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Feeling nostalgic for 1986?

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Created by sausage > 9 months ago, 6 Sep 2010
sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
6 Sep 2010 10:50PM
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Cleaning out underneath the house the other day and finally came to terms with saying goodbye to my gear from 1986 . In the picture is a Bombora South Pacific (which weighs around 15kgs), a custom fibreglass board made by a local sailor Russel McCamley with 90degree rails the entire length of board, a Gaastra 5.8 Speed Slalom sail, a 4.5 North Slalom Spider (by D Ezzy), a plastic Multi-fin from Byron Bay with the mother of all chord widths and two very narrow tie-on booms.

Brought back many fond memories and made me realise I had lost 20 precious years that I had given the sport away.







Also found this press clipping from Dec 30 1986 of me sailing the custom slalom board and gaastra sail - the most carefree days of my life just after finishing school and before starting uni. Tried to defer uni so I could sail forever but alas my dreams were cut short.



Apologies if I have bored anyone to death with my reminiscing.

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
7 Sep 2010 12:04AM
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Footstraps on the pink Bombora are made to sail port only ;)

ka43
NSW, 3082 posts
7 Sep 2010 8:38AM
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Great stuff Sausage, brings back lots of memories looking at that stuff.
Had one of those fins on an old raceboard, sigh

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
7 Sep 2010 7:11AM
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put em on ebay ........ never stops anyone else

Gaz45
QLD, 113 posts
7 Sep 2010 12:34PM
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pierrec45 said...

Footstraps on the pink Bombora are made to sail port only ;)


Footstrap position doesn't really matter to Snags



Haggar
QLD, 1667 posts
7 Sep 2010 1:09PM
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Looks like you could sail pretty good back in 86, what happened

MikeyS
VIC, 1508 posts
7 Sep 2010 3:17PM
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You need to move house a bit more often Sausage
The only bit of kit I still have from the 80's is a Wild Winds sail bag (ex Jason Polakow) which I store a rolled up hammock in.

AusMoz
QLD, 1472 posts
7 Sep 2010 6:23PM
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Those old booms bring back some great moments!!! ( never sworn so much in my life using those old pieces of SHYTE!!!)

Thank god for clamp on booms!!!



Sausage

surely you could design an architectural masterpiece with all that old gear?

moz

Gaz45
QLD, 113 posts
7 Sep 2010 8:50PM
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goldcoastmoz said...

Sausage

surely you could design an architectural masterpiece with all that old gear?

moz


Not a chance, have you seen Snags designs?

He couldn't design another box with all those curved booms

choco
SA, 4083 posts
7 Sep 2010 8:25PM
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Gaz45 said...

goldcoastmoz said...

Sausage

surely you could design an architectural masterpiece with all that old gear?

moz


Not a chance, have you seen Snags designs?

He couldn't design another box with all those curved booms



NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
7 Sep 2010 9:02PM
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sausage said...





That's done it. You'll be SPORT from now on

AusMoz
QLD, 1472 posts
7 Sep 2010 10:07PM
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"Glory Days"

Yeppoons answer to Robby Naish! even with the big pink sail!!!

sorry sausage,I'm on the bandwagon with the others!

moz

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
9 Sep 2010 2:37PM
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Didn't you guys know that pink was it in 86.

PS Gaz, put that photo from GI up one more time and I'll run you down at Green next year

sboardcrazy
NSW, 8073 posts
9 Sep 2010 6:25PM
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I was wondering what sort of weight the old 80's " shortboards ' were..thank god for the 7-8kg ones these days.. even they give me a hernia trying to put them on the car after a big session..

Little Jon
NSW, 2115 posts
10 Sep 2010 12:02AM
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sboardcrazy said...

I was wondering what sort of weight the old 80's " shortboards ' were..thank god for the 7-8kg ones these days.. even they give me a hernia trying to put them on the car after a big session..


my 1991 windaction "combat" wave pro (guess about 85L) is 10kg

sboardcrazy
NSW, 8073 posts
10 Sep 2010 8:50AM
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Little Jon said...

sboardcrazy said...

I was wondering what sort of weight the old 80's " shortboards ' were..thank god for the 7-8kg ones these days.. even they give me a hernia trying to put them on the car after a big session..


my 1991 windaction "combat" wave pro (guess about 85L) is 10kg


I wonder what the old Tyronsea 295 slalom plastic..(?) ones would have weighed.. I had a 9' slalom windaction..fibreglass 90's..

hotballs
VIC, 114 posts
10 Sep 2010 12:59PM
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i still have sails and boards from 15 years ago and still use and enjoy them, at my level i dont see the advantage of the new stuff.



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