The Peconic Puffin
A blog about a group of windsurfers and other water sports enthusiasts, and their friends. Established 1993.
Category: Freestyle
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Winter Windsurfing will soon be over. Not that I mind winter windsurfing…give me 40 degrees (36 if it’s sunny) and I’ll hop on a 4.7 or 4.2 any day! No high winds in the summer! But these are not the days for working on moves. I’m not trying to hit duck tacks or trick jibes…
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I hate Mike Burns. The number of things he can do on a windsurfing board that I can't is greater than the number of things I can do with one, period. These days he's living down in Hatteras (reason to hate him #483) with Chrissy and the kids, and he's recently posted a video of…
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It's that time of the year ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. ABK time! Andy Brandt's flying circus, with technique, tips, tricks, and a raft of instructors to teach it all come to Tiana Bay 9/21-23/18. If you've never sailed Tiana Bay it's just about perfect for learning at all levels…shallow, flat, and wind direction…
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Q: Why duck jibe? A: It’s so much fun! A dozen years ago I got out of big sails. If I couldn’t do basic tricks with it, I didn’t want it. I thought that meant 6.0 was about the limit. Good bye 9.8 and 8.8. Yeah I’d miss some planing days but this was my…
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Pete Roesch, Jon Sassone, and the mighty Mike Burns scored big last week at the Hatteras festival. Way to go guys! (P.S. Andy Brandt not too shabby!!)
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You heard it here first mi amigos. Dasher, he of the jibe and waterstart videos, storied windsurfing instructor in Aruba and one of my favorite teachers…he joins my other favorite windsurfing teacher Andy Brandt and company at ABK’s September 22-24 clinic at Tiana Bay. You know you don’t want to miss the ABK clinic. And…
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Good times, this move. One of my favorite nonplaning transitions, taught to me by ABK's Andy Brandt back in 2000. I saw the move, pointed, and said "teach me that!" He told me I wasn't ready, that I needed to learn the building blocks first. "Teach me all of them right now!" Within…
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My wife loves windsurfing in Bonaire. She’s the one who suggests the vacation each year. I say (I really say this) “we could take a non-windsurfing vacation.” I swear I actually say that. And she always replies “I want to windsurf in Bonaire.” What’s not to like? We rent a casita right next to the…
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At an undisclosed location on a special body of water to be named never (though its attributes…warmth, friendliness to beginners, shallowliness..may be reported) the mighty ABK traveling windsurfing clinic engaged with a group of windsurfing students for a clinique extraordinaire. Extraordinaire because the students ranged from never-before-windsurfed types to advanced sailors. Extraordinaire because instructors Andy…
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He is coming. They are coming. And so we all should be going! Two ABK windsurfing clinics on Long Island, and one in New Jersey, courtesy Andy Brandt and his ace team of instructors. The Napeague clinic is sold out, but spots still remain for the Tiana clinic (Tiana with its shallow friendly…