tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839663706390213689.post2762328861279551214..comments2023-05-10T15:13:19.351+01:00Comments on Fisher Viking: Tri fin swallow tail resurgenceHDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15337507083654164273noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839663706390213689.post-10125205778679258342009-07-26T11:49:06.377+01:002009-07-26T11:49:06.377+01:00The London Windsurfing Centre became "Activ&q...The London Windsurfing Centre became "Activ" (an even worse name!) while I was working there. Peter Hart worked there at the time - we used to windsurf at Bray Lake near Windsor. Ah the nostalgia: watching Trade Winds on VHS with Mike Waltze windsurfing on his door! I remember reading the first report, in the American Windsurf Magazine, of Doug Hunt doing a loop. Using a 'football fin'. Vitamin Sea I remember - brightly coloured short boards. The days of Hy Jumpers in Braunton... I haven't windsurfed in about 10 years. I think the last time was on a friend's Lodey custom board at Saunton and I achieved a memorably powerful catapult over the nose! I was always better at old school long board freestyle and Div1 racing. I wasn't really aggressive enough on a shortboard. I've still got my two Gul wetsuits from then. I might have to pop an amusing photo on my blog when I get back (pink/turquoise/yellow winter steamer!!!). I gave up windsurfing when I went to college to study Art. Couldn't afford a car let alone keeping up with windsurfing kit. Cheerio...Thoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745847702335928410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839663706390213689.post-75673604455221034452009-07-26T08:30:31.191+01:002009-07-26T08:30:31.191+01:00I remember the name of London Windsurfing centre, ...I remember the name of London Windsurfing centre, I had some mast cover with that name on it. I remember some strange creations by Vitamin C, really hoping that one day I would be able to actually sail them. Oh how times have changed - albeit for the better. The good news is windsurfing got an awful lot easier and the kit has enabled it to become much more throw around. Kind of like how skateboarding evolved from the 70's to currrent day. You will have to try it again !HDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337507083654164273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839663706390213689.post-39462949702771868622009-07-25T23:51:13.330+01:002009-07-25T23:51:13.330+01:00Ah the 80's... I had a Windsurfer Rocket 88 th...Ah the 80's... I had a Windsurfer Rocket 88 then, I also remember sailing Mistral Malibu's a Klepper Gun (I worked for a shop called The London Windsurfing Centre) my mate had a Mistral Tarifa. Do you remember the asymetric boards they made then?! (I never sailed one.)Thoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745847702335928410noreply@blogger.com