The first rule of Team Dawg is to show up. Work, weather, traffic, injury... those are just excuses. But only slightly less well known is the 2nd rule of Team Dawg: those who are injured have a duty to show up and film everybody else having fun, so I battled injury and weather to perform my civic duty and get some storm sailing footage at Half Moon Bay. One thing I wasn't able to overcome were the dying batteries in my camera, so I had to fill up a lot of space with BAFing... sorry!
The wind was up, and the rain was flying, but it still looked like fun. I'm two weeks removed from elbow surgery, so I'm out of commission for the next month or two. Hopefully there are some good days in the next two months. I'll be there with the camera. Feel free to bring me some beer guys!
I just got my hands on a new 2010 Ezzy Wave Panther 2 5.2, and I thought I'd post some pictures. No wind to try it out, and I have a bum elbow anyway, but I thought I'd rig up and see what it looks like.
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New for 2010:
“Tri-Lite” cloth used in the center panel. It is called “Tri-Lite” because it consists of film, woven scrim, and X ply. A significant weight savings come from the Tri-lite's thinner film; 37.5 microns, compared to 100 micron film used in our Spectra X ply. The woven scrim combined with the X ply provides excellent tear strength. The overall weight of Tri-Lite is 40% less than Spectra X-ply. “Tri-Lite” has three main benefits:
It is lighter. The 2010 sails have a lighter feel than the 2009 sails. This is noticeable while wave riding, jibing and basic sail handling.
It has better UV resistance. Tri-Lite has more yarns and less film which means it doesn't get "crispy" and brittle from excessive UV exposure.
Tri-Lite absorbs shocks traveling through the sail better than other fabric. This makes the sail feel smoother and less jerky.
Mesh pocket in pad for downhaul line
Stronger Dacron cover on the battens which improves scuff resistance
Just thought I'd share a little video of Bill Weir, a local SF windsurfer and Crissy Field staple who passed away last summer. This is a video clip from "The San Francisco Chronicles 2003" and shows Bill riding some waves inside the bay on race gear. Very cool! Hope you enjoy it.
Had my first sesh in quite awhile at Crissy on Friday. It's been so windless and cold around here that I haven't even been looking at iWindsurf lately. I was just hanging around the house when I got a text at 4pm from a friend who was driving back from SFO telling me about whitecaps and windsurfers near the Golden Gate Bridge. Half an hour later, I was at the beach w/ my 5.2 and 108 planing back and forth on the rare north wind for an hour until sunset.
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