Surf Fx are stoked to announce a rigging clinic with Ben Sevene from Severne Sails and Matt Holder ex Aussie Wave Champ.
On the night Ben will be covering both Slalom and Wave sails offering his design insights and tuning tips whilst fielding questions from the floor.
As per usual drinks and food will be provided.
When: 30 November
Where: Surf FX - 127 Ferry Rd Southport
Time: 6pm
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Events/Event.aspx?id=5453711

Panda, you should drop in and check out the store now its totaly different!
Much more and varied windsurfing stock.

Damn I'm missing all the free food and drink...again. Oh and windsurfing talk too

Hmmmm I could be persuaded to have some lemonade. Especially for educational purposes.

I think i may have had something to do with the beer shortage too

be over soon

Feel quite thirsty actually , I feel a responsible person should actually sample the goods after it is Ben Severne

have velly goot ranch of second hand goods for you

After spending the last four days with Ben and Matt in Merimbula, I can assure everyone that they will benefit from the clinic in one way or another.
Everyone is welcome regardless of which brand you ride!
Cheers

switch101 said...

md74 said...


I'm coming along thinking of going to this brand as they have a 6.7 wave sail, thoughts?

might be a little heavy and not very maneuverable

the blade 6.7 is probably lighter then most <6m wavesails from other brands. however i agree, 6.7m sail is massive. I don't think you really need to go bigger then 6m, as there is very little to gain in wind range going much bigger. 6.2m is probably a better option, as its a bit more compact and plus it rigs on a 430 mast, so probably less of an investment.

my biggest sail now is a 5.6 s-1. I can't see any point in a bigger wavesail, if I wanted a bigger sail, it'd have to be a 8m+ race sail. Case in point about a fortnight ago I was sailing on the broadwater, the slalom guys were on 7.8-8.3m sails, and I was still planing most of the time on my 5.6m.

cheers swoosh, my main wave sail is 6.2 Naish Force, Ive been getting a few tips on fine tuning the setup to get greater efficiency from my rig.

I only use 2 sails, 5.3 for high winds, 6.2 everything else.

I think my main issue is fin, downhaul and outhaul.

made changes to these, Ill see what happens.

btw I'm 6'3 95kg so it need s abit of wind to chug my fat ass!

Looking forward to tonight lads, Im sure Ill get a few good tips.

md74 said...

cheers swoosh, my main wave sail is 6.2 Naish Force, Ive been getting a few tips on fine tuning the setup to get greater efficiency from my rig.

I only use 2 sails, 5.3 for high winds, 6.2 everything else.

I think my main issue is fin, downhaul and outhaul.

made changes to these, Ill see what happens.

btw I'm 6'3 95kg so it need s abit of wind to chug my fat ass!

Looking forward to tonight lads, Im sure Ill get a few good tips.

md, there are a few things I would look at if I were you, and a bigger sail isn't the answer. I only use a 5.8 and 5.4 and ride a 92lt, and have just ordered 5.7 and 5.3 as my only sails. I got to use an Enigma boom for a few days and am sold on getting a carbon boom. The power transfer was incredible, I didn't think there would be that much difference but obviously us bigger guys end up loosing a bit through the flex of an alloy boom. I would put the $$$ you would spend on a bigger sail into that.

noice looks like a good night

>> FF to 2013 - we are sorry to announce, due to over usage in 2012, there is a shortage of red material and we must now move to pink or brown

depends on the shade

Thanks Ben, Matt & Surf FX for a good night, I think Switch will be nagging me for some Severne gear now

Edgy said...

Thanks Ben, Matt & Surf FX for a good night, I think Switch will be nagging me for some Severne gear now

just in time for christmas