Agree that the forward loop is an unnatural windsurf action against the learning "catapult ".
I was lucky that I learnt in Maui and in my mid/late 20s and asked a lot of great loopers and got very helpful pointers.
The under rotation phase then the over rotation bending booms, black eye and broken nose being hooked in harness (extra style points) then wave broke as launched of wave and feet came out but when landed my knee broke my nose.
But the feeling of going for it and when you had it dialled looking around during rotation was such an awesome rush.
In cross shore with peaky ramps is so much easier than onshore mushy waves.
Yes different looping techniques for different conditions but not so good in chop but when half mast and powered up the end over is awesome.