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No videos or experience using a paddle, I'm trash at SUP and would probably just hack the delicate rails to bits but I'll try it someday. Videos would probably be embarrassing to review with tiny waves.
Definitely wants weight back to turn, I rarely use the back strap though.
Those promo videos look great. I used to love the hyped up promo videos but reality is I'm most likely never going to see waves that good (even small ones) or sail that great. Seeing "everyman" videos really interests me and I fell like I learn more then seeing a massive double spinny flippy thingies.
Select to expand quoteHenners said..Grantmac said..
No videos or experience using a paddle, I'm trash at SUP and would probably just hack the delicate rails to bits but I'll try it someday. Videos would probably be embarrassing to review with tiny waves.
Definitely wants weight back to turn, I rarely use the back strap though.
Those promo videos look great. I used to love the hyped up promo videos but reality is I'm most likely never going to see waves that good (even small ones) or sail that great. Seeing "everyman" videos really interests me and I fell like I learn more then seeing a massive double spinny flippy thingies.
I went looking all over for even a decent review of it wavesailing when I looked to purchase. Like you I bought it, over their Breeze, because I imagine I'll paddle it someday.
Maybe I need to strap a GoPro on the boom at some point.
Select to expand quoteGrantmac said..Henners said..Grantmac said..
No videos or experience using a paddle, I'm trash at SUP and would probably just hack the delicate rails to bits but I'll try it someday. Videos would probably be embarrassing to review with tiny waves.
Definitely wants weight back to turn, I rarely use the back strap though.
Those promo videos look great. I used to love the hyped up promo videos but reality is I'm most likely never going to see waves that good (even small ones) or sail that great. Seeing "everyman" videos really interests me and I fell like I learn more then seeing a massive double spinny flippy thingies.
I went looking all over for even a decent review of it wavesailing when I looked to purchase. Like you I bought it, over their Breeze, because I imagine I'll paddle it someday.
Maybe I need to strap a GoPro on the boom at some point.
On the subject of GoPro, I've been using the flymount 40 (first pic), just clamping it at the very end of the boom (I have to remove it to change the outhaul). Previously, I tried the pipe extension off the back of the boom (second pic), but every now and then I would snap the pipe and found it a hassle. Yep, the pipe one gives a better camera angle, but Flymount is making an extension that fits on the end of the clamp, so it might give me a bit of a better angle.
There is a guy who does raw, uncut videos over in Hawaii, I like watching, but I think he's wearing a helmet style, so the angle is a little bit uninteresting.
From my point of view, I'm not really that good at windsurfing and fall flat on my face when I try to describe how a board or a sail functions.
When I'm not being too hard on myself, I'm actually kinda sorta good. I can get on a wave, get through shore breaks when others are getting hammered ect... I've come a long way from the big plastic fantastic board, but who wants to see a video of me falling off my board on every second jibe? And that might be the attitude of many windsurfers, and that is why we don't see many reviews or videos from the "everyman". We only get the super hyped up 20 foot in the air spins and twists. It seems that all boards these days are fast to get up on the plane, turn good, and are bomb proof. So maybe I should start putting up more of my videos, and maybe someone might get something out of it and actually, last time I did, I got so much good advice. Then again, I might just attract people with foot fetishes who just want to see me putting my feet into the strap.
