Ive used the windwaker and the deku leaf but I still cant catch a single updraft!! what am I doing wrong!

did you get the magic upgrade?

First of all make sure you jump and use the Deku Leaf. The secret of it is to time when you start with the Deku Leaf. Start so when you get to it, the whirl wind thing will lift you up higher; just keep trying to get each whirl wind thing and you should be able to make it across the finish line and get your piece of heart.

If it is in one of the fairy islands, then yes. Also, I end up touching the water right before the first updraft if not I dont even get close to the second

You get the double magic meter by defeating one of these Octopusses in the great sea. The easiest way is to use your boomerang. When defeated the fairy will appear and give you the double magic meter.

do you know the coordinates (if you do I would read it as FF being A1 and the one to the right bieng A2)

there was one time that i tried to do it and got all the way to the end. bu i fell right under the banner and lost

I think that the giant octo that gives you double magic is south of 2 eye reef.

Okay thanks I'll have to try that

I have the double meter. But I can't seem to beat this contest despite countless tries. The closest I've gotten is 254.

The problem is not hitting the cyclones as much as running out of magic just short of the finish line.

I find if I can hit the second cyclone I will have enough altitude to stay above the water till I nearly reach the finish line and run out of magic instead. This is important since any detouring means another second of magic lost and it seems you can't spare a second of it and get there.

I'm starting to wonder if I were to jump off and make a beeline straight through, accidently hitting one of the cycles along the way so I don't run out of height, whether I'd even then still be able to have enough magic to reach that finish line.

I started out with 900 some rupees, and some hours latter I was down to 200 and something, and I still couldn't reach that finish line. It feels virtually impossible to me.

I beat the contest. Its all about trying to hit the cyclone at the highest point(and not trying to fly over the cyclones(which I almost did once)


Also, if the cyclone seems to be going out of reach just by a little bit, or you think you are gonne have to move direction to go for it, you are going to lose, because you lose magic and altitude trying to go for it

It's all about jumping at the right time. And also, I used a north east wind direction when I won.

The best way to give yourself an edge straight off is to take out the deku leaf just before you hit the water when you jump, but also when you are close enough to the first cyclone to reach it in time. That way you get some distance without using your magic. Once I started doing that, it only took a few tries to finish.

I tried using the leaf right before hitting the water in lots of tries. That does seem to help, but then using it right away and ignoring the first stationary cyclone seems to produce similar results(but is more difficult) Either way I fall just short.

Yes I had the wind going the right way.

The cyclones just give you height, not speed right? So I don't see any need to get more then the first one or two. Its running out of magic thats the challenge, not as much keeping high up.

You have to do everything at the right time, jump off the cliff, catch the updrafts, and cross the finish line!