Can anybody tell me why masts cost so much compared to other windsurfing products, are they high in labour to make or are we just getting ripped off ?

Wishbone = $300

Make pole longer thingy = $150

Attach pole to plank doova lackie = $150

String = $5

Still priceless

It's like surfboards

Everyone complains about the price until they have to make one.

The NP race ones are so expensive 'cause you have to pay for 2. The one you bought originally and then the replacement they give you for "free" when the first one breaks rigging.

Well I make all my own boards and fins, have made a few booms, played with sails. But I wouldn't contemplate making a mast, ( well apart from a few shortlasting fantasies). Frankly I wouldn't know where to start, guess I could figure it out with trial and error, but something tells me by the time Igot it right I could have bought more masts than I'm ever going to use.

Can you now explain all the kiters' great aversion to hitting the lip hard?

When I saw a 'dope on a rope' at their local, they were nowhere near hitting the lip! A wave that went from the point to the bay they spent the whole time infront of the wave on the flats and when they did get anywhere near the shoulder, they passed it, then attempting a cutback, only to produce big spray from digging in their edge and comming to a stop, repeating the whole process over again, over a 300 to 500 metre distance

'slave,
you seem to be on a mission to convert windsurfers to kitesurfing.
whilst your posts are amusing (and by all means keep em coming)
don't you think that followers of any given sport may do it because of the rush or satisfaction each individual wants to achieve!
equipment is a byproduct. the sport is the drive.
maybe you should think of doing both again!
nothing like a balanced opinion.
as someone said "there's nothing worse than a reformed smoker!
regards greenleader.

Isn't it amazing how practically EVERY topic on this forum gets hijacked and turns into a slugg fest between windsurfers and kitesurfers?

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Originally posted by garynoel

Isn't it amazing how practically EVERY topic on this forum gets hijacked and turns into a slugg fest between windsurfers and kitesurfers?

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Hijacked ??
I'm afraid you're mistaken, Garynoel.
Read my post.
Yeah, the post that refers to the exorbitant cost of windsurfing masts.
The post that is directly on-topic.
No hijack, jack.
Unlike your off-topic, trouble-making reply.

Good masts are expensive.
Bad masts are cheap.
Expensive masts are not always as good as they might seem.
Cheap masts may not be bad, but they tend to be.
And ya can't trust easy answers
They're just answers that mislead.

I've tried cheap n nasty.
I've tried expensive too.
You have to be discriminating
Thats what I conclude.
So I'm savin all my bikies
And I'm workin day and night
And when I've got a pile of dough 20 stories high
I'm gonna buy a real mighty mast the envy of the crew.
One thats made of bucky tubes n real expensive glue
And good vibes and fairy dust n tons n tons of smiles
And when I find it, if youre very nice,
I'll let you have a ride.

nice poem NotWal!