http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3c280fa12a/super-extreme-windsurfing-instructional-video-from-nathanlittlefilms

Mate, how do you find these ??

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pierrec45 said...

Mate, how do you find these ??

i did a search in hulu after reading the link in the general forum which sent me to the link above.

funny stuff.....

Damn that's a nice sail

you sure are easily entertained gestalt

Priceless.
I love the "get a friend to help you carry the awkward thingy down to the water"
They didn't even touch on gybing...
So that's how the SUP was invented!

I can't believe how difficult it would be to learn on that equipment.

Look how floppy the handle thing is!

But I guess to even things out, the board is more like a small barge than a shortboard.

Sadly Gestalt, you have too much time on your hands
Sadly the equipment he used was better then I had when I learnt
Sadly my boom was floppier then his
Sadly he did better then me on my 1st time

The video shows the following:

Learning to windsurf is easier on a short wide learning board such as RRD Easyrider or Starboard Start than an old long board

You can windsurf in 1 knot or less of wind

Clamp on booms are the best windsurfing innovation since the universal joint

Sharks live in the ocean

Irish music complements windsurfing videos.

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crazyjockey said...

I can't believe how difficult it would be to learn on that equipment.

Couldn't be that hard. I've seen days in the '80s where you couldn't find a spot on the beach at Balmoral or Sanderhigham or Narrabeen or Barrenjoey to put your board on the water, so many of them there were. In those days, all learned on those boards, with a high % of success. Surely as high a rate as now.

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crazyjockey said...

I can't believe how difficult it would be to learn on that equipment.

I learnt on a longboard, about the same vintage 2 years ago.

But as for the rig, that's like 50 knots before you even hit the water!

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pierrec45 said...

crazyjockey said...

I can't believe how difficult it would be to learn on that equipment.

Couldn't be that hard. I've seen days in the '80s where you couldn't find a spot on the beach at Balmoral or Sanderhigham or Narrabeen or Barrenjoey to put your board on the water, so many of them there were. In those days, all learned on those boards, with a high % of success. Surely as high a rate as now.

I can see how the board would be alright, but I was thinking of the rig when I made that comment. The boom looks very floppy and uncomfortable...I don't imagine it would have much of a wind range. Not to mention the mast extension that you just jam into a slot on the board. It definitely makes one thankful for the modern equipment.

very funny, I need many a new 'thingy' me thinks.

hehe,

cracked me up. i learnt on a one design mk1 with tie on boom, a mast step that would pop out while sailing and a centreboard that wouldn't fully retract.

it was a blast.

then i upgraded.

one design mk2 tie on boom, tyronsea uni, retractable centreboard.

loved that too.

got a clamp boom once they were invented.

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Gestalt said...

hehe,
cracked me up. i learnt on a one design mk1 with tie on boom, a mast step that would pop out while sailing...

Wasn't that a joy and also while uphauling

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easty said...

Gestalt said...

hehe,
cracked me up. i learnt on a one design mk1 with tie on boom, a mast step that would pop out while sailing...

Wasn't that a joy and also while uphauling

lol yep,

only time it didn't pop out was when you got your leg or foot caught between the mast and the board. ouch!

Thanks for the video, it could of been shorter but funny none the less.

Like others I learned on a One Design and couldn't recommend it more. The board is so stable I even got friends to sit on the back a few times.
As the mast was a one piece there was no need to de-rig it (except the boom) making rigging less complicated
and the lack of tautness meant that despite having far less acceleration and top speed there were less unexpected changes due to gusts, which still catch me off guard on my new rig.

My analogy from when I got my new rig is that the old one was like a bus, slow, heavy and stable, my new one is like a sportscar, light, accelerates a lot quicker and alot more precise with the steering, which aren't always good things when you're a slow learner such as myself.

Just writing this brings me down. I broke my heel bone about 6 weeks ago, which effectively ended my windsurfing until probably next summer.