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ssailor
Far too distracted from work Joined: 11 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 430 |
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Topic: Windsurfing Posted: 29 May 07 at 10:28am |
The first ones are from Bigbury Bay nr Plymouth, the last two wave shots are from Avon Beach, Christchurch and the Freestyle (flat water) pic is from Rutland
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Any one in need of quality carbon fibre work (tillers etc) at decent prices!
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Stefan Lloyd
Really should get out more Joined: 03 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1599 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 May 07 at 5:40am |
Where were the photos taken?
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ssailor
Far too distracted from work Joined: 11 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 430 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 May 07 at 1:02am |
Um hellllooo, windsurfing is still rocking, getting into it couldnt be simpler, head on down to yor local rya centre, and have some lessons, the new kit makes it alot easier to learn, with alot less of the falling off!
Heres some sneaky pics from some of my comps recently... and yes im still racing a 600 when i can! give it a go you may like it! |
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Any one in need of quality carbon fibre work (tillers etc) at decent prices!
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Rob.e
Really should get out more Joined: 19 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 545 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 6:16pm |
Yup, I think I raced against 750 boards in at least two Round Hayling Marathons: you won't see that nowadays!
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 5:37pm |
Nobody disputes that windsurfing is easier to learn now and the equipment has improved. However around the time you were first going to school, early to mid 80s, there was a huge windsurfing boom and yes it certainly was at that time 'a cheap alternative to other forms of sailing', with vastly more people participating than do so today. There used to be massive races such as the Round Hayling with several hundred people taking part. All long gone, unfortunately. If you think I'm anti-windsurfing you couldn't be more wrong.
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WildWood
Posting king Joined: 14 Nov 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 136 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 1:45pm |
err do either of you guys have any idea what you're talking about? Windsurfing is easier to learn now than ever after the development of wide more stable boards. There are countless places round the UK coast where you can see loads of windsurfers out on any windy weekend. I don't think it was ever 'a cheap alternative to other forms of sailing'. Certainly a faster alternative though in the right conditions. Maybe it isn't quite as popular as it was, but neither is dinghy or yacht sailing! If you want to go properly fast windsurfing is still the way to go. There aren't many boats easily capable of 25+ knots where as even average windsurfers can achieve this on kit that costs less than a grand. |
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 11:45am |
A bit of both really. The "hey, rad dude" brigade have moved on to kite-boarding. Meanwhile equipment manufacturers more or less abandoned beginners on limited budgets in favour of preaching to the converted, with huge quivvers of sails and boards for every occassion. It can't be presented as a cheap alternative to other forms of sailing any more. It's not dead but it is certainly much smaller than it was 20 years ago.
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getafix
Really should get out more Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2143 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 11:12am |
... wind surfing, wasn't this popular a while back? where have
they all gone, was a time you couldn't move on the beach for people
either rigging up or getting a breather between runs, now you're lucky
if you see more than 1 or 2 out at a time
was it a fad or did the sport 'eat itself' by trying to introduce too many variants and variables and bam-boozling the public with costly kit you didn't really need to just enjoy yourself ... get the same feeling sometimes at the dinghy show, seems a lot of "new" boats get launched just to justify SMOD marketing departments existence rather than any effort to reach a new market or get more people on the water |
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Feeling sorry for vegans since it became the latest fad to claim you are one
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Wes
Groupie Joined: 24 Aug 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 97 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 07 at 10:29am |
Windsurfing really is a get stuck in and learn by falling off type sport. You'll get better through coaching, but nothing beats learning where you can place your feet by putting them in the wrong place and falling off a lot! When you were windsurfing before, what was your standard? How much do you weigh, what's your budget and what's your asperations (fast blasting, coastal sailing etc). I can easily point you in the right direction, but you'll also get some great feedback on the boards forum. Edited by Wes |
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radixon
Really should get out more Joined: 27 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2407 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 07 at 7:58am |
The other bit of advice is maybe to go on a course to brush up your skills. As well as doing that, you can also try out different board/rigs.
Depending on where you are, there are many centres around. check out the RYA website. |
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