Category: Gear Head
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The people at LiP Sunglasses asked The Peconic Puffin if we’d review their watersports sunglasses, and review them we shall. We all know the deal with such sunglasses…there are two moderate issues and one major issue. The moderates: How well do they shed water (given that we’re being sprayed with water constantly) and do they…
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You know it is. You KNOW it is! Swap meet time, me droogs…Hampton Watersports is throwing the Spring Fling on Saturday May 18th. Windsurfing swap meet, kiteboarding swap meet, SUP swap meet, surfing swap meet, and are you ready: foiling swap meet. If you're selling used equipment, drop off your gear during the week preceding…
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Windsurfing swap meet. Kiteboarding swap meet Stand up paddling swap meet Surfing swap meet even Foiling swap meet (yes you heard right!) At Hampton Watersports. Saturday September 15th, Saturday, 9AM to 4PM. At the shop. Buy or sell used Foiling, Standup Paddleboarding, Windsurfing, Kiteboarding and Surfing gear. Buying – closeouts available, specials on closeout '18 equipment,…
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…too much rain in the forecast for tomorrow. Instead, try and ride some of the wind today!
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Ten years ago the Peconic Puffin ran this post about the potential to get trapped under the sail due to freak snagging of a harness line component in the harness hook. A windsurfer named Mark just posted a similar story on Facebook, so I thought I'd repost my original piece, along with the photo he…
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27 years ago windsurfing magazines were chock full of wonders! In this 20th anniversary issue published in 1990 (so there was a windsurfing magazine in 1970) there's a QA with US1111, a jump clinic, and Better Battens! I remember when battens seemed precious and specialized. They seemed to break a lot, too.…
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(The following is a guest post by Lauren Belt of Wetsuit Wearhouse, interviewing Nick Lassor of Henderson.) So, how are wetsuits made? MATERIALS: Wetsuits are made with neoprene, a synthetic rubber. The rubber is formed into “Buns” and sliced into sheets. The rubber sheets are then laminated to various fabrics. There are many different types of neoprene which…
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There he is, wearing a shorty, hovering over the water as he windsurfs a foil on the Pamlico Sound. Mike Burns does it all, with a smaller sail and in warmer conditions that I ever do/rig/get. To quote Frank Messina: We all hate him. This is worse than when he learned the leopard loop.…
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From the new-to-the-Puffin blog Hit the Wave comes this tremendous post… a fantastic collection of windsurfing board catalogs, not only from brands I know (F2, Fanatic, Mistral, Bic, Tiga, RRD etc) but from over a dozen I’ve never or only barely heard of (Windspeed, Ten Cate, Star Surf, Sainval, Pacific, Oceanite, HiWings, Magnum, Klepper etc…too many…
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…September 17th at Hampton Watersports. Ainchoo on their email list? Cause it says: Saturday, 9AM to 4PM. Buy or sell used Standup Paddleboarding, Windsurfing, Kiteboarding and Surfing gear. Buying – closeouts available, specials on closeout '16 equipment, and loads of used gear to choose from. Selling – Please drop your used gear by the…