Scott

Without the luxury of demoing different boards due to no local dealer support research seems to be our only hope to match board designs to local sailing conditions. One search on the subject found this enlightening thread where one sailor asks the right questions we all want to…[Read more]

Another November surprise for us windsurfers! Pre-frontal southerly winds ramped up big time at Long Pond. And the turn out for what is probably the last warm sailing session was equally impressive.

The area temperatures were in the mid sixties and the winds were forecasted to be gusty and into the thirties. And in fact that’s pretty much what…[Read more]

Recently I noticed a suspicious crack in the nose of my 86 liter Goya short board. With the cold weather approaching and lots of covid downtime I inspected the crack a bit closer and found that indeed I had crushed the nose at some point. So I broke out my dremel tool and proceeded to repair it. After routing out the wet foam and broken…[Read more]

Well thought I’d check in with my favorite blog with a fresh post…What makes a session the best ever? I’m not sure, but for me it’s a whole host of elements rolled into one. It’s windsurfing when you shouldn’t be windsurfing. Like in winter! But without the suffering, i.e. frostbite etc. And then there is the camaraderie, frankly it’s always…[Read more]

The forecast called for an early day on Wednesday at Seneca Lake. Much like the one we had a couple weeks ago. But arriving at Seneca early I was disappointed to find the the wind had already come off its peak.

The lone sailor, Mark, was rigging a 12m kite and Eric P. and I started rigging 6.3’s on large boards. By the time we got our sails…[Read more]

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Durand Double D Day

During the week I got a couple heads up from local sailors about good wind coming on Wednesday. A cold front was approaching. We had already squeezed in a nice Seneca lake day in the southerly flow that announced it’s approach before the clocking west…[Read more]

This article minus some great graphics is about wide skis and your knees, in short how the upright stance adopted by the wide skiing technique hurts your knees. I think there is a parallel here regarding windsurf foiling based on my limited experience and knee pain I’ve experienced. So enjoy the read and maybe Dr. Geoff will chime in on this…[Read more]

Just spoke with Steve Howie of Canandaigua Sailboard Shop and he tells me that his business will soon be sold. No specific yet but a sale of all things will be in the near future. This is very sad news! Steve had been there for most of us in our early days of learning to sail and a go to shop for great gear. Certainly an end of an era. He is not…[Read more]