windydoug

Interesting history, thanks Geoff.

Glad you’ve been able to check in here.  Hope to see you on the Seneca waters soon.

Wd

A heck of a great day on the water!  When I arrived around noon, Art was on his wind foil, and Scott was slogging on a 7.5.  When I left, with wind a sailors still on the water, my 5.2 and 95L was still working.

I have sailed more with Bill and Keith already this year than all of last year.  Scott and Art were the early birds of course…the wi…[Read more]

Eric, I think I may have been there that day.  Marty was riding one of the beautiful Hot Sails Maui “Maplefreak” sails that Windsurf Canada did a group buy on.  He also bought/sold a used board that day too.

He was duck jibing on the inside all day long. Marty is the Windmil guy right?  His blog or website I believe.

I had duck jibed my 6.6 ve…[Read more]

Great post Scott.  I was delayed in doing a post and was glad to find this great one.

I was formulating a title in my head before the session was even over.  I was going to go with:

Durand 7.6.18.  The Return of Keith…….and Ken, and Bill, and Pete W.

As Scott mentioned, it was awesome to arrive and have Keith already on the water and ha…[Read more]

I’m glad both of you guys have taken the time to contribute to the group.  Thanks!  We have some great wind riders and writers in our community.

Wd

Yeah,  that’s super sweet!  Now to go play the lottery so I can afford all these wicked new toys.

Wd

Yo Isaac!

I think I am going to follow Eric’s advice…..until a wind meter tells me otherwise.  If he’s thinking to stay overnight in Geneva then it’s likely a sure thing for Seneca.  The earlier we go the longer we will sail rain free I am hoping.

I’m free Thursday too, so if it’s off to Hamburg, or my first trip out to East Bay Rd. in a c…[Read more]

Nice Scott!

You should write for Outside Magazine, or Windsurfing Now (windsurfing sesh report), and AAA (location, accommodation, attractions report).  Oldest Mini Golf in the U.S.A., who knew?

Eric, Durand can be tricky though if the wind has too much West in it.  The above was a super nuker, and their was still a wind shadow.  The water do…[Read more]

I”m hoping for an afternoon session. fingers crossed!

thanks for the heads up

Here is an E Bay vid from back in 2009.  You’ll recognize Jim King in there.  Later on in the vid Joe H. makes a friendly appearance in the GoPro vid.

Hey Eric.

East Bay (or EBay) is immediately East of Chimney Bluffs.  Here is the link to the very basic launch info on that page of the website.

East Bay Rd.

In the pic on that page, you can see the dead end road.  That pic is about 5 years old.  Over the time we have been sailing there we have witnessed them mo…[Read more]

So what have you been sailing on typically? Sizes, volume, etc…..

Do you have the time to get to the water when it is windy around here, or are you more a person who plans on sailing on a certain day no matter what the wind is doing.  That would affect what may be the best rig for you to get into.  The winds are pretty light around here much o…[Read more]

And now Ezzy Sails add this unique sail to the market.

The Ezzy Hydra:

FOILING : : Ezzy Hydra Windsurf Foiling Sail

Hi Todd!

I’d be interested in talking with you about the 7.0 Neil Pryde V8.

Send me an e mail from the contact page for this website rochesterwindsports@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Doug

Hey Max,

We do have one retailer in the Rochester area, Canandaigua Sailboarding.  It is owned by Steve Howie who was once a nationally ranked and competitive racer.  He knows his stuff, and he knows his lake pretty well.  He has some good brands too.

http://www.cdgasailboard.com/

Curtis Sport Connection in Buffalo is also an option.  Doug Cur…[Read more]

Darn Tree!  Scotty lofted a few nice floaty jumps as things ramped up.

Isaac is retro cool.  He held it down the most when it got super nuclear.  Some nice jumps (see the photo gallery page).  That beauty MW5 was rigged super ugly.

Doug ripping in a “lull”.  Made the jibe after this one.

Not a crash!  Seriously.  I was in the water riding…[Read more]