JIMMY DIAZ
“Gybing, I have learned, is a surprisingly technical manoeuvre especially on the race course in the middle of a pack of fast and hungry sailors. there is all sorts of advice about how to gybe better, where you move your hands, where you place your feet and how you shift your weight. For me jibing is about two things: confidence and rails. Confidence…well, you have to work on that one to get it. You can only get that with time on the water. Rails are a different story. There are two types of jibes: firstly, jibes using the tail of the board which is safe, slow, and a bit boring and second, my way of jibing, using the part of the board that is meant to turn the board, ‘the rails!’. Once you intuitively understand that you are meant to use as much of the rail line as possible, then you will really start to turn the board.”