Fin 1st Sailing

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Another light wind play-time maneuver is riding the board fin first. In this depiction, I also demonstrate a very slow board 360.
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Rider: Royn Bartholdi
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1)  Unhook, get out of the straps. Sheet out and head the board downwind.
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2)  Let the board ride dead downwind.
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3)   Step the back foot to the front of the board and weight that foot. Then sheet in the sail.
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4)  Start sailing fin first, positioning your front foot close to the mast base.
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5)  Guide the board with your front foot and the sail.
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6)  Move the mast forward/backward to turn the tail of the board in the direction you want.
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7)  Ditto...
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8)  Turn the tail of the board downwind and step both feet to the front of the board.
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9)  Step the new backfoot around the mast.
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10)  Stabilize the board.
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11)  Complete the board rotation.
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