Olympic racing is one design and generally in crap winds.

The kiters will soon be inflicted with "one design" racing and go WTF??

Plenty of negative comments about the RSX I wouldnt mind betting a lot of them come from people that have never ridden one. Sold mine recently so I could make room for a formula. In the time I owned it I sailed it more than all my other boards put together.

Very easy to sail, but not so easy to sail fast when compared to other sailors on the same gear. Easy to tack, easy to gybe, quick to plane, usable in winds from 3 to 30 knots with the one sail 9.5. Is true to say its not as good as a raceboard in light winds and not as good as a formula in high winds but it was built to do all, a hybrid will never be as good as a board made for specific conditions.

The people sailing it were pretty happy with it and the class voted earlier this year to keep the equipment the same

Biggest criticism I would have would be the weight, especially after a full day racing it always felt heavier.

Olympic sailing has always been one design so the the emphasis is on ability rather than gear. I think presently kiters have a box rule for 2016 so it will be interesting to see how that plays out. Biggest criticism of that is it can become a gear war or cheque book racing and obviously countries with the biggest cheque book have an unfair advantage.

Its not over yet. Windsurfing may yet be back for 2016. Numerous submissions from various countries - including all Asian countries are being sent to ISAF by August 1 for review at the November meeting.

cammd said...

Plenty of negative comments about the RSX I wouldnt mind betting a lot of them come from people that have never ridden one. Sold mine recently so I could make room for a formula. In the time I owned it I sailed it more than all my other boards put together.

Very easy to sail, but not so easy to sail fast when compared to other sailors on the same gear. Easy to tack, easy to gybe, quick to plane, usable in winds from 3 to 30 knots with the one sail 9.5. Is true to say its not as good as a raceboard in light winds and not as good as a formula in high winds but it was built to do all, a hybrid will never be as good as a board made for specific conditions.

The people sailing it were pretty happy with it and the class voted earlier this year to keep the equipment the same

Biggest criticism I would have would be the weight, especially after a full day racing it always felt heavier.

Olympic sailing has always been one design so the the emphasis is on ability rather than gear. I think presently kiters have a box rule for 2016 so it will be interesting to see how that plays out. Biggest criticism of that is it can become a gear war or cheque book racing and obviously countries with the biggest cheque book have an unfair advantage.

I had a go at a demo day & hated it.. heavy & glued to the water..the setup probably wasn't tuned to suit me but

kpb said...

.Lastly what is everyone's favorite type of windsurfing racing?

A couple of years ago I did an extensive survey of racing numbers, getting information from Germany, the UK, Canada, USA, Australia, France, etc.

In terms of boards raced at nationals or at regular series* hybrids were No 1 because of the popularity of the Techno 293 for kids. Longboard came in a close second, followed by FW.

The results of the survey were accepted by the head of the International Windsurfing Association.

* this doesn't count the "one off" annual events like Defi or Ledge, because we were trying to work out which were the most popular regularly raced boards. With no disrespect to Defi etc, using them to get a picture of what regular competitors do seems a bit like trying to use the City to Surf or Sydney to the Gong as an illustration of what the average regular running racer or bike racer is like.

kpb said...

what is everyone's favorite type of windsurfing racing?

You kidding, right?
If you're asking active racers or avid spectators, then you're asking a very small portion of all windsurfers.

Not having a go, I think all forms of competing are great, there is not enough.
However that's that.

Easy uphaul! makes up hauling easy

we should incorporate kities in the same race......



hehehe and shotguns, hehehehehe

king of the point said...
I will never forgive ROBBY NAISH for that, infact i dont think he has forgiven himself.

I used to think that too. Then me said: bah, couple of big names sold out to make big bucks, can't blame them, right?