Thanks.
With my weight 200+ that hollow board will turn into swiss cheese
pretty quickly.
If your ever at Grand Beach stop in and say hi. Can't miss us. We
drive a Honda Element with a huge grey box trailer for our gear.
--- In Manitoba_Windsurfing_Club@yahoogroups.com, "bmwindsurfer"
<ghyber@m...> wrote:
> Thanx for the welcome.....shyte...too bag I missed that 'nuke'
wind.
> I don't even bother going out anymore in 6.0+ weather, too much
work
> at my age. Although I do have the sails with all the bells and
> whistles to make one knowledgeable boarder go fast in light winds.
>
> I do have a slalom board that fits your description however, it's a
> 7kg racing board probably around 115-125 on the floatation side.
> It's really fast but not for a beginner; it's hollow (it's got a
> valve) and wouldn't stand the pain of having someone repeatedly
> dropping a wishboom on it.
>
> --- In Manitoba_Windsurfing_Club@yahoogroups.com, "claudio_sousa"
> <claudio_sousa@y...> wrote:
> > Welcome to Manitoba!
> >
> > For a complete set of details. Checkout one of our club pages put
> > together by Myron H. It has a great guide
> www.windsurfingmanitoba.com
> >
> > Lake Winnipeg offers some incredible conditions. Generally
speaking
> > we sail in a broad range of conditions. Everything from 6.5 or
7.5
> > down to 4.5 or 3.5 (e.g., last Sunday we had an afternoon of
steady
> > 35 knots with gusts over 40).
> >
> > Kiteboarding is also fairly popular here. A group of windsurfers
> > rarely windsurf they love kiting so much....plus you can do it in
> the
> > winter with a snowboard (the flat land has to be good for
> something).
> >
> > I am actually looking for a new light wind board (130-140 litre
> > slalom or free-ride). So if you have something like that let me
> know.
> >
> >
> > --- In Manitoba_Windsurfing_Club@yahoogroups.com, "bmwindsurfer"
> > <ghyber@m...> wrote:
> > > Just moved from Ontario to Winnipeg and would like to know
where
> > you
> > > good folks windsurf.
> > >
> > > I don't know if I'll be doing a lot of windsurfing however I do
> > have
> > > tons of gear - not sure whether I'll be selling it....gotta
check
> > out
> > > the local wind conditions first.
> > >
> > > BMWINDSURFER