RIGHT TIME FOR A CHANGE
I left JP at the end of last year and had a lot of loyalty to Martin Brandner - he is an amazing guy. I was not looking for an exit at all, but the opportunity to join Goya appeared and it was just the right time for a change for me. I am semi-retired now and it was kind of weird to leave JP and go to Goya, but I live on Maui and all the Goya guys are around here and were motivated to have me on the team. I had a fantastic twenty-seven years with JP, so there were no regrets there at all, but at this stage in my life it just felt time to move on. Goya are based on Maui, so it is easy to get boards and sails. Keith [Teboul] is a great shaper and to be honest I just want to be on Maui, ride Jaws and have great equipment. I want to enjoy my windsurfing when the conditions are good. It was just a perfect fit with Goya. We kind of brought back the Strapper wings on the graphics. The wings were the identity on all my wave boards when I was riding for Strapper in the early '90s. That look was kind of Harley Davidson influenced. We wanted to do something different back then and we came up with that idea. I had a long relationship with Strapper and we had all the production boards with those wings and they were very popular. The '90s were a great era for me. I won the world championships a few times and also won the Aloha Classic. I think Goya might do some custom orders for those graphics for people that really remember the Strapper era.
GOYA MELTING POT
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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!
