Mal Wright - never heard of him before
Unless you are talking about this guy - intellimass.com/
He only hangs out in the speedsailing forum a few times a day,
JB
Cool to see the a lot of the guys now were still sailing way back then.
This photo montage is from 1986 when the one design ruled and I was still a teenager!! Equipment quiver back then was all plastic and included Windsurfer One design, Bombora Trifin and Bombora Newtoy (in action in pic bottom right).
Cool moves mate: as you must know, very few people in the world could do those moves, then and now.
I don't recognise the spot... looks like Tasmania with the hills and all?
Derwent, Hobart... Sandy Bay in the back ground, lower right.
This thread is brilliant
It's actually the combined gear that three of us had back then. Which quickly grew to three boards each, then custom boards, etc, etc.
A selection of shots
1. early eighties in Greece (Kos?)
2. 94 in British Virgin Islands (Branson's Necker Island in the background)
3. First board the windsurfer one design (beautifully rigged sail, excellent stance and check out those harness lines)
4. Hayling Island UK on a Bic 360 '86
5.Greece again on a Wayler (skiathos?)
6. Cornwall UK (Gwithian)on a bic 305 '88(my first short board)
7. Maui slalom series '88(my housemate Andrew Parker sponsored by Hot Buttered? far right)
8. Mauritius 2005
9. Dutch Inn 2007 (blue juice)
10. Doha, Qatar on my Magic Touch custom wave slalom '95
Wish I had more old photos but they are in slide reels about 3500km from me. There would be some photos of Lake Alexandrina in the 80's when it was full of sails, and water! The only old photo I have is my avatar, from Semaphore in '92. This is a great thread, by the way 
Yeah, old freestyle photos were from the Derwent river, TAS. Another freestyle photo ended up getting in Sailboard Extra and it's dated 85/86, so photos probably date back to 1985. I've place the two photos I still have either side of the one that was sent off (by the guy who took the photos) and they form the sequence!
Hey Dave, did you do anything to stop the UJ from popping out? I used to wrap duct tape around it to make it fatter and hammer it in to the slot 
Wish I had some photos from those days.
Wish I had some photos from those days.
Here's some great poster's from the Rip Curl, Sony and Merimbula (86) that I've had framed up. Rip Curl poster is Brendan Morgan and Bill Riddell on the Sony. Some memorable pic's turning up! These are full size poster's, about 1m. high!
Hi Easty, no, didn't use any tape and always pulled the 'tab' bit out of the slot in the board after sailing. It would come out inadvertantly every now and again, but not too often. Was good when the sliding track came in though, which allowed the mast base to connect properly; and the retracting centreboards.
Hey birdseyeview,
doesnt that bring back memories, I have those posters and competed in both the first two comps and many more at Merimbula and Longy.
I have all my old contest T's and posters in storage, must dig them out and see if I can post.
This is a fantastic thread!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've alway's wondered if I was the only one who kept the poster's, I did 85' & 86' - did the long drive over. How's the girl in the Sony poster, great stereo!
I've actually got an unworn and immaculate contest shirt from the very first Ledge to Lancelin, if you've ever seen one you'll know why they were never worn!
Sorry mkseven, I didn't mean to be rude by not replying to your question earlier - I have been distracted following the progress of the wind bearing down on us here in Vic - due to hit 40+ knots tomorrow - and not been back on this forum.
The cord hanging from the boom of the Superstar windsurfer is indeed an adjustable outhaul line as the others have noted.
Among other "features" of the Superstar was an aluminium mast made of two lengths, one fitted inside the other with the outer one only two thirds the length of the inner, thus allowing the single top third to bend more! When they broke I went into the steel merchant, bought two more lengths, rivited them at the base and presto, a new mast!
The centreboard lifted right out and had a loop of rope on the top which allowed it to be pulled out and slung over the arm on a broad reach or run.
The boom was fastened to the mast by laying the boom parallel to the mast, lashing it to the mast with rope, which tightened when the boom was swung down at a right angle to the mast, thus enabling it to grip the mast fairly tightly and not slip... too much.
As you might imagine it took a bit to get my head around the new gear when I got back into windsurfing 15 months ago after a 23 year break!
Sorry for the biggies, I don't know how to make pics small??
Good thread, lotsa fun. Still, guess where/when, but that's pretty damn obvious.
I think Jacko the whacko was still around. Wally Lewis too, Chappell. Warwick Capper.
I still sail that kinda gear - fun in 12- knots, useful for the 100l freestyle when the wind picks up.
PS: snug mast tee: lotsa duct tape - BBC. I even once drilled 6" bolts through underneath. Wrecked the board in 3 months, but the mast tee held...
Dagger: useful to pull and lean on at times. Duct tape too there. Never like the retractable - too loose.
I still have teak booms I take out once a year, even at modern freestyle comps, just for show.
Hey, Pierrec45, great photos. Cool that you have performed many of those same moves. I haven't been on a one design now for probably 15 years, but it would be great to jump on one again. This thread has really brought back some memories and had me going back through the old photos (and WS magazines). Those posters of birdseyeview are great. Keep 'em coming.
I went to the Adelaide nationals, but in 1985 and the Hobart ones in 1987, but no others after that. They bring back some good memories.
Hey Pierre,
Your shots gotta be at Balmoral, used to race long race boards there in the mid eighties.
I love this stuff!!!
