Former world champ Stu Gilbert blasting at the nationals
Family sailing, Wallace Lake
Tim Doyle from Macquarie University windsurfers enjoy some low-stress racing at the nationals.
Elise Trask from Macquarie Uni teaches Sam.
Perennial national champ Karen Murden pips Deb Apthorp to the line in a Dobroyd winter race, before they join the fleet for debriefing over wine and pizza.
Playing bumper-boards at the NSW titles. Somewhere amongst the confusion are some former world champions, two or three Olympic reps, a couple of world-class 18 Foot Skiff sailors, and 420 and Laser champions.
Rail riding is not a lost art. Roger Crawford from Narrabeen Sailing Club's fleet shows how it's done.
Trent
Billington, a star of the future, with one of the Barracouta 4.5m
sails. Modelled on th e full-size 6m sail, they are much easier to
handle, turn better and are faster than the old pinheads, superannuated
surf sails, or fully-battened sails on the Wally.
Alisha Kawalla, national Youth champ, tries out the Wally.
Martin Stone, former national champ, and coach Lenny. Martin is the one in the blue boardies.
Kurt Billington and two metre sail. Because the Windsurfer One Design has such a flat hull and a very small fin, it can be turned easily even with such a small sail.
Longboard freestyle is the perfect way to keep interested on those light-wind days.