Well Done 👍 Be proud. ...2 minutes is still good in such conditions and you didn’t get slammed once you got up 👍 My tips:- Don’t Rush it, Relax a little, catch your breath when in the water & get your bearings on where the wind is coming from. You can then rotate your kit gradually to the right angle before you raise the rig! This will prevent the rig from being RIPPED out of your hands! Time it using a wave if possible to help fly the rig into the air. If you get separate from your rig, DON’T HESITATE swim for it instantly!!!!! 1 in 10 situations the rig will land on the board in such a way that it will be off down wind before you know it!!! In such strong conditions & being knackered you COULD have a BIG swim on your hands to reach it!!!! Always QUIT while you’re ahead. Head for the beach when you’re getting tired, then look back at the water & be proud your a hardcore sailor. Then go again tomorrow 👍

i just drove by, he's still out there trying to waterstart - 12/28/20

That is so exhausting... and frightening when you are in unknown waters

The music completely hides how scary such a situation feels. :D

That feels and looks so familiar 🥶🤬

0:58 nice skills from the board

Great compilation of all water start problems in 2 minute-Great video!

I learned how to waterstart at The Gorge out of pure necessity and also as a barge was heading my way...scary...

Good video! I love that the wsurf community is supporting you and giving advises! I also have been there and still some days it feels hard! Let’s try wind helping you rather than fighting with it, sail first and biard later (with feet if possible)! Good luck for more windy days

Ignore the board. Get the sail steady and low. THEN hold the boom close to the mast and reach out and right the board. Usually I can right the board with my feet but that takes long legs and practice - meaning lots of failures.

Me two weeks ago. Wave and wind flipping the board over. I feel your pain at 0:59. Speed is the key and I think to try and keep some pressure in the sail as you move it up out of the water to keep pressure on the mast foot. I think lifting the mast close to the boom without pulling on the boom allows the board to lift up.

thats really well done - congrats on persistence - true surfer dude !!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh man, hahah nice. It made me scream " WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? LEAVE THE BOARD. COME ON, TAKE THE BOOM!!"😂😂. But these moments happen to everybody, especially when you are weak and without energy😅.

Super feel you....in this situation.

My dad sitting on the beach wondering why it takes so long for me to get going again sometimes.. I should show him this video ahaha! 👁️

Oh, how I remember those days.

sometimes I wonder why I switched to kitesurfing, thanks for helping me remember ^^

Brutal!!!

Very good. I would say 'how to' rather than how not to, considering there are very few options when it is that windy. You were literally pinned, very good technique to stay with the kit, keep at it, ring the changes like let the rig flip if it wants to, then get going quickly as soon as the wind is controllable! Nice!

Crazy..... I feel with you..... Need to try this frist on an etang I guess

Wow, understand you... I had the same situation, it's crazy ... It's like me, there, thanks, nice video 📷

Very encouraging :)

Very good!! Bravo, muy bueno!!

Как всё это знакомо, волны, ветер, доска маленькая и силы кончаются, смотрю и прямо чувствую....,😂

Крутой!

Where exactly is it? Were you wavesailing?

Hold the mast with one hand and try to push it like throwing a javelin then everything will straighten up so you can get your foot in the straps and off you go

👏👏👏

Que tabla hermosa !

thanks for sharing. I see too many videos of successful waterstarts, i go all overconfident into the water and then...it does not go like in the videos. My ego gets dented and I'm hauling til my back hurts.

Nicolas, thanks for your nice share😄👍👍 many of us came across this hard time, that used up a lot body and mind energy in such strong wing. About how many how did play that time?

Wearing gloves makes the arms extra tired you only consider them if air temp below freezing

👍🤙

This gives me anxiaety

It is challenging, but you should be able to uphaul in any kind of weather. Make sure that you are not exhausted. It is not an easy job to uphaul.

Es agotador!

never give up

Grande mai mollare

Waterstart with feet in the footstraps in this kind of wind.

pretty strict stuff. But held up well💪

Oh man I love this video My second week of waterstarting it was gusting to 35mph and my board was not handling the waves/chop well because of the higher volume and I spent a lot of time fussing around in waves, board flipping, to get going again. Not THIS bad but man I feel it

How do you stop the clew of the sail sinking as you try to fly the sail, this is my current annoyance with waterstarting

Já aconteceu isso comigo

Mate I feel so sorry for you, been there done that it’s not fun it’s tiring and you feel like shit by the end of it and when you give up with the waterstart and up hauling becomes the logical option after that and then that goes pear shaped. All in all it’s just such a difficult situation to be in especially when you have the sail flipping back and forth because it doesn’t want to fly across the wind but I hope you got out ok 👍

may I ask roughly how many knots were there.......

please ! Put the Board to up wind

OMG, so many times i dealt the same....its so exhausting! it totally burn you

Under the conditions, I would say "not too bad".

Sail in nicer winds ?

is it possible to achieve the waterstart with boar flipped? depends on the board, or the rider?? haha

My woman said that was horrible to watch and she don't even windsurf lol. If u having problems with sail sinking always head toward to end of mast and work u way down slowly to the board!

How strong was the wind ?

You were really good at it. When it is so windy waterstarting is really tough. Last saturday I almost lost my rig in a strong wind (gust over 45 knots). Not funny at all

Why is the watter so muddy?

ça me rapelle de bonne galere dans 1.50m de vague

"Bitch". Man. I feel every second. well done. Shows just how hard it can be. Everything so light. Dunno wether I can handle that long in the water anymore. Kinda freaky. Such a great sport. But you have to play in an experimental pond these days. Scares the shit out of me. Why does shark come up at s h. That's what I'm fuckin talking about. Shop. Shag. Shank. Nope. Sh Sh SHARK. ahhhhh. Where. 😂. ahhhhh.

Le wish sur la oard et go

pure horror thinking of it... :-D

be fast! but you are always tired ..

That's me most of the time. 😂. Exosted of swimming and not windsurfing 🤦

In fairness wearing gloves probably didn’t help matters. 🧤

我也遇見過相同的情況,當時吹着3 0海浬的強風和類似的海浪。真的有夠刺激和擔心,後來改變平常所慣用的方法，讓帆顶對向上風位,浪板留在下風位罝，背對着浪頭，慢慢把帆頂抬離水面,結果順利的今。成配航並返回岸邊。之後就克服了這情況下返航的問題。下面是別人的影片,但所用的方法相同,希望對遇有相同情況的大家作為參巧:💪💪 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arNzgM6a16rXmIU.htmlsi=-8mHuwPIkZAxn6e6

why not to wear gloves = not cool dude shaka

わざと何回も失敗してたでしょ(笑)

Boring af