Reunion Island is a amazing French Island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, close to Mauritius, and offers near perfect down the line conditions. The Ravine Boys share with us the life on Reunion Island, and some great wavesailing. They leave us with the quote, “Enjoy it cuz one day we will be old…”.
Some awesome freestyle action from Italian Jacopo Testa at Gostoso, Brazil.
MacG Productions has been releasing some sweet clips. This one comes from their homespot Lajet, Sweden and features the 16 year old Gustov Häggström.
“2012 has been a epic year for me! I learnt much stuff and had fun on the water! 2013 is going to be fun, I’m looking forward to all the action!!” – Gustav Häggström
We think the young Gustav shows great potential, and an efficient sailor just look at the lift and height he is getting on his jumps.
We look forward to the next production from Markus Rydberg and Gustav Haggstrom, the duo that make up MacG Productions.
Thiseas Kampas created this cool video of some sessions around Greece. Check out his freestyle clip which is put together in super slow motion.
Marc Kahlen brings us this video of a Flaka shot POV style ‘On Board’ in Tarifa, Spain.
Today NorthSails announced the launch of their brand new racing sail, the NorthSails WARP F2013. NorthSails put a great team together and worked with sail designer Kai Hopf and worked hard to improve the WARP.
Arthur Arutkin recently joined the Fanatic International Windsurfing Team, you can read more about that in an earlier article. Check out Arthur´s first session with his new gear in this clip.
A nice view of a double forward by Peter Volwater at Margaret River , Western Australia.
A nice video from A F Productions featuring two Italian wavesailors Andrea Franchini (ITA 8) and Adele Frola who spent some time on Maui training, wavesailing, SUP, Surfing and living the life!
Check out this gnarly speed trench as Pierre Mortefon blasts down the narrow strip of water, trying to hit the fastest speed possible.
Italian freestyle Pro Jacopo Testa gives us a nice example of an Air Kabikuchi.
Multiple times freestyle PWA World Champion Gollito Estredo in El yaque and Adicora.
Max Rowe is one of UK’s top freesylers, climbing up the PWA freestyle rankings, and has spent some time in Brazil for the last couple of winters. Check out this awesome movie, that was put togeather by Blacklab’s Josh Willmot.
Japan was recently host to a windsurfing event the “World Performance 2012”, in Decemeber of last year. Francisco Goya, Victor Fernandez Lopez, Daniel Bruch, Graham Ezzy, Camille Juban, and Tyson Poor hit up Omaezak, Japan for the event, here’s the result of the action. The clip also includes local riders Masahiro Motohashi, Takahumi Noguchi, Tomoo Ishihara, Yoshiaki Nagamatsu, and Yuma Kobayashi.
It’s important to realize how much correct sail tuning can affect performance and your fun on the water. Downhaul tension and the overall luff curve of the sail is affected by the downhaul measurement, so it is very important to achieve the optimal setting for your session.
You probably know about the luff measurement marked on your sail, for example 12cm, and you set your base to 12cm. But did you know each manufacture might have slightly different measurements, so if you are using a different brand extension this could be crucial. So although not noticeable to the eye, a centimeter can make a large difference So use this method to confirm your specs.
When designing sails, manufacturers measure the downhaul from the bottom of the mast to the perpendicular projection of the bottom corner of the sail pulley. That information is
then printed in the sail.
The downhaul is one of the most crucial steps to rigging. It controls the shape of your windsurfing sail and can’t be changed while sailing. Finally, confirm that your tack pulley is as close to the base pulley as possible.
Check out the video where Artur Szpunar of Maui Sails explains how to tune and measure your downhaul settings according to the sail specification box.
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