The inventor of windsurfing has passed away.

www.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/sports/sailing/s-newma-darby-dead-sailboarding.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/

Salute to Mr. Darby.
Thanks for this news.

Looks like a sail board to me !

I always thought Hoyle Shweitzer was the guy who invented the windsurfer, maybe he refined the idea.

Wow, without this fella, we would have perhaps all been flying tea bags in the sky, RIP.

actually it is unsure WHO invented windsurfing FIRST
joewindsurfer.blogspot.com/2007/03/history-of-windsurfing.html

according to iwindsurf, they believe the Egyptians musta bin able to windsurf
www.iwindsurf.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32233&sid=c9eabe0dbbd4dfaa6aa298b73cbd6b89

The guy was named Newman! Do you think his mum thought of that? I reckon dad just snuck out and filled out the paperwork without consulting mum. Makes me think of The Trueman Show.


This is not the actual Newman but may be his girlfriend.

Years later Starboard stole the design for their Formula board.

Not to take anything away from Newman or Sweitzer, but I remember reading about this cool pterosaur that scientists claim used its 35ft wingspan not just for flying but sailing when travelling long ocean distances-about 100 mil years ago.It apparently had "battened" wings that were placed in vertical offset positions to maximise lift generated from the cranial wing/rudder allowing it to exceed the speed of wind. And looks like it came in Severne orange too!



phys.org/news/2009-10-ancient-pterosaur-seas-video.html

Newman actually invented freestyle before windsurfing was invented!

we do learn from nature
apparently mute swans windsurf and dark swans surf