If like any normal person, you read magazines backwards, you may have gleaned from the back page that I have a dodgy knee that has impaired, but happily not curtailed, my career as a professional water person. However, an arthritic condition, unlike the common cold, does not magically clear up, or like a fine wine, does not improve with age. So what to do?
One of the many annoying features of the digital world is the steady flow of often contradictory information. A bona fide scientific study becomes a press release, becomes a headline and then a news alert, shedding context and accuracy at each stage. And the more we hear, the more justified we feel in ignoring them, be it the effects of alcohol, fat in your diet, or in my case a, a medical issue for which there is no known cure.
It was the author A.A. Milne (‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ creator) who famously wrote ‘never underestimate the value of doing nothing,’ and such has been my approach to it for the past 15 years. I would like to say it’s been a carefully devised medical strategy. In truth I’ve put off a visit to the doc, partly because I’m confused, but mainly for fear of what he or she might say – for example that I’ve been an idiot to leave it so long, that the rest of my skeleton is wrecked in its effort to compensate and/ or it’s too late to do anything now.
What I craved is direct, solid, well researched information from the mouth of a qualified horse with no book or product to sell – and that’s exactly what I found on a beach in Spain.
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New School
Slingshot’s windsurfing brand manager, Wyatt Miller, has noticed that kids are drawn to playing with wings and puts forward an interesting case as to why he thinks this could help entice them and others into windsurfing.
Changes
Wave sailor Flo Jung reflects on our changed world during his lockdown in Germany.
THE LAST WAVE
Lockdown stirred the creative juices of reader Björn Alfthan, who peers into the future to present a fictional story set in the wild waves of Norway, five years from now.
STILL IN THE GAME
After a horrific fracture in his leg from a crashed aerial in 2018, Alessio Stillrich is back! John Carter talks to the highflyer from Gran Canaria about his move to the Simmer team, recovering from injury and how he learned to windsurf in Gran Canaria!
MOVE ON UP - GET ON THE FRONT FOOT
This month we look at how our front foot weighting can affect and improve different aspects of our main windsurfing moves.
SOUTH' KIPA
Nik tweaking it over home waters.
A NEW NORMAL
On a trip to La Tranche-sur-Mer in France last year, Tris Best estimated over 80% of the windsurfers were foiling. This summer in Portland Harbour, foiling activity has increased dramatically too he reports. With the market offering plenty of choice to recreational windfoilers, our test team check out some of the latest foil offerings.
TACKING – THE SEQUEL
Having given you time to practice, Harty concludes his tacking series by critiquing various tacking options, including the carve tack, as well as offering solutions to common slip-ups.
‘NO VAPOUR TRAILS TO SCAR THE SKY' *
Realising we may be about to enter an extraordinary period in our lives, Harty decided to keep a windsurf-centric lockdown diary. Here are some of his choice excerpts.
REDEMPTION DAY!
Renowned for its windsurfing and variety of spots to sail at, Kimmerdige Bay is a wave sailing jewel on the south coast of England. Timo Mullen gives a guide to its shores while reflecting on why a recent session there was a reminder that there is no place like home!