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Learning about Longboards

Three reasons I love my old longboard:

1. Cruising in eight knots with speed and grace is fun in wind-starved times.
2. It let me compete in the East Coast Windsurfing Festival races.
3. It’s fun to freestyle on.

Three reasons to love a new longboard:

1. Lake sailing.
2. Destination windsurfing (can’t beat the centerboard and planing/nonplaning performance to get where you need to go.)
3. Konas are gorgeous.

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So let’s say you lay your hands on a longboard…where can you go to obsess on what to do with it? Currently I’m loving The Longboard Windsurfing Knowledge Base. In particular, I like the freestyle articles by pierrec45 (who occasionally comments here on the Peconic Puffin.)

Windsurfing…it’s not just about shortboards anymore.

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2 responses to “Learning about Longboards”

  1. Joe Rouse Avatar
    Joe Rouse

    Dawg, longboards rule in surfing, therefore they must be great in windsurfing. I can’t wait to get a Kona board!

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  2. Pc45 Avatar
    Pc45

    Great stuff as usual Michael.
    Indeed freestyle on modern or old longboards is a great tool for stronger wind short board skills and freestyle.
    It’s still appropriate equipment to teach newbies, great for social gatherings, and sailing with your kids at the back. And a great entry-point to the sport in the form of used, inexpensive first-year equipment.
    Using longboards as well as shortboards is a lot sportier. More outings, longboards are what more physical challenge in med-winds, and so on.
    Windsurfing rules!

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