Windskate Bastard

A windskate video from yesterday! : )

nice..

: ) Too much turns? Just good adrenaline when you can't go on the water. Cheers!

The forward loop at 2:25 was super crazy.

Hi Musorianin, cheap way to have fun! This sound good to me. : ) Better than watching the news! Have fun! It's all about fun, like joking! My best partner for windsurfing always said in french for fun C'etait de la marde, which mean something like Olskool said thats filth, a funny expression. : ) Let's drink to that!

Cheers!

Brilliant rig control, you're obviously an accomplished sailor!

Make it look pretty easy

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40knots said..
This is something you should all try. Get any old board give it a go. I've Wind skated for 35 years, not much now once or twice a year. Will get them going again soon. Hopefully I learn how to add a photo

I loved it, but had to give it up before I killed myself. This is a great sport for youngsters, but us older guys can get beat up pretty good. My last straw with windskating was when the front wheel hit a pebble in the pavement, the board stopped and sent me into a nasty catapult. My shoulder popped out and then thank God, popped back in. I had a few close call falls that could have been much worse. People should be wearing helmets, knee pads and wrist splints at the minimum. I never went out with out that protection. Again, lots of fun and I loved using a harness windskating which I never see people do, and the rush of windskating up hill. Someone clocked me going 25 mph skating up hill, but I'd rather fall off my board and hit water instead of hard pavement.

Thanks for your comment MagicRide. I thing windskating could be really dangerous but I think it could also be done safely. First, it's better to windskate for control than speed. First thing to learn, the brake, learning to constantly control your speed with the sail. Wearing safety helmet, gloves is good. Never use a harnest is also better.

Then, learn to trow your gear as soon as you have a doubt, like I did on the video at 1:57 .

Then, if you sail with steady wind, not to strong 10-15 knots, not some shifthy wind, and choose a clean parking, no sand. Then, you could practice whitout to much risk.

Windskating could be tamed. Could we say that!? You could go safely and learn every time. The position you have when you windskate safely is perfect for sailing on water. It's a win-win situation for the windsurfer who want to practice and have not always good enought conditions to go sail on the water.

Have fun windskating safely to practice many years!