pretty sure noone posted in it.

If enough old style, wally, long sailboard fans (Windsurfer OneDesign, Mistral OneDesign, etc, etc) post their expressions of disappointment here, under this topic, we should be able to get it reinstated. There are a hell of a lot of us out there - unfortunately they're generally the 'silent majority' types that require some encouragement before they'll get vocal. Come on Wallys - let your voices be heard - here is your opportunity!

It's the largest windsurfing class in aust and some people don't like that !!!

BRING IT BAAAAAACK...please!!!!!

I've only just got hold of my first IMCO OD and about to get my hands on a wally ..

The OneDesign sister & brotherhood beseech thee?!!

clarence said..

I think the forum was too narrow as just windsurfer one-design.

I would like to see the forum back as "longboards" (or something to that effect), which would cover course racing, windsurfer one design, mistral IMCO, Neil Pryde RS, old school freestyle, longboard technique etc etc. More or less anything with a centreboard. I think the interest and volume of traffic (and diversity of topics) would increase significantly.

At the moment the only site to my knowledge is lbwindsurf.com, which is an international site.

Clarence

+1

KA360 said..

Has anyone noticed that the One Design Forum is missing? Does anyone know why? What's the goss?

Where's Wally? Very clever!

clarence said..

I think the forum was too narrow as just windsurfer one-design.

I would like to see the forum back as "longboards" (or something to that effect), which would cover course racing, windsurfer one design, mistral IMCO, Neil Pryde RS, old school freestyle, longboard technique etc etc. More or less anything with a centreboard. I think the interest and volume of traffic (and diversity of topics) would increase significantly.

At the moment the only site to my knowledge is lbwindsurf.com, which is an international site.

Clarence

+1

We should consider all of these suggestions for extra forums. I totally agree with Clarence and Jermaldan's suggestions and think we should also add one specialising in the future of our sport so I vote for a KIDS one as well.

Maybe the middle of winter isn't the best time to introduce a longboard forum ......there is no correlation between whale migration and longboard sightings...who would have thought....

^ Funny, I've never read a single negative comment in regards to longboards on Seabreeze ever.

jermaldan said..

I would have thought that freestyle forum would have made it before a wally one. Anyone know why there is no freestyle?

Yes, actually I'm a part-time short-board freestyler too. So, to answer your question, when he was making the forum categories Laurie surveyed for expressions of interest in a Freestyle forum but unfortunately there wasn't enough of us to warrant our own category. I hope this will change over time.

You are entitled to your insular opinion on longboard matters (as above), but from my reading of it, you seem pretty hung up yourself on the whole closet/prejudice thing. I am wondering is this in anyway a substitute for something else you may be experiencing?

I checked it daily to see if anything was new. But yes there was not enough people posting as it was limited to OD's, change it to All Longboards and it would definitely get more attention.

seems like the Onedesign forum was introduced on a trial period, too bad it was done during winter and all the local pros are away in Europe for the summer competing in the Windsurfer OneDesign World ProTour.

seriously; would be nice to replace it with a Longboard forum.

there is still a bunch of big-board sailors out there and seabreeze seems to be most peoples 1st choice.
they are not the most vocal, but the info is always good.

Thanks KA360. Windsurfers, participating in a WINDSURFER centric forum and providing each other with useful information, is all about creating synergy and harmony. Disingenuously manouvering to have that forum taken away, and from the people that you are supposed to represent – there is no doubt that is going to cause a lot of disharmony! Myself and many others would also like to hear the other side of the story - but that needs to come from that other individual and not 2nd hand misinformation from yourself. I stood down as President of WOD at the end of Jan 2013 after the successful running of our 2013 National Champs at Sorrento, VIC (and our 2012 States at BYRA well prior to that). I was, along with several others, elected to the new committee at that time and I have not resigned from that committee. I continue to strive for the rejuvenation of the WOD class (along with other committee members) with the primary goal of increasing the size of our racing fleets. The establishment of the WOD Seabreeze Forum was as a result of a reasonable amount of effort on my part – so I am obviously very keen for it to continue and prosper – and we don’t want that effort and that awesome opportunity to be trashed by someone else’s myopic view.

I’ve already said that I’m happy for the forum to be broadened to include those older style one design Wally era boards and to change the name to one that reflects that wider audience. And I’m sure that proposal will receive plenty of support from others including the WINDSURFER OneDesign community. The discussion topics were never intended to be only about racing –it was quite broad and included old style freestyle etc. It has been gradually building momentum and I believe with a little more effort will be successful. Though the WALLY forum shouldn’t be forced to justify its existence purely on the basis of number of views /posts /topics. There’s a lot of history and a lot of stories in the Wally era – and I fully understand that some others, like yourself, might not be interested in it – but of course no one is forcing you to look at it, and you can easily participate and enjoy other forums on Seabreeze and also lbwindsurf.com.

But to include all longboards, including modern raceboards, misses the point. There is not much synergy between the two. With our own separate forum we are provided a bit of distance from the negative views of those who 'just don't get it'.

AyreForce1 said..

... not 2nd hand misinformation from yourself.

Huh??? What information? I was asking for information not providing any.