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Windsurfers can boost big jumps too

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Created by stehsegler > 9 months ago, 10 Jul 2011
stehsegler
WA, 3473 posts
10 Jul 2011 1:08PM
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I wonder what went through Richard Campello's head when this photo was taken.:

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Supergus
NSW, 305 posts
10 Jul 2011 3:23PM
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Probably he was thinking . . . Wwwwweeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!

curac
WA, 1145 posts
10 Jul 2011 2:12PM
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fark

Waiting4wind
NSW, 1871 posts
10 Jul 2011 10:03PM
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stehsegler said...

I wonder what went through Richard Campello's head when this photo was taken.:




I would have been thinking... I hope my parachute works!

siny
NSW, 286 posts
10 Jul 2011 10:34PM
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was he just satisfied with an old fashion or did he drop a loop on the way down

TwinMan
WA, 108 posts
10 Jul 2011 9:49PM
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Maybe " I can't believe they called me Richard"

stehsegler
WA, 3473 posts
10 Jul 2011 10:13PM
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TwinMan said...

Maybe " I can't believe they called me Richard"


and I can't believe how bad the auto-correction on Firefox is...

stringer
WA, 703 posts
11 Jul 2011 11:56AM
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yes and we dont float back down to the water like pretty little butterflies, it's gravity in full effect

terminal
1421 posts
11 Jul 2011 4:41PM
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Nice to be able to Pushloopforward like this at 17 years old, just to add interest to a high jump.

curac
WA, 1145 posts
12 Jul 2011 9:21AM
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siny said...

was he just satisfied with an old fashion or did he drop a loop on the way down


apparently he did a forward on the way down and snapped his board

siny
NSW, 286 posts
12 Jul 2011 8:08PM
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thats why i stopped jumping that high , got sick of breaking boards

boardboy
QLD, 554 posts
12 Jul 2011 10:12PM
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thats a huge jump - but does anyone know how high a windsurfer has gone? Whats the highest? I love seeing the images of super huge jumps

DanP
VIC, 286 posts
13 Jul 2011 1:53PM
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That's what these guys are doing to find out!! (think its been posted before)

aus301
QLD, 2039 posts
13 Jul 2011 2:28PM
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siny said...

thats why i stopped jumping that high , got sick of breaking boards


Or your neck.

terminal
1421 posts
13 Jul 2011 4:38PM
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boardboy said...

thats a huge jump - but does anyone know how high a windsurfer has gone? Whats the highest? I love seeing the images of super huge jumps




r2908
NSW, 214 posts
13 Jul 2011 9:12PM
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while we're on the topic, he's an old one i just found of some MASSIVE euro airs


terminal
1421 posts
13 Jul 2011 7:40PM
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Another vid with big backloops.

Haircut
QLD, 6481 posts
16 Jul 2011 7:05PM
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not quite ricardo's but not bad for a chop hop

stehsegler
WA, 3473 posts
17 Jul 2011 9:04AM
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^^^^^

Interesting thing about this photo is that the angle of the rig is very similar to way Ricardo holds his rig.



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