i know jack about windsurfing, but it seems to be popping up in more vids lately

or is it just what i'm seeing on the breeze.

has kite surfing pushed wind surfing back in vogue

some insane things being do on waves- high performance stuff

cheers

Ever put a windsurfing sail on a SUP with the right conditions its a lot of fun

statistics can be read however one wants. I think that windsurfing seems to have gone through its big times and its bad. Looks like it has reached a stage of treading water. I do think that the windsuping that is becoming more popular some people may go back to windsurfing. I was away from the sport for about 20 years and back into it with vengeance, between that and SUP I dont have any time to surf anymore.

The most interesting thing about the windsurfing chart is the seasonal peaks. Obviously the Euros dig their gear out each summer and post like crazy then put their gear away and go skiing or snowboarding.

Search for "windsurfing, skiing, snowboarding" and the trends are almost perfectly complimentary, although the magnitude of the snow sports is much bigger than windsurfing.

CMC said...
... The Google trends does not monitor how many people visit Windsurfing sites as a whole only how many Google the term itself. ...

Google does indirectly monitor traffic to web sites. The number of searches is only part of it.

Google has software bots that trawl through web pages and counts the number of links to a web site from other web sites. The one with the most links is the most popular. It then applies that popularity factor to the links so the most popular site linked to by the most other popular sites is even more popular and appears at the top of the Google listings.

Every time you post a link to a web site counts as another vote for that web site so the more people looking at and sharing and posting on a web site, the more it features in Google's results.

This is why forums often get strange posts for products. The link to the product gets multiplied by the popularity of the forums and the products get bumped up in the Google results.

Gorgo said...

The most interesting thing about the windsurfing chart is the seasonal peaks. Obviously the Euros dig their gear out each summer and post like crazy then put their gear away and go skiing or snowboarding.

Search for "windsurfing, skiing, snowboarding" and the trends are almost perfectly complimentary, although the magnitude of the snow sports is much bigger than windsurfing.

CMC said...
... The Google trends does not monitor how many people visit Windsurfing sites as a whole only how many Google the term itself. ...

Google does indirectly monitor traffic to web sites. The number of searches is only part of it.

Google has software bots that trawl through web pages and counts the number of links to a web site from other web sites. The one with the most links is the most popular. It then applies that popularity factor to the links so the most popular site linked to by the most other popular sites is even more popular and appears at the top of the Google listings.

Every time you post a link to a web site counts as another vote for that web site so the more people looking at and sharing and posting on a web site, the more it features in Google's results.

This is why forums often get strange posts for products. The link to the product gets multiplied by the popularity of the forums and the products get bumped up in the Google results.

I am aware of how to get a higher ranking on Google. HTML coding like meta tags etc also help to increase your listing as a site.

You are confusing Google trends with Google search engine.

Google trends is more just statistics of how many people punch in certain terms to Google search engine. If you have a good search listing on Google people will find you when they search. Trends is just a statistics package of what people search for. As I said I think it just needs to be qualified a little and not taken as a pure indicator if participation.

My 10.5 has two spots for a windsurf rig, Whats a ball park price for a rig for lets say a light to moderate day windsurfing ?

62mac said...

Here you go Lacey join in mate.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/

Oh god, don't start him.

62mac said...

Here you go Lacey join in mate.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/

no chance mate.

watch only

laceys lane said...

62mac said...

Here you go Lacey join in mate.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/

no chance mate.

watch only

Hey L/L - I got a coupla starboards in the garage so lets hit the alley with a sail - that should just about cover every type of watercraft out there then.

teatrea said...

What about those Kite wings for a supYou could tack up wind lacey fold it up and paddle back down wind , no need for the broom broom

is he just hanging on?

teatrea and bb, as i said i know jack about windsurfing, that also means i know nothing about sailing.

paddleboards keep me broke enough thankyou very much

aus301 said...

I think there has been a bit of a return to the sport from some that may have taken some time off over the years, but not sure there is a huge influx of new people taking it up. It is can be quite expensive gear wise and can also be very time consuming.

We do now see around 20 guys out when there is some wind and swell at the Alley, which is an increase over past years.

Across the summer just gone there was a learn to windsurf event doing the rounds across australia, this was an initiative from an importer and a number of retailers and seems to have been quite successful.

Im in the process of gearing up with second hand gear and looking forward to getting out there by Xmas surf in the morning sail in the arvo

I use to do a lot of sailboarding back in the mid 80's to early 90's. Cronulla on a good afternoon would have up tp 60 in the water and same at Gerroa (about 100km south of Sydney). Now there might be 10 if that. I would like to get back to it. Spent too much on SUP's lately tho.

Doggie, you sure are in the right place for it, you will find with your access to good conditions you will progress pretty fast. The conditions are the thing that holds back beginners on the east coast.

teatrea said...

Yeah Lacey i think you just hang on , must have some kind of teather though.Checked out their site and got me interested , they are actually not that expensive.

You do just hang on so that's gutsy effort.. I made one many years ago before you could buy them.. They can be used with a skate board and snowboard.. There was a similar type for windsurfing called the wind-weapon.. or something like that.

DJ

Beat me to it Greenroom. One of the best vids I have seen for a bit, fantastic work Matt!!!