popular windsurfing webpage?

[-=koLLac=-]

I was wondering if there was a page that had it all...all the news from various competitions, gear reviews, editorials, a large forum with an active member base...

...I don't know f you've ever seen www.newschoolers.com but that place is buzzing with activity (newschool skiing, though). Maybe it's just the fact that I'm quite young but an awesome go-to-for-everything page would greatly increase my level of excitement about the sport during times of excessive work (public accounting), or in the winter.

Or even sailinganarchy.com for boat sailors...that place can keep me occupied for hours...is there a similar page for windsurfing?

[btbill]

Well, on the windsurfing side there appears to be a "collection" of sites which gives you your daily morning fix. I usually start on OBX Beach Life Blog (a little bias though with this starting point?! ) which includes a number of widgets containing links, and live feeds from different windsurfing, and weather sources. Though most of the info is specific to Hatteras. From there, or other starting points such as setting up an iGoogle custom portal, you can find your way into the various forums from IWS, to Windsurfing Mag, rec.windsurfing, etc... along with the latest community blog updates. Once into the blog realm, those using BlogSpot usually have the BlogRoll enabled which gives even further connection to recently updated windsurfing blogs around the world.

Basically, within a few clicks and about 30min, you can take a fairly robust tour of the latest happenings within the windsurfing online world! I start in Hatteras, see what is happening in New York, head over to Maui, come back to Hatteras, head into the mainland, then head off to the UK, maybe a stop in Malta, and finish up on one of the forums. All this before I have to refill my coffee, and attend my first morning conference call.

[Wind-NC.com]

I also enjoy checking out the blogs to see what's going on in the world, but I usually start with http://lostinhatteras.blogspot.com

Great sources for news include this forum, some of the magazine forums (like windsurfing mag, boardseeker mag, boards.uk, etc), and then there's a few all encompassing sites, like:

http://www.continentseven.com (mostly freestyle biased)

http://www.offthelip.us (mostly wavesailing biased)

http://www.windsurfjournal.com (all encompassing, but you need to speak french, since the English reading population didn't support the site's advertisers enough to warrant translation) (not to imply that I'm not guilty of not supporting them)(wow, triple negative!)

http://www.lbwindsurfing.com/ (mostly longboard sailing biased)

Happy reading!

[kajTEK]

http://www.boardseekermag.com

(love the jem hall techiniques pages!)

and a great boardseeker page that really ties ws all together:surfer girls!

http://www.boardseekermag.com/windsurfing_lifestyle/Boardseeker_babes/boardseeker-babes-01.html

[ron.c]

Check out the boards forum in the UK. It has it all.

RC

[isobars]

Here's another idea, although apparently heretical these days: add more physical and/or mental activities to your life. I've always had so many activities going on that there aren't enough hours in the day or week or year for them, let alone hours for watching or reading about others having fun. Windsurfing, skiing, snowboarding, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, football and volleyball (playing, not watching), SCUBA, swimming and high diving, 4-wheeling, gym, writing, fighting corporations and lawyers trying to screw us, managing and maximizing personal finances, keeping all the toys in good working order ... I finally had to retire early to make room for all the IMPORTANT stuff.

Some of my WSing buds drive themselves nuts watching forecasts all winter; I just change gears and do other stuff, most of which challenges and develops mind and/or body. I guess the bottom line is that if we entertain ourselves rather than relying on others to entertain us, we'll never run short of things to do. It also increases our capacity and lifespan to keep doing more ... stuff.

But if I had the time to read websites, one of my first would be Guy Crib's technique site at http://tinyurl.com/4hugc6 .

Mike \m/

[PeconicPuffin]

This from the all-time record holder for online windsurfing commentary!

Mike...obviously you make SOME time for your digital existence! Though I support the idea of doing as opposed to watching.

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