New England Windsurfing Journal

02/05/2013

I’m Just Sayin…
Last Thursday was a gift—Sunny, temps near 50 and absolutely howling for most of the day.
I had obligations, but had a sailing window between 8 and 10 in the morning. This is the graph of the wind at the nearest meter to my beach.
Notice any discontinuities in the wind?
(Graph courtesy iwindsurf.com)

11/01/2012

Tuesday after the hurricane was a perfect day for a sail. I went to the local beach and found a 25-mph breeze, 4-6-foot surf and a hundred spectators there to look at the devastation. I was about to rig, when I started to think: This was the very beach where just 14 hours previously, a guy had drown after deciding to jump off the pier and take a swim in the dark at the height of the hurricane. I guessed that all it would take for me was one missed jibe (a certainty), and somebody would dial 911, call in the fire department and make me a poster child for reckless hedonistic n’er-do-wells who put our first responders at risk. I went to a couple of beaches, but they were all crowded with gawkers.
So instead, I took pictures.

10/28/2012

Battening down the hatches for a Significant Wind Event this week.
Be smart and sail safe.
And post pictures.

10/09/2012

It's Away!
The October NEWJ is in the mail.
Enjoy the fall sailing season!

08/12/2012

The August NEWJ, arriving soon at a mailbox or shop near you!

06/05/2012

It's a Wrap!
The June NEWJ is in the mail, with stories of sailing adventures in far-flung lands, as well as in someone's back yard.
We also address the Olympic situation—Specifically: What to do about gymnastics and figure skating...

05/07/2012

Windsurfing has just been voted out of the Olympics in favor of kiteboarding.
While I research more, here is a petition to sign:
http://www.change.org/petitions/isaf-keep-windsurfing-as-olympic-discipline?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=share_page_mobile #

So many dreams crushed, jobs destroyed and years of training put to waste.. A sport that is growing more than ever whilst being a true Olympic...

04/03/2012

LET’S GET READY TO HURL
The Annual NEWJ/Fiberspar Board Hurl is on the schedule for 8pm of Saturday, April 28, during Frisco Wood WindFest XVII. If Hurricane Irene didn’t wash them away, the usual suspects will be there: the duct-tape-gripped, water-logged Mistral production board for the men; and the duct-tape-gripped, über-no-nose sandwich board for women and children.
If either of those breaks in half, the pintail polyester glass board is ready to fill in. WindFest action starts on Friday, April 27.

03/31/2012

IT'S AWAY!
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…The April NEWJ is in the mail, and since there hasn’t been much snow or rain or heat recently, I am hoping that “gloom of night” will not slow down the NEWJ’s delivery to your mailbox. We’ve got pictures from the great sailing that happened over this mild winter, as well as a good list of upcoming happenings, and more.
Enjoy!

03/28/2012

Hey! Somebody actually listened to me when I answered their questions! Check out the interview on this blog:
www.danewsblog.blogspot.com

03/13/2012

DESPERATELY SEEKING SOMETHING
Anybody have any recommendations for current instructional windsurfing DVDs? I have a collection of instructional VHS tapes, but most of them start with how to tie on a boom, so I have a feeling there might be something more current out there. I would love to hear if anybody has some recent personal experience with any. Thanks!