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Nice, My wife actually got me the Hero Session Gopro as a gift recently. Half the fun is figuring out mounting locations and angles. I have a handlebar mount that opens wide enough for the boom but not the mast. Flymount looks like good stuff, thanks!
Yeah, I’ve watched the hell out of “Getwindsurfing”, they’re really good. Even if it is calm, warm ,turquoise water. I’ll keep an eye out for Dasher’s vids. Windsurfing is hard. I’m going to make a bumper sticker that says that.
Who knows? Maybe an AM, light wind, Longpond session this Sunday?
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Darn! I missed all the action. I was there around 11;30am and was checking the beach out for the first time. I was dropping my board off at Curtis sports for a crunched nose repair so I wandered down to have a look. I was surprised no one was there as it was blowing well with formidable shore break indeed. I was hoping to see how you pro’s do it.
By the way, big thanks to Gary and..Scott ? a few weeks back at Long pond who tried to help me out with my blown out, mast cap strap. Gary suggested Quantum sails in Irondequoit, the guy did a box stitch on it which hopefully will outlast the sail. I hope this beginner is done breaking stuff for a while.
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I haven’t been there but you’re right. It’s a real issue this year along the lake. There is just less beach to be found. With the higher lake levels the waves seem to be bigger also. I use my neighbor’s primitive launch in between boulders and it’s a real washing machine with any waves. And it seems anyone without a break wall is going to get one now. Don’t get me started on the IJC, they really took a lot of land.
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Oh you skate, that’s cool! I used too as well. The tenacity and balance skater’s have will serve you well windsurfing. But don’t expect the board to respond the same, it’s more like standing on a small boat at first.
I have place on Lake Ontario so that’s primarily where I ride. So when the wind is good, the waves are usually something to contend with as well for a beginner. That’s an advantage of learning on the Finger lakes I think. I’d like to try Long Pond maybe this spring north of Rochester, that’s not too far.
Unfortunately I haven’t found any good books on windsurfing myself, maybe someone else here could recommend. Most of my research has been Youtube and some video with Peter Hart. I did take a lesson however this past November while on vacation in Aruba and it was really great. There’s nothing like having someone right there to point out your mistakes.
I’m no expert, but I’d be glad to give my two cents on any gear you might find. I’m always keeping an eye out for used stuff. Sorry for the delayed response but the wind storm we had caused some problems, isn’t that ironic?
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Hey Dave, welcome to the group! I myself started last year, so I can definitely relate to your questions. As far as gear is concerned, you want a big floaty board with a dagger board. That’s the big fin in the center, usually retractable. 180 liters and up, for volume. For your sail you probably won’t want to go bigger than a 5.5. Everyone learns at different rates but for me, I haven’t exceeded this set up yet. That is to say, I want to bump up to more advance gear, but honestly it’s not exactly holding me back from improving yet. Which brings me to the point, Windsurfing is hard! Haha, but don’t get discouraged. That’s also kind of the appeal of the sport. It’s really like nothing else you’ve done before so it feels very awkward at first. Just enjoy the progress and being on the water doing something physical. And when you do first feel the board lift off to plane your hooked! As far as getting in shape for it, I would suggest swimming if you have access to a pool. You’ll be doing a lot of that and it’s a great all round body workout. Push ups and pull ups as you’ll be fighting the rig a lot until you learn to let the wind do your work. Some one told me it takes four years to learn to windsurf, I don’t know, I’ll let you know in three.
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