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Where's the US iwindsurf forum community now?

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Created by nodak 3 months ago, 4 Sep 2025
nodak
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4 Sep 2025 10:58PM
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The iwindsurf forum has been disabled for a while now, so where are the people now: some Facebook group? It was a paid forum for a while but it's now gone completely. I still use the iwindsurf weather app.

duzzi
1120 posts
5 Sep 2025 2:07AM
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nodak said..
The iwindsurf forum has been disabled for a while now, so where are the people now: some Facebook group? It was a paid forum for a while but it's now gone completely. I still use the iwindsurf weather app.





I have been here for quite a while, the idea of paying to chat in a forum was a bit ridiculous to begin with ...

bel29
388 posts
5 Sep 2025 2:43AM
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was never active user of that forum; the weather app is still a solid resource though! most chatter seems to be on locally/regionally focused FB groups and the like.

nodak
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5 Sep 2025 5:43AM
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It was a nice community at iwindsurf. John Ingebritsen was a regular there and made lots of great posts alas no more. Remember him? Then there was this other guy 'isobars' etc etc.


Hydrosurf
257 posts
5 Sep 2025 6:02AM
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It's been dead for years. Isobars had a nasty crash on his jet ski.

Paducah
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8 Sep 2025 1:10PM
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Hydrosurf said..
It's been dead for years. Isobars had a nasty crash on his jet ski.


Was that before or after he fell down the rabbit hole. Guy used to be very helpful back in the rec.windsurfing days (seriously dating myself) but in the last years there spent most of his time promoting his "viewpoints" . Ingebritsen was always pushing people (in a good way to enjoy all kinds of conditions. Ran across him a couple times in real life and he was the same way.

The US never seemed to have a good central meeting place partially owing to how different the sport was in different locations (e.g. the summer conversation could be radically different between the Gorge, the MidWest and Florida) and how far people would need to travel to interact in real life. Even with FB, etc conversation tends to be regional or local; and really depend on the local culture/scene.

Manuel7
1309 posts
9 Sep 2025 2:14AM
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reddit?

finner
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10 Sep 2025 8:54PM
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Sadly, iwindsurf US forum is gone so I am moving here, I hope it is ok. There was not much going on there, but there was good to post announcements for people without Facebook.

ozzimark
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11 Sep 2025 3:46AM
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I'm based in the US. I used to browse the iwindsurf forums for discussion and info, never really participated. Reddit is also an option, and is somewhat active, but is also 50% "Is this OLD ANCIENT board a good deal, seller is asking $1284". There's not a large amount of actual informed/technical discussion of gear or technique there.

Now I'm here instead.

Manuel7
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11 Sep 2025 8:51PM
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ozzimark said..
I'm based in the US. I used to browse the iwindsurf forums for discussion and info, never really participated. Reddit is also an option, and is somewhat active, but is also 50% "Is this OLD ANCIENT board a good deal, seller is asking $1284". There's not a large amount of actual informed/technical discussion of gear or technique there.

Now I'm here instead.



True. Now and then there's a good post !

Otherwise fb windsurfing group and graham's group yes.



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