How to windsurf a KODE (free-style wave board) #insta360 #windsurf

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00:00 Intro
00:51 Why sail a KODE?
01:31 Getting going
03:00 Using the front foot
04:00 Avoid the spin out
04:45 Stance
05:40 The one foot debate
07:00 Tighten the turns...GYBE TIME!
08:45 Which sail?
12:00 So is a Free-Style Wave KODE for Free-Style, or Wave?

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Filmed on a 105lt Starboard KODE and a 5.9m Point-7 SPY
Wind was a changeable bft 3-4.
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Kit used...
- Mixture of camera mounts including Fly Mount and Sail Video System

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[fonsvandenhove]

Both Starboard and Point7 should be so happy with you showcasing combos that usually do not get much attention in the social media. Excellent video again.

[Clint_Moto]

That is why I fought against my wave board wanting to go upwind all day 🥲 I tried to lean on the fin..
Thank you so much. I will try again tomorrow 🏄‍♂️

[kev-the-windsurfer.]

Great video, on point!! I quite often sail my Dyno with my back foot out of the strap when I'm pinching upwind...

[anthonystanden]

Great video cookie this has answered alot of questions thanks again

[tomweston]

Some really interesting points here, both in terms of my own sailing (I live in both straps, just because i prefer getting going in the straps and waterstarting in them), and even more in terms of teaching.

I tend to get my students on a freewave as soon as possible - as soon as they're starting to comfortably get into the straps on a 130 gecko/rocket ect. sometimes before they're planing with ease or waterstart. (But I'm teaching in Karpathos, with much more wind than Vass - 3.7 is my go to for a footstrap lesson)

More often than not I find that, especially the lighter girls, are way more comfortable with the more playful boards than the bigger ones - they can be overpowered in the gusts with more control, and learning those all important blasting controls can be a bit easier with the smaller range of stances, and they get to grips with steering with their feet in no time.

[theswedishwhale]

Thanks for the video.
I just sailed a new ignite103 and came to similar conclusions around riding style and working the rails to go up wind.
My ignite can also take a freeride fin, which makes things more similar to a regular freeride.

[pochron]

I figured out that the use of 7-stance is pretty limited on a freestyle board but I missed a bit more of confirmation so thanks for that! I was about to conclude that I have a wrong fin. I think that owning a wave board helps you to transform from planing accidentally to being a fully aware planing rider. This makes you ride a slalom board better too.

[herrb.]

Great video as always. I struggled greatly when I changed from my 119 l beginners freerider to my new 113l fsw board, especially in low winds. I am using a 6, 7 freeride sail on my 113 fsw board, which is absolutely the maximum with my 70 kgs.

Another question @cookiesports - How do you keep your cap in place? I couldn't find a cap that stayed on my head when I started the planing.

[thomasfolan]

Excellent explanation Cookie! Any thoughts as to using thruster vs single and strap location ?

[slickvisualpoetry]

My next step will be getting a small freerace board, selling most of my big kit and develop my foiling skills in lighter winds. But first, planing through the jibes has to become more steady.

[rboonk]

Great video thank you Cookie. Also jumped from freeride to freewave. Struggling as well on my 105. Where should I put the base. In front?

[swissgliss]

Hi Mr Cookie ! First, thanks for so many nice vids about material, tutos, technical tricks. 1 question : if you would ride that Kode 105 with one fin, (front straps out and 2 back straps), would you more use your back foot ? I just bought a 95 Kode and am interested into different settings. Actually, second question : why do you use "wave settings" on flat water (thruster, two inside front footstraps, one back footstrap) ? Thanks for your advice !

[richardhilsley]

Great video again cookie. Ty 🙌
I have exactly the same Kode and had come to the same conclusion about riding style from practice - less back foot pressure, more upright, sometimes feeling on the edge of catapulting! Definitely find the kode less forgiving in turns. It wants to turn sharply (not long and slow) and the slightest mistake with footwork and you’re off the plane / in trouble. Question: I’ve played a bit with a single fin set up but can’t quite work out if it has any advantages? What do you reckon?

[mr.goeser]

Many thanks for your video, how is the perfomance of the carve 135L? Is it so good as the 105L? Thanks

[russellscott]

I’m in the going smaller dilemma right now and looking at kode and Goya one 105 I’m 65kg coming from an old 125 Tabou Rocket. How much with the construction matter eg wood sandwich which I think you are on or the carbon? Also for my first step down and weight is 105 the right way to go? Many thanks. Great video as always.

[theylive]

I'm thinking about getting a new board because I'm struggling to deal with Malcesine (Garda lake) chop with my firemove 109 which is 77cm wide. Do you recommend this one? I do waterstart, but I still struggle with the jibe giving the harsh bump and jump conditions we get with peler wind.

[Statek]

How do you find the Kode wood version ? Does it feel as durable as the carbon one ? Was it your own board or was it from a rental shop ? I am kind of torn between carbon and wood versions, I had other Starboard wood boards but in the past the wood build was more fragile than the carbon/glassfiber one. How is it now for the Kode 2023 ?

[miliripi]

At 12:10 is it an helico tack? Is it easier than a standard tack on a freewave board?

[windaddict]

Do you prefer the tri fin setup on the kode for bump and jump or do you sometimes use it with a single fin?

[windaddict]

So would you say a Futura 71 (109L) with a 7.0 camber sail has better light wind ability than your setup here (Kode 105L + 5.9 sail). Or is it almost the same?