the corresponding...
Funnell 900 also see 'Double Funnell'

G

Gecko The Gecko is an upwind 360 ridden in the loops in light winds, where the tip of...
Get planing When windsurfing, you have to reach so much speed that the board begins to...
Goiter The goiter is a move in windsurfing. The goiter is jumped during the frontside...
Goiter - no handed The hands-free version of the goiter. Both hands are released from the boom...
Goiter - one handed A one-handed goiter. The back hand is released from the boom to rotate this...
Gozzada A gozzada is a switch stance spock jumped with the sail in the back. And this...
Gozzada into Funnell A gozzada into funnell is the combination of gozzada and funnell. Here are some...
Grubby The grubby is a classic freestyle move, a jumped 360 variation to leeward...
Grubby - switch stance also see 'Eslider'
Grubby 540 The Grubby is a jumped 360 variant around the upright mast. The addition 540...
Grubby 540 - clew first also see 'Spock 540 - clew first'
Grubby Diablo A grubby diablo is a grubby where the sail is shifted at the end like in a duck...
Gu Screw Gu screw is the term for a jump in windsurfing: A 180-degree turn jumped as an...

H

Harness also see 'Windsurfing with a harness'
Heli Tack The heli tack is a tack in which the sail is rotated upwind. Because of this...
Heli Tack - clew first The Heli Tack in the clew-first version. First shift the sail, then push the...
Heli Tack - no handed In this variant of the heli tack, both hands are released from the boom shortly...
Helicopter Tack also see 'Heli Tack'

J

Jesus Christ also see 'Table Top - one handed'
Jump Jumping forms the basis for many windsurfing moves. Here you’ll find the...
Jumping also see 'Jump'

K

Kabikuchi The kabikuchi is the combination of kono and spock. Here you can see examples...
Killerloop Killer loop is the name given to a front loop that is jumped vertically over...
Klei also see 'The Klei'
Kono The kono is a kind of upwind wymaroo. Here you can see the movement sequence of...

L

Lift up your sail To get started with windsurfing, you first have to lift the sail out of the...
Lollypop The lollypop is a willy skipper followed by a board and sail rotation so that...
Lollypop Diablo The lollypop diablo is a willy skipper variant that is ridden as a 540 with a...
Longboard Tack also see 'Tack'
Loop also see 'Forward Loop'

N

No Handed Burner also see 'Burner - no handed'
No Handed Burner 900 also see 'Burner 900 - no handed'
No Handed Cheese Roll also see 'Cheese Roll - no handed'
No Handed Double Flaka also see 'Double Flaka - no handed'
No Handed Flaka also see 'Flaka - no handed'
No Handed Flaka into Flaka also see 'Double Flaka - no handed'
No Handed Funnell also see 'Funnell - no handed'
No Handed Goiter also see 'Goiter - no handed'
Nuvo 13-year-old Cheppi from Bonaire shows off his gecko combination. He calls the...

O

Ocean Jump A move inspired by windskating, a kind of switch stance cheese roll with the...
One Footed Backloop also see 'Backloop - one footed'
One Footed Forward also see 'Forward - one footed'
One Handed Aerial also see 'Aerial - one handed'
One Handed Air Bob also see 'Air Bob - one handed'
One Handed Air Funnell also see 'Air Funnell - one handed'
One Handed Air Funnell into Burner The combo move ’Air Funnell into Burner’ in the one-handed version. The air...
One Handed Air Funnell into Funnell The combination of air funnell (completely rotated in the air) and subsequent...
One Handed Backloop also see 'Backloop - one handed'
One Handed Burner also see 'Burner - one handed'
One Handed Burner 900 also see 'Burner 900 - one handed'
One Handed Culo also see 'Culo - one handed'
One Handed Cutback also see 'Frontside Cutback - one handed'
One Handed Double Burner also see 'Double Burner - one handed'
One handed Double Flaka also see 'Double Flaka - one handed'
One Handed Eslider 540 also see 'Eslider 540 - one handed'
One Handed Flaka also see 'Flaka - one handed'
One Handed Flaka into Flaka also see 'Double Flaka - one handed'
One Handed Forward also see 'Forward - one handed'
One Handed Frontside Cutback also see 'Frontside Cutback - one handed'
One Handed Funnell also see 'Funnell - one handed'
One Handed Goiter also see 'Goiter - one handed'
One Handed Ponch also see 'Ponch - one handed'
One Handed Ponch into Flaka also see 'Ponch - one handed into Flaka'
One Handed Puneta also see 'Puneta - one handed'
One Handed Shaka also see 'Shaka - one handed'
One Handed Spock also see 'Spock - one handed'
One Handed Spock 540 also see 'Spock 540 - one handed'
One Handed Table Top also see 'Table Top - one handed'
One Handed Table Top Pushloop also see 'Table Top Pushloop - one handed'
One-handed / One-footed Backloop also see 'Backloop - one handed/one footed'

P

Pasko also see 'Air Flaka Shaka'
Planing Tack also see 'Shortboard Tack'
Ponch The ponch is nothing more than a goiter that is jumped over a wave when riding...
Ponch - one handed The one-handed version of the ponch. This riding technique content shows the...
Ponch - one handed into Flaka A one-handed jumped ponch with a directly connected flaka. This riding...
Ponch into Flaka A ponch with directly connected flaka. This riding technique content shows...
Power Gybe also see 'Power Jibe'
Power Jibe The power jibe is the standard among changes of riding direction and at the...
Puneta Puneta is the name for a switch stance spock. This riding technique content...
Puneta - clew first Puneta is the name for a switch stance spock, shown here as a clew-first...
Puneta - one handed Puneta is the name for a Switch Stance Spock - shown here in a one-handed...
Puneta 540 Puneta is the name for a switch stance spock. With the 540 version, the normal...
Puneta 900 Puneta is the name for a switch stance spock. In the 900 version, a further 360...
Puneta Burner The combination of puneta followed by a burner. This riding technique...
Push Forward also see 'Pushloop into Forward'
Push Table also see 'able Top Pushloop'
Push Table - one handed also see 'Table Top Pushloop - one handed'
Push Tack With the push tack, the sail is pushed against the wind when it is tacked and...
Pushloop The pushloop is a type of backwards loop in which you initiate a turn over the...
Pushloop into Forward The pushloop into forward (push forward) is a high jumped pushloop that is...
Pushloop Table Top also see 'able Top Pushloop'

R

Reverse The reverse is performed from an over-rotated backside cutback. With a lot of...
Reverse Duck Jibe also see 'Backwind Duck Jibe'
Riding with a harness also see 'Windsurfing with a harness'
Riding with footstraps also see 'Windsurfing with footstraps'

S

Seadi Move also see 'Pushloop into Forward'
Shaka The shaka is a 360 rotation jumped out of the shove it and continued as a full...
Shaka - one handed One-handed jumping variant of the shaka. This riding technique content shows...
Shaka Flaka The combination of shaka and flaka. And this is how it works:
Shifty The Shifty is a combination of shaka and pushloop. After 180 degrees of the...
Shock also see 'Shove it into Spock'
Shortboard Tack This fast version of a tack starts from full planing speed and is an important...
Shove it The shove it is derived from the backside aerial and is jumped over a wave....
Shove it into Air Jibe An air jibe that is initiated from a shove it. This riding technique content...
Shove it into Cheese Roll also see 'Twister'
Shove it into Spock The shove it into spock or shock is the combination of shove it and spock....
Shove it into Spock 540 The shove it into spock 540 is the combination of shove it and spock 540....
Sinker Tack also see 'Shortboard Tack'
Skopu The skopu is a switch-jumped kono (switch stance kono). This riding...
Skopu 720 A switch kono with subsequent 720 degree rotation. This riding technique...
Slam Jibe The slam jibe is a fast jibe variant for changing course quickly in tight...
Speed If you want to surf fast, you need to pay particular attention to equipment...
Speed Tack also see 'Shortboard Tack'
Speedloop also see 'Spinloop'
Spinloop The spinloop is a low, more sideways and very fast rotated frontloop (forward)...
Spock The spock is the first big step towards freestyle, a basic move for many...
Spock - clew first With the clew-first spock, the sail is shifted before the jump. This allows you...
Spock - one handed The one-handed version of the spock. This riding technique content shows the...
Spock - switch stance also see 'Puneta'
Spock 1080 If you fire three spocks in a row, you will perform a total of 1080 degrees....
Spock 1260 A triple or actually even three-and-a-half spock: spock + spock + spock 540...
Spock 540 The spock 540 is a normal spock with an additional 180-degree turn so that you...
Spock 540 - clew first A spock 540 jumped with clew-first. Since the clew-first sail position...
Spock 540 - one handed Spock 540 with one hand off the boom. This riding technique content shows the...
Spock 540 - switch stance also see 'Puneta 540'
Spock 900 A double Spock, or actually a two-and-a-half Spock: the combination of Spock...
Spock 900 - switch stance also see 'Puneta 900'
Spock Culo also see 'Spock into Culo'
Spock Diablo also see 'Diabolo'
Spock Diabolo also see 'Diabolo'
Spock into Culo Spock into culo - the combination of spock and culo. This riding technique...
Spock into Culo - one handed This move is a combination of spock followed by a one-handed culo. This...
Spock into Kono The combination of spock followed by a kono. This riding technique content...
Spock into one handed Culo also see 'Spock into Culo - one handed'
Spock Kono also see 'Spock into Kono'
Stall Trick Sensitivity is required here: with the stall trick, the sail is flung forward...
Stalled Double Forward A delayed double forward loop is called a stalled double forward. Only a few...
Stalled Forward With the stalled forward, the rotation is only initiated at the highest point...
Stalled Forward Loop also see 'Stalled Forward'
Stalled Table Top Double Forward The stalled table top double forward is a delayed jumped double forward loop...
Steering A windsurfing board is steered by tilting the sail in different directions....
Step Jibe The step jibe is the easiest variation of the power jibe to learn. You can find...
Swayze also see 'Flaka'
Switch Cachoo Funnell The combination of switch chachoo and funnell. This riding technique content...
Switch Chachoo The chachoo in switch stance version. You can find instructions for this...
Switch Kono The switch kono is a kono in switch stance execution. You can find examples of...
Switch Stance Air Jibe - clew-first also see 'Air Jibe - switch stance / clew-first'
Switch Stance Chachoo also see 'Switch Chachoo'
Switch Stance Duck Tack also see 'Duck Tack - switch stance'
Switch Stance Grubby also see 'Eslider'
Switch Stance Spock also see 'Puneta'
Switch Stance Spock 540 also see 'Puneta 540'
Switch Stance Spock 900 also see 'Puneta 900'
Switch Stance Volcan - clew-first also see 'Air Jibe - switch stance / clew-first'
Switch Stance Vulcan - clew-first also see 'Air Jibe - switch stance / clew-first'

T

Table Top The table top is a jump in windsurfing where the bottom of the board is turned...
Table Top - one handed A one-handed table top. During the jump, one hand is taken off the boom. This...
Table Top Backloop The table top backloop is a combination of jumps in which an additional table...
Table Top Double Forward The table top double forward is a double forward loop that is initiated with a...
Table Top Forward A variation of the forward that is initiated with a table top. The table top is...
Table Top Front Loop also see 'Table Top Forward'
Table Top Pushloop - one handed This one-handed jump is not a sequence of table top and push loop, but...
Tack The tack in light winds - the basic change of riding direction in...
Taka A taka is a 360-degree rotation around the vertical mast while a frontside wave...
Taka Diablo The taka diablo is a taka in which the sail is shifted over the clew. This...
The Klei The klei is a combination of wave 360 and taka. This riding technique content...
The Stinger also see 'Ponch'
Toad The toad is a kind of clew first cheese roll, which is jumped as a freestyle...
Top Turn also see 'Frontside Cutback'
Triple Forward The triple rotated front loop is currently one of the biggest challenges for...
Triple Front-Loop also see 'Triple Forward'
Triple Spock also see 'Spock 1080'
Triple Taka A triple turned taka. Finding a suitable wave for this move alone is not so...
Turning around also see 'Tack'
Tweaked Aerial The tweaked aerial is a frontside aerial where the body is twisted under the...
Twister The twister is a shove it into cheese roll. These examples show the twister in...

U

Upwind 360 The upwind 360 is a 360-degree turn of the board and sail in windward direction...
Using a harness also see 'Windsurfing with a harness'

V

Volcan also see 'Air Jibe'
Volcan - clew first also see 'Air Jibe - clew first'
Volcan - switch stance / clew-first also see 'Air Jibe - switch stance / clew-first'
Vulcan also see 'Air Jibe'
Vulcan - clew first also see 'Air Jibe - clew first'
Vulcan - switch stance / clew-first also see 'Air Jibe - switch stance / clew-first'

W

Water Start The lift onto the board out of the water. The water start is one of the most...
Wave 360 The Wave 360 is a 360-degree turn that is performed against the steepest part...
Wave riding Riding waves is the supreme discipline in windsurfing. Wave riding (windsurfing...
Willy Skipper The willy skipper is a jump with transition, the board is kicked out of the...
Willy Skipper 540 also see 'Free Willy'
Windsurfing with a harness A harness is a waist belt with a hook, which is used to attach yourself to the...
Windsurfing with footstraps Footstraps on a windsurfing board ensure a good connection between your feet...

3

360 When planing you initiate a jibe, but keep holding the sail flat and try to...
360 - clew first The clew first 360 is started like a duck jibe. The sail is then pushed back...

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