4 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLINICS

EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE CLINIC

This type is a private course with only 1-5 participants. During these clinics, I train them the way I train myself when I windsurf.

• We watch videos of the trick/maneuver.
• We visualize the maneuver. Pretend you hold onto something similar as your boom and try to do the move on land.
• We go on the water and practice. Short runs to get more tries.
• We film almost everything so we can watch and see what went well and what needs to be improved/changed for the next session. After watching yourself windsurfing on video, and having someone who can help you analyze your technique, helps a lot. I would say this type of clinic speeds up your progress the most. To be aware of the mistakes early, so you don`t practice a maneuver with bad technique too many times, will help you learn your dream move faster than you think.

TEAM BUILDING

Another type of clinic I do is Team Building for companies. Due to a lack of time, I only do a few every year. I have had some of the biggest companies in Norway joining these clinics, and it`s fun for them to get to know a new sport like windsurfing. At the same time, doing a sport with your colleges make sure you have some fun topics to talk about in the lunch break at work.

BIG SOCIAL CLINIC

This type of clinic I have is a big group of intermediate windsurfers. It is really social and fun! I normally team up with Håkon Skorge. Together we can handle a big group of windsurfers. It`s normally arranged on a weekend with 2 days full of coaching. We do two sessions each day. When you teach so many sailors at the same time it`s important to choose the right spot. We normally go to a bay with shallow water. That makes it easy to stand and communicate with all of our students in the water. A lot of technique talk is also done at the beach. We make sure to know their windsurfing level ahead of the clinic. They tell us their goal for the clinic. Most of the time, out of 30 windsurfers, half of them will have the same level, so we always divide into 2 groups. Like that, the ones with a higher level don`t need to go through “how to waterstart”. Instead they learn how to plane out of a gybe and practice their first jumps or loops. When we are teaching more basic skills, one of the instructors are standing in the water at one spot. Like that the students know where to go to when they need some instructions. If they have a higher level we sail in front of them to show them the move they want to practice. And after we sail behind them to watch what they are doing. After a few tries, we give feedback so they know what to improve. Sometimes all they need to know is “THAT WAS A PERFECT JUMP, YOU ARE READY FOR THE LOOP NOW!”

ODA JOHANNE`S WINDSURFING FESTIVAL WITH CLINIC

Besides these 3 types of clinics, I`m arranging “Oda Johanne`s Windsurfing Festival” in Norway every year. We invite Sarah-Quita to join and we have done it 3 years in a row now. Last year was really amazing with almost 100 people joining our clinic during the festival. It was sunny, windy and a lot of happy windsurfers! It has grown really well and it`s always nice to gather the whole windsurfing community in Norway to this weekend. Besides windsurfing clinics we had a cafe, freestyle show right in front of the spectators. The biggest windsurfing shops had gear people could test available the whole weekend.