Hi Mates. I feel we need to brainstorm some futuristic windsurfing ideas to give brands some thoughts on the windsurfing digital future...

Somehow I feel brands are close to exhausting all selling shpil and shape permutations in the last 20 years. Now I feel what's coming is microchip tech built into the boards core as it gets smaller and smaller. It's ton of volume there to embed interesting stuff plus walls that don't reflect any waves/signal... So starting with board trackers, iWatch connectors, mp3 banks, gps tech, micro gyroscopes/paper thin solar panels to generate electricity, some core water sensors, you name it ... Let me make it another thread to throw some silly ideas around... which brands may start implementing in say 10 years...

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leto said..
Hi Mates. I feel we need to brainstorm some futuristic windsurfing ideas to give brands some thoughts on the windsurfing digital future...

Somehow I feel brands are close to exhausting all selling shpil and shape permutations in the last 20 years. Now I feel what's coming is microchip tech built into the boards core as it gets smaller and smaller. It's ton of volume there to embed interesting stuff plus walls that don't reflect any waves/signal... So starting with board trackers, iWatch connectors, mp3 banks, gps tech, micro gyroscopes/paper thin solar panels to generate electricity, some core water sensors, you name it ... Let me make it another thread to throw some silly ideas around... which brands may start implementing in say 10 years...

Morphing board that can extend/retract a daggerboard, fin, and foil and adjust straps/mast base

Virtual reality windsurfing
That way you can do it in the comfort of your bed.

How about an e-windsurfer

With Bluetooth.

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Imax1 said..
With Bluetooth.

So Bluetooth with an e-pace and e-ride it exists

Or whack a sail on an awake Ravik 3 or Ben buckler kahe

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Id just like some wind to do it old fashioned style. It's been a wind drought.

Yup. This time of year it's the doldrums. Fishing, mountain biking, sup'ing and LT weather time. I've even started sorting my dvd collection, going for long walks with the wife and dreaming of windsurfing for futurists.

its ok. Pwa starts again this weekend, we can get back to arguing online

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Imax1 said..
Id just like some wind to do it old fashioned style. It's been a wind drought.

Get ya foil out and join me at Woorim tomorrow

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Mr Keen said..

Imax1 said..
Id just like some wind to do it old fashioned style. It's been a wind drought.

Get ya foil out and join me at Woorim tomorrow

In the predicted 8 kts ?

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Imax1 said..
Virtual reality windsurfing
That way you can do it in the comfort of your bed.

Yep.. the way things are going..

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Imax1 said..

Mr Keen said..

Imax1 said..
Id just like some wind to do it old fashioned style. It's been a wind drought.

Get ya foil out and join me at Woorim tomorrow

In the predicted 8 kts ?

In the year 3000 all forecasts will be accurate. In the meantime I will go with windfinder on this occasion

Here I was thinking accurate forecast was a thing of the past

In this so called wind drought, the longest I have gone without a decent session is 2 weeks (once)! Look and be willing to travel, sometimes early morning in winter. There is usually a good chance of a session. They didn't call me Mr Keen for nothing

Yes. Truth is with the right gear every day is a windsurfing day even decades before the 3000's

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sboardcrazy said..

Imax1 said..
Virtual reality windsurfing
That way you can do it in the comfort of your bed.

Yep.. the way things are going..

Do kids skin their knees nowadays ? Do they still sell bandaids nowadays ?

Or is there a scratch app on phones ?

Remember gravel rash ?

The most futuristic part of it will be the bionic cyborg sailor. Gear will stay basic, the sailors minds will have morphed to a state of no fear, and ocean crossing sessions will be the norm. Hand callous will not have changed and will mean there will be no virtual sailing for sailors as their hands won't be able to tap buttons.

Hoverboards.

You'll be able to purchase and upload skills, eg forward loops, spocks etc, instead of having to learn them the hard way.

In the year 3000?

926 years in the future so there's a chance of advancing technology.

A full windsurfing kit which can be easily carried in your pocket and assembled by thought, without costing a months pay.

The kit would need to have full filtration as I imagine all our water ways will be seriously polluted.

That is if the human race hasn't found a clever way to kill itself off or over population has people falling of the edge of the disc.

In the next 20 years, I'd like to be still sailing, whether or not windsurfing is still around then is yet to be seen.

an accurate forecast is just in the realms of science fiction or to be less specific just old fashioned fiction

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John340 said..
You'll be able to purchase and upload skills, eg forward loops, spocks etc, instead of having to learn them the hard way.

I wish..

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elmo said..
In the year 3000?

926 years in the future so there's a chance of advancing technology.

A full windsurfing kit which can be easily carried in your pocket and assembled by thought, without costing a months pay.

The kit would need to have full filtration as I imagine all our water ways will be seriously polluted.

an accurate forecast is just in the realms of science fiction or to be less specific just old fashioned fiction

I doubt whether you'd need a forecast nor any of those other features you mentioned, as sport will be something you do in a virtual reality simulator in the air-conditioned comfort and safety of your apartment.
Chances are you wouldn't survive long in the not-so-great outdoors!

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John340 said..
You'll be able to purchase and upload skills, eg forward loops, spocks etc, instead of having to learn them the hard way.

Or, if you choose to learn tricks the hard way, at least the virtual crashes won't hurt like the real ones!

What about Augmented Reality glasses so you could race against yourself or a few Pro's?

fraught with uncertainty, but the moronAI calculated a 99,999% confidence interval for this scenario