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Winds were pretty light here on Sunday so we chose to take the boat out with the dogs instead. I got out yesterday from about 4-6 on Lake Onalaska. Rode the Techno II with my 7.2. Wind was challenging with gusty conditions, but had about an hour of solid planning conditions. Best session I've had s...

Mat: Did you get up on a plane with the Start board on Sunday? Did you use the 8.5 sail? We had to wait for about two hours for good wind to kick in at Spirit Lake. I was just slogging around with occasional planning puff until Bam!...the wind kicked in and stayed around 23 mph till dark. I quite sa...

Three kiteboarders and two windsurfers waited and remained patient and we were finally awarded when the great Wind Spirit (on Spirit Lake, IA) arrived around 3:30! It was like a summer day..and when the wind came it was full speed ahead planning on my 6.5 Ezzy and 125 liter Bic. There was the ocassi...

Worthington will win it's worth in wind on Sunday.

That's all.

Windsurfing on the Rise!

Quetzalcoatl out.

FYI: Best wind will be in Worthington or Fairmont. South 24mph. on Sunday, May 22nd.
Only 10-18 everywhere else.

Get it when you can.

Quetzalcoatl out.

Maybe if summer never gets hot this year, for wind...this might be a good thing! Looks like for next ten days...it's going to be fairly cool and there'll be some wind some days! If there's wind blowin 20 that's a marvelous thing! Even if the wind is 14 to 18...it's still O.K. with big sails and big ...

How many of ya out there in "Lakawa Land" still have the original 2000 or 2001 Starboard Start board? It's too bad that Starboard at some point Shortended the Length from 280 to 255 cms. This made it significantly more difficult for "newbies" to get confortable with balance and e...

It happened to me! my head slammed into the mast (while still attached to my torso)and..... It got better... it still hurt....big impact with 30 mph gust but helmut was on head. What I mean is....if you get catapulted...sometimes ya might get twisted (turned around) and the head smashes in to the ma...

For those of you who wish to be able to Waterstart (in windsurfing) but just can't seem to get it and just give up and keep uphauling the sail in breezy/windy conditions while you get knocked around in big waves/chop, weill don't give up! I've got some tricks (good ideas) for you. I settled for just...

What color is your helmet? It's really essential to wear a helmet when Kiteboarding or Windsurfing. A helmet is even more important than a lifejacket (at least with windsurfing since a windsurfer is your buoyancy protection should you need it). You can never predict when a "Rogue" gust of ...

Wens. April 28th...could be decent East wind blowing up the channel tomorrow. Lake City, MN (at the Point).
24ish E wind, gusting 30+. Remember: "The Point" is cool! Afternoon will be best time.
Also remember: Get the wind when you can!

The Sea (Lake Pepin) was "angry" that day my friends.... I'm not a Marine Biologist, (like George Castanza) but a Windsurfer! And here is my story on that day of March 16, 2016. Launch site,,Pepin Marina of Village of Pepin Wisconsin on the shores of the Mississippi (wide segm. of river is...

clear Lake, (Clear Lake, Iowa) was Fabulous Sunny Sunday,,,winds howling 20 to 30, gusts even bigger! Nice sandy beach (City Beach) by band shell. I sailed three hours until sunset,,wind never quitl I was windsurfing (nicely overpowered on a 6 meter Ezzy sail),,earlier Jim was Kiting on a seven mete...

Yeah...Rochester's Western Resevoir is open!..(if anyone cares...) well it's a good boring quite
place for Newbies!

Rob: I bought from you last August/Sept? your 130 AHD board...
and Now I'd like to buy your smaller AHD board.

I lost your phone number. What was it?

Thanks.

Eric,,and my number is 507-254-8016. Could you call me?

Ya know, it's a good thing to have a large collection of windsurf boards. Some are "classics." I'm sure glad I don't collect autos where you have to keep them well maintained (keep engines well greased and running) and pay car insurance on all of them. Jay Leno has like 26 vehicles. Windsu...

Where have all the windwriters gone? gone to Facebook everyone, When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn. Used to be windsurfers and kiteboarders would come home and write about their Epic sessions on the water on Lakawa. There was great prose and poetry and a proliferation of their expl...

Can someone explain why JP Australia windsurf boards have been "all the rage" for so long? What's good about them? Is it the two long slits on the bottom of the board? Anyone have an opinion of a JP Australia E-cite 150 liter board (circa 2003)? Thanks. Eric (Quetzalcoatl), "the Feath...

Weed fins are not only good to keep you screaming through weeded lakes, (Windsufing)one but work good as protection from Debris, flotsam, Big logs in the water after heavy rains or spring flooding. Two years ago (early May) four of us were windsurfing off the Pt. (Lake City, MN) on Lake Pepin. One g...

The best way for learning to Windsurf is with a wide and LONG with daggerboard. As of late,,,there seems to be an emphasis to have short boards.. The beginner boards also tend to be Wide but short! Short is not good for beginners (newbies). Newbies need wide and Long! They need to be able to have ro...