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- Stepping into the rear loop often fails due to incorrect loop position; beginners should use the front, inner plug rows.  
- Incorrectly adjusted loop size makes it difficult to get in; foot should slide in far, toes visible on the inside, lateral hold secured.  
- The choice of course makes it easier to get on the board: in light winds, tack slightly upwind, in strong winds tack to windward for more control.

Riding technique: How to get safely into the foot straps

- The cowboy is a classic windsurfing trick that can be practised in small swells and at around 15 knots.
- The decisive factor is the difficult back-to-back side change with the back to the sail, where the sail must not be pulled tight.
- Sail pressure is controlled via course selection; to shift, the sail must be dropped significantly and the clew must be actively pushed through the wind.

Riding technique: The casual "cowboy" on the wave

- Required for bodydrag: safe planing, carving experience, manoeuvre-oriented sail, wide board and smooth water with stable wind.  
- Technique: jump out of the loops, drop slightly onto a room wind course, keep your arms bent, sail close but far back.  
- Common mistakes: outstretched arms with full body in the water or sail too upright, which leads to a skid or spinloop-like fall.

Riding technique: Bodydrag - just let it slide

- Chop hops are also successful in choppy conditions: high speed, the right approach to the chop and well-powered equipment are crucial.
- Smaller, lightweight boards with a single fin, sufficient sail pressure and a higher fork make the take-off, planing position and flight phase easier.
- For longer airtime: lift the upwind edge, pull your arms and legs towards the centre of your body, keep your upper body upright; typical mistakes are too little speed and a stretched stance.

Chop hop riding technique: how to make your first jumps in windsurfing

- Crossing against the wind: zigzagging on upwind courses to regain lost height to windward.  
- Large boards with centreboards or centre fins reduce lateral drift; orientation takes place via fixed points and correct planing.  
- On boards without a centreboard, pressure on the windward edge with the front foot helps to reduce drift and gain height.

Windsurfing basics: How to cruise and go upwind

- The push tack is a stylish, relatively easy-to-learn tacking variation that brings a breath of fresh air to the windsurfing manoeuvre repertoire.  
- Light, camberless sails and freewave/freestyle boards that are easy to turn are ideal in light planing winds; large freeride boards make the move more difficult.  
- Success factors: neutralise sail draft before turning in, pressure with the back foot on the stern to the windward edge and late, controlled sail shifting.

Riding technique: The Push Tack - stylish tack explained in detail

Riding technique: water start, bobbing, planing and upwind running in light winds

Tutorial: Aerial & Waveriding - the best tips for Baltic Sea action

Riding technique: The fast tack on small boards

Riding technique: Freestyle basics - how to learn the Vulcan

Riding technique: Carving-360 - the king move of classic freestyle

Snowsurfing: How windsurfing on snow works

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The casual "cowboy" on the wave

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Bodydrag - just let it slide

Chop hop riding technique
How to make your first jumps in windsurfing

Windsurfing basics
How to cruise and go upwind

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The Push Tack - stylish tack explained in detail

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Water start, bobbing, planing and upwind running in light winds

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The fast tack on small boards

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The Push Tack - stylish tack explained in detail

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Water start, bobbing, planing and upwind running in light winds

Tutorial
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