This is the Aloha Classic II, has some of the greatest one liners from when windsurfing was at its peak... Watched this a hundred times when I was about 8, parantal indoctrination at its worst...

Anybody who has seen The Windsurfing Movie will have already seen the famous wipeout from the final heat, when "Richie Meyers GETS EATEN!!"

But it's worth watching the whole thing to see the sailing standard, and also the interviews at the end where the Pros talk about the future of windsurfing..

Stills from the epic wipeout..





^^"The tension wears you out more than the physical strain" Craig Maisonville - who wasn't even wearing a harness.. Like a Boss..

That move looked decent as at 2:43min

Now THIS is an old video! Seriously mellow windsurfing from a bygone era.

Wet Willy said...
Seriously mellow windsurfing from a bygone era.

I know what you mean by mellow, but if you've sailed those pre-80s boards, or really most pre-1985 boards for that matter, the sailing itself was never mellow - always a fight.

It's gotta be the oldest such clip though really.

Nw Pierre, tempting s it may seem, please don't go posting your recent vids as "vintage" windsurfing clips...we can tell the difference, you know ;)

Re: Wet Willy video link

Lotsa Larry Bertlemann (aka Rubberman) - great surfer!