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rigitrite
Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 520 Location: Kansas City
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:48 am Post subject: |
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Done here, and probably most of the rest of the mid-west is done: the last 10 days of below freezing temps have frozen the lakes. Ice is hard on expensive windsurfing equipment. _________________ Kansas City |
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WaterKook
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 1713 Location: The Dude abides!!!!!
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mat-ty
Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 7850
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Someone needs to make a windsurfing boom with a much smaller diameter , about the same size as a kite bar. I think it would be a game changer in forearm fatigue and solve this age old, cold hand problem. I wear 5mm neil pryde lobster claws down into the mid thirties and they work great when kiting, not so great when windsurfing... |
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bates
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 301
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Great time of the year to take apart your UJ's and replace them. Small money, big risk. In any case, dress and sail like you might have to swim back to where you started. |
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boardsurfr
Joined: 23 Aug 2001 Posts: 1266
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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mat-ty wrote: | Someone needs to make a windsurfing boom with a much smaller diameter , about the same size as a kite bar. I think it would be a game changer in forearm fatigue and solve this age old, cold hand problem. I wear 5mm neil pryde lobster claws down into the mid thirties and they work great when kiting, not so great when windsurfing... |
I don't kite, but I thought part of the problem is that windsurfers tend to hold more of their weight with their arms. Some windsurfers with excellent technique can sail for hours with thick gloves, which seems to support this theory. Is it wrong? |
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mat-ty
Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 7850
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I would say its about the same grip, maybe a little stronger for windsurfing. I do believe the smaller diameter makes a huge difference. |
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drysuit2
Joined: 01 Apr 1997 Posts: 119
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Winter sailing is some of the best sailing on Long Island. |
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WaterKook
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 1713 Location: The Dude abides!!!!!
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:14 am Post subject: |
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I don't think it is the diameter so much. Unless you are unhooked 25% of the time while you kite you are not comparing apples with apples.
Next time you kite unhook for all your transitions, jumps and when ever you are on a wave face. _________________ www.Clew-View.com
[Jerry's World] www.waterkook.com
www.chathamwindandtime.com |
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mat-ty
Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 7850
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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:21 am Post subject: |
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My most comfortable boom was a Naish carbon/ aluminum combo. It had the smallest diameter of any boom I have ever owned. |
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