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- Close footstrap position best? Read this and think again / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogIf you think the smaller distance between front and backfootstrap the better, read this and think again. Maybe adjusting stance on boards is not always the best solution... Making the distance smaller between footstraps ..
- West Kirby fires for the second time in January / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogThis time it was only the British, which is to be expected really as the forecast was not great. There were however some really great performances by Portland Pirates members Jim Crossley and Ian Richards. The wind was ..
- New quiver for 2012 and plans for reviews / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogHappy new year to all of you speedsurfers. It was a great start to the year with sessions across western Europe and many people scoring PB's within the first 3 days. West Kirby fired and many of you will have already ..
- Ghosts of speed / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogA speedsurfing documentary in the making, just look at the first video and be amazed :) by: Angelo Pecere & Jeffrey Leeflang facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/282849708418975/ A Dark Speedsurfing in S ..
- new KA race 2012 action / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogAwesome windsurf photo's Jeffrey Leeflang -For me the 1st time to see the new KA race and its looking great! Photo's token at Strand Horst, the Netherlands Dirk Doppenberg -NED51 Dirk Doppenberg-NED51 ..
- Most promising speed product for 2012 / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogWell I like to know the latest developments in windsurfing, especially speedsurfing. In 2010 the idea of the reflex battens of Severne was definitely something I thought that stood out. This year it was the year of "the ..
- Great Article in Windsurfer International / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogPeter De Wit explains the Slingshot in the e-published Windsurfer International. I know many of you reading this will already understand what he talks about, I just wish I could have read this last year when I started on ..
- Interview - Manfred Fuchs / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogThis post guest-editor is Herman Maes and uploaded to speedsurfingblog by Erik. As a first post on speedsurfingblog.com I want to give some credits on one of the persons who are making the whole gps speed revolution so ..
- About Herman Maes / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogOn speedsurfingblog.com: Guest-Editor Expertise: Speedsurfing in Belgium, blog-trends Contact: herman@dailybits.be What does speedsurfingblog.com means to Herman? I think I was one of the first contacts of Erik to ..
- Introduction To Alastair Nichol, the Speedsurfing Blogs Latest Author / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogI’m very happy to accept Erik’s kind offer to become an author here on the Speedsurfing blog so i’ll introduce myself. My names Alastair Nichol and I first started windsurfing in 1984 age 12 and very quickly i caug ..
- Introduction to 'The Bus' / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogWeymouth Speed Week 2011, 33.5knots max on Exocet SL sport 66cm with 37.5 cm Back Project type R fin and 7.6 Tush X15 sail Result: 2nd place Novice. Picture taken by Dave White. This feels quite s ..
- Rolling Chop on superbroad courses / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogAll speedsurfers know downwind is faster than halfwind and going deep downwind is often faster than surfing only 10-20° off-wind. Okay, but what are we doing in reality?If you have a free area you can stay halfwind to b ..
- The Grevelingen Chop Team, West Kirby fires up and other news articles / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogRecently in the UK we were graced with a visit by some gales in a perfect direction to light up the famous West Kirby speed strip. I came online to update the article I wrote about it - West Kirby - Autumn Gales 2 ..
- 10 Speedsurfing DO NOTS / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing Blog1. DO NOT Think upwind has higher priority than downwind... OK officially the upwind sailor goes first, but on most 'speed-days' you don't have the perfect wind on every run, and the good runs are not too regular. It is ..
- Big winds in Europe: GPS Top 10 2011 little bit rearranged / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogThis week many european speedspots got really good wind, the result are some sick speeds and some changes in the GP3S Yearranking.New in the Top 10 are two german riders, Thomas Döblin (44.57knots) and for the first tim ..
- Windexperience 2011 / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogLongtime no see blogger (I even pushed the wrong button to publish 2 days ago), but I am not gone, speedsurfingblog is not gone (thanks Patrick!). I still have my favorite slalom board alltime the iSonic 107, and it ..
- Fanatic Falcon Speed and Widebase-Fins / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogYesterday should be a big day with really strong winds in the Netherlands. I decided to go to Strand Horst for a nice Speedsession. The wind was much lighter than expected but it was nice to do the first session with th ..
- Topspeeds from Down Under - A closer look / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogOn 10th July 2011 the legendary speedspot Sandy Point in Australia was on fire again. The speeds are super impressive, two averages above 46knots and a new 10sec. GPS World Record with 47.59knots for Craig Spottiswood.A ..
- Evaluated Ranking 2011 / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogAfter the first half of the year I like to take a look on the Evaluated Ranking 2011.Before the year started I thought it would be a nice try to get a ranking every month and maybe I would get a nice position in the Eval ..
- The advantage of up to date Speedstuff / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogAt first: I will try to publish some articles from time to time in the future, maybe two in a month, to keep the blog alive, because in my opinion it would be a shame to shut down this great blog Erik started!If you take ..
- MUfins Delta Wing: Superwide base / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogA complete scaled down jet fighter wing for underneath your windsurfer, search no longer, HERE you can buy it with 16cm lenght. Maui Ultra Fins reputation is many radical designs and this is again confirmed. ..
- News update / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogIts crazy good weather in the Netherlands, rumors are this 2011 year will be one of the hottest summers in last 100 years. Last couple of days lots of surfsessions, on mostly thermal winds. Even at places like Strand Hor ..
- New Speed Fin Releases / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogToday I heard about 3 speed fins going into production. This got to be a new achievement, a milestone for speedsurfing. Again prove speedsurfing is alive and back. GPS_4 GPS_5 The Sonntag Fins GPS_4 is the speedfin ..
- Very Deep Deck Concave / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogFor 2011 we saw Starboard and some others lowering the mastfoot towards the waterline. Most extreme example at this moment is the Starboard iSonic. After a couple of months sailing the iSonic 107 its time to evaluate... ..
- Speedsurfing with Freeracestuff – Part1 / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogI started Speedsurfing with a mix of Freemove- and Slalomstuff and orientated my quiver more and more to Slalom- and Speedsurfing. For a lot people who like to go fast and thinking about starting Speedsurfing it is a tou ..
- YEAH you can have fun in 13kn gusts with GPS / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogThanks Marjon van Leeuwen and Raymond Wortel for this beautiful shot! Saturday 2 April 2011, I went windsurfing with my brother Wouter. He could decide where to go and we went to the Gouwzee, because Wouter wanted to t ..
- 500 people like Speedsurfingblog.com / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogWow a new benchmark for this blog, liked by 500 people. Speedsurfing may not be the biggest sport, but interesting enough to blog about and be liked by 500 people. I like it :) ..
- German Speedchannel!! / Speed Surfing Blog /
Speed Surfing BlogGerman speedchannel in the making Finally the channel will be ready this season, a topsecret project for many years. Dimensions 2100m long and 150m wide, curved course. It will be great to have a speedspot without tida ..
