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General Gps & Speed Waves Foiling Gear Reviews Lost & Found WA NSW QLD SA VIC TAS

Jacko51

226 posts

Jacko51

SA, 226 posts

21 Jul 2014 9:51pm

vando

QLD

3419 posts

vando

QLD, 3419 posts

21 Jul 2014 10:34pm

Wow don't see that many on the water these days

thanks for posting

WaynoB

NSW

393 posts

WaynoB

NSW, 393 posts

22 Jul 2014 10:07am

Nice old video. Thanks.

Good to see so many out back then, the 80's were the hay-day of windsurfing and what a great variety of makes as well, Tyronsea, F2, Bombora, etc.

Not a seat harness in sight!!

Ah, memories.....

Steve1001

QLD

241 posts

Steve1001

QLD, 241 posts

22 Jul 2014 10:30am

My first impressions were "why are they going so slow". The gear today is so much quicker and better all-round. Did you also notice how tight and slow the gybes were? Not a planing gybe to be seen. Whilst the 80s were sailboarding's heyday, the sport is more enjoyable and diverse today.

Haggar

QLD

1670 posts

Haggar

QLD, 1670 posts

22 Jul 2014 1:22pm

Hey the water was so much flatter in the old days

jusavina

QLD

1506 posts

jusavina

QLD, 1506 posts

22 Jul 2014 1:44pm

wbailey said..
Nice old video. Thanks.

Good to see so many out back then, the 80's were the hay-day of windsurfing and what a great variety of makes as well, Tyronsea, F2, Bombora, etc.

Not a seat harness in sight!!

Ah, memories.....

It's because they are all using wave sails

KevB

QLD

131 posts

KevB

QLD, 131 posts

22 Jul 2014 3:52pm

Great to see the old footage.
A lot has changed since those early days.
Thanks for posting

stanly

QLD

307 posts

stanly

QLD, 307 posts

22 Jul 2014 7:43pm

Thanks for posting

lots of memories.
You don't see many boats moored at Wello these days.

boardboy

QLD

554 posts

boardboy

QLD, 554 posts

23 Jul 2014 8:09pm

great stuff. thanks for posting.
i bet they were all thinking how great the gear was.....imagine what we may think of our current gear in 30 years from now.

stanly

QLD

307 posts

stanly

QLD, 307 posts

23 Jul 2014 9:43pm

boardboy said..

i bet they were all thinking how great the gear was.

Especially the rad 80's fluoro & pastel colours that matched our scoops

sonic

QLD

756 posts

sonic

QLD, 756 posts

27 Jul 2014 11:51am

Brilliant that would of been cutting edge in those days

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