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Adrian gives Bernd a hard time

Krusty — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:03:09 +0800

Adrian Levy giving Bernd a hard time in Maui, at about 1.20.
We're all jealous back home Adrian!

Autumn Doldrums

king of the point — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:39:52 +0800

We all know it happens here in SA, but deny it happens, after Easter each year until the NWester's arrive in late May early June with the first winter cold fronts. So to say you are a windsurfer to anybody who don't sail or know anything about windsurfing at this time of year make you look like a wally boarder floating around in 5 to 10 knots on flat water on an one design windsurfer/ SUP and calling it hardcore!!
Now it's a time to take stock of what you want to improve with your sailing this winter/ spring and how best you are going to go about it. Either it may be an equipment up grade or a resolve to ''Harden The F@#K Up'' and go for the next big move that is holding you back .
This is the best thing about wavesailing , you will never fully master or get bored of it and you can always improve.
Look at Mark Angulo at the moment @ 44 years of age, he is still pushing new avenues of wave sailing the younger guys are not even looking at the moment . I know Mark well ,he is the most...

Morning session 8-5-2012 WA

jsnfok — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:05:11 +0800

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Baja 2

Al McLeod — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:21:40 +0800

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Just got back from a trip to Punta San Carlos in Mexico. Got 65kg of gear over there for free with Qantas (awesome) and stayed with Solosports for 3 weeks. Campsite, service and food were all excellent.

Apparently I had unseasonal weather for spring so the wind was more often on the lighter side than crazy 30+ knots that is more common around now. Definitely was not a bad thing - 15-20 knots is plenty to make the place work and the waves stay nice and clean. That said we still had days where guys were pulling out 4.0's. Swell was rarely below head high at The Point and Chilli Bowl for most of the time.

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When the wind didn't blow options included SUP/surfing, mountain biking, hiking or just relaxing and reading a book.
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Falcon ute for wave gear.

Nerdburger — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:11:55 +0800

Just wanted to ask if anyone has a falcon ute and manages to fit wave boards in the back diagonally with 430 mast and 2-3 sails. Wanting new ute and really like xr6T with a hard lip cover for the body back. Longest board is 235cm 100 FSW & 230cm 92 quad.
Ford web site says about 1830 length but thinking i hopefully can get 2 boards in and secure with hard lockable cover & gear.?

santa cruz

ma — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:05:38 +0800

South Africa

Al Planet — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:05:00 +0800

A few stunts...

Greenroom — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:37:12 +0800

Wind Junkies Party

WindsurfingWA — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:12:07 +0800

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TICKETS

http://windsurfingwa.org.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=2&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=86

BUS

There will be a bus running for Mullaloo via Scarborough to Salt. Times and pick locations will be posted ASAP

Gerroa

pilchard — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:35:45 +0800

For those of you who too the chance on the Easter Friday forecast Gerroa turned it on. Wind had a bit of east in it so down the beach was a little less gusty and the big NE swell was peeling head high. The usual suspects were taking it apart.
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Adrien Levy flys high
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Caught inside at my local. I wasn't scared though

waveslave — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:22:18 +0800

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2012 Australian Wavesailing Nationals - Woolgoolga

bowsa — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:32:15 +0800

It is my great great pleasure to announce that the 2012 Wave Nationals WILL take place at Woolgoolga, NSW on the dates of (28/9 - 5/10).

A massive thanks must go out to Warren Holder and Tim Williams for coming to the table and offering expertise and support to make this happen! This will be a QLD event and run by the QLD association which is being formed as we speak.

Anyway, this is obviously great news and the spring dates mean everyone (including the organisers) have plenty of time to make sure we all make this an incredible event. We already have sponsors on board to support the event and this list is growing, so stay tuned for more updates when they arrive.

For those who want confirmation on these dates, these are pretty well locked in stone as the NSWWA event will be happening soon after and this is part of thier season calender.

Also there has been discussion on the General forum about the impact of the event of the event site. On this note we will aim to have a pl...

DLG

Greenroom — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:39:51 +0800

Fast wave in Cape Verde

Yousurf — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:13:04 +0800

MFC SQ 400 custom Quad fins - Red and White 2012/3

russh — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:16:26 +0800

Check these out - arrived today and look sick - even if they are in a home job quad.

Soon to be tested - if we get any wind

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Fins are so overrated

ozpricey — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:59:02 +0800

Not quite windsurfing but impressive none the less. Proof that fins are overrated:

Wave sailing in Vanuatu or New Caledonia

seanhogan — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:48:00 +0800

Have seen some recent posts about New Cal and great bump and jump conditions and a little wave just to the right of the island off the main sailing beach....

Anyone know of actual wave sailing spots (off shore reef)

Being so close to East Coast Australia and receiving pretty consistent trade winds through our cooler winter months it has to be worth a look ????

Fast wave in Mauritius

purplehaze — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:25:56 +0800

Pumping 3 TO 4 M Swell Geraldton Photos

king of the point — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:31:47 +0800

fun vid - not ideal place for sup though !!!!

stehsegler — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:20:43 +0800

famous surfer jumps in half way through vid.

baja

stehsegler — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:15:23 +0800

booking a trip to san carlos in mexico for 3 weeks - april 21st to may 12th. at the moment it is looking like a bit of a solo mission so if anyone is keen on coming let me know.

may is supposed to be peak time for sw swell (apparently the best) and is always meant to be windy. will be good to escape seeing that may is normally our worst month for wind in vic.

few videos of the place:

anyone who has been I would be interested to hear about your experience.

Adding a mast base screw hole to 9'Hokua SUP???

Haircut — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:27:15 +0800

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on making a 9' Naish sup sailable for light wind wave sailing days. I see a lot of talk of 115l boards for light days and know that this sup surfs well, so thought it may be a good adaptation.I think its 125l and I am around 92kgs..

-How would I go about it as I am don't think I would do it myself ? Every time I try a repair with epoxy it just ends up tacky for ever.

-Does the base area need to be reinforced and how much?

-Is it a big job?

-Where could I find a base screw plug for inserting into board? I imagine a standard mast track nut would be too small?

-Where would the screw hole need to be placed exactly ? I have an 11'4 and it seems to be near the handle. -Is there any science to this?

-How do you think it would go with a sail on it. I don't expect to ever plane on it as there is heaps of rocker but should be uphaulable when not enough to waterstart. Gold Coast wind is a tease.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Port Elizabeth - South Africa

EugeneSA4 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:53:33 +0800

Hi All,

Cape Town is not the only place in SA to windsurf, check out this awesome video my mate made. We never really got the great conditions we wanted for the video as this is not our best season for windsurfing, but it will give u an idea.

If you like the video please vote for him!!!

http://freeworldsport.com/videos/ripping-pe-crew/

Please guys n gals, help us win this!!! If you vote for this video we will welcome you with open arms and show you all our secret spots!! Ah hell, we'll do that anyway, always dying for company to sail with, not many windsurfers here!

Please vote for us and tell ur mates to vote as well!!!

More advice for the larger sized...

mahi — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:44:56 +0800

(sorry re-post)

Hello Guys:

I am 46yo 6'6"/230-5# advanced intermediate, and sail mainly flat water freestyle here in Texas (live in Austin, will drive 4 hours to the coast for better wind/waves). Danny Aeberli made me the perfect freestyle board. A custom 125 liter Rodeo that covers me 90% of the time.

I am on a mission for the complementary wave board. I sail Severne S-1 4.7-6.3. Never been to Australia, but we do not see real swell here on the gulf coast. Usually, this is the best time of year, when days of southerly flow get suddenly reversed with a northerly cold front blast. Waves 5-6 ft with a short period, gusty 20-25mph winds.

A few years ago (2009), I was in Baja (PSC), renting RRDs (pre Quads). Winds were 15-20mph, real swell generated, but small waves, I mainly sailed a 115 FSW. It was a bore and felt like a boat. We had one day of @20, and I finally sailed the RRD 99 WaveTwin since I knew I would not be slogging, and it was amazing! My first time on a multi-fin...

Ripping

Yousurf — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:14:37 +0800

Hi all,

Just wanted to post and let you all know that rip. I worked out that bottom turning was gay and that its heaps easier to go down the line and do aerials for glory. I ROCK. Good night all.

Bye
The mega dragon slasher
YOUSURF

Another sweet vid from Tenerife

stehsegler — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:10:50 +0800

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Not quite sure how to embed! Be great if someone with more knowledge than me could for me!

Just come across this on Continent 7 following on from Dany Bruch's film it looks pretty epic with a sick cut too! yewww

Woot! for Wave sailing

northsail — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:35:12 +0800

Did my first jump off a wave and caught my first wave today.

Happy days

dany

northsail — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:29:20 +0800

WWA end of season party

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Wavesailing photos at Pt Leo, Victoria

seksonwheels13 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:49:51 +0800

Hadn't been to Pt Leo in forever so it was a nice treat to see it firing at near best, was howling 30+kn when I arrived at lunchtime and soon dropped a bit around high tide and some nice waves too. :)

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Jodi :)

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