Category: Freestyle
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"It's an 'Air Funnel,' Mike Burns explained to me, "essentially a switch stance – backwinded forward loop." Holy s***. I mean really. A dozen years ago I could at least fantasize about learning any trick in existence…it was conceivable that I might learn to throw a spock…but now? Fugedabada. But Mike Burns is out there.…
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W A S from Michael Sumereder on Vimeo. It looks pretty great too. A cross between the usual Bonaire mastery, James Bond, and a Mike Burns fantasy session! Learned about it from Dasher, by way of Mike Gebhardt. None of the trustafarian faux reggae and third rate metal crap that I dislike (but apparently most…
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The info is outfo: Andy Brandt and Team ABK will make you a better windsurfer (if you do the clinic) May 16-18, at Tiana Bay in Hampton Bays. The finest windsurfing instruction program on the planet (hey they've managed to get things through MY thick head!) There's just three things you have to do:…
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Scene, 2012 Windsurfer: "Hey Mike Burns, where is your legendary secret launch for practicing freestyle?" Mike Burns: "The Training Grounds? If I told you I'd have to kill you." Scene, 2014 Windsurfer: "Hey Mike Burns, where is your legendary secret launch for practicing freestyle?" Mike Burns: "The Training Grounds? It's on the Long Island Windsurfing…
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I have it on excellent authority that there's lots of room in the freestyle group of this week's ABK clinic. If you did not win the freestyle competition in Cape Cod last week, you should be here. If you did win, you should be here. If you didn't go (like me…previous commitments) you should go…
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If you know anyone who has ever done an ABK windsurfing clinic, you've already had your ear talked off about how great they are. If you yourself have engaged Andy Brandt and crew in an ABK clinic, you know you should get back there ASAP to work on The Next Steps of your windsurfing.…
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It's on in Cape Cod, y'all. September 14-15! The East Coast Windsurfing Festival Cape Cod edition carries on the traditions of Long Island's East Coast Windsurfing Festival, which is to say that it will be a fun factory. Casual racing, casual freestyle, not-so casual freestyle…competition at it's funnest. Be there. (The East Coast Windsurfing…
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When Sandy trashed Joe's Beach it shut down the East Coast Windsurfing Festival for a year…we thought. But now rising like a puffin from a pile of sand eels, the ECWF is happening…a Cape Cod version! We reached out to a longtime King of the East…Mighty Mike Burns…to ask what the word is on…
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The windsurfer in the photo is on a sinker board. It does not have enough volume to float him. If he was to sheet in in sufficiently strong wind, the forward motion of the board would bring it to the surface, and he could have a lot of fun. In this case it looks…
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The brilliant freestyler and videographer Andre Paskowski has lost his fight with cancer. It sucks just to type that. Over the years the Peconic Puffin has run half a dozen videos of Andre (usually with Gollito) and they've all been happiness and flow and excitement and smile fodder…not a heavy note to be…