Scott

Sorry Doug I figured one awesome kitewing article a week was enough, besides not sure how much traction my ice boat action will get. Since I can’t seem to convert anyone on this site!!

My friend Dave, fed me the intel on the black ice on Keuka. Later he showed me the pic he’d received and it was a crack free image of pure blackness. In fact as he…[Read more]

I should have described this pic better, and sorry about the hijacked thread; this was during the early Windsurfer one design racing period, late 70’s to early 80’s. This shot was taken at the award ceremony at Cuba Lake and Genessee sponsored a number of races back then. Jeremy, I remember him. Steve Luter and his girlfriend/wife Sheri? were part…[Read more]

Sometimes it good to get lucky! But was it luck? You had your gear and you were there! Nice!

Nice write up. Didn’t want to read it because I missed it. Well sort of…I was hiding from the wind in my canoe in the ADK!

For fun here’s a pic from the old days…I thought Frank was in it but maybe he remembers these folks from the 80’s. Sponsored by Genesee Beer!

nice call Eric Durant was very nice 18-28mph until about 3pm! Beautiful day, great water and air temperature. A nice relief from the heat wave!

Love to have you guys! Its near to Charlotte or Seabreeze where there are nice places to eat and drink! Or there are BBQ grills for picnicking.  Also, a stones throw from launch is a public beach with life guard for the kids. This beach is quite long so if you get in trouble (that never happens!) you still wash ashore on a beach. But its no Lake…[Read more]

Of course as soon as I write this I get an email that says “your foil has been shipped”! I have to laugh though as the email states that “there are no assemble instructions includes so do this this and this…”. I mean like they didn’t have enough time to write up instruction even though it took two months to deliver! Only the medium size screw…[Read more]

Compare that to what they do for us at Seneca Park! Sailors paradise! Or Durand Beach where they rake the sandy launch for us! Thanks for checking it out. We need to check out East Bay sometime and see if it still accessible after last years erosion problem. Great in a west wind.

I’d like to add a review of my MFC foil purchased from Wind-NC out of Burlington, VT. , but it still hasn’t arrived yet!!!! Bought it two months ago! Fingers crossed….soon, or so I’ve been told.

A great way to revisit a super session with a blow by blow record! I still can’t believe how upwind you got on this trace with the geographic features just out of view to the right. I like it but can’t afford it!

Also, what Doug said earlier, lots of used gear floating around which is how most of us accumulate gear. My garage is a museum of vintage gear and such.

A lot of us use IWindsurf app which is subscription based app. I think there is a free version but don’t remember what data is available. Also, there is a group message board where people, kiters and windsurfers post where the action is.  Primarily we windsurf three sites in or near Rochester; Long Pond in a WSW wind, Durand Beach on Lake Ontario…[Read more]

AverageJoe’s blog has a great page on the history (!) of sailboard foiling with lots of thoughts on the development. Hope this links works.

http://joewindsurfer.blogspot.com/2016/05/sailboard-hydrofoiling.html

There is even a pic of a KiteWing Sailboard Hydrofoil. Or how about video of a longboard windsurfer on a foil from almost thirty years…[Read more]