The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

SUPpin' Small but Sweet

Ponquogue was smooth and organized (if not very big) Saturday, and Christian, Peconic Jeff, New Jeff, Tomas and yours truly got on it and had some fun. I also got to try out my roll bar GoPro mount on the paddle.  It felt like a great warm-up day (which I sorely need)...would love to do it again with two more feet of wave, but I Am Grateful!

(New Jeff goes right, Tomas goes left.  Photos by Jeff Schultz.)

Windsurfing Swap Meet (and SUP and kiteboarding) May 14th on Long Island

Hampton Watersport's spring swap meet returns on May 14th.   This is important because are either in category A, B, or C.

Category A:  You need gear.

Category B:  You have gear you should sell (because you're ready for better gear, and someone else would benefit from using your old gear.)

Category C:  Both A and B.

You know the drill:  If you're selling used equipment, drop off your gear during the week preceding (or arrive early that Saturday morning).   If you're buying, bring your money!   If you're looking for sails, it's helpful if you know what size masts you own, and what the minimum and maximum extension lengths of your boom is, to make sure you can rig what you buy.   If you're swapping (selling and buying) well then you're my brother or sister!   Note to sellers:  If you sell you get 100% store credit or 70% cash.  Me I maintain a permanent account there, as I both windsurf and SUP, and one of the first three axioms of windsurfing I was taught was "shit breaks".  So the credit is as good as cash if you're a water crazy, a Puffin, a wind chimp etc

Rain or shine, buy or sell used Standup Paddleboarding, Windsurfing, Kiteboarding and Surfing gear. There will also be new 2016 equipment to drool over.  Festivities start Saturday morning at 9.  If you have questions, call the shop 631-283-9463.  See you there!

Bird is the Word

Bird is the word!   Puffins are birds.   This would be "Surfin' Bird."   Lyrics also include:

"Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow
Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow
Ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow
Papa ooma mow mow, papa ooma mow mow"

Works for me.

Read more: The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Sheeting Out

"That's the most wind I've sailed in years," Scott declared, after tailwalking in to the beach at Sebonac Inlet on Sunday.   It was crazy windy.   We were mostly on 3.7's and 3.4's, and LIT.   Frank, Anders, Peconic Marty, Scott, John's Natalie, Ford, and vanderWolf and YT were all going for it.  The one saving grace was that the wind was steady...usually when it's 30+ big gusts and lulls are part of the package.   While there were some sustained gusts (minute long) there were no lulls, and this allowed for good use of sheeting out.

I pulled off no water jibes (was beach jibing on starboard for the most part) instead simply rounding up and laying down the rig, which was perfectly comfortable in the shallows of low tide.    39 degrees air temp (I should have been in a drysuit...was in the 5.3) and 35 mph winds...it were proper chilly!