Here an assortment from 1984..Dufour Wing- 85 Mistral Maui / Tyronsea 295 about 86 / surf shots Windaction 9 ft slalom about 1990
I learnt to waterstart early with the Maui because I wasnt strong enough to haul the big sail out of the water!( Im stacking it here but it made me think of how i learnt to waterstart)
Tyronsea 295 -86
last catapult i can remember until last Sunday.. Tyronsea 86..
Windaction 9 ft slalom Nobbys 1990
Boy this has been a walk down memory lane..If only I still looked like that..pity about age..
Thanks Ducati. With that type of comment you are obviously married and well trained!
I was thinking that..I cant remember when it was taken although we used to have a boat & Id get let off upwind & sail downwind while someone on the boat would take photos.Must have been then..great timing though!Never thought id be happy to have a shot of me catapulting..
I just updated to a new uphaul yesterday..got sick of it flailing around & tripping my feet up as I sailed..@##!! I only have it on to hang onto the whole lot when i stack it in big winds and im in the water as i cant uphaul my board..Wow these new stretchy ones are great!
Looking at those photos makes me remember when Point Henry was at its best. Due to sand mining further down the bay we've lost the spit that used to give such great speed runs. Those were the days!!!
Dug these ones out over the weekend...
Leighton 1985
Dutch Inn 1985
Woodman Point Speed Trials 1985
Fred Hayward
World Freesyle Titles
Airhead, those shots are fantastic.
The bay east of Majestic point behind the freestylers is empty and undeveloped, wow.
The shots of dutchies and leighton are amazing to see such big waves with all that sunlight. I just goes to show the theory that there were more waves back then.
I remember that some wave comps back then, in summer, were held in north westerly winds, so everything was on opposite tack.
Bob and Ian sampson have some footage of that speed event on video that is a hoot to watch. The weirdest shape sails and foils were put together by Ian in the pryde loft and then used on the speed course. The angle of the booms is a laugh with some of them angled from the clew to the mast at almost 80 degrees to the water surface.
