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Forum Post advice: surfsailing by numbskull
Hans I have sailed Port A on northerlies and found it to be side shore and real fun with these 6 foot chunks of breaking waves everywhere. On southeasterlies I used to sail the JP Luby pier as it was ...
Forum Post Sailing in Offshore Winds by Nullifidian
...xt stop is the Atlantic coast of Spain. This concept sunk in after I dismasted a Hobie cat off the South shore of Oahu - next stop Japan... I'm no ocean sailor, but I'd guess 'best ...
Forum Post Windsurfing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn by souljay
Why doesn't anyone sail there instead of Plumb Beach? The shore is clean, the water is flat and there seems to be nice wind midday.
Forum Post Open Ocean Sailing by skylover25
...of my fun so I thought I'd reply. I don't know if you're thinking about giant seas far offshore, but just sailing around in lumpy seas within a mile or so of shore is something I do all...
Forum Post mast base question by Vhear
... very poor swimmer) was a nice incoming tide that eventually brought me and my rig luckily) 100m back to shore. Back on shore I discovered the mast cup had been sheared in half. To avoid this from hap...
Forum Post Kitesurf New Orleans by stevo_jimmy
thomas i live on the north shore and have a few guys up here ready to get into it. call my friend Chip at Rukus Boardsports in Baton Rouge, he can put a 55.com
Forum Post windsurfing at the Hamptons? by quest_4444
serious question... it looks (on a map) like there should be really good windsurfing off the N shore of the eastern end of Long Island... prevailing SW crosswind, deep water, big sharks, beautiful peo...
Forum Post Is Hatteras a Down the Line Wave? by ejtaal
...tions and they have added two boards to their offerings which both have 108 liters. One is geared for on-shore conditions, and the other for sideshore conditions. Both have tail widths bigger than any...
Forum Post Maybe OT: 1st day Sprinter report by misha2dope
...c. i know. there's probably 10-20 active sailors at each of the coastal connecticut towns along the shore. grenwich-stamford-darien-norwalk, etc. you guys have got your priorities all out of ...
Forum Post Best onshore 5.8: Search 5.8 / Triple X 5.8? by srosenstein
...A wave sail in the high fives is our bread and butter sail on the Florida coast where it's always onshore to one degree or other, it's the one I use and have replaced the most so I have had ...
Forum Post pointers for a simple jibe ?? by cihotefol
All, I am a beginning w/s and have made good progress on shore starts, getting onto a plane, and handling intermediate winds. I posted a previous issue here and with the help of many that was succ...
Forum Post Bjorns new Wave Sailing Diary by angel11
...ear i've been skunked about half the time. there were a few days that had great swell but dying off-shore winds - knowing how to surf would've come in handy. gonna solve that problem this ye...
Forum Post The most outrageous thing at your sailing site by Squirrel-Honest
Mine is previously reported here... A big storm blew in and was scattering debris from shore out into the water. As I was coming in, a whole family of snakes had been blown out of a reed bed, and ...
Forum Post Ok, ok, ok, i have to get me a formula board!!! by DghtRdc
...e stable . Good luck mate an I wish I could sail with you in Australia. Next time your on the Jersey Shore give me a call Brian Pearson Ebbtide Windsurfing Montgomeryville, PA...
Forum Post Pushing the Envelope: Tandem Shortboarding by Morrolan
...dem wave sailing from about 10-15 yrs ago. Craig Yester (is that right?) and some other guy on the north shore of Oahu, got a blank for a racing longboard and stuck 2 sets of straps and mastbases in i...
Forum Post Need advice repairing small crack in the finbox by Morrolan
...ak the seal again, since the box's integrity has already been compromised. Unless you were close to shore and got it out soon after the hit you may also have an issue of water inside your board. ...
Forum Post Uphaul on small board by Squirrel-Honest
A few weeks back, me and something like 15 others swam back to shore (3:rd Ave / SF Bay) after the wind dropped quickly. At times, it was 'schloggable', but not consitantly. The wind dropped...
Forum Post Sail sizes printed on sails: smaller-and-smalle r...Howcome? by Callisto
Used to be you could tell what sizes people were sailing just by standing on the shore and looking. Then the numbers got smaller....and smaller....and you needed binox to make them out. Then they ...
Forum Post Seatrend Comp Wave 257-Any advice by bluns1
...;d like on a wave... but what it lacks there, it makes up for in speed... Great for blasting out through shore breaks, jumping, and B&J....
Forum Post how to get back? by Hbinwatx
...weakened in an earlier wipeout. Luckily I was only about 1/2 mile from the beach and it was cross on shore so did the ery lazy body drag / swim style recovery and walked it back up the beach to th...
Forum Post SF Bay area last weekend- Ocean Wadell. by Lucky
... of it and eventually did kind of paddle tumble and drift out of it. 20 minutes later he made it back to shore. Everyone was concerned but confident that he would make it as he is very experienced. He...
Forum Post Formula wave sailing! by brfelix
...vid clip... http://www.surfingsports.com/starboard_go_2002.asp I've ridden a few small waves into shore on the GO 170...and even did a bottom turn /top turn until it got too shallow...tandem su...
Forum Post Sailing with my wife by tialhoyes
...ends. She may not be planing, but she never COMplanes, either. I think she has almost as much fun on the shore as Phil does on the water, and that's closer than many WSing widows come to sharing ...
Forum Post kiting vs windsurfer by ejtaal
Hello, it really went off at sherman island Sunday. I was windsurfing and saw a kiter far out from shore with his kite in the water , the wind came up very strong and he was over powered. He was being...
Forum Post Board Hire at the Beach in Hawaii by Atomic Mojo
...? On Maui I'll be in Lahaina, but will be looking to sail anywhere including Kihei or the North Shore if it's not too rough for me! On the Big Island I'll be staying in Hilo and...
Forum Post Seeking beginner set in NJ by Squirrel-Honest
There are three established shops on the NJ shore - from N to S. Bayhead Windsurfing - Bay Head Trading Co., 520 Main Av, Bay Head, NJ http://www.bayheadtrading.com/ Island Surf & Sail -...
Forum Post Dahab or Port Safaga for Sep 2002?.... by Brian Sand
...ind and I recon it is in sight!!. But I also Fancy giving Kite surfing a go as well, and as Dahab is off shore there is not a kite surfing school there. (Although I believe there are some informal les...
Forum Post Longboards Rule by pAuLLy
...rease my time on the water, and get more benefit out of the many light wind days we get here on the Ohio shore of Lake Erie, so I picked up a Starboard Formula 155 and Sailworks XT2 10.7 m2 sail. It c...
Forum Post Sail Repair by imported_aurora
Not me. The wind is great and there's 300 miles of open access shore line on lake Sakakawea within 1.5 hr. of Minot, but it's the same old windsurfing story. There are maybe 25 old schoo...
Forum Post Windsurfing in Jamaica: Great! by tictac
...ined. After that it was 6.0, 5.0, 6.0 and 6.0 for my medium weight. Very clean water, easy and safe side shore launch, no shallows, rolling swell developing later in the day, no real waves, but I hear...
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