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Created by elmo > 9 months ago, 6 Jul 2010
elmo
WA, 8723 posts
6 Jul 2010 9:25AM
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Bender
WA, 2223 posts
6 Jul 2010 1:17PM
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Elmo i didn't know you were on tour back then.
No wonder your good at elmo'ing gear, you have had plenty of practice

red
VIC, 738 posts
6 Jul 2010 3:41PM
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That's just a compilation of every weekend sail ive ever had...

elmo
WA, 8723 posts
6 Jul 2010 6:39PM
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Bender said...

Elmo i didn't know you were on tour back then.
No wonder your good at elmo'ing gear, you have had plenty of practice


That was 8 years before I got bitten by the bug

Although the kit I started on was older


Still can't sail that fast

sailquik
VIC, 6090 posts
6 Jul 2010 10:08PM
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Ooooaaaahhh ouchhh! I wince and get a tick in my neck just looking at that. Had a few of them in my time.
I think it serves to highlight just how much better modern gear is, especially the fins in that we don't get anywhere near as many of those huge spin-outs anymore, ....... or maybe it's just that we aren't as crazy anymore and don't push as hard?

mkseven
QLD, 2314 posts
7 Jul 2010 10:08AM
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sailquik said...

Ooooaaaahhh ouchhh! I wince and get a tick in my neck just looking at that. Had a few of them in my time.
I think it serves to highlight just how much better modern gear is, especially the fins in that we don't get anywhere near as many of those huge spin-outs anymore, ....... or maybe it's just that we aren't as crazy anymore and don't push as hard?


or sail into ankle deep water... except vando

pushing it that hard in offshore winds of 60knots- they've got balls of steel alright, even the women

yoyo
WA, 1646 posts
7 Jul 2010 2:30PM
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It is amazing how flat the nose rockers were. Bjorn looks like his board has almost none.

Gestalt
QLD, 14393 posts
7 Jul 2010 4:46PM
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sailquik said...

Ooooaaaahhh ouchhh! I wince and get a tick in my neck just looking at that. Had a few of them in my time.
I think it serves to highlight just how much better modern gear is, especially the fins in that we don't get anywhere near as many of those huge spin-outs anymore, ....... or maybe it's just that we aren't as crazy anymore and don't push as hard?


and that the sails have gone all floppy.......

i rolled the mast track out of a speed needle once after getting hit by a big gust and lifted. ouch!

marriemb
WA, 5 posts
7 Jul 2010 8:32PM
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Amazing surfing skills :)

evets
WA, 685 posts
7 Jul 2010 8:44PM
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Amazing crashes and remarkable speeds over choppy water
Do the speedsailors keep the same numbers for life? why do some use single to double figure numbers rather then use their international #s?

mkseven
QLD, 2314 posts
7 Jul 2010 11:30PM
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The single/double numbers were registered for speedsailing competition. Yes I think they were registered for life, I recall harty writing something that he was chuffed getting his. Mal would be best person to answer though I reckon.



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