The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5464742010-07-30T08:14:15-04:00A windsurfing blog focusing on Long Island windsurfing. Stand up Paddling too!TypePadStrange Finnage...There's More!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef0133f2b7c398970b2010-07-30T08:14:15-04:002010-07-30T08:20:34-04:00After starting a discussion about the turbo tunnel fin in the Aussie windsurfing forum Seabreeze some people posted shots of these fins. The tubed windsurfing fins and split fins are taken from finmaker Deboichet's website. I don't know the provenance...MichaelWho Windsurfed Into North Sea Harbor Last Sunday?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef0133f2a3107d970b2010-07-28T13:19:13-04:002010-07-28T13:21:21-04:00I was out practicing light wind freestyle in Davis Creek Sunday when I thought I saw the top of a windsurfing sail over the dunes towards the Little Peconic Bay. It would peak in and out between the dune but...MichaelStrangest Fin Seen In 25 Years…Could It Work?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef013485bb77ad970c2010-07-27T07:23:08-04:002010-07-27T09:22:15-04:00This skeg was spotted by Jeff out at Montauk a few days ago. It’s called the Turbo Tunnel Fin, and there are surfers who say the thing does many wonderful things…helps maintain speed through turns, improves nose riding, provides lots...MichaelJeff Sneaks In Some Down The Line SUP Sailingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef013485b373ad970c2010-07-26T07:54:18-04:002010-07-26T07:57:23-04:00Don't fault yourself if you missed Peconic Jeff's blog entry about his mighty SUP wavesailing session...he is, um, sparing in his blogging activity (better to check out his excellent photo site, but even there the offerings have been thin lately)....MichaelMast Stick In The Soup (Good Photo!)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef0134859d7e7c970c2010-07-23T03:03:00-04:002010-07-23T03:03:00-04:00I'm grooving on this photo. That's OBX Bill of the mighty Bill's OBX Beach Life blog, bending it most interestingly while throwing a goiter. Bill tells the Puffin "Yea, the mast is in the soup, and I believe the mast/sail...MichaelLong Island Windsurfing on TV: Royal Painstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef0134859c765e970c2010-07-22T08:18:51-04:002010-07-22T08:53:57-04:00Tonight on USA, if you should turn on the dippy "Royal Pains" (which follows the exploits of a doctor serving the uber-rich in in the Hamptons) you can catch some of the Long Island fleet in the background (catch a...MichaelRedemption In The Waves (in three parts)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef0133f2669834970b2010-07-19T17:23:24-04:002010-07-19T17:23:24-04:00When last I reported from the SUP surfing front (my front, anyways) I could be heard whining mightily about what a bad time I was having, the amount of skin missing from my body, and various bits of property and...MichaelThe Ocean: Knotsmithtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c890753ef0133f254854c970b2010-07-16T12:43:38-04:002010-07-16T12:43:38-04:00Waves tied the knot above in my leash line in all of 20 seconds while I floundered in a riptide at the Cut. That is a lot of threading and twisting for a twelve foot line...pretty cool marlinspike, methinks! Photo...Michael