Gecko

One day I got a phone call from a leading windsurfing executive and he asked me to put the Gecko on my sight because his son was impressed by this maneuver when he say Bernd Roediger (a fellow Starboard team rider) perform this manuever at the 2007 Gorge Freestyle Frenzy7. This move was invented by a young Kiri Thode in Bonaire. Sometimes inappropriately called a Flatwater or non-planing Flaka, this move is more like an Upwind 360 except you are not planing and you bury the nose in the water. The key points are learning how to put the board on edge by leading with your heals and leaning your body forward toward the nose of the board. Very light winds and a modern freestyle board (Short by Floaty) is the ideal setup even though I am using an 80 liter board in this demonstration and I weigh 185 lbs (84 Kilos).