WindDoll

Sometimes when you do a windsurfing move just right, you’re so surprised to be in that perfect place, you jump off the board and into the water!
I’m working on tacking faster—getting to the other side of the board while I’m still on a plane. Saturday, twice, I got onto the lee side, on a plane, [...]

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Windsurfing on the Goya, a true trick board, requires a different stance. Hips forward instead of back! This is a little disconcerting, but it works well. I havn’t been tossed over the bars yet!

Serendipity! Monday the wind came up and there were nice big swells to ride. I came in to change my fin from [...]

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I wasn’t very happy windsurfing today. Even with my 6.2 and 14.4″ fin, I couldn’t get upwind. I spent most of my time with my back foot out of the strap trying not to spin out. When I got in, my buddies Maurice and Gordon worked on my sail, adjusting batten tension and experimenting with [...]

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Windsurf Extreme at PWA Lanzarote 2008 – video powered by Metacafe

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Yesterday at Berkeley darling girl Astrid was back windsurfing after three weeks cruising the Caribbean. Her first session 5.0 and 90 liter rrd freestyle twintip, she couldn’t land any of her tricks. She was overpowered in 23 mph average and bumming. She waited a bit and went out again, same stuff, and landed everything, including [...]

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