Was trying to remember with the missus of the old shops of yore, when there were more than one, in the 80s.
There was Rick at Rocky Pt. Rd & Princes Hwy.
There was one at the Spit, east side of bridge, bought one there circa 83.
One at Bondi Jct, near Bondi Rd.
I don't think there ever was one at La P??rouse, always was a cheap tourist surf shop I believe.
Always was the shop near Narrabeen.
Used to be one on Doyalson, on the way to Lake Macquarie.
What else ?? Was there ever one at Parramatta ? Wollongong ??
Tradewinds in Brookvale for a lot of years. In Warringah Mall. I owned it for a few years in the late 80's. Windsurfing was slowly dying back then.
Phil had the Firestation on Pittwater Rd in Narrabeen which is now a kite shop.
Sydney Sailboat Centre in Mona Vale for years. They also had a small place in the CBD, seriously.
Tradewinds also had a small shop in Parramatta.
Balmoral Sailboards at Mosman and Rick Murray had the Mistral shop as well.
John Hall moved Tradewinds to Mona Vale in 1990 and became the Windsurf Shop.
Sam had ECB in Balgowlah and Brookvale and now has Windsurfnsnow in Collaroy.
Sik-em-rex said he remembers around 29 shops back in those days????
Just a few more I remember :
Parramatta Sailboards in Villawood.
Bayside? Sailboards in Lyons Rd. Drummoyne, near Rodd Point.
Snow Business Sports in Sylvania.
Wind, Surf & Sail in Kogarah. Later under a different name (?) in Cronulla.
Aussie Sailboards in Caringbah.
Ah, the good old days !!
PS : There was also a shop in Brighton Le Sands until recent times, but now
it seems WSS in Collaroy is Sydney's only retail outlet.
None in Newcastle now..Any in the central coast ? Hard for beginners as there is no way to try boards unless they can find someone local sailing who has a suitable board which is unlikely.
Remembered a few more.
Rob, Im sure that was Bai sailboards in Five Dock, run by Pat Welsh and another guy.
Ken Dures had ProSail in Caringbah too.
That's was Long Reef at Brighton-le-Sands. They still have a surf shop at Collaroy around the corner from WSnS.
Long Reef Sailboards at Collaroy owned by Peter Ford is still there but now only sells surf gear.
His son Dave used to run the shop in Brighton Le Sands which was pretty handy for the Kyeemah sailors.
Not sure but I think this must be the oldest shop still surviving in Sydney,even though it doesn't sell WS gear any longer.
Has plenty of wetsuits,thats WS gear.
Rose bay sailboards
The crit shop
St moritz
The one at la perouse ( can't remember the name but run by john pedit. )
Another one at rose bay (name forgotten)
Sea level sailboards at La Perouse owned by Nick Nikov
From earl 80s till early 90s
Then Jon Petit bought it and changed the name can't remember what to
Second Wind on Military Rd, Neutral Bay right next to Redlands.
Bennett Surfboards Harbord, although not a "windsurfing shop", sold custom made fibreglass sailboards
Stringa Boards, custom made epoxy style, out of a factory/warehouse in Manly Vale (Mike Penney)
Wow, one in Rose Bay, really? What year, I knew of the school, which used to be a tad popular up to the mid-80s (still there?).
I vaguely remember of an outfit in CBD, now that you mention. Real early 80s?
Brighton windsurfers, really?? What year? Used to live around there, I shoulda known...
One around Cronulla maybe?
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Wow, one in Rose Bay, really? What year, I knew of the school, which used to be a tad popular up to the mid-80s (still there?).
I vaguely remember of an outfit in CBD, now that you mention. Real early 80s?
Brighton windsurfers, really?? What year? Used to live around there, I shoulda known...
One around Cronulla maybe?
Sydney Sailboat centre
Sea Skip kids sailboards sold and possibly made in Mona Vale. Bought one in '85 or '86.
I remember sailing on Narrabeen lakes with at least 100 sailors!
ERINA Sail and Ski (Central Coast) they now trade as ESS and do stand up paddle and kite gear... Along with snow related stuff in winter.
Select to expand quoteAUS4 said..pierrec45 said..
Wow, one in Rose Bay, really? What year, I knew of the school, which used to be a tad popular up to the mid-80s (still there?).
I vaguely remember of an outfit in CBD, now that you mention. Real early 80s?
Brighton windsurfers, really?? What year? Used to live around there, I shoulda known...
One around Cronulla maybe?
Sydney Sailboat centre
Ya right ! Now I remember !
Made about as much sense as a shop in Parramatta..
There was a sydney Sailboat centre at the Spit too. That's where my first rig came from in 1985 - 5m Lidgard RAF wave sail and a 5m mast!!
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Remembered a few more.
Rob, Im sure that was Bai sailboards in Five Dock, run by Pat Welsh and another guy.
Ken Dures had ProSail in Caringbah too.
That's was Long Reef at Brighton-le-Sands. They still have a surf shop at Collaroy around the corner from WSnS.
Yeah Larko, Bai Sail n Snow on Lyons Road Rodd Point, was run by Pat Walsh who had a few helpers him like Col, Scott, Lars and sometimes me as an instructor.
Now defunct, alas.
Select to expand quotewbailey said..ka43 said..
Remembered a few more.
Rob, Im sure that was Bai sailboards in Five Dock, run by Pat Welsh and another guy.
Ken Dures had ProSail in Caringbah too.
That's was Long Reef at Brighton-le-Sands. They still have a surf shop at Collaroy around the corner from WSnS.
Yeah Larko, Bai Sail n Snow on Lyons Road Rodd Point, was run by Pat Walsh who had a few helpers him like Col, Scott, Lars and sometimes me as an instructor.
Now defunct, alas.
I remember having my first windsurfing lessons there - Still have the old 'Bai-Sailbords" sticker on my old rusted out box trailer.
I remember a shop in anna bay run by peter & lynn walsh they use to deal in land sailing .but they also sold sailboards I thick they were a dealer for tiga & rushwind sails early 80s the shop is now a surfshop.
Select to expand quotepierrec45 said...
Wow, one in Rose Bay, really? What year, I knew of the school, which used to be a tad popular up to the mid-80s (still there?).
I vaguely remember of an outfit in CBD, now that you mention. Real early 80s?
Brighton windsurfers, really?? What year? Used to live around there, I shoulda known...
One around Cronulla maybe?
There were 3 in rose bay at one stage
I actually went to the CBD shop at the bottom of Australia square I think. Very tiny. I bought 7 foot straps to pimp up my Hi Fly 300
Select to expand quoteTim Williams said..
I actually went to the CBD shop at the bottom of Australia square I think. Very tiny. I bought 7 foot straps to pimp up my Hi Fly 300
American Express building.
Cnr George and King streets.
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There were 3 in rose bay at one stage
Gee, didn't know there were 3 HOUSES in Rose Bay to start with ! 
Don't forget the mistral shop at spit junction.
There was also one at lane cove on pacific highway
Ah, the memories.
Used to go to Bai a fair bit & Rodd Point on wave boards! The Lane Cove shop was run by Rainer & Tom Leudecke (& others?) from
what I remember. I can't recall the exact name, Sydney Sailboard Centre? I think it then became Bias Boating.
Wasn't the Mistral shop on Spit Rd or am I confusing it with Balmoral Boards?
Got my Mike Davis 'custom' from Tradewinds at Brookvale. Still at high school back then.
One shop in Sydney currently compared to about twenty in perth.l like to go in to a shop like wind surf n snow so its upfront & personal with the gear l am buying 
Lost too many brain cells to remember all those names, but I do remember I once counted them all when I was shopping around for a new board in the late 80's, and there was close to 30 stores in Sydney at the time that sold sailboarding equipment.
