Worst inventions ever for windsurfing

This invention is guaranteed to collide with epic conditions

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www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Site-is-up-on-Wingsails?page=1

north shox
north ifront with the adjustable wobbliness

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Mark _australia said..
Cccccccccccccccccc'mon somebody has to say it....
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Site-is-up-on-Wingsails?page=1

Actually I found both a "high tension wing/flex sail" (almost a full wing) and a "solid wing sail", similar to what MW has, which Fred Haywood was working on, both came out in '83 and publicized in early '84, but both have since disappeared. Got the mag, Wind Surf June '84, I set it aside, but haven't taken any pic yet. Also another one in Wind Surf June '87 of a full double surface wing sail, similar to MW's again, no pic yet, it also had a similar future.

But in the mean time, check this out~

Just be careful of the bloke who wrote the article!!!

I like this one. I once jumped from hells gates to albrohlos islands

the mast deviator gets my vote ,stops the mast hitting dead center and redirects it about 100 mm of center,cracks the board , then jams between your sail and mast so you can not water start,what a piece of crap.cracked my brand new jp ss because i believed the bull**** that this worked

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I remember this system , when u heard horrible cracking noises pulling the boom down it was still wobbly.

Seabreeze.com.au

.......I used to drive an hour and half down the coast with great anticipation, loaf around the beach and fish and chip shop through middday all positive like......even hang in right through the afternoon in the vain hope that the wind would come up.

.......now i'm Disappointed the moment I get out of bed and check the 'net.......spend the whole day mopin' around, apparently??

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Mastbender said..
Going thru some old windsurf mags, and I found this. I remember when they first came out, and I instantly thought that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. I bring you "Da Claw", from 1985. Can we say launch in 3.....2.....1

That one looks like some fun.

Great entertainment for those on the beach watching the gybes.

be one with your rig, through every manoeuvre!

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swoosh said..
north shox
north ifront with the adjustable wobbliness

Carbon has low resistance to abrasion. All carbon boom heads end up wobbly. But North has the stupidest design - narrow plastic ridges which produce a massive amount of wear on the carbon.

The Shox is phenomenally good in choppy conditions. For high wind freeriding, it makes a huge difference. I don't use it for slalom because it's another thing that can go wrong but it really does work. I do use mine in racing with the 5.4 Warp when control is important. Never had any issues with the adjustable iFront either. I've used that head (which is plastic not carbon) on a Silver boom with carbon masts for seven years and the masts are pristine.

The Strata Skeg.

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Haircut said..
Footy fins?

Ok, you win, they're worse.

Cut away leach sails?

Those loops they sew on sail bags. You know the ones, about half way along.