Da Claw ~ 0 out of 10
Just changing it up a bit, the worst things.
Da Claw was a Velcro wrist strap that held a plastic 'U' shaped thing that was held in your palm to elevate wrist/arm strain while windsurfing, it led to some great over the handle bars slam dunks. It didn't last too long on the market.
Reduced Board Length 8/10
New style learner boards 9/10
RDM Masts 9/10
X-Ply sails 10/10
Robby Naish 9/10
Jenna de Rosnay 10/10
Select to expand quoteTardy said..
2 piece Carbon mast 
the 1 piece fibreglass ones where shocking 9/10
the alu masts were even more shocking. Sketching sailing in a lightening storm 
Delta weedfins to allow shallow flatwater speed sailing 
7/10 ( only cause I hate the b things but they do open up some great places!)
Select to expand quoteN1GEL said..Tardy said..
2 piece Carbon mast the 1 piece fibreglass ones where shocking 9/10
the alu masts were even more shocking. Sketching sailing in a lightening storm
Worse when they broke, 4 stiches in the arm
Select to expand quoteN1GEL said..Tardy said..
2 piece Carbon mast the 1 piece fibreglass ones where shocking 9/10
the alu masts were even more shocking. Sketching sailing in a lightening storm
Yeah never thought of that ....to early for me I caught the last of the glass mast ..but heard horror stories.
Short board revolution 10/10
sails that you can down haul ,and that exhaust out the top ....10/10
just reminds me of the catapult s ,that we all use to have in a gust .
Select to expand quotekato said..N1GEL said..Tardy said..
2 piece Carbon mast the 1 piece fibreglass ones where shocking 9/10
the alu masts were even more shocking. Sketching sailing in a lightening storm
Worse when they broke, 4 stiches in the arm
Yup, I believe broken Al masts were recycled into surgical scalpels.
By the way, I'll be betting the difference in conductivity between carbon fibre and aluminium is not significant. Especially in a thunderstorm, Mr Franklin.
Downhauls that use pulleys, instead of a combined downhaul/rope uni with a special knot you could never remember (ah the old Bombora) : 8/10
RAF and battens.
Hmm, combined with seam shaping
If we stuck with floppy it would have been going nowhere.
8/10
Select to expand quoteN1GEL said..Tardy said..
2 piece Carbon mast the 1 piece fibreglass ones where shocking 9/10
the alu masts were even more shocking. Sketching sailing in a lightening storm
Carbon is as good a conductor as aluminium
Select to expand quotewaveslave said..
When poleys invented kitesurfing.
10/10 Sorted the boys from the men.
The floppy leach and twist off to account for wind gradient. I thought that idea was pretty clever. 10/10
