1. Look up! It’s that simple, just never EVER look at your equipment. Do you stare at your steering wheel when you drive? Your handlebars when you bike? Didn’t think so.
2. Harness lines: if your sail is pulling forward, adjust your lines forward, pulling you back? Adjust the lines back. You’re looking for the [...]
I don’t ever want to go through that again. Call it the ‘Crucible’ of the Windsurfing world, but getting your US Sailing Windsurfing Instructor Certification is hard as hell. When I received my manual in the mail, the material looked overwhelming, but little did I know how exhausted I’d be even after day one.
The US [...]
Dear Bic Techno 160,
“Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do”
You are a wonderful board, and I don’t get to take you out often enough as I’d like. You [...]
Finally headed over to Coyote Point over in San Mateo last week. Boardsports School opened up their new location here last year but never made it over. Its quite the get up, retail shop, snack shack, large grassy rigging area.
Unfortunately getting down to the water isn’t so peachy. You have to finagle your way [...]
Been having harnessing problems lately. I suppose thats what I get for skipping four weeks of windsurfing.
I can’t keep the weight distributed correctly on my feel while harnessed in. And I have way too much pressure on my back hand.
I keep putting too much weight on my back foot when I’m harnessed in, resulting in [...]
So last week, I’m windsurfing after work and I look ahead I see a head poking out of the water, and I was like “Hmmm, who’s swimming at this time of day?” and then the head goes back under water… “Peculiar” I think “Maybe its a seal?” So I continue to head to shore (even [...]
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