Rider - Manolis Lambros
Tips - Manolis Lambros
Sorry its a bit slow but its a big clip split full speed and half speed please be patient all will be revealed.
To attempt this move you should be comfortable doing vulcans, complete an upwind 360 in the foot straps and be able to control your board and sail switch stance in the foot straps.
- Go fast,faster than the vulcan
- Unhook, move your front hand close to the mast
- Chop hop
- Go for a normal vulcan but go faster and more aggressive
- Lean forward to gain control (what you want is not pushing the sail against the wind but sliding backwards with control,this takes some time) after you gain this control you can push the sail against the wind, be careful the pressure will be strong so you need to sheet in and look over your shoulder to complete the first 360. the more you sheet in while back winded the more easy it will come, don’t forget to lean forward as you do that.
- Ok cool we have the fist 360, still 180 to go. Hold your boom strong as exiting the normal spock,the secret for the 540 is simple: don’t loose your boom and keep sheeting in while you come out from the first 360,the rest is just the end of an upwind 360!!!
Tips - Bob
Spock 540 - Rider: Manolis Lambros - added 08-02-2007
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New Mistral Pacifico Paddle Board 2 in 1 Concept
It seems the team at Mistral have been busy again developing this new two in one paddle board concept. From what I can see its an EVA deck board that you can put a sail on for some light wind fun, or use with no sail on both flat water and in waves as a stand up paddle board. COOOL!!
I could have done with one of these a few times sailing at Tide Mills in Seaford when the wind swings offshore and drops leaving some nice waves in the bay to play on. I reckon you could get a lot of use out of a board like this, plus I guess it has a fitness benefit as well. At least in terms of getting you on the water rather than eating pies and drinking coffee hehe
| Mistral Press Release For The Pacifico Stand Up Paddle Board |
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| download the pdf |
Good luck with this new concept looks great and I would love to have one here for paddling around on when the wind drops
More news about this paddle board can be found on the Mistral website
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