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Wow 20 knots on a WALLY.
Here is a photo of an 8 year old girl with a GPS (orange pouch at boomhead) and doing 20.5 knots. The difference is she is able to footsteer and even carve into gybes because her modern board doesn't have half a centreboard hanging underneath it.The 11 year old boy with the orange sail over 31.I have heard of Techno riders getting near 35 knots.
Here is what modern ONEDESIGN looks like.
Um is there going to be a lottery system set up to see who can get the new boards ?
I admire the enthusiasm for modern gear KA360 but windsurfing is a diverse sport which presents many different conditions and gear possibilities. Here are a couple of photos of the locals here enjoying both Wally sessions and Short board sailing. For many of us the Wally fills a niche perfectly.
The Gemini is another way to have fun, which is in the end all that really counts.
I feel "Old, Fat & Gay" now.
I had to make myself feel better again by watching "Windsurf Rap" on youtube, (Again!)
Ok, I'm bored. I have been windsurfing for forty years and have never owned a windsurfer but will always be a windsurfer. If I was new to this sport reading this thread I would be selling all my gear now and going to kiting. Windsurfing in any form should number one be fun. With all your boring self opinionated crap you are all spouting why would anyone think it is a cool sport to do. Get off this thread and get out on the water and promote the sport whatever you want to call it. I left England to get away from whinging.
Ok I'm done.
I started Windsurfing in 1982. For me it will always be Windsurfing. There was just an embarrassing period when lawyers got involved with talk about copyright which resulted in stupid terms like sailboarding and boardsailing.
Despite having some of the best conditions and climate for windsurfing, very few Australians are in the top 50 rankings in any category. A bit alarming.
I'm too busy having fun windsurfing with my mates to be alarmed at a lack of Aussie talent in the top 50 of any category 
I'm loosing interest in windsurfing but for another reason.
When i surf or sup in waves i paddle the shortest route to the where i need to be to catch wave. The more i surf & SUP the more i'm frustrated I'm getting when i wavesail with how i have to sail the long way round to get to the point I want to be at for the waves. Yeah I tack upwind etc but WA wind & swell directions tends to mean a sail round.
Watching kiters they seem to point closer and get back to the break with less distance traveled. So reckon I'll be changing to kiting next season as i just want to ride waves. Flat water and gybing back and forth never captured me.
Its a personnel complaint and blocked by physics. I do enjoy the jumping on the way out though and will miss that.
Windsurfer LT
Length: 3.659 m (12 foot - same as Original Windsurfer)
Width: 73.9cm (65cm Original)
Volume: 229 litres (~200 litres Original)
Weight: 15 kilos (~21.5 kilos Original)
Apparently 45 are already ordered of the 50 coming.
Seems like a pretty positive response.
Can't wait to get mine.
