4. Build
Many windsurfers think that weight is a big factor in speed. Good physique does help. Because when you’re heavier you can more easily keep your windsurfing equipment under control.
Height also plays a role. Your body functions as a lever while windsurfing. If you’re taller you have more leverage than shorter people.
Does this mean that [...]
Posts under ‘gps speedsurfing’
These 4 factors affect your speed
5 reasons to join the GPS Team Challenge
Have you ever thought about joining the GPS Team Challenge or starting GPS speedsurfing? Here are 5 reasons why I joined this challenge and hopefully you will also after reading these reasons.
Learn more about my favorite sport windsurfing
Windsurfing has always been my favorite sport and I am windsurfing since I was eleven. After a while [...]
GPS Team Challenge
What is the GPS Team Challenge?
A lot of windsurfers by now know that it’s possible to measure speed with a GPS and post your results individually on sites like GPS-Speedsurfing.com. This idea inspired some members on the Seabreeze forum to set up a similar competition, but then between teams. A lot of people joined the [...]
Who should be in de Speedsailing hall of fame?
The ISWC has a poll online in which you can vote who will enter the hall of fame. The winner will be announced on the 1st of March.
The nominees are:
Tomorrow last Fun & Speed Meeting for 2009
The last Fun & Speed Meeting (FSM) of the year will take place at Strand Horst, the Netherlands. This windsurfing event is all about getting your windsurfing skill level up. But it’s also about having fun and help each other to improve.
That GPS Speedsurfing is getting popular is shown by the more than 70 participants [...]
ISWC Speed Windsurfing World Championship Karpathos 2009
Karpathos is getting ready for the speed windsurfing world cup 2009. A lot of big names will be competing for world championship points and eventually the speed world title.
Windsurfing in 2009!
A lot of people have new years resolutions for 2009. Setting goals is better name in my opinion. A few of my goals are in different categories like sports, work or are related to this website. I will focus in this post on the windsurfing goals.
GPS Speedsurfing and Sponsoring
GPS-Speedsurfing.com has secured Neilpryde, Tushingham and Select as new sponsors. This is a very good development. GPS Speedsurfing is created and managed by volunteers so money is always needed to keep the site up and running.
Creating and managing a site is not for free. Hosting, system administration, traffic are all things that must be taken [...]
Sunny weather and windsurfing
The weather forecast for this weekend wasn’t so good. The wind direction was the main cause. In the Netherlands wind from the east is not so good. Windfinder.com predicted a small 4 bft in the north of the country while the winfsurfing spots in my neighbourhood had no wind at all. I really wanted to [...]
Windsurfig GPS data combined with video
Some french windsurfers did a great experiment! With the help of special software (GpsarPR 2.7) they combined the GPS data and their headcam. As result you will see the speed and direction on the video from your windsurfing session combined. There is no need for a special cam. Every “normal” video camera is capable of [...]