December 2010 Blog Posts (6)

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Wesh Center Crew Windsurf Park in Leucate from Julien Taboulet on Vimeo.

The Wesh Center Crew (windsurfing club of Julien Taboulet & Caroline Barbeau), located in Leucate / south of France, is proud to presenting you the first windsurfing park in the world. The 3 riders of the concept, Julien Taboulet/Thomas Traversa/Anthony Ruenes, are making the…

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Hopefullyt 2011 is a better year. Lots of snow and good conditions for downhill snow boarding and snow kiting, right now. I have had four decent sessions so far this year with more to come. Good luck and favourable winds to those that travel South. See you in Avon NC. middle two weeks of April. If you can be there let us know we would love to meet up with you. We are also going to make a very strong effort to get over and sail Blue Lagoon with you this upcoming spring.

Brian,

Thanks for posting the film on this site. What a great film it is! It makes me smile and at the same time feel old. It was great to see what Waltze and Haywood look like these days. The windsurfing gods have treated them kindly. Fred Haywood must be at least in his 60's these days.When OC and I were on Maui in there early 80's Waltze and Haywood had the hot shop in the islands----SAILBOARDS MAUI with Jimmy Lewis working for them as a shaper------my how things have…

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Saw this on God Save the Wind:

Wind & Water - the Invention of Windsurfing from Joseph Schuster on Vimeo.

The first and only documentary about the history, invention, and the evolution of the lifestyle of the windsurfer.…

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The new issue of Windsurfer Int'l Mag is out. It's free. Check it out: http://www.windsurfermag.com/

Also, I sent a note out to everyone about sail size data for free ride windsurfing. If you have a chance during these busy holidays, please send me a list of what sail size you use versus wind speed, plus your weight. You can send it to me directly at ub@wideopenwest.com.
Thanks,
Brian