This news as been out a while but seems no one here has caught on yet.
It is an end of another long era in windsurf history.

bye bye Gaastra - hello GA's.

That will go down well.
"Today we are proud and excited to introduce our new logo for Gaastra: GA

We will follow the spirit of the time and update the brand logo ?Gaastra? into the new modern ?GA? logo!
We will not leave behind our roots and history, but in tribute to globalisation and our international relations we will take-off into a new era. Providing fresh artworks to serve future-proof existing and new markets.

We will now refresh the classic Gaastra image to be more progressive and be prepared for the future.?

See the new logo here.
www.windsurfing44.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11011&start=30

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Cleaning out underneath the house the other day and finally came to terms with saying goodbye to my gear from 1986 . In the picture is a Bombora South Pacific (which weighs around 15kgs), a custom fibreglass board made by a local sailor Russel McCamley with 90degree rails the entire length of board, a Gaastra 5.8 Speed Slalom sail, a 4.5 North Slalom Spider (by D Ezzy), a plastic Multi-fin from Byron Bay with the mother of all chord widths and two very narrow tie-on booms.

Brought back many fond memories and made me realise I had lost 20 precious years that I had given the sport away.







Also found this press clipping from Dec 30 1986 of me sailing the custom slalom board and gaastra sail - the most carefree days of my life just after finishing school and before starting uni. Tried to defer uni so I could sail forever but alas my dreams were cut short.



Apologies if I have bored anyone to death with my reminiscing.