Longboard Windsurfing Journal

Windsurfer One Design American National Championships

Ted Schweitzer — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:00:50 PDT

Windsurfer One Design American National Championships (aka: The 12th Annual DINO Race) September 26th, 2009 This grass roots event was organized by the fleet of Windsurfer One Design enthusiasts outside of Houston, Texas and attracted 30 sailors. fleet shot 3 photo by Hauk Wahl Six races were held in light to moderate winds. The 30 sailors were [...]

The 2009 Kona Gold Cup had it all

Tor Bakke — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:55:46 PDT

The 2009 Kona Gold Cup Motala, Sweden – August 16th. 2009 The 4th. Kona Gold Cup had winds from 4 to 40 knots, extremely competitive racing, a record number of 86 competitors from 11 countries, great parties and a fantastic organization – both on and off the water. Additionally, and for the first time [...]

Raceboard Design

Yagon — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:53:48 PDT

A recent thread in the forum prompted me to think about the future of raceboard design and articulate my emerging opinion on this topic. Raceboard Designs The IMCO was originally designed for a minimum wind strength of 15 knots (ie not really in displacement mode). It was the best course-racing, high-wind (planning) design at the time of [...]

2009 Raceboard Worlds Wrap

Murat — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:23:27 PDT

Press Release The record entry of 114 surfers from 15 nations in the Raceboard World Championship 2009 sailed 12 races during the Championship. “This is the biggest fleet in a World Championship of the Raceboard Class, we have seen for more than 20 years”, Murat Tueten from the German Windsurfing Association, who organised the event, raved. It [...]

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 [...]