Tampa Bay Windsurfing

Category: My View


Summer Time Blues – Not this year!

In 2021 I wrote a post, Summer Time Blues commiserating our lack of wind during the summer season. I also mentioned that I had purchased a new foil setup but didn’t take advantage of my new equipment which was silly…

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Wind Foiling – My Path

Over the past couple of years I’ve been having an personal discussion regarding Wind Foiling. Maybe you have as well. To summarize: One at a time: March 2023 Windy season will be over in weeks and Summer is just around…

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Wind Foiling – A Smooth Gait

While taking riding lessons in Nashville years ago I was introduced to the Tennessee Walking Horse. The manager of the stables told me that this horse is breed with a smooth gait and is therefore popular with older gentlemen who…

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Bonaire update

I had the pleasure of visiting Bonaire for my third time in January. Great to travel with friends and enjoy this little treasure of an island. We always stay on the leeward side of the island which is the more…

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Year Six!

As 2022 comes to an end and we head into Windy Season here in Florida this will be my sixth windy season and I’m really looking forward to spending as much time on the water as possible. I’ve updated my…

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Location, Location, Location

This isn’t a post on real estate but it is related to the question that so many of us in the windsurfing community are asking, Fin or Foil. Last year I posted “Questions that lead to unexpected results” about my…

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Hawaii – Maui

I recently had the good fortune to spend time in Maui and check out the windsurfing and winging locations and also meet some great windsurfers. I’m not really sure I should be writing a post about Maui as there are…

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Questions that lead to unexpected results

I’m writing this post from beautiful Maui. This is my second visit to Maui but my first time as a Windsurfer. My next blog post will be a “beginners perspective” on what I learned about windsurfing in Maui but this…

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Summer Time blues

A disappointing summer to say the least for the water sports community and Tampa Bay and SW Florida but now it is time to move forward and focus on renewal and the all the pleasures and challenges of windsurfing. In…

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Carve Jibe – Putting it all together

A Beginners Perspective This is the third in my series on what I believe to be three important break through skills in my windsurfing adventure.   Once I gained competency using the harness lines, (actually way before that) I wanted to…

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