OK the misic is good but they stop the song about when I'm getting into it. A litle hokey. but it gives you a good idea of what a downwinder is like - anyway about the best vid I have seen on this stuff. I'm addicted....
http://www.kenalu.com/2010/08/big-maliko/
all about the glide....
downwinder anyone???
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by Gazsurf » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:49 pm
I'm in if it'll keep you buggers out of the lineup......
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by fossilgrom » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:44 am
That is one of the main benefits of open ocean paddling - no BS wave greed crap. You leave the lineup politics behind.
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by Gazsurf » Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:22 am
Mine is basically a 12'er not racy but more surf shaped, could be a blast tho' on a short run.
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by pra_ggresion » Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:36 pm
Man you guys are jaded. That would truly be a child of neptune that could ride a single wave in a 20' ground swell from Hawaii to Cortes Banks.
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by fossilgrom » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:27 pm
The board is pretty crucial to your enjoyment. 14' to 18' seems to be the direction things are going. The difference in glide and speed on those big boards is pretty amazing.
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by Gazsurf » Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:30 pm
pra_ggresion wrote:Man you guys are jaded. That would truly be a child of neptune that could ride a single wave in a 20' ground swell from Hawaii to Cortes Banks.
Well go get one Little Seahorse..........
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by erzats » Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:38 pm
fossilgrom wrote:The board is pretty crucial to your enjoyment. 14' to 18' seems to be the direction things are going. The difference in glide and speed on those big boards is pretty amazing.
Isn't that where a sea kayak starts to make more sense than a surfboard?
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by fossilgrom » Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:58 pm
I quess - if you want to be a squat-when-ya-pee kayaker.
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by SooLoo » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:14 am
LOL! A SUP'er making fun of an assslider!
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by fossilgrom » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:23 am
If it is one thing I hate, it is people who are prejudice of how other peopple ride waves....and fuking kayakers.
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by erzats » Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:30 pm
Whoa whoa whoa, sea kayaks and surf kayaks are not in the same league. And really, just how much beer/wine/whiskey can you carry from point A to point B with your downwinder? Just seems that if you have 18' of craft, you may as well have some cargo capacity.
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by fossilgrom » Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:07 am
Sitting or laying down is gay...it just is. A properly outfitted SUP board should have room for a wet bar for your A to B voyage. These two guys have the right idea - note the room on the nose for the TV, maybe even a small refridgerator.
did I say sitting was gay?
did I say sitting was gay?
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Re: downwinder anyone???
by fossilgrom » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:01 pm
My ancestry could explain my strange facination with such things.
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