Question .why is there a shortage of race sails to buy ,? nothing in the shops .do they only order a handful .



can we blame Trump for this one 😇 ? or are shops just ordering if you place an order .

When I started Windsurfing in 2008, it was the pits. It was an old man's sport that your Dad thumbled at using old mismatched gear. So everybody in SA was jumping to kite boarding. 3 months of Windsurfing, watching kiters that had started when I did, riding back and forth, I very nearly walked up to the big Red Baron kite surfing trailer, and asked for lessons. The only reason I didn't do that, was I was house broke at the time and could not afford any more gear or lessons. Many of the kiters at my spots were ex-windsurfers, and were giving me training at my local spot. There has been only a dribble of new people coming into sport since then, at least here in Adelaide.

PS/ There has been a massive increase in Kitesurfing here. All young people, 20s etc.

I'm trying to order a Patrick GT3, but I'm now wondering if increased transport problems will affect it's availability or price.
Anybody know where Patricks are made and sent from?

Yeah me to. My neck is a bit stuffed now, and that has slowed my progression in freestyle, but I'm content with the sport. Most people who try something different appeared to have stagnated long before. I'm getting this way too I think, due to my inflexibility (mostly the neck), but there are a few more moves I want to learn how to do.

decrepit: My 5WAVE has Chinese symbols on the id tag. I'm pretty sure I saw a Made in China tag on it once (although, I can't find it now). I recommend ringing Mark from Surfsail. He is always very helpful. If he can't help, then he will pass you onto Patrik, who are also very responsive and helpful.

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and he assures me f/wits's disruption won't change anything, and my new 5.0 will be in the next session's shipment.

Hopefully, everybody does their bit as well to ensure the above. I'm restricting my sailing to local now. No long drives to flat water until Govt/industry work out a solution, which they should have jumped on in 2014 when the news about our reserves hit the press IMO. Not that I can't afford it, I'm just conscious of using diesel now. The truckies/farmers need it more than me.

I brought an eScooter to go to work 2 weeks ago. 14km journey, 50-55min. It's a hoot