This is more footage from Steve McBride when he was coaching us leading up to 2017 Laser Midwinters East in Clearwater.

This one is about fore-aft mobility for weight placement while surfing waves.  I really value the knees-up, weight-on-your-feet technique, and this is why...

Moving aft picks the bow out of the water when you have power in the rig.  Also I was finding that shifting my weight aft was helping my turns, preventing my bow from catching so much.

This footage comes from Steve McBride who coached a bunch of us in Clearwater leading up to 2017 Laser Midwinters East.

I call this skill pivoting: look at the cascade effect as it travels up the fleet. The 5th boat from the right pivots up into the wind to try to salvage their hole, then the 4th boat does (me) then the 3rd, then the second. If you don't know how to do it, you lose your lane!