Chris 249 said..

lotofwind said..
Bugger, you caught me out, gezzzz your a smart one. If that is the first and only sailor back then in France, why does he need a sail number ??????

I heard someone down the beach yesterday say the LT is like an Elvis impersonator at the RSL. Young kiddies dance to it cause they don't know any better yet and the oldies dance to it cause they prefer life 50 years ago.
I don't get what they mean though as I have never heard of a Elvis before????

Funny, the other day someone said that kiters and windfoilers are like teenyboppers drooling over their Noah Centinio posters and looking up Seventeen for advice on how to wear the latest trend of knee-high boots and flannel. Because after all, nothing is important as fashion and keeping up with the cool kids. Or you could go with the Alpaca trend, because after all what really matters is being trendy.



Y'know, it's sort of funny that someone who has a pic from 1982 on his profile is so obsessed with slinging **** at other things for being old fashioned. The Young Ones are only a few years newer than the Windsurfer in Oz, so if Windsurfers look old then you must look pretty crusty yourself.

Hey Chris, I'm not slinging anything. While I appreciate comedy is very subjective, funny is funny, even if it has the potential to offend. I found (and find) some of Lotofwinds comments pretty funny. I don't necessarily
agree with what he writes. To suggest that laughing at something endorses it is being naive to human behaviour.

Like pretty much any recreation or past-time a "retro" market exists in Windsurfing and has very passionate enthusiasts. I came very late to windsurfing and really wish I had learnt it as a kid or younger adult. Perhaps I too would have the same passion for the the LT as many of the contributors to this thread do if I had the same sense of nostalgia they do. I can't change the past. I can relate to your passion and enthusiasm, just not for the same thing.

The only issue I have with some of the comments posted by some LT lovers is that they have the same undertones of religious zealots trying to convert non-believers. I love reading how much you guys love your sport but comparisons and general statements about other forms of the sport tend to divide rather than unite (just like different religions).

Who started this thread? Obviously someone who loves the LT!

Well after the Nationals of all sailboard classes, the windsurfer lt had more entrants than formula , race board , foil and bic techno combined !

This Outstanding 1982 advertisement of a very beautiful sailor speaks for itself.

Can someone in Sydney please re-enact this shot of Rhonda Smith from 1983 but do it on an LT. It is very cool and it might be one of the top windsurfing shots ever.

Jethrow said..
I don't think you're allowed to windsurf on that part of the harbour anymore...

Yes it appears so. That makes that cover pretty cool. Rhonda Smith also very good subject.

epic!

I love the old historic photographs from back in the 70's.

I have it on good authority, that this ,whatever it is long Tom, has neither ruined, nor replaced windsurfing.
Studies from Iceland to Tibet released, of course in the shadow of covid19 events, have confirmed that windsurfing is alive. Since this thread started like 5 months ago, the Sky has not fallen, the earth has not melted,nor dipped out of orbit, the sun hasn't kooled.
alive and well , depends on a definition.New gear, is somewhere waiting to be released like the F1 season it's on a back burner.

I like the photos, more females, less of guys half hug each other.

Anyone know the actual boom measurement of the sail ? Think they supply a 180-240 cm boom but the exact boom would be great!

To the original question ,
i think no ,
It did not ruin it at all.
Do kiters , surfers , foilers have the opportunity of having this conversation ?

Can anybody tell me what the letters LT stand for? Strangely, I was not able to find the meaning of this acronym :)

RichardG, thank you! Do I get it right that nowadays LT stands more for a long board in general, and not that much for light technology? Which year was the Windsurfer LT created?