The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Nice WaveSUPin' Video for Wednesday

I don't just miss windsurfing. I equally miss paddle surfing. My favorite watersport videographer (and master of how-to-jibe) Dasher recently put this up on Youtube. Enjoy.

P.S.   If you keep a portion of your awareness on the water in the background you'll see the occasional spinner shark jump.  They keep it interesting.

Fine Wavesailing Video...from Lake Erie!

I've recently learned about the Legend of the Reef Warriors, a small but mighty tribe who can conjure such magic as wavesailing on a Great Lake. I am still studying the legend, greatly stoked by the following video that a Warrior has revealed in an iWindsurf post. It's great stuff...enjoy!

BIG OCT SHERKSTON 2011 from casey treichler on Vimeo.

Windsurfing Bear Video

Windsurfing bear video.  That's what I said.  Berni sails a JP one handed, loops off of waves, and has the one handed (one pawed?) thing down.

(First spotted on Average Joe Windsurf Blog.)

Windsurfing Video for Friday (critics say it's "really good!")

One of my favorite windsurfing bloggers (and the Peconic Puffin's #1 commenter from Malta) Bunty calls this a "really good Neil Pryde video" and I agree. Philip Koester is in it, which means you're going to see monster jumps (and then some neat tricks thrown in the upper atmosphere).

Enjoy.   (Thanks Bunty!)

Oh, Tiana (don't kill me)

(the following is a guest report by Peconic Jeff filed last week:)

"Scott, Jon & I showed up at Tiana around noon to perfectly side-shore 25-35 mph winds and sand a-blowin'. With plenty of wind on the beach, we figured we could dodge the shore break and blast around on small gear (4.2 for me and Scott, 4.7 for the mighty Ford). Bruce arrived a half hour later, questioning our sanity of launching at high tide on an exposed beach with a ripping current (see photo with the current running against Scott's legs), but soon joined us on 4.2. While there wasn't much in the wave department, the wind didn't disappoint, and we were happy to be sailing on the ocean in December."

(Top:  Jonathan and Scott happily outbound.  Middle: Scott in dubious launch zone.  Bottom:  Air Bruce.  Photos and video by Jeff Schultz.)

Video: Sticking the Mast Mid-Aerial

This clip of Arthur Pollet (French/Brazilian, PWA Freestyle competitor) getting stuck is making the rounds. ABK's Andy Brandt told me years ago that many freestyle moves were invented out of other moves going wrong (ie donkey jibe to escape a prematurely initiated duck jibe)...so I'm thinking how cool it would be to intentionally stick the mast in the bottom and hang from the footstraps for a second...like a gecko flacka on steroids. Might be hell on masts. A good move to throw on the moon.

Aruba Hi-Winds Flashback

For five years awhile back the wife and I went to Aruba at least once per year (all the way back to when she was "the girlfriend") and had a lot of good times and good friends there.   When I stumbled across this compilation of local TV coverage of Aruba's Hi-Wind races (1987-2006...this is one of several pieces from the collection on Youtube) I started looking for Aruban friends.   I was surprised (just a little) when the first person I spotted was Long Island's mighty Bill DeGeorge, who always does serious damage to competing egos at the East Coast Windsurfing Festival, Fall Regattas etc. (He was top-five in the Masters division in the clip above). I haven't sailed in Aruba in a few years, but this clip reminded me of how much fun it was to rip in the Blue Highway when Fishermans Huts was going off.

If you need an Aruba fix (or would just like to watch some flatwater Carib slalom action from yesteryear) here's a slab for you. Go to Youtube to find at least five more.

Slowest Jibe Video

Another video from Dasher, He Who Taught Me To Jibe. Recently while windsurfing in Turkey Dasher played with his GoPro and slow motion software and served this up.

The SUP Cartwheel Part I

I have too much time on my hands (on account of my lingering arm issues). What do I do with the time (besides my wife's bidding?) I enjoy this fine report from Michigan Windsurfing as they pursue the elusive SUP cartwheel. Lake sailors rule!

Anything you can do, Laird can do better. SUP Freestyle II

Thanks to NC Board Rider for suggesting this in a recent Comment

Wave Freestyle at Jupiter SUP Fall Classic

This just in from Dasher Films in Florida:  The Jupiter Fall Classic.   Check out the move at 1:46...this is new to me.  There's a bit more trickery later in the video too.  Of course the general waveriding is nice to watch on Thanksgiving morning!

Flying Shark! Must-Have Toy

Meditation on a Wave (video)

I'd love to know what the music is.

James' "Angulo Vision" Video

One of the many thrills at last weekend's East Coast Windsurfing Festival was the chance to see a PWA champion sail. We saw Josh Angulo's mindblowing speed in the races, we saw a Very Large Loop...it was a treat!

But blogger James Douglas gives us a unique perspective.   James put on a helmet with a GoPro camera attached, took an overpowered spin on a new board and rig, then handed off both the gear and the helmet to Josh for him to sail.   The difference in observed speed is as radical as it was during the event.  Check it out!  Note that you can turn it off 3 minutes in unless you want to see me walk up to Mark and introduce myself.  Had I know the camera on his head was on I'd have fixed my hair.

Here's the video.  You may also want to check it out in its original context on James' blog.

 

Angulo-vision at East Coast Windsurfing Fest from James Douglass on Vimeo.

(This probably concludes coverage of last weekend's event.  If you've somehow come upon this post unexposed to our previous chatter and wish to subject yourself to it, check out the 2011 East Coast Windsurfing Festival reports one, two, and three.)

Duck Diving SUP

Kai Lenny, ladies and gentlepuffins! Thank you Pete Roesch for posting this in the Yahoo group.