Gestalt said...

after reading the OD thread it got me wondering how many people on this forum started on longboards then went to racing?

i recon the sport owes a lot to that form of sailing.

my hands up.

I went "racing" off to buy a short board

I started on a OD, but never raced it. I raced dinghys, and windsurfing for me was a freedom experience that racing, with its rules and having a crew, didn't provide. I think that was its appeal.

And is it going to come back too? - www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=54328

started Windsurfing as a distraction for the family while i was racing Catamaran's, gave longboard racing a go, never looked back, love it, wish is was still around.

I never sailed a longboard until about a year ago. I started on a kids board at 10yrs old and grew into it as a short board. Last year I got a *board 12'6" SUP and have been sailing it occasionally in 10-15 knots and having a great time. It has got me thinking about going for a shorter SUP and getting a proper longboard for light wind sailing. I was camping at a reservoir in the mountain range near Mackay on the weekend and sailing around there was tons of fun. It would have been even better with a centreboard for some more upwind ability.