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    Posted: 21 Aug 09 at 3:19pm
Originally posted by turnturtle

Progression of free-styler...


Hand-stand trapezing | score: 1.5 (rookie)

One handed, hand-stand trapezing | score: 3.0 (progression)

One handed, hand-stand trapezing in a F5 | score: 5.0 (slick)

One handed, hand-stand trapezing in a F5 on an RS600 | score 7.0 (ripped)

One handed, hand-stand trapezing in a F5 on an RS600 whilst foiling | score 9.0 (too cool for school)


and the grand finale...

One handed, hand-stand trapezing in a F5 on an RS600 whilst foiling and uploading this post via an iPhone....




Nah, that last one needs to include videoing it using your free hand and uploading the video using your phone (apple or otherwise) whilst still in the handstand.
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Originally posted by turnturtle



and the grand finale...

One handed, hand-stand trapezing in a F5 on an RS600 whilst foiling and uploading this post via an iPhone....



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Last week at Bala - fluff the tack, think I'll stay dry by aiming for the centreboard, miss the board and plummet face first.....excellent for clearing the sinuses...

My favourite is that when I teabag it off the contender due to an unexpected shift or lull and lose contact with the side, just keep sailing the boat; bear off a tad, sheet in, lie out straight, put the feet back on the gunnel and get lifted out and back sailing again.
the same, but different...

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  You have missed out the standing on the back of a laser1, facing forward then gybe with the boom missing your legs by mm and keep the boat upright. great fun to do and good fun to see if they get it wrong.
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with a laser you can lift the rig out and sail it like a windsurfer, but it is risky for damage to the deck.

the other trick was mast climbing to see if you could reach the top of the mast before it capsizes it is possible. often done as a competion without the sail on when there wasn't any wind.
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Its quite possible to sail a Laser backwards whilst standing on the bow.  The trick is to keep the rudder just out of the water and steer by heeling the boat.  Best done in about a force 1.
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Charlie Chandler in his AC found a new way of dismounting his steed whilst having a play on the river!  He found that if he capsized by the bank he could get flung off the end of the seat and run up the main sail and get off dry!  I think he managed it once before he went through the mainsail!
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Originally posted by turnturtle

I fell out the back of musto skiff once and was belly-skiing on the
mainsheet- think I made 40 yards before it capsized.

Don't forget the physics lesson the Phantom taught you. Two poles replel and all that, as you seemed to run straight out the back, with a deft leap over the transom bar

Tom I can't find it now but their is a great picture of senior Bolland doing the 300 toe surf .. I'll keep digging.

Not forgetting the (now made famous by Big Wave Dave) the starfish transfer when climbing back into the 300 over the wing!

By far my most memorable / frequent though is the Mast Hug. Nice reach .. wave .. not enough tiller movement and SLAM boat stops you slide not so gracefully down the wing into the mast

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Originally posted by alstorer

A Classic

You can see by the tenth shot that Tony and Char have positioned themselves well to lever the rotation to near vertical, however they lose marks as the kite is flapping, and they never quite achieve the straight-up position.


myself and andrew did this but the boat didnt end up on its side.... the kite filled and it sailed away on its arse it moved bl**dy quick,

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we are going to try wakeboarding behind oxygen next month, thinking of doing a rib start and just pointing her down wind and popping the A4, 

should only need about 15 knots of breeze to do about 13- 14 knots so just get the rib up to speed, and hop off the size.

may be fitting a dolphin striker to the pole as well, so some "pole danceing" may be in order.
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