Bonus superfun session in sombre times.

Swan River Perth
E 12-20 knots

Ben, Darryl, Jonah, Paul, Simon, Thomas and Tim






The circled spot is where the action happened - shot with crappy Iphone 7 camera

Love the slow mov. How about a reverse duck (mast to outside of turn)?

I windsurfed there once in November 2003... was all excited to be in Australia and was dying to windsurf. One day was pretty windy and I went down to Pelican Point to rent gear... hopefully a 4.7 and an 85l board. They said they have anything like that for rent, so I asked what was the smallest board and sail they had. It was a 5.8 and a Go Board. I rented it anyway

That is awesome footage. Oh god, I so want to foil so much but we are in lock down pretty much in Ont, Canada. Session 2 hrs last weekend, Serious withdrawal now.

Whats the song?

I'd be happy with the worst of those gybes. :(

Fantastic stuff! You guys are killing it!

The circled spot is where the action happened - shot with crappy Iphone 7 camera


Ah JJ think you might have undersold yourself a little there. From your tracks it's obvious there was a little more action that day than just in the little circled area??

Thank You!!!!!

Hey Simon, there are plenty of good shots of you getting the 360's in sequence. get in touch and I can send you them.

Sorry J.J. for hijacking the thread with pics of normal slapper board gybes. It was a quick grab and post.

CAN17 said..
Simon, how did you get your back staps so close together. What would be the benefit to that, less upwind performance but easier to turn and carve?

CAN17,
I demo'd the Slingshot Freestyle 115 and loved the centre rear strap. That board felt super loose
Thought I would modify my Wizard 105 to get a similar feeling of carving in the straps over the centre line.
For downwind carving on swell, I find being over the centre line is an advantage. When sailing upwind I sail with my back foot out on the rail so don't miss having the straps in the original production position.

2keen said..

CAN17 said..
Simon, how did you get your back staps so close together. What would be the benefit to that, less upwind performance but easier to turn and carve?

CAN17,
I demo'd the Slingshot Freestyle 115 and loved the centre rear strap. That board felt super loose
Thought I would modify my Wizard 105 to get a similar feeling of carving in the straps over the centre line.
For downwind carving on swell, I find being over the centre line is an advantage. When sailing upwind I sail with my back foot out on the rail so don't miss having the straps in the original production position.

Looks good. Probably a lot cheaper then buying the freestyle too

2keen

Can you describe how you installed the new footstrap screw holes. I think that's great, Should work on a 125 as well. On swell my back foot is always out and in the center

Foilnut

I installed new plugs as per Rob Rocks video, with a few exceptions.
The Slingshot deck pad was really tough to remove and destroyed in the removal process so I removed a neat square then just stuck a single new pad on once done
Didn't bother with the bent nail in the drill
Epoxeyd the plugs in let them set, sanded surface then glasses over ( looks like RR does it all at once )

I see the board lady sets her plugs in divinycell before setting them in the deck, maybe someone with experience can let us know if that's necessary.

Simon