Longboard Scene
Longboard windsurfing in Finland
March 13, 2008 · 1 Comment
A Couple years ago the future of longboard windsurfing looked really bad here in Finland, as it probably was around the world. New Olympic Class was too expensive and perhaps too technical for hobby racers, nobody produced the 380 boards etc. Same thing with sails, all we could use was Formula sails, and for 9,5m2 Raceboard Class you couldn’t find sail at all. So most of RB competitors sailed in the Open Class, which meant that your size or amount of sails was not limited in anyway and you could also use formula hull... [Read more]
Longboard windsurfing in Germany
January 4, 2008 · 4 Comments
All shortboard and longboard windsurfing classes are organised under the roof of German Windsurfing Association DWSV. DWSV has over 700 paying members, about 65% of them are longboarders. DWSV - German Windsurfing Association Germany was one of the first and largest longboard markets in the world. Longboard racing has accordingly a long tradition in Germany. The first Regatta with the original Windsurfer was 1972 at Sylt. Today 35 years later, after the golden times in 80´s and 90´s, there are still 40 DWSV factorised... [Read more]
Windsurfing in Singapore
September 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Peoples Association Sea Sports Club In July 07, midway through the southern hemisphere winter months, I went travelling through Asia which included a couple of weeks in Singapore where I visited my Sister and her family who moved there a few years ago. Like most mad windsurfers I had to check out the local windsurfing scene. I wandered on down to the East Coast where I was told that most of the sailing and windsurfing happened. I came across the Peoples Association Sea Sports Club which is a fantastic facility set up on... [Read more]