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GURGLETROUSERS · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 2643

No need to race, just provide a video to settle the gybing matter once and for all! Windsurfing experts who write in magazines do precisely that when instructing others in how to do things.

The last time this whole claim cropped up (on the windsurfing forum) such proof was asked for. Somebody offered, as I remember, to spend a session shooting him proving his claims (pictures worth a thousand - or should that be hundreds of thousands - words) but it came to nothing.

The reply, as I recall, was something along the lines of, he wasn't going to waste his precious windsurfing time just to prove to doubters what he routinely does.

So the matter remains open!

SAS · Joined: 18 Feb 1997 Posts: 177 Location: planet earth

I recall Iso posting something about him being one of the best sailors in the Gorge, going on about how much he slashes his turns. I was especially amused when he tried to convince people he is a wave sailor because he rides the swells of the Columbia River. He actually compared this to sailing at wave sites like Ho’okipa. I wonder if he knows how to short board tack. How are his jumps? Can he do any freestyle moves? Can he do any jump tricks such as a basic tail grab. I doubt he has ever had the guts to try something like a forward loop, let alone landing one.

None of these things really matter as long as you’re having fun. But if you brag and call yourself a “world-class expert” you better be able to back it up.

Sailing in Maui with true world-class experts lets me know that, while I am an excellent windsurfer, I’m no world-class expert

mac · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:43 pm Post subject:

Exactly. I've raced with pros, and our last Olympic medal winner. They are much faster than I am around a course. A race, or a freestyle contest, puts your skills in context. Sailing with great sailors will humble you--but it will also develop actual relationships.

isobans · Joined: 08 Aug 2010 Posts: 82

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

So why has it been posted in other languages on multiple continents? Why has it received so much praise, both online and in face to face thanks from many people? Back to your cut'n'paste world, I tell ya. Back!

mac · Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 7:01 pm Post subject:

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

I remember some years back where Craig was open to shooting isobars, but I'm sure that was more oriented to spots like the Hattery or the Wall where Craig frequents. I've seen many of Craig's fine videos over the years, and he does a great job of catching the stoke and character of his friends on the water.

Needless to say though, folks need to get together so things can happen.

I have to guess that isobars is no longer sailing the Hattery or the Wall these days. It must be too far away. I can understand that getting old tends to weaken our drive and limit our range.

GURGLETROUSERS · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 2643

Quote- 'No, you didn't remember anything of the sort, because I never said it.' That says all we need to know about him! It's the classic defence of accuse the accusers of lying.

But yet another bare faced lie - A while ago he stated (AS I RECALL - can't be bothered to check back and quote him exactly because it's not worth the effort) that nothing I write in future will grace his computer screen ever again.

So to prove it, he quotes what I said yesterday!!!

GURGLETROUSERS · Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 2643

By the way, with regard to longboards and his past dismissing them by claiming to have covered 'hundreds of thousands of miles' on them. (Passing himself off as a world authority on their use. He said it - I read it!)

I was an avid user of longboards from 1982, through to the mid 1990's. I kept detailed logs of 'cruises' and island circlings and long coastlines I covered, on extended camper van holidays in Scotland.

Milages were - HI-FLY 555 2,046 miles
Bic Be-Bop 4,798 miles
Surf partner Air 2,022 miles
Bic Bamba 2,590 miles
Kona 850 miles.
Total 12,306 miles.

Obviously, I've always used short boards wave and slalom and I'm no longer 'into' longboards simply because I can no longer afford to run a camper van for extended holidays. It's local beaches only nowadays.