Longboard freestyle – on the railride (rail ride)
November 19, 2007
This is an article on railriding in general. Further articles will address the different railrides, one at a time. This is special enough a move that it deserves its own introduction.
Railrides is half the specialty for competitive-level longboard freestyling, if there was one. Railriding is more advanced freestyle, but it’s not incredibly difficult either. After all, in the 80s a fair portion of the sailors could do it, and even non-freestyle racer friends could pull at least the basic railride. You can still see on the Internet the railride being ridden on modern Konas and Starboards, for instance. So I must not have dreamt it… [Read more]
The Glide – the new sport of longboard wavesailing
November 14, 2007
Jeffrey Henderson, sailmaker of Hot Sails Maui, lives in the home of the shortboard. Waveboard heaven. High-wind nirvana. And what is Jeff doing for fun and for the future of windsurfing? He’s becoming a prophet of longboard wavesailing. Longboard wavesailing seemed almost like an oxymoron for years. Wavesailing meant shortboards. Longboards meant flat water. But as Jeff and a few other people realised modern longboards (like SUPs) under sails can be just as effective in the surf as longboards you paddle – and longboard surfing has long been the growth area of windsurfing’s sister sport. Henderson reckons longboard wavesailing can give the same boost to windsurfing.
The Word from the Worlds
November 3, 2007

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