3 TRIMMING MISTAKES almost EVERY WINDSURFER MAKES

Super that you bring out this topic of too much downhaul tension. It's a real sail and performance killer. I've been there and really felt stupid afterwards when applying just the right downhaul and the sail was better especially in gusts. For s slalom guy wave sail was odd to tune and has totally other way of trimming. Maybe that could be a good topic. Thanks Nico. I'm starting to like this stuff 🙂

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Ich bin jetzt 61 Jahre alt. Hab gewindsurfd von 16 bis 31 Jahren. Glaubst Du das hiesige material ist einfacher zu fahren als vor 30 Jahren? Mein letztes Board war eine Mistral Screamer. Moechte wieder anfangen. Weiss aber nicht ob ich das noch schaffe.

I've noticed that using a constant curve for a Flex top sail Is like too much downhaul. What about reducing the extension to balance It?

Great video! what is the surf spot in the video? seems really nice :). Good for all directions?

slt nico I have a problem with my 8.2 evo 13 I have trouble going upwind with 118L yet the sail is taut with the armor as it should and practically no tension when listening, I have to really put my foot forward of matte

Nico I see you using adjustable harness lines. Which ones do you use please?

Very entertaining to take class in your windsurf school ✌🏼

Well explained tutorial.

This is really useful for me as a rookie or newbie to windsurfing 😅

Love this really detailed video 👌

I love to see you do well in pwa. But incresingly on the foil. Could you do a video about realy pushing the foil? I feel there is jet mutch to be said. Grüße.

Vielen Dank für das Video. Leider bleibt ein nicht unwesentlicher Trimm-Aspekt - die Spannung der Segellatten - unerwähnt. Zumal diesbezüglich die NeilPryde-Segel ein negatives "Alleinstellungsmerkmal" haben: Das einzigartige System mit den umklappbaren Plastikverschlüssen ist extrem anfällig für Materialbruch. Ich fahre seit Jahren nur NeilPryde-Segel (und liebe sie), aber die Lattenspanner sind eine Katastrophe. Bei meinem neuen Speedster 5.2 lassen sich 3 Latten von Anfang an überhaupt nicht korrekt spannen, da sich die Plasteschraube überhaupt nicht bewegen lässt (da offenbar Gewinde und Schraube nicht aufeinander abgestimmt und wie verbacken sind). Bei anderen Segel sind im Laufe der Zeit die Flügel der Schraube abgebrochen. NeilPryde ignoriert das Problem beharrlich (Anfragen im Kontaktformular werden nicht beantwortet), Ersatzteile ("Cent-Produkte" aus Plastik) sind auch über die lizensierten Händler nicht zu erhalten. Sehr schade! Wie handelst Du das bei Deinen Slalomsegeln?

super poradnik! Dzięki 🤙

That's great content and it's always nice to hear sensible advice. Please do another tuning tutorial on a more advanced and technical issue: cam inducers! There's so much new to talk about: batten tension; what if they don't 'pop' nicely; what if the very end of the batten doesn't 'pop' all the way; what if only the lower or upper one doesn't 'pop' properly and the sail forms an 'S' profile? Word on the 'Ufer' is all very well but this is a dark art that deserves its own lecture. There are so many nuances and ways that cams can misbehave. Please, Nico, please!

Hi Nico can you sometime go to norway i live there and i love windsurfing here

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Thanks for all your work in your videos! They brought me back to windsurfing after a 25 years brake. Man, how much changed in rig and board technology! Starting now with some new and not too old used gear and having fun now on the water again. Thanks for your great motivation and tips in your vids!! Keep on riding!

I love your shops goal- “To get as many windsurfers back on the water as there were in 1976”- THATS AWESOME!!!!

How do you decide to use top or bottom clew position?

Another fantastic video. Thanks Nico!!

Danke für die vielen guten Tips!!!

Some years ago Neilpryde use to do rigging videos for their sails. Now they rely on content creators to do so. I've searched for a rigging guide for my then brand new Free Flight 5.7, but found nothing (even for a 2021 one). Found myself by using it, but I would have appreciated that the rigging video. By the way my sail is heavily featured in the mast part of the video. (And I don't have a NP mast, shame on me, but the one I have seem to fit quite well).

Where are the NP slalom foils , I have not seen any for sale, and parts.

Hi niko your videos helps me so much keep up the good work

This is exactly what I wished was easy to find information when I started windsurfing years back… and still of course as most of us do …. Need reinforcement and re-learning

I love this kind of technical stuff!

Hello Nico, thank you for the very informative video. I have the following problem with my 3 camber sail, Northsail 7.4m², the mast hand always has to compensate a lot in strong winds and is always very stressed. I sail a longboard/raceboard fanatic mega cat 1995. Do you have a tip. Thanks very much.

Tipps for suitable trimming tools like the (Trimmknochen😅) or technics for downhawling, can you show us something for this point of view?.
Race sails for example have very high trimming powers.
Nice video I think.
Go for it, Nico😉

Guilt of mistake #1 back in '99/00 on Maui. Never rigged a Naish Nalu 4.2M until that season. No fun on the water until the rep. pointed out my mistake. Sweet sail when properly rigged. Ezzy only user since '12. You gotta be a real dolt improperly rig and tune Ezzy sails. Built in tuning aids and marked at the factory for the medium setting.

What's about the downhaul and the outhaul tension for foilsails, I hear there it is slightly different.
And a following question: I bougt a foilsail, that brings me into trouble: with strong downhaul i have too much loose leech and when i do it some less, then I ll have a bad rotation around the mast, this with a mast that is recommended what do you suggest?

Thank you Nico, the explanations are always clear and usefull!

thanks !

Thanks, thanks, thanks 🙏

Trimming is the best way to get connected with fellow weirdos on the beach :D

Great video as usual! Thank you!

The sail twist is also needed because of wind gradient (change) at different heights above water level. It does not matter when someone is stationary because then the apparent wind is the same as the true wind - but when you start sailing then the apparent wind - both direction and speed - changes depending on the height above the water, because the true/stationary wind speed decreases significantly just above water level. So a "twisted" sail reflects this change of both speed and direction of the apparent wind whilst windsurfing. The bigger the sail and board the bigger the effect, mostly because with big sail and board (or foil) the board speed can be as much or more than the true/stationary wind speed. I do not do foil but a formula board can easily plane twice as fast as the wind speed, thus the wind gradient effect on apparent wind direction becomes very pronounced.

Thank you, will try to improve the rigging

Thank you Nico. Very helpful to a lifelong NP V8 user.

So can you talk about adjustable out haul and when and where it is useful?

Very professionell video with personal touch. If I meet you sometimes in a windsurf spot, I spend you a Pizza for trimm my sails perfectly.

My current board is from 2013, so i could use a new one.

🎉🎉🎉Bravo nico you became like a body🎉🎉 builder its normal with so much fight with the wind it came alone, your shoulders are with perfect analogy out,super nice..

Great top clear infomation as always 😎👍

Good info, but also big thumbs up for the production values of the video. Really well done and it looks and sounds great.

Every days a school day!

Great video Nico, nice and clear explanation. Can I ask: If you don't have markers on your sail, do you check the downhaul of the sail when it's flat or when it's upright?
Would love to hear your answer and why.

Another clear and concise high quality video. Please keep it coming. Highly appreciated!

This is a great video Nico and I really appreciate all your content as my 12 year old watches them religiously... Tha ks again and all the best for your racing season ( p.s. the videos are helpful for me as well 😄 )

Amazing tips and video, keep it like that 😁