FREESTYLE windsurfing TECHNIQUE:
switch chacho cana brava

By Mattia Pedrani I-00

Burner, Kono, Air Bob, Air Funnell. How can any of the Old Skool sliding moves match up to any of these tricks common in the PWA’s Big Air move format? Well. They can't. But, the general rule of thumb to bridge the gap between the air moves and the sliding moves is to add technical elements and venture into variation land – on Planet Combo.

Of all the possibilities available, the most tech is still the ‘Cana Brava’ sail duck at the end of a trick. It’s a duck like the simpler ‘Diablo’, but the motion is made behind your back. It can be applied to the end of nearly any switch sliding move, in this particular case, to a Switch Chacho - hence the painfully long nomenclature: Switch Stance Chacho Cana Brava.

Like always, when dealing with variations, you'll need to have regular Switch Chachos and Cana Bravas from a simpler move, like a Flaka for example, perfected, in order to properly mix 'em up like a 5-star chef.