Seeing jenna De Rosnay up close and personal as she saunters from the water is a sight Ill never forget or the other 50 guys who just stood and stared. Jeez, what an arse!!!!!!!!

Nice! $159 US for some PVC pipe. I'm sold!

I like the line "finally training wheels for windsurfers". This idea, in a superior form, came out about 1983. One thing that really bugs me* is "inventors" who assume that they are far more brilliant than all who have come before, when in fact they are just recreating a flopped idea they were too lazy to research.


* as well as the "anyone who sails a board I don't choose to sail is a dag" crowd

the mermaid cracks me up.

reminded me of a mate that bought a setup that consisted of 2 windsurfers with a trapeze to turn it into a catamaran.

Comrade gg
This bra for boom you speak of, he is good yar not gimick ?

kremster, are you wanting female apparrel in front of your eyes while you windsurf?to remind you of the brest ussr speed trials?

...and don't forget STARBOARD HYPERVOMIT (again) I had one once

how about " the shark " three piece board from the eighties!

bolt it together with allen keys with it's own giant suitcase!

or mistrals inflatable windglider beginners kit that fell to bits and deflated in front of your eyes.

I cant help thinkin there was probably some merit in a lot of that stuff. Isn't it the way that stuff doesn't necessarily succeed or fail because of its inherent properties but because of its success in the market place. You all know the old story of Beta being better VHS and the Mac better than pc/dos. Success in the market place is largely about perceptions and price.

Those F2 air pipes added a fair bit of complication (read cost) to the construction and they couldn't have provided anything more than a minuscule advantage.

That board with the big air hole in the nose by that Canadian bloke probably would have gone better. Now boards are shorter you need all the nose that's there for off the plane flotation.

Still, playing around with air flow around a board probably could provide some minor improvements.

Another unsuccessful gadget was the Crankin extension. It increased downhaul by pushing the mast up rather than pulling the sail down so the sail always stayed as low as possible. You could adjust it on the water too. I never saw one in the flesh. Maybe its time it was revisited.

My favorite failed gadget was the inflatable sailor fairing. It halved the aerodynamic drag on the sailor while doing the job of a PFD and an air bag for protection in catapults. Unfortunately it was prone to deploy in the back of the car and blow out all the windows.

Then there was the edible wet suit that provided sustenance to the stranded sailor. Unfortunately once you ate it you died of hypothermia.

And on that subject funnily enough when I had an SX many sailors would play with my board's orifices (I think I even caught Notwal once ). I just wished they put one round the other way so I could mount a fishing rod.

Whether they work or not no one will know apart from f2 who have probably tested pipes vs not pipes, but they do produce cleanest wake of any board i've seen.

please do share your find with us Lauriew

Open cell foam core boards that soak up water from a leak and never let it out again. Imagine a manufacturer thinking there are people naive enough to buy something like that!

BRING BACK THE TWINSERS I say !


They'll be back !

Just you wait and see.