> in aus u dont see any spinney freestyle s*&t cause
> were still a few years behind europe
I'm in North America these days (long story, involving a sheila of course).
You won't see the spinning stuff here either, in general. All of Bonaire, it seems.
Never seen in Hawaii in 3 trips (must have been in wrong places), mostly jumping. Seen 2-3 guys with basic stuff in Hatteras, might have been in the wrong time of the year - August. Just about never seen any driving inland from spot to spot.
I've seen the repetitive spinning freestyle at an event with PWA people once. That was it. I lasted about 18 minutes there, til me broke the friggin' mast.
My point remains it's a 1-2% top sailor type of sailing. Me still reckon this kind of sailing is a watcher's thing, for pervs, not a I-want-to-pick-up-windsurfing-to-do-it-too thing. Unlike porn, not that I would know.
I think that different things catch the eye, and tricks, freestyle, wavesailing, speedsailing all catch different eyes, had two 12 yo's come up to us about a month ago wanting to talk about how fast we were going. I think more colorful sails needs to happen. My 3 favourite sails are the most boring white and grey, WTF were Gaastra thinking with these colours? Yes they perform brilliantly which for me is the most impt thing, but as for eye catching, pathetic
yep i reckon the same
- more vibrant, solid coloured sails
- more affordable entry level gear
- simple rigging (camless)
i agree that it seems that freestyle and wavesailing really only appeals to those folk who have been sailing for a season or more (with a few exceptions) and who can only then appreciate it's difficulty. It seems for most newbies, just getting out there on the water is what they want , and they'll probably develop a taste for the ubergeigh aspect of the sport later sometime down the track 
our local goldcoast shop will do a new entry level package (x3 mast, solo sail, extension, base, x3 boom, funster board) for under $2000 which imho is pretty reasonable considering the rig will take people a long way as they advance. Would be great if there was some way to keep prices down close to the grand
