Longboard Windsurfing Journal

Minimum board weights - are they too low?

Pat — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:39:31 PDT

Those of you that have read my other Journal entries on LBWS know that I am an avid raceboard sailor. Over the years I have had many different boards some more successful than others. In recent times I have owned the last F2 lightning and Mistral Pan am that came out of the Cobra Factory [...]

09 Phantoms hit Aussie shores

Pat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:17:14 PDT

At last the 09 replacement Phantoms have arrived in Australia. In accordance with the warranty instructions my friend and I took our 08 model Phantoms to our local Starboard retailer to pick up our new boards. With much excitement we swapped over centreboards, foot straps and mast tracks from the old board to the new. Ok [...]

The Windsurfer’s guide to Cayo Costa and Cabbage Key

Trey — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:29:05 PDT

I just stood there, starring at my Expedition Windsurfer not believing my eyes. I had left my dagger board at home, some 70 miles away! I had just carried the board to the kayak launch ramp at Grande Tours in Placida Florida and realized that I was missing the dagger board. I never take it [...]

UK Raceboard Class launched

rob132 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:19:18 PST

The successes of our Olympic sailors has inspired many new windsurfers to take up windsurf racing. ‘Raceboard’ is already an official class with very simple kit rules based on length, width and production registration. Quite simply the board is a performance longboard - a true racing class. One that is not inhibited by wind [...]

Australian Longboard Festival

Pat — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:17:02 PST

The Australia Day Weekend, 23rd-26th January, will see the inaugural Longboard Windsurfing Festival happening on the East Coast of Australia. This event includes the Raceboard Oceanic Championships, which will be held at Illawarra Yacht club and the National Windsurfer One Design Championships which will be held at Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club. On the East [...]