Great bump n jump day!

Videos to come!

Hi Magic, location?

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segler said..
Hi Magic, location?

Lake of the Woods, Great Meadow in Southern Oregon. Best wind directions are from the West and East.

EPIC !

Having never experienced ice or snow that looks great!!!!
Sorry but give me boardies and thongs any day!!

Thanks! It's fun! It's nice to be able to windsurf in the off season on snow.

The fun continues!

Nice

you have a snow winner :-)
need to base my next attempt on your model
what size are the bottom ski and fin ??

The ski is 67 inches long by 7 inches wide. The fin is a water ski fin, but I cut it shorter to reduce drag. Fin is 1 inch long. The deck is 17 inches wide.

If Anyone thinks this is something New, you are are very wrong.

Some of the earliest designs of mono ski with windsurf sail go back to Poland year 1974 and even earlier designs from Estonia.
Friend of mine, Zbigniew (Ziggy) Piatek as early as year 1980 was using his own innovative designs on "Zalew Zemporzycki" (Zemborzycki Reservoir) near Lublin Poland that included slightly different design based on DN class boyers our Racing Club (RKS Motor Lublin) had and we used them sailing on frozen lake / reservoir in winter.
My friend's design was based on a T shape, (like DN Class Boyers).
Here is what my friend did:
a) when the lake /reservoir was frozen without snow - he was using 3 ice skating blades attached to T shape board,
b) when the lake /reservoir was frozen with snow, melted, refroze - he was attaching 3 curved metal pipes to windsurf on porous frozen surface
c) when the lake /reservoir was frozen and coated with fresh snow - he was using 3 shortened skis attached to T shaped board.

As soon as the lake started thawing from the shore - he was already windsurfing in that belt of unfrozen water.

I posted more details about it on NW Windtalk about 1 year ago with some pictures:

Here is the link if you want to learn more and also parts I used Google translation for you (and cleaned it up):

groups.io/g/nw-windtalk/message/64562

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mareks360 said..
If Anyone thinks this is something New, you are are very wrong.

Some of the earliest designs of mono ski with windsurf sail go back to Poland year 1974 and even earlier designs from Estonia.
Friend of mine, Zbigniew (Ziggy) Piatek as early as year 1980 was using his own innovative designs on "Zalew Zemporzycki" (Zemborzycki Reservoir) near Lublin Poland that included slightly different design based on DN class boyers our Racing Club (RKS Motor Lublin) had and we used them sailing on frozen lake / reservoir in winter.
My friend's design was based on a T shape, (like DN Class Boyers).
Here is what my friend did:
a) when the lake /reservoir was frozen without snow - he was using 3 ice skating blades attached to T shape board,
b) when the lake /reservoir was frozen with snow, melted, refroze - he was attaching 3 curved metal pipes to windsurf on porous frozen surface
c) when the lake /reservoir was frozen and coated with fresh snow - he was using 3 shortened skis attached to T shaped board.

As soon as the lake started thawing from the shore - he was already windsurfing in that belt of unfrozen water.

I posted more details about it on NW Windtalk about 1 year ago with some pictures:

Here is the link if you want to learn more and also parts I used Google translation for you (and cleaned it up):

groups.io/g/nw-windtalk/message/64562

Thanks for the info. But yes, this has been around for a while. So many different, creative models made over the course of time, as I enjoy seeing and watching them in action!

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MagicRide said..

mareks360 said..
If Anyone thinks this is something New, you are are very wrong.

Some of the earliest designs of mono ski with windsurf sail go back to Poland year 1974 and even earlier designs from Estonia.
Friend of mine, Zbigniew (Ziggy) Piatek as early as year 1980 was using his own innovative designs on "Zalew Zemporzycki" (Zemborzycki Reservoir) near Lublin Poland that included slightly different design based on DN class boyers our Racing Club (RKS Motor Lublin) had and we used them sailing on frozen lake / reservoir in winter.
My friend's design was based on a T shape, (like DN Class Boyers).
Here is what my friend did:
a) when the lake /reservoir was frozen without snow - he was using 3 ice skating blades attached to T shape board,
b) when the lake /reservoir was frozen with snow, melted, refroze - he was attaching 3 curved metal pipes to windsurf on porous frozen surface
c) when the lake /reservoir was frozen and coated with fresh snow - he was using 3 shortened skis attached to T shaped board.

As soon as the lake started thawing from the shore - he was already windsurfing in that belt of unfrozen water.

I posted more details about it on NW Windtalk about 1 year ago with some pictures:

Here is the link if you want to learn more and also parts I used Google translation for you (and cleaned it up):

groups.io/g/nw-windtalk/message/64562

Thanks for the info. But yes, this has been around for a while. So many different, creative models made over the course of time, as I enjoy seeing and watching them in action!

Any TOW (Time On the Water), even if it is a frozen one (snow or ice) is better than TOS (Time On Shore).
It is always inspiring how creatively people can make it happen: rain or shine or snow & ice.

MagicRide,
You are definitely continuing a Great Long Tradition therefore I chimed in with this Historical Perspective that many might not have been aware of.
Keep up the Great Work and Continue Innovating further !

There was also another post earlier on Seabreeze using Windsurf Sail, WindSki / Proto Bar and another using KiteWing (similar to Wingsurfing Wing) and regular Snowboard - this last one - no modifications needed, just a regular Snowboard and sufficient amount of Wind.
It is great to see such a diversity of ideas used successfully in practice and keeping Windsurfing (any form) alive year-round.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Windski-New-Proto-Bar-video-for-sailing-on-snow-2

thanks for the measurments MagicRider :-)

I too have been building winter windsurf sleds - since about 2008
here are some of my current models:


and as always, I am working on another prototype for deep snow
that one is the most elusive one to do well !!

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joe windsurf said..
thanks for the measurments MagicRider :-)

I too have been building winter windsurf sleds - since about 2008
here are some of my current models:


and as always, I am working on another prototype for deep snow
that one is the most elusive one to do well !!

Some fine looking equipment there!

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mareks360 said..

MagicRide said..

mareks360 said..
If Anyone thinks this is something New, you are are very wrong.

Some of the earliest designs of mono ski with windsurf sail go back to Poland year 1974 and even earlier designs from Estonia.
Friend of mine, Zbigniew (Ziggy) Piatek as early as year 1980 was using his own innovative designs on "Zalew Zemporzycki" (Zemborzycki Reservoir) near Lublin Poland that included slightly different design based on DN class boyers our Racing Club (RKS Motor Lublin) had and we used them sailing on frozen lake / reservoir in winter.
My friend's design was based on a T shape, (like DN Class Boyers).
Here is what my friend did:
a) when the lake /reservoir was frozen without snow - he was using 3 ice skating blades attached to T shape board,
b) when the lake /reservoir was frozen with snow, melted, refroze - he was attaching 3 curved metal pipes to windsurf on porous frozen surface
c) when the lake /reservoir was frozen and coated with fresh snow - he was using 3 shortened skis attached to T shaped board.

As soon as the lake started thawing from the shore - he was already windsurfing in that belt of unfrozen water.

I posted more details about it on NW Windtalk about 1 year ago with some pictures:

Here is the link if you want to learn more and also parts I used Google translation for you (and cleaned it up):

groups.io/g/nw-windtalk/message/64562

Thanks for the info. But yes, this has been around for a while. So many different, creative models made over the course of time, as I enjoy seeing and watching them in action!

Any TOW (Time On the Water), even if it is a frozen one (snow or ice) is better than TOS (Time On Shore).
It is always inspiring how creatively people can make it happen: rain or shine or snow & ice.

MagicRide,
You are definitely continuing a Great Long Tradition therefore I chimed in with this Historical Perspective that many might not have been aware of.
Keep up the Great Work and Continue Innovating further !

There was also another post earlier on Seabreeze using Windsurf Sail, WindSki / Proto Bar and another using KiteWing (similar to Wingsurfing Wing) and regular Snowboard - this last one - no modifications needed, just a regular Snowboard and sufficient amount of Wind.
It is great to see such a diversity of ideas used successfully in practice and keeping Windsurfing (any form) alive year-round.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Windski-New-Proto-Bar-video-for-sailing-on-snow-2

Thanks! I love to be out windsurfing in the snow. The fact that I can be windsurfing on snow when the water is too cold or frozen over is a big plus. Where I live, nobody does this sort of thing, so people are so interested and curious when they see this thing with a sail on it flying across the snow!

A bumpy snow day, but adrenaline rushing!