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G-42 Blog: July 2010

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Thursday, July 22, 2010. US Nationals - Day 3. The black flag went up, John Craig read the sailors the riot act, and around 1 we rolled got off a good start. The course was a short upwind to a windward mark off Presidio Shoals, a downwind through a gate off Point Blunt and down to a leeward mark off Treasure Island, then the upwind back through the gate and finishing in front of the St. Francis clubhouse. Tomorrow will probably b...

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G-42 Blog: March 2011

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Monday, March 28, 2011. Gotta love these guys. I'm not one to anthropomorphize animals, but you can't tell me that these guys weren't out there having fun. They were playing, clearly enjoying the sheer thrill of velocity - and the similarity between that and what I was doing was pretty striking. I guess we water people all have a bit of marine mammal in us. Feeling pretty good about life. Tuesday, March 22, 2011.

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G-42 Blog: January 2011

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Tuesday, January 18, 2011. On deflating kites and the relative strengths of FW and slalom gear. The Lord of the Wind Showdown in Los Barrilles (Baja) got some pretty intense coverage. Lots going on, tons of good racing and freestyle/big air for both boards and kites. And, of course, a bit of friendly rivalry. David Wells of Waterhound. On it, and KP has a good report. I've tested this since then with others - and when you're full...

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G-42 Blog: Full on

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Thursday, June 2, 2011. Day 2 of the Costa Brava PWA slalom event. When you hear people like Dunkerbeck and Albeau mention that it was crazy, you can pretty much figure it was. Crazy, in fact, might be a charitable description. And yet these guys are charging. Well, some of them. It's nice to see pros getting bounced out of jibes like the rest of us when things go ballistic. August 3, 2012 at 8:54 PM. My Sponsors - check them out.

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G-42 Blog: There's just no substitute

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Friday, May 6, 2011. There's just no substitute. With modern slalom gear, in 20-25 knots of breeze, speeds around 35 knots are doable in open water. That used to be world record territory for any sail powered craft back in the 80's - yet here we are going that fast any decent slalom session like the one I had last week. Talk about a rush. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). And be sure to visit my sponsors' websites.

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G-42 Blog: June 2011

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Thursday, June 2, 2011. Day 2 of the Costa Brava PWA slalom event. When you hear people like Dunkerbeck and Albeau mention that it was crazy, you can pretty much figure it was. Crazy, in fact, might be a charitable description. And yet these guys are charging. Well, some of them. It's nice to see pros getting bounced out of jibes like the rest of us when things go ballistic. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Sponsors - check them out.

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G-42 Blog: Slalom object lessons

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Go ahead, watch that video - it's good stuff. What you're seeing there is a fairly ho-hum PWA slalom race, right? Oh well, I digress.). While it's less than compelling viewing for the non-racing public, for racers, this thing is gold. Let's take it in order:. Jibe 2 and 3. Reach to Jibe 4 through Finish. Did Dagan capitalize on his lower weight to get going faster out of the lull at the mark? Bummer - looks...

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G-42 Blog: US Nationals - Day 3

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Thursday, July 22, 2010. US Nationals - Day 3. The black flag went up, John Craig read the sailors the riot act, and around 1 we rolled got off a good start. The course was a short upwind to a windward mark off Presidio Shoals, a downwind through a gate off Point Blunt and down to a leeward mark off Treasure Island, then the upwind back through the gate and finishing in front of the St. Francis clubhouse. Tomorrow will probably b...

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G-42 Blog: Olympic-Grade Folly (or the Cluster$@#&* that is ISAF...)

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Andreas Macke's windsurfing blog - rantings on windsurfing and other stuff. Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Olympic-Grade Folly (or the Cluster$@#&* that is ISAF.). So this funny thing happened on the way to Rio. I rest my case.). And then, they reversed themselves, reinstating windsurfing (good decision) and dropping kiting (bad decision). ISAF has always prioritized politics over the good of the sport or the good of the athletes in this, so why should that be different now? So that's ISAF in a nutshell for...