It's harder to get nice scans from these as the pictures cross two pages. But here goes:

OMG

and if you want a sail or 2 to go with the boards.....






- Makes the WA 'free stuff' thread look pretty good.....

and a sail.....

Hi
I used to windsurf along time ago ;)
I grew up on Lake Macquarie and enjoyed the summer north easterlies back in the late 80s on boards like the Windsurfer one design, Mistral one design and Bombora south pacific.
I have a boat nowadays but still miss the sensation of planing on a reach at what felt like high speeds :0
I'm 173cm and weigh 85kg.
I was thinking of getting back into it, I don't want to head out into the surf but would rather have something I can sail upwind on but is as fast as possible down wind as well. I notice a lot of boards don't have dagger boards, I assume they are wave boards which are mainly for reaching ?
Can anyone tell me what sort of kit I should be looking for in the second hand market or if I was to buy newish gear. I am totally out of touch with the current gear. I live in the inner west of Sydney now.
cheers

I a have a bombora south pacific (pink one with centreboard) FREE at the shop first in . simon board crazy brisbane
need more space

Mine was a Sailboard Australia Fun Freestyle. It sounds quite horrid but it was a good board. Nice pink colour. Based on the One Design with a retractable centreboard and some footstraps. It came with two colourful mylar sails. One about 6m and a storm 4.5m. My parents bought it for me when on a holiday to Port Stephens back in about 1984. Very generous of them.

Its just like this one on eBay. Brings back the memories, that is why I'm posting this.


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FREESTYE-SAILBOARD-WINDSURFER-AUSTRALIAN-MADE-/160511183763?pt=AU_Sport_Surfing&hash=item255f364b93

I have a "classic" that has a black label in the middle saying:

Orthogonal Concept
292
Tom Ludecke Design

It's a white PVC board. Sturdy. Very sharp rocker lines. May be between 125-135L.
Bougth it in 90-ties.

Is that a Bombora? Has anyone heard about it before?

I just broke 4 PBs with it, so go easy on the insults

Cleaning out underneath the house the other day and finally came to terms with saying goodbye to my gear from 1986 . In the picture is a Bombora South Pacific (which weighs around 15kgs), a custom fibreglass board made by a local sailor Russel McCamley with 90degree rails the entire length of board, a Gaastra 5.8 Speed Slalom sail, a 4.5 North Slalom Spider (by D Ezzy), a plastic Multi-fin from Byron Bay with the mother of all chord widths and two very narrow tie-on booms.

Brought back many fond memories and made me realise I had lost 20 precious years that I had given the sport away.







Also found this press clipping from Dec 30 1986 of me sailing the custom slalom board and gaastra sail - the most carefree days of my life just after finishing school and before starting uni. Tried to defer uni so I could sail forever but alas my dreams were cut short.



Apologies if I have bored anyone to death with my reminiscing.