hitthewave.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/windsurfing-brochures-ads-80s-90s/

That's really cool, I remember a lot of that gear kicking around in QLD

Select to expand quote

Rustbucket68 said.. That's really cool, I remember a lot of that gear kicking around in QLD

I still see a lot of that gear on gumtree, killing the sport!!

So many of those manufacturers were experimenting on the market with gear that was never going to work. Or simply trying to keep up with trends.
There was little science involved unlike today with rigorous R&D and testing before market.
I still love to sail my old "Wally" on a sunny afternoon in a light breeze. If only for nostalgic reasons. A reminder where the sport began and the beautiful simplicity that was; One board, mast, sail, and boom!

Board weight 17kgs you could keep fit just carrying it to the waters edge.
The price of progress

Select to expand quote

Flouro1 said..
Board weight 17kgs you could keep fit just carrying it to the waters edge.
The price of progress

Windsurfers were tougher last century!

Select to expand quote

Relic said..

Flouro1 said..
Board weight 17kgs you could keep fit just carrying it to the waters edge.
The price of progress

Windsurfers were tougher last century!

..and the 17kg was an aspirational weight ...like some 120 kg dude who claim he is 90kg all those 17 kg boards weighed 27kg without footstraps or centreboard.