I've gotten to this point where I'm getting the nose down first and rotating, but I can't seem to get the move to go all the way around. Can someone who can flaka please help a brother out in the comments section? I'm looking at you Brendan, Chachi, and the rest of youse guys!
**whoever gives me the tip that unlocks the move will WIN one of the beers from the case.
***I filmed this using Sergey's Mast Mounted Cam previously discussed on the blog -- it worked like a charm!
**** using my 86 Freestyle Wave in the video due to some "damage" to my freestyle board, which might not be ideal for learning, but I've always thought practicing things slightly handicapped is a good thing.
***** I just like asterisks. They're cool, huh?
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Let me know how they go! I'll need those tips too! I'd like to figure them out (or any new trick for that matter), before I hit the big four-oh.
I'll let you know. I nearly made one yesterday but biffed the end of the 360 (board sunk, I catapulted)
So far the tips have been:
1. Andy McKinney: position mast to the outside of the turn.
2. Brendon: Lead more with the sail, start the sail and body before the board.
3.Brian Miller: move hands back on boom and throw sail a few more inches forward.
Hey, Aaron, thanks for the link! Why do you keep linking to .net, though? :) Good luck with flakas!
Yo Sergey... I'm mentally challenged... for some reason I thought that was the URL (like videojibe.net). Will fix all the links!
Do them on starboard? :)
Can you do an upwind 360 in the straps? The tricktionary says that is a good pre-move to work on. (I think I saw you start one in your video - but with a sail and foot switch at the last minute?) You seem to be getting a lot of the move already, just the ending sail control is missing?
Cheers, Carl
Carl, I started doing the upwind 360 at the end of last season and can do them in the straps pretty consistently on port (slightly less so on starboard). The move I did in the video was just a helitack, but I thought it looked kinda cool.
I made 2 wet ones the other day (spun all the way through, but splashed on my back after the 360), was able to water start in the straps, but I don't think they counted... so I think any day now I'll get lucky with my first "actual" flaka.
Cool. Vulcan vs. Flaka, which is harder or more scary to learn?
I've been thinking of making a post about vulcan/spock vs. flaka. I remember hearing that the vulcan is the hardest freestyle move to learn but I think the flaka actually takes a lot of people longer to figure out.
The vulcan is probably the "least scary" aerial freestyle trick. Flaka is no where near as "scary" as the forward loop, but it definitely takes some balls to go for. (top speed downwind, now jump and stick your nose) The crashes when you're learning the flaka are probably the worst I've had in terms of twisting knees and ankles and getting stuck underwater in weird positions. No time off the water, but definitely a few days of limping.
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