New Windsurf Magazine

I've made up a quick digital magazine with some on my favourite photo's taken over the summer. It's a work in progress and I would like to get some others to add to it, I'd like some other photo's and maybe some stories or articles to add some extra flavour. If you'd like to get involved please get in touch, Someone must have some good yarns from this season.

...Looking back it was a great summer , Thanks to all that got in front of my lens...I had over 10000 images to look through....There's a lot more that I'll add later.

Check it out at this link...Sadly it's flash enabled so it won't work on the iPad/phone, I'll work on a new version to see if this can be fixed.

http://jil.st/5wYMNA

Thanks for the feedback swoosh, I agree about the larger images in a digital format but there is an option to bring this to life as a real magazine if there is some interest. Talking with the printer on a limited run it would set me back $15-$20 per mag depending on quality of print stock and total amount ordered (starting at 20 issues, The more the cheaper). I just want to get some more content so it's more then just a picture book. Not looking to make money but I thought some of the featured sailors might like to get a copy...Maybe a brand could sponsor it to bring the cost down or make it free

Cheers....And keep the feedback coming please.

An annual mag that nsw sailors could contribute articles and photos would be awesome, just a little reminder of the season and sessions gone down.

I've got to get a water camera, in the last year I have seem some crazy sailing at some serious waves whilst sitting in the channel. Then again maybe they are best remembered over a beer in the pub.

Wtf were you doin when you were looking at the pics dunk????

You can get it to work on the iPad/phone, you just need to run it through a flash browser like "photon". It would have been nice to have it downloadable so you could run it in iBook or similar.

Still workin on it.....

The best session of the season for me was watching Duncan and George trying to out do each other at a very heavy point down south.
35 knot southerly with 6-8 ft swell running and Geoarge makes the call on where to sail. I rock up feeling pretty unsure about the whole thing but Duncan is in the carpark ready to go. George then shows up frothing like a grom, telling us how sick it's going to be. His enthusiasim is infectious, so we rig like men possesed and we're out there in no time.
George throws caution to the wind straight away. He smacks the lip, gets caught in the foam and goes over the falls. Straight up on the rock shelf!! Ha ha.
He bounces around in amongst the rocks, gets washed into the channel by the next set and he's ready charge again. ......except his boom has buckled on the waveriding side. So he floats downwind, de-rigging in the water swapping the boom around so he'll be sweet for waveriding again.
Sailing in 35 knots with a f@cked boom is far from ideal yet George must have sailed 1km out to sea with this badly bent boom to make it back to the break.

Meanwhile, Duncan and i are getting dialled into the place. Smoothest waves i've ever riden but breaking meters from the rocks. I'm embarrasing myself out on the shoulder but Duncan is pushing it pretty hard. He drops into a solid mast high wave, turns hard of the bottom followed by a mid face carve as the wave hits the shelf and the bottom drops out of it. I reckon the nose of his board was at least a couple of centermeters under the water before it surfaced again allowing him to escape the solid lip following right behind. He disappeared in the spray for a few seconds before laying down another bottom turn then off down the line. Lucky escape.
By this stage George has made it back to us and gets some very solid rides. He is taking off way deeeep and soon pushes it too far, getting smashed by a set and washing up onto the shelf again. This time there's no coming back. Pretty much all his gear is pulverised onto the rocks. Lucky for Duncan though, because at least George is there to grab Duncans gear as he goes up onto the rocks two waves later after another one of those mid face carves beneath this heaving death slab.

Me. i watch the whole show, hooting at the sick rides then laughing at my mates misfortune. As the last man standing, I sail back down wind to get the ute so i can give the wounded warriors a lift back to their vehicles.
Smiles all around. What a day!!
Moral of the story : If you get the call from George you've gotta go!

Hi Jason,

My wife and I taken a fair few windsurfing photos over the last summer. All have been of flat water sailing, mainly at Kyeemagh Botany Bay and also some at Canton Beach.

I'd be happy to share these photos with you via Flickr, Google Drive or whatever you like for you to check out. I don't mind contributing a bit of a spiel for these spots either.

I've previously contributed to an online windsurfing magazine, Oz Windsurf and quite enjoyed the process.

www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/393702/gallery-wild-weather-lashes-the-illawarra/?cs=390

Photos 12 through 20 are worth a look

I remember pictures of George's gear maybe on his FB

The stuff of legends....

Dunk - just get Puffin Web Browser - allows you to view all the stuff you shouldn't on the iPad

Have tried it for Jason's mag and it works fine apart from not letting me go full screen

Nice work Jason

I thought it was me, two weekends free in a row and I can't even get a yellow arrow.

very nice job. Great photos!

cheers mike, worked a treat.
what size did you get, im certain you are going to enjoy that board.

yeah those photos are great, a bit of variaty and input from around the place would make it a sick mag to put on the coffee table or bottom draw of the bedside table.

You can tell it must've been frightening judging by the fact that the contents of his bowels ended up around his ankles!