Took up windsurfing at 15, 46 now ,still going strong, allways good to refresh and not get lazy with setup/ tuning. Thank you for the video.Before i had a car, i BURIED my kit on the beach, DID UP AND RIG UP!

!!!TRUE STORY!!! So im a 11yr old 50kg boy and i never got actually planing so i saw this tutorial and tuned my sail perfect and i went on water with a 4.2 m sail completely flat water and about 16kts had a 160 l board and got planing without being in harness or foot straps i was screaming after getting planing. Thanks Nico! got my first planing experience because of these tutorial videos! keep up the good work!!

I finally know what the Tack Strap does.

Super helpful and well explained. Thank you!

Best all round tuning video I have ever come across. Thank you!

Great, as always! 😀

Lots of useful info here, and it makes sense with what I am now learning/experiencing

Modesty is saying it's a sail when it's actually a wing. Beautiful camber.

For me a very clear explanation, thanks!

Very clear ans compact.thanks!

Awesome!! ✌️✌️👏👏

Thanks Nico Really helped

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Thank you for your tuning tips. Very clear.

Great video, I’m having a lot problems with harness lines. And definitely will try to adjust the balance out of water. Tnx

Fantastic

Hi Nico, this is my 2nd season windsurfing,and all this information you provide is very helpful. Thank you

Great video NiCo. Would love to see a tuning video on the new high aspect foil sails when you can! Be good to hear your tuning thoughts on those :)

these videos help so much! thanks

Hi Nico, great videos you’re the man. When you talk about fins, can you explain what the softness of the fins do and how they perform?

Great Video very helpfull,

Thanks a lot for these tuning videos and all the professional explanations of your windsurfing videos. I am a hobby windsurfer and I appreciate it a lot that you as a PWA windsurfer gives us all these interesting and informative insider information. This helps me so much to improve and clarify my knowledge! I wish you all the best for your competitions and please continue with your interesting insider VLOG.

Very good video, helps a lot.

Best vid!!

Simple a clear with Nico 😉

Love it Nico!

So spot on and good video - will try out your advice next time

Great !!!!

Best trimming video I've seen for a while. Well down. The "too much downhaul" hint might turn out to be really helpful

Heya Nico, have been following you for a while now and just want to say keep it up, I really enjoy your video’s! I shared this video and the board video on the dutch forum, cuz I think it could help a lot of people and you explain really clearly and go a bit deeper than most! What I’d really like to see still is a video about your trim for foiling! Mastfoot/footstraps, foil rake/stab rake, sailtrim/harnesslines etc.

Thanks man it helpt 🤙🤙

Very good advice ! Thx

good stuff bro

Very interesting was the point that less downhaul more pressure on the board. May I add two things? For going upwind, you need some more outhaul tension (But the video was about going fast, so probably just downwind). Boomheight: With a higher boom you have more pressure on your back foot, a lower boom produces more pressure on your front foot. So you can adjust your boomheight by watching the pressure balance of your feet.

I feel I just learned everything I needed to learn 20 years ago when I started surfing

Very useful video Nico. What about the battens stiffness and regulation? How do they influence the trim?

thanks Nico

Very informative and useful series Nico! I think we will see a lot faster guys around the national circuits this year! haha

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Hi Nico, really like your videos. One question: you showed several possibilities for triming and getting faster. Mastposition, footstrap position, boom etc. Do you have a specific sequence when you start optimizing your settings? In other words: do some settings have more impact than others? Thanks for your support? JW

Very interessting how to get faster!

This is very helpful Thanks for all the tips

ace m8!

Hi Pico keep up the good instructional movies. On the sailing ones I think a drone will enhance your sailing videos a lot of good. Anyway just keep it up. Windsurfing needs to come back to its former glory also ask in every video to give you a like. This will help the channel out big style

Nice one Nico, lots of good tips. Thanks. Really looking forward to the fins video. Fin selection sometimes really confusing

This is a good video

Hi Nico! I have a v8 with two mini cams. I never know well how much outhoul should I gave to the sail. Usually I gave 3 cm approx. What is your recommendation? What happen if I gave too much over 3 cm, and what will happen if nothing, just click on the boom without any extension?

Hey Nico! Would batten tension be a subject in a future video ? Or batten tuning just means maximum tension on the screws ? Loved the detailed vid!! 🔥🔥

Now I know how to adjust the harness line position. Tks.

Good

Found this video very information packed. learned some key tips from this Nico. Do you ever play with camber spacers? Keep up the good quality videos

Hi Nico, when you are trying to put the harness lines in the right position, do you stand the sail on the beach by itself and hold the middle of the harness line or do you plug it into the board before doing that?

I watch again this video, maybe I will win your racing sails haha

You made little to no mistakes in your tips, great! A lot of these things apply to wave sails as well. Just remember that overtightening your clew will 'increase control' but also make your sail more rigid thus resulting in a more volatile sail that's less elastic; giving you too múch control. For most wave sails in light wind conditions: very loose clew, very loose downhaul (tight leech), higher boom, baseplate forward (optionally: tighten battens) High wind: Tight clew, lower boom, medium to medium-high downhaul (looser leech), baseplate more backwards. Overpowered: Low boom, Medium clew, Very tight downhaul (very loose leech), baseplate backwards a lot. Optionally: untighten battens Make sure when reducing boom height you also balance out your clew again, since everything changes together. Question to Nico: would having less downhaul in slalom sails give you earlier planing and faster acceleration as well?

hi nico good tips. please add batten tention trimming as well... thank you.

Thanks for excellent video. What about batten tension and mast collar height?

What adjustable harness lines do you prefer? I find that all i've tried with plastic cleats will slide/lenghten during hard sailing.

Ciao Nico, thanks for you videos. Would It be possibile to have a video with all the differnces between the boards? I still dont get the true difference between slalom and free ride, ecspecially with the same volums

Hey Nico! Nice videos. One thing I noticed is that on your harness lines you have the adjustment stopper set on your front hand. Should this not be set on your backhand for both sides? Just curious if it is a personal preference or there is any logic behind it? P.S. I used to compete in the olympic RS:X class :) Looking forward to that fins video. Cheers

You haveing early planning difficulties. Board stoping while trying to get in to the straps ? Lift that boom high so you can only get in the harnes ( hip high harness hook ) on your toes.

Hi guys. You are invited to come to the Caribbean to do some windsurfing here on the coast!

super arbeit :) bitte weiter so :D peace!

Thanks for super video.:) I will be honest, I was also expecting some batten tension tuning.

hmm Nico Du has nicht alle Fragen beantwortet :-( does not matter, I need to ask my question just the same ... you suggest harness lines at chest height on the boom I have always aimed for shoulder or even chin height what gives ?? and keep doin' what yur doin' !! :-) Herzlichen Dank aus Kanada

Hey Nico, I die not find any advice in the Internet: While I‘ve seen many sailers (especially slalom sailers) going out hard overpowered I tried myself too but failed 😄 What is the secret to go out such overpowered? Can u do a tutorial for that?

dear Nico, you say for 6.4 it should be rig with an rim mast. but on the neilpryde website they say "for 6.4 with an rdm mast make sure to put enough batten tension to be sure the sdm camber have good contact with the rdm mast" as I bought myself a 6.4 Evo11, I am wondering if I should or not buy an rdm 430... thanks for the help

I have a question. Have you some tips te surf forward. Bc when I'm stay at the back of my board. then I keep going with my nose to the wind.. is it bc there is to much power back? Can you help?

Nice video Bro ! What's about battens tension ? I look forward to fins video :)

Hast du das Flight Evo schon im Gepäck? Wenn du das einmal vorstellen könntest, wäre das mega!

Sorry für die Detailfrage: Steckst du beim Aufriggen den ganzen Mast rein oder zuerst nur das Top und steckst den Mast erst danach zusammen?

Hello Nico. For extra speed have you ever tried polishing your boards underneath with teflon boat polish ? I see a great difference. The boards actually slip out of your hands they are so smooth. I'd be interested to know if anybody does in fact polish the bottom of their boards anymore ? Cheers and thanks for your super videos.

Almost as much as tuning parameters like in a Formula 1 car... 😉 🏆🥇just much cheaper and enviromentfriendly! 👍🏼

Could you tell us what your batten pressure is in comparison to speed or recreational sailers ?

Hey Nico, I did not find any advice in the Internet: While I‘ve seen many sailers (especially slalom sailers) going out hard overpowered I tried myself too but failed 😄 What is the secret to go out such overpowered? Can u do a tutorial for that?

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Hi Nico! great video!! One question, I always try to sail with the boom higher but the front foot tends to come off the strap..... What do you recommend?? Thanks

Wann geht die Saison für dich eigentlich wieder los, also wann hast du deinen ersten Wettkampf dieses Jahr?😎

Hi Nico, I’ve been using Slalom gear for a couple of years now and I run similar gear to you. I run 2017 JP Slalom boards (71 & 85 wide) and Neil Pryde Evos (7 & 10). I’m finding I’m struggling to use the gear properly coz I have no front foot pressure unless I run the boom at the bottom of the cutout which means I bounce off the water. I run a carbon 37.5 Cm Z Fin SLM S- in my 71 wide and a 44cm Tribal CL 2 Carbon Fin in my 85 wide. I weigh 72 kgs and my harness lines are 30’s. My front foot gets bounced out all the time in chop and find it frustrating and dangerous. It’s got to the point where I hate doing Slalom now. Any tips that you can give me to cure this problem would be appreciated. Cheers. :)

Hello! Thank you for your video. Is it possible to put the english subtitles in it? I would help me a lot :) thank you for consideration :)

Very nice rigg, but oeeh so expensive!!!

In this video you say something about the “outhaul”. You are using an “adjustable outhaul”. How does it work? Can you make a video how does it works on the water?

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you, nice and cute boy :)

Where are you man? That you need iron bars in your windows!!! Get away from there and come to a la e where you don't need them at all