Archive for April, 2011

• Rocking the retro – check out this vintage windsurfing video… http://fb.me/U6X3ZSQO #
• £20 off windsurf hire this summer at Poole Windsurfing! http://tiny.cc/HireDiscount #

Following up on our article all about the history of windsurfing we have dug around to find what is one of the earliest pieces of windsurfing footage ever recorded. Sit back and get ready to be amazed by what was the all new sport of windsurfing!

Fast forward a few years and the sport is already developing fast. There’s racing events, wave jumping and windsurfers are using harnesses & footstraps. This rapid growth in windsurfing was all happening in the 80′s so there were also some great comedy styles in clothing & equipment! It was all part of the big boom in people learning how to windsurf.

Be warned, this video is 80′s cheese to the max (including the sound track)!

Thankfully the soundtrack to windsurfing videos has now moved on just as much as the sport itself and right now we are really entering the realms of what only a few years ago was thought to be impossible to do on a windsurfer. Videos such as Four Dimensions show just how unbelievably advanced the sport of windsurfing has now become…

Happy Windsurfing!

• Big Wave Windsurfing at Jaws January 20, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuVY3Ko_RZ4 #
• Lord Of The Wind – Windsurfing Freestyle 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7sC7tH5ac #
• Grab yourself a great deal with one of the Poole Windsurfing special offers! http://fb.me/O39o6Dlm #

Everyone wants to be able to forward loop, whether they openly admit it or keep it to themselves! A windsurf front loop simulator would make a perfect stepping stone, giving muscle memory for when you actually start attempting them for real on the water. This is exactly what it seems like some clever people have created – read on!

The video below is a compilation of windsurfing forward loops which is a promotional trailer for a new ‘windsurfing forward loop’ DVD. The video clip gives a collection of loops and loop drills plus a very brief glimpse of what looks like a great dry land windsurf forward loop simulator (go to 2:34 in the video).

From the quick bit of footage, it looks like the ultimate teaching aid for learning this windsurfing move. Hopefully the full DVD will go into detail about the on-land forward loop simulator.

• Great windsurf movie with some slick filming & nice slow mo’s http://fb.me/YOTndLxo #
• #iwasthinkin How can there be a place so nice this close to London? http://tiny.cc/TropicalUK #
• Radical Windsurfing at the PWA Lanzarote http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw1qHLsNAqk #
• All you need to know about Poole Harbour http://tiny.cc/PooleHarbour #
• Get fit, get a tan & have a laugh – its all happening this summer! http://tiny.cc/SummerFit #

Sunrise Sunset is the big day for ‘Windsurfing for Cancer Research‘…

Its all happening on Sunday 1st May and the day is open to all windsurfers, kite boarder, SUPs, kayaks and sailing craft whether beginner or expert. Entrants are encouraged to set their own challenge for the day and use this to get as much sponsorship as they can from family, friends and colleagues. It is not intended that everyone should sail all “daylight hours” but to go on the water and have fun with many like-minded sailors. With your help there will be more than ONE THOUSAND people on the water at midday!

One creative challenge set for last years event was the ’50 loop challenge’ –

Sunrise Sunset 2011 will be bigger than ever before. Most of the 2010 venues will be involved as well as many new venues being confirmed for 2011 shortly. Sunrise Sunset 2011 will be ‘More than just a day at the beach’ it will be the UK’s BIGGEST windsurfing fun/fundraiser ever. A step by step sign up process is given here: Sunrise Sunset – Sign Up.

All proceeds the the event go towards funding cancer research, education and support. The objectives of Windsurfing For Cancer Research are to raise cancer awareness amongst windsurfers through education and so promote early diagnosis and healthy lifestyles to reduce the incidence of the disease. Also, to improve the understanding of cancer and help increase survival rates by sponsoring specific research projects for the public benefit.

• If you can already windsurf double front loop then why not do them indoors! http://fb.me/R9ylSecF #
• Man – this is one full on attempt at a triple forward windsurf loop! http://fb.me/SHLsFEpy #
• Awesome series of forward loop practice – from people's 1st few attempt to clean landed planing forwards. http://fb.me/XmYP2u8q #