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I'm happy I started using landsailor this winter. After couple sessions on landsailor I can jibe sail very ease. I got duckjibe in one weekend! On Friday I got on water for first time this year. ...
...uctors, one in Gulfport MS and one in Dauphin Island AL. The latter sounds like the place to aim for to learn, winds are more consistent.
Apparently the winds are a little light to learn this ti...
can anyone advise on centres in Minorca to learn to windsurf.
anyone know where I can learn here in upstate ny?
...y with a board of this vintage the sails are baggy as said on other posts. but people still sail them to learn on. you will need low wind speeds to learn and an old sail will be o.k in low winds. it i...
...nation of most of the popular sites on or near the Chesapeake. The concensus is that it's easier to learn than windsurfing, and the fact that kite gear can be easily carried along with your lugga...
Things I constantly re-learn (I'm a slow learner) :
1) Bend your knees more to absorb the chop
2) Keep your weight over your board during transitions
3) Anyone can do it, it just take...
I used a 95l board to learn my waterstart and am working on jibes, though I borrowed a Roberts 28' and I could do all my; jibes on it (except when it
The 95l board would be fine if your a jun...
...ems to be in evidence through many places.
Not brain surgery. If you sail in the Bay are and you are learning take good lessons at Berkeley or with ABK, anyone that knows what they are doing. Get ...
What Roger said, and ... learn to swim like a fish. Most of us never sail any place we can't swim back from, tide or no tide. And that includes dressing to stay warm for as long as it takes to sw...
...be too wobbly if you're heavier - you're persistent and accept that it will be a bit harder to learn on than a more modern wide board - you can get the thing for under $200 - you don't ...
... opinion: the best board is either a good board that you can keep as your 'big' board once you learn.
80k * 2.2 => 176#...
I'm 220# and 120L just floats me - and you want som...
...weekend in both 15 knots and 12knots. had a 7.8 Aerotech Air sail on it. Thought it was a great board to learn on and quite fast. I was told besides the obvious weight difference of a formula board th...
Learn to wave from Levi Siver and Kevin Ponichtera and SAVE $250! San Carlos is arguably the best place in the world to learn to wave and with the help of top pros Levi and Kevin you'll take your...
...ls for 10-25 mph conditions.
I am a beginner with some longboard experience, and this summer plan to learn footstaps and waterstart.
I am about 200 lb, 6'3' (92 kg, 190 cm).
My b...
...039;m 43 and did my first solid attempt at 40. It's true, it gets harder and harder for old dogs to learn new tricks. How old are you Weed?>>
You had to ask didn't ya. I'm 53,...
...ome in silver and gold and will mark anything from glass to wax paper to dog doo doo permanently.
2. Learn to sheet IN when hit by gusts. Sheeting out costs us speed and spinout.
3. I adjust m...
... times a year and the kids paddle it around, for 200 bucks, probably not to bad. If you want to actually learn to windsurf and plan the use it alot, I would save a little more money and get something ...
... Bic. Also will have twin weed fins available soon.
Wish I had more to say. There is a lot for me to learn. Bill Kline Gorge Sport USA Curtis Performance Fins, Orca Fins, Orca Kite Fins Hood River...
Ummmm Stergios, Guess you haven't witnessed the new generation of windsurfing instruction, using the latest US Sailing Instructor Certification Techniques, wide boards like the
Start, Exocet ...
...there is current in the same direction of the wind the sail would not be enough).
I think you should learn to judge conditions and have a quiver of sails to match.
At 150 pounds in the Bay are...
...l in moderate winds (up to 20mph), use harness and straps, can beach start (well, most of the time), and learning to waterstart and jibe.
I'm sailing now a big animal HiFly Motion (3m length,...
...tes de Montreal:
We are moving to Montreal soon, and we will want to meet other Montreal sailors and learn all about the various sailing sites in the region.
Nous demenageons a Montreal biento...
...g, I thank all of you who came before me for developing a sport that is now becoming refined and easy to learn. I wish I had the mistral Prodigy when I started...
Short and wide with a centerboard...
...r mast this year that works better for my 6.6 and 5.8 anyway. It'll make a good flag pole. Live and learn. I owned another North mast with the same collar on it for years and it was always fine. ...
...ere is a big niche for these boards in a lot of sailing areas.
Now that I've got one, I want to learn to sail it better. Anyone have advice on how to tack really fast? It seems to take for ev...
... I can sail with less effort than any other slogging approach. Takes some practice however, but you soon learn how to do it...
...l, I rescued at least a dozen kiters and windsurfers. Some places are meant to be wavesailed...some will learn the hard way. Not everyone is a Chuck Patterson or Chris Wyman...Peter Trow won't be...
... this size, and will help sinker-newbies adapt because of their natural balance. (I would hate to try to learn sailing boards this size on boards with the volume and straps too far back, yet these boa...
... in a waterproof bag which I tie on my harness in case the fanny pack get's detached somehow. Also, learn proper marine radio etiquette so people will talk to you: http://www.boatingsafety.com/v...
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