For those that haven't already seen it, I wanted to share a short review of the GPS/Speedsailing movie "Ghosts of Speed". I downloaded it last year, but then only came back to it recently when I watched it with mates from my GPSTC team.
Released in late 2012, and set in the Netherlands, its an engrossing story about chasing perfect speedsailing conditions.
It covers a few different locations, including The Brace and Da Curve. The scene of sailing at the Brace (where they have walk across a NM of mud to get to the water) is incredible. Apparently the day they filmed it Jurjen van der Noord broke 50 kts there, with a 48.8 10 sec run together with Hans Kriesel.
Da Curve is also amazing - the guys take a boat to the middle of a bay, then start rigging up in ankle deep water. As the tide flows out a sweet sand bank appears, and away they go! Within a few hours, they are back derigging before the tide covers the sand bank and they head home.
Some of my favourite quotes:
"You'll never see a speedsurfer from the shore. Their quest for speed takes them to places where the water is flatter, and the wind is stronger."
"Where most people just see a sandbar, the speedsailors instead see an opportunity".
The music, which was specially put together for the movie, can seem initially a bit "euro" but it grows on you and after a while you will find yourself cranking it up and getting fired up for the next speed session. Don't watch it right before you go to bed!
To summarise, its a film that every GPS sailor should see. I think you can maybe buy it on DVD with shipping from Europe, but the best option is to do a digital download from Reelhouse. $13USD is a bargain especially compared to a normal windsurfing DVD (around $50).
Note that the download is 440MB (standard def) or 1GB (High Def) so bear that in mind if you have a small internet download limit.
Here is the link to the download:
https://www.reelhouse.org/angelopecere/ghostsspeed
jamesf
> 9 months ago, 4 Jun 2014
