Had a nice little sail at Snapper Point this morning with Brett, Bert, Penny and Simon, was powered up on the 5.7 and my 92, flat water with foot high perfect ramps (Brett you left too early!) - how do I jump and what should I be doing just before, during and after the jump? I managed a few cool jumps, planed away from a few as well, but am still not sure I was doing it right...
Easiest way to start with is to go for a straight up and down sort of jump... rocket airs!
Pick a wave that you're going to hit right as it peaks.
Bear away to pick up speed.
Steer back just before the wave to hit it square and at its steepest section.
Launch pointing the nose of your board skyward and let gravity do the rest. You will usually find you come down tail first with a big splash which is the safest way until you build a bit of confidence.
Safe, easy and fun to do.
Once you've done a few of these you can start to work on board and sail trim in the air and progress to big floaty airs with nose first landings.
Thanks to Cain and Richard for the hand.MR MUZZA can you please tell me how to do a back loop after that nice story about jumping
No worries Ty,
Do what you are doing, except try and land with your feet on the top of your board, not your arse on the bottom of the board!
Yes Tony is on the money Dave.Start small and work your way up to bigger jumps,
Also make sure if back looping you don’t do them when it is to shallow, I did yesterday at Snapper and smashed the nose of my board on the reef.
yeah that sucks zub man! i would be devostated too. dave definatly un hook!!! number one rule for learning to jump. it can be deadly if you dont! good speed helps and at seems to work if when u feel your about to get launched of the top of the wave actually kinda jump! like just a normal jump on the land. also good to try and kep your knees bent and stay balance in the air. and do all you can not to land flat. its a good way to snap boards!! and knees and masts! 
One tip for me that has given me lots more control in the airon starboard tack out is to get the front hand back as far as possible or comfortable on the boom, this tends to make you sail with the rig more upright and when you jump you have more pressure in the sail and more control rather than hand forward which pulls the mast angled back,less pressure in the sail and less control.
like SheetIn inthe shot below making a good fig 7,he"s agood jumper and has the broken bones to prove it
Helps to go to somewhere like semaphore in summer and get heaps of practice. Having said that it is on the other tack and I have it easy on one tack and really hard on the other... Helps to point downwind - and have fun! Jumping is sooo much fun so try and enjoy it!
