Gonebush said..

seabreezer said..
Just a general point / pet pieve - in post above and always hearing this POV down the beach / on forums - classic comments re wavesails HAVING to go neutral to be a true wavesail and waveride with - ........ in my experience is a total myth ... Body positioning and how you move the hands / sail MORE determine if a sail goes ' neutral' off the top - or even needs to go neutral more to the point ! .... Its all in the body language and skills learnt ... Ive got another brands sail - that has lots of preshape and defo not a classic ON/OFF power delivery - yet I can throw it into exactly the same turns etc as my other sails - and in some ways you can make that board turn BETTER with that steady power - once you know how to exploit it / where to park it / what to do with the body positioning to pre-empt it . Its all about techniques and setting up any body & sail placements with 'pre' move techniques ....

You are easily peeved if that annoys you!

However, I admit that my technique is a bit poor and I also tend to wave sail fully powered or overpowered (I'm not really into slog and ride) so both of those things mean I am probably not creating the optimal set-up for DTL sailing.

easily peeved ? .... My wife might agree haha

The whole 'nuetral' thing is something Ive heard thrown about mostly to do with ezzy sails ( I dont ride Ezzy ) , but having listened to it for years - and after jumping on some other brands 'power' wavesails and membranes - Ive realised its a bit anti brand BS .... For example - Ive found there's sails that go toooo neutral off the top (think very soft sails etc ) - I used them for some years .... great for cranking a turn - but that nuetrality can also suddenly make them feel heavy when the lack of battens are not providing glide and drive into your next turn /ie pre shape suddenly disappears and you feel the whole (non aerated / non inflated) arc of the sail weighing down - especially if theyre not built light .. - so its all horses for courses imo

If you want to see how style and power influences change in sail design - look at the severne S1 ..... years ago was a high clew 'uplift' style sail and very on/off - for helping jaegar rip takas and new school moves - (and he consequently had to ride his boom super low to get enough power 'downforce' into his turns - ie spray ) ... these days the s1 has transitioned into a downforce sail with lower clew - to really help exploit power turns / throw better spray off the top / engage fins and rail more ( and now Jaegar rides a normal boom height) ...

sick shots / riding!

drdick said..
ezzy wave 5.5, goya quad 89 2020 and 60 year old grom.

Dick frothing at the point. Nice cuttie Dick. Cheers Jens

Mastbender said..

Tallboy said..
Really nice Video of Kevin Pritchard on the new Ezzy sails in Pacasmayo

Great vid for showing groveling/slogging and wave riding skills, not so sure about how that sail helped much though.
This coming from a hard core Ezzy fan, me.

I agree. Even the music was lame.

Nice waves and DTL sailing though.

Great wave, great sailor, great gear, music made me grate my teeth. ??

Shlogger said..
Great wave, great sailor, great gear, music made me grate my teeth. ??

The story as to why I chose that song for the video began on my last day in Peru as I was getting a lift to the airport in a taxi and the radio was on. The first song that played was Midnight Oil which was weird sitting in traffic in Lima and then the second song came on (the one in the Ezzy video) and I thought it was catchy and asked the driver who it was. He said they were called 'Soda Stereo' and they were very popular in South America. I said I had never heard of them and when I got home, found the song and thought I'll use that for the video.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_Stereo


Just thought I'd also add I wanted to find a classic Peruvian song for the Ezzy video and asked a local what was the most popular Peruvian song.

Flying Dutchman said..

Shlogger said..
Great wave, great sailor, great gear, music made me grate my teeth. ??

The story as to why I chose that song for the video began on my last day in Peru as I was getting a lift to the airport in a taxi and the radio was on. The first song that played was Midnight Oil which was weird sitting in traffic in Lima and then the second song came on (the one in the Ezzy video) and I thought it was catchy and asked the driver who it was. He said they were called 'Soda Stereo' and they were very popular in South America. I said I had never heard of them and when I got home, found the song and thought I'll use that for the video.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_Stereo


Just thought I'd also add I wanted to find a classic Peruvian song for the Ezzy video and asked a local what was the most popular Peruvian song.

Now that works. ;)

bigdaz said..
Had a few more sessions on the new Ezzy Waves (4.2 and 4.7) and I have to say I am really liking them. Nice and light in the hands, lots of bottom end grunt, but still really balanced and well behaved at the top end - massive tuning rang - which means a quick tweak on the beach can keep you on the water longer without having to change sails as often, I also get away with one less sail in my quiver than I use to.
The main difference in feel between the 2020 Taka and the Wave is how the Taka can go completely neutral in transitions and turns, where the Wave has more of a constant feeling of power in the sail, pretty similar to last years Elites, but lighter and more of a crisp, direct feeling - which just makes things happen a little quicker and gets going faster than the Elites. The Wave's are also a bit nicer in handling really gusty conditions and I'd pick Taka's for more consistent wind and classic down the line sailing - the light, free, surfy feeling of the Taka's is pretty awesome and in my opinion hard to beat for those conditions. All in all I'm really stoked with the combination of having the 5.3 Taka for my light wind DTL sail and the 4.2, 4.7 Waves for the gustier/stronger wind days.

Hi bigdaz Having the Taka 5 i am so impressed with that sail even in onshore so stable huge range pulls forward drive acceleration Comparing it to blade pro which suits another power sail category The blade pro force center is further back it is lighter(small difference rig it with 100) it has great drive and maneuverability acceleration but wind range is normal not that big. What about the taka 6 and the new wave in comparison to the taka 5 and elite
thanks

Thanks Taka is maybe the only sail that i was so impressed by the first use.
Other than sail characteristics i want to mention a couple of things 1. After a long session trying to fit your blade pro sail to a tight bag i cant understand the reason for that 2. numbering the mast and sail for easy rigging (like boom height) Details are pretty underlined with Ezzy

Nice Vid of the New Ezzy Wave

Just tried the ezzy wave vs the panther 3 back to back...fee the the ezzy wave is sooo much lighter and livelier!!! Yes gear improves over the years!