SERIOUS ABOUT WAVES 3

The third and final installment of Peter Hart's Serious About Waves series, this is a TWO disc set all about how to pull off the daddy of all moves - The Forward Loop. Some folks have been waiting for over two years for Peter to finally get this one out. Well the wait is over, and so are the excuses.

So get to work on those forward loops. To do one grants you immediate super-hero status on your local patch. But it is, of course, insanely difficult, wildly dangerous, and should only be attempted by adolescents or those with a hefty life insurance policy. Shouldn't it? Maybe not.

This is surely the most ambitious instructional windsurf project ever. Coaching legend Peter Hart, ably abetted by looping aficionado John "the Rock" Hibbard, takes seven 'normal' windsurfers of both sexes, spanning all ages, backgrounds, and body shapes to Fuerteventura with the sole aim of getting them to loop. What started out as a two week project spanned months - even years, and turned into a compelling, informative, and often hilarious epic.

Along the way the loop is broken into minute detail, with masses of training tips and exercises. But most importantly the program explores what it is that makes you suddenly capable of pulling the trigger and throwing yourself over the handlebars.

Much of Learn to Loop was filmed during the PWA SuperX and Freestyle World Cup, where packs of the sport's idols are on hand to cajole, perform, and tell their own looping stories.

Stunning demonstrations, horrible crashes, tears and laughter - this is a must-see, real life drama of the highest quality. Did the looping hopefuls make it? There's only one way to find out.