In the sport of windsurfing, sailing Switch-Stance means you are sailing with your feet in the
footstraps but on the leeward side of the board. In other words,
your feet are on the wrong side of the board.
The functional significance of this technique is the ability
turn rail to rail in swell or waves without getting out of the footstraps.
Besides this, Switch-Stance is a method used by advanced sailor
to tweek a standard move much like maneuvers that are performed Clew-First.
Switch Stance variations have become very popular since about 2000.
Since almost all maneuvers can be performed in Switch-Stance I have
included them in their respective categories. However, I also
created a category exclusively named Switch-Stance
to illustrate some fundamental Switch sailing.
Firstly, getting into Switch can be accomplished in two ways.
Jibing into Switch Stance, called
Transition #1,
and performing the feet switch while sailing, called
Transition #2.
The fundamental Switch maneuvers are the
Cut Back,
Jump Jibe,
Jump Slide, and
Duck Jibe.
