VANCOUVER ISLAND WINDTALK

2007 Mistral video: unreal footage!
Dope beats.
Smoooooth style.
Windboardin' at it's best.
Eat yer hearts out, kiters!


http://mfile.akamai.com/6581/wmv/wpvide ... e1_242.asx

good one doc!
somebody please invent the harness!

Nice find. Some wild footage - I liked the last 10 secs the best. That soundtrack really gets me pumped up. I can't wait to try some rail rides on my next session.

Wow... Cool vid.
Amazing to see the changes in gear.
Those sails flapping like that.. ha!
shows to go ya, if your good, your good!
Damn, I've got to get more good!
(oh.. I ate a little bit of my heart out, but I still like kites)

where can i find the soundtrack for that? that is actually really cool. thanks for posting dude.

Reminds me of Al Kahoolie jumping his Mistral 'takeoff' @ J.R..

Windoc you should have shown this clip to me sooner. I obviously bought the wrong mistral for wind and waves! My board is way too short and needs another fin !

ahhh ... those were the days. slippery decks, tough, slippery booms, 1 sail for all winds.

It was fun, though, despite the gear limitations.

Doc, I saw a sail just like yours at the end of this video.....

One sail for all winds? No, no, NO! The high wind sails had 1/3 of the mast sticking out the top, and no battens because the leach was concave. That kept the CoE low and on the stiffest part of the mast. The CoE still shifted all over the place, but because the booms were so long and the sail reached the end, the CoE could move far enough for a First Downs without becoming uncontrollable.

more force 4 wrote:....but because the booms were so long and the sail reached the end, the CoE could move far enough for a First Downs without becoming uncontrollable.

ok, I need a drawing for that last bit, MF4

& don't forget those 'high wind' daggerboards. My roommate used to make them from plywood. You couldn't count on the plastic fins they were like noodles. Oh & lots of crushed masts from bending on those booms. & how about http://www.jarvisbayestates.com/images/windsurfer.jpg for a bit of history.

I found an old 'hi wind daggerboard' in my shed this summer. A Windsurfer official one, not plywood. Red-white-blue striped ribbon for the top strap. I think I threw it out - maybe should have kept it for the wall.

Do you remember when full-batten sails started when the concave-leach sails were found not to work in big Hawaiian swell, so they developed the 'Maui fathead' sail that had several full-length battens at the head, and a stiffer mast to make it work..... Wasn't long before draft-stability was the big thing for sail developers.

I think these guys might still be better than me even on that old gear! Yikes! Change you imagine what they could do with new gear.

dont sweat it mark, loads of guys (and gals) sail better than you!