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Windsurfing - what`s not to like?

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Created by Jungleman > 9 months ago, 1 Jul 2013
Jungleman
NSW, 96 posts
1 Jul 2013 10:31PM
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pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
1 Jul 2013 11:10PM
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Neat!
I find watching feet on a board skittering over choppy water mesmerising.
I love watching everything move to maintain perfect balance on something so fluid and unpredictably mobile.
The fact that it can be done for even a short period is amazing, let alone that it can be done for hours on end.
It's a tribute to human perseverance that such things can be thought of, experimented with and then worked on and perfected to the point that it all works so well.
I love it.

Jungleman
NSW, 96 posts
3 Jul 2013 10:34AM
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the rider in that first clip goes soooo close to the beach!

RumChaser
TAS, 620 posts
3 Jul 2013 3:57PM
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What's not to like?
Cold water, jellyfish, sandbanks, catapults, broken gear.

evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
3 Jul 2013 5:10PM
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Jungleman said..

the rider in that first clip goes soooo close to the beach!


There are a few sandbanks like that on the Gold Coast. They drop off at near 90 degrees. You can right alongside them and the water is perfectly flat. Unreal for short speed runs. Maximum trim.
I've hit bottom. Once. Ouch.

goo.gl/maps/9UwOs

Jungleman
NSW, 96 posts
3 Jul 2013 5:23PM
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Actually, dead right about the jellyfish. There were swarms of them in the river at Shoalhaven heads a few mths ago. The floods have cleared them out now.

WA71
WA, 1382 posts
3 Jul 2013 3:54PM
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Both vids = AWESOME

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
3 Jul 2013 6:56PM
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I remember seeing that second one on Imax ages ago, late last century in fact.
Doesn't look at all dated to me.

firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
3 Jul 2013 8:34PM
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Jungleman said..

the rider in that first clip goes soooo close to the beach!


Chris Lockwood's da man

Itch
NSW, 107 posts
4 Jul 2013 9:13PM
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Sound track in the first vid is great. Hint of Cold Play.

Jungleman
NSW, 96 posts
4 Jul 2013 9:56PM
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That Sound track is "Into the Fire" by 13 Senses.

Glitch
QLD, 291 posts
5 Jul 2013 10:04AM
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I did a YouTube search on Thirteen Senses and found this video. Well worth watching.

K Dog
VIC, 1847 posts
5 Jul 2013 2:30PM
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Look at all those chemtrails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool vid

Obelix
WA, 1096 posts
7 Jul 2013 12:19AM
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Fantastic flying, and a great video.
Wish they would leave their bombs at home though...

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
7 Jul 2013 12:28AM
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WA71 said...
Both vids = AWESOME

Have you got yourself some gear yet?

WA71
WA, 1382 posts
8 Jul 2013 11:19AM
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Greenroom said..
WA71 said...

Both vids = AWESOME

Have you got yourself some gear yet?


The board I ended up getting was a massive thing, not sure what it was used for, fricken heavy!!

Sails are no prob a mate has plenty of gear but his boards are small, way too small.

Ive been looking for a 130 lt something but a bit broke and I need a new surfboard before I can justify a windsurfer.

I think the sails are 5.5 & 6.5.

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
8 Jul 2013 10:15PM
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WA71 said...
Greenroom said..
WA71 said...

Both vids = AWESOME

Have you got yourself some gear yet?


The board I ended up getting was a massive thing, not sure what it was used for, fricken heavy!!

Sails are no prob a mate has plenty of gear but his boards are small, way too small.

Ive been looking for a 130 lt something but a bit broke and I need a new surfboard before I can justify a windsurfer.

I think the sails are 5.5 & 6.5.

Bring on summer!

WA71
WA, 1382 posts
9 Jul 2013 8:58AM
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Greenroom said..
WA71 said...

Greenroom said..

WA71 said...



Both vids = AWESOME



Have you got yourself some gear yet?




The board I ended up getting was a massive thing, not sure what it was used for, fricken heavy!!



Sails are no prob a mate has plenty of gear but his boards are small, way too small.



Ive been looking for a 130 lt something but a bit broke and I need a new surfboard before I can justify a windsurfer.



I think the sails are 5.5 & 6.5.

Bring on summer!


Yea, looking forward to it.



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