Hi Robby, i was once timed at just under 30kts in a national speed event back in the 90s. How the gear has changed, great video, mistral screamer lcs carbon was my favourite board ever, and i used Ken Black cambered sails made in cornwall at the time. My favourite sail size was my KB 5.4 cam slalom. I still have the board in a bag, its worth 1 $ now !!!!! At the age of 72 I don’t sail any more , age catches up with us all, hang loose buddy. Thanks for posting the video.
You’re a living legend Robbie. Have been a massive fan for close to 35 years. I remember you wrote an article about why you didn’t go fully battened. And you’re still showing your incredible skills now. My father was always the big kahuna (passed away 2 years ago). But for me you carry that spirit. Aloha & cheers from NZ🤙🤙🤙
Your RIP video from the 90's inspired me to take up windsurfing. I never really cracked it but to this day it is one of my favourite ways to spend a day. Thank you for the inspiration.
Dave Sanger "The strangler" got me on a Mistral superlight in 85. He rebuilt the deck and sold me the whole rig for $200. I went shortboard and did a few trips to the gorge and then the Navy got in the way of sailing. I cant wait to get on the water where all there is in life is the dance of the wind and the waves.
Windsurfing San Francisco bay and the CA coast through the golden age of the 90s were the greatest years for me and my friends. I windsurfed from 1984 to 2016 at which time I would be almost unable to walk for a week afterward due to the enlarged bone spurs in the big toes. So I moved to Baja and learned to kiteboard at age 64, now 68 and my feet no longer hurt, it's a very relaxed kind of stoke! Learning to kite from windsurfing is tough at first because you try to over muscle it resulting in stupid launches. When you learn to totally relax and chill, hands close together on the bar, sheet out you will get it! Saw you Robby, 1987 or so in the world cup race at SF. You said hi and nodded like you knew me, that's stuck with me, thanks!
The one time I hit a turtle, it broke my fin off. Didn't do it on purpose, just assumed the turtle would get out of the way. Tough lesson trying to sail back in with out a fin. After that, I always gave turtles a wide berth. Awesome video, what a ride along. As a rather mediocre windsurfer, I'm amazed that Robby Naish feels more comfortable unhooked when in powerful gusts! All the windsurfing he does, must have a tremendously strong grip & arms.
Met you on a promo trip to Cologne beginning of the 80's and talked to you briefly (in German). Already a star - you were so modest and kind. I dreamt about visiting Hawaii inspired by your story and the pictures of you in Surf magazine. It took me 30 years to be able to afford it and since then coming back nearly every year.
I spent 15 years Windsurfing in the San Francisco Bay, Sherman Island (about 50 miles east of SF in Fresh Water). I began around 1980 on a Windsurfer One Design. I would also Sail overpowered just to make sure I had enough Sail area because I didn't want to stop and change sails and lose 30 minutes of time. I'm 67, body is beat up with Arthritis...I remember the good times I had sailing. It reminded me of Snow Skiing on moving Moguls.
Hello Robby, I am from 63 as you and appreciate you for a long time. I was yesterday on the beach of Pont Mahé, Assérac Brittany, France, a good wind, force 5 or 6, and about 100 women and men having great fun with their boards. Friendly and warm greetings from south Brittany. I wish you the best, have fun !
Still remembering ...when i was a little boy (End of the 70's) , the 14 years (i think so...) old Robby Naish came to Fehmarn (Germany) to take part in the "Smirnoff Cup" and handled a signed poster to me. What a moment! Since seeing him on the water i was infected by the joy of windsurfing. Nice to see, that the legend ist still a class of its own. Greetings from germany.
I kitesurf now as well but there is nothing like that feeling of blasting along on a windsurfer trying to get every ounce of speed out of the sail and the board. The connection you have to the sail is much closer than to the kite.
@@s2oooo I mainly kite hydrofoil and although it is my favourite water based activity of all time, you are totally disconnected from the water and wind compared to windsurfing. How fast you go just depends to a large part on your kit and how crazy you are :) On a windsurfer I remember feeling like every little adjustment I made to the sail and board made a difference.
Hey Robby!! I couldn,t recognize you….. you have got a bleu sail!!! Where are the pink ones? Ha ha. Always nice to see your new videos, but i have got an idea: please, please make a video with a drone or helicopter. Something like that old video with your “ old mistral gear “with a pink sail. That video is 13 years old and called: “Robby Naish velocity” I still get the goosebumps when i watch that video. Even at 57. 🤙🤙🏻🤙🏾🤙🏻🤙🏿🤙🏾🤙🏼🤙🏻🤙
Amazing speed & footage, thx for that! Developed a passion for windsurfing only recently during the pandemic, seeing people racing on the local lake and wanting to do more than the usual SUP sesh. Glad Naish is still pushing for developments in windsurf, e.g. I think the 4-in-1 board is a perfect approach, looking forward to buy one soon!
This guy is living his best life. Thank you Robby for sharing this with all the "poor" guys who can't do that but dream of it. It's a bit of our dream that you make come real... Thank you! ^^
Every one can live with their dream! Depends what are you looking for ? How you want to be? Life is short, one day you are millionaires, other day may be homeless! Following you dream! You will find peace!
I agree with you. We all dream of a life like that. But not everyone can do it, what about career, family..? All over board for fun..? There must be a middle ground
I switched to kiting because all my friends did. This reminds me how much windsurfing was. For me my most fun days on the water were windsurfing by far! I did this downwinder after tacking up to Hookipa from Kanaha... up and back! I'll never forget what a blast it was.
Robby is an amazing, I had one of his first Mistral boards and am a similar vintage. I live in Canada and really only surf in the summer. I wish I could do 1% that RN does. He is what I believe is a true American. Best from the soon to be frozen North
I spend 6 months windsurfing in Kailua 86/87. Already Robby was at the top since years, and still is! Get a taste of that over 40 years😎. It was the days when Cabrinha, Jill Boyer, Randy Naish, Mike Eskimo and others was seen daily taking off from Kailua boatramp.
Thanks for the great POV video (especially enjoyed getting some “air time” with the one bigger jump.) Obviously the lifestyle has kept you extremely fit and still young looking. However, no pink sail with US 1111 ?! OMG, that doesn’t seem right. A pink sail and four one’s is your trademark (and how everyone in the world knows it’s actually Robby Naish they’re lucky enough to be watching.)
I must say that I find the idea of a short boom compelling, if not for the ease of control (and I will consider you the authority on this) for the portability of the sail. I can literally stash (even) the 7 meter RN sail in the back of the car without it ever having to spill over into the area where the gear shift is. And plus, its appealing to have sails that can effectively serve as Foil and regular windsurf sails. Fresh perspective. Kudos!
"I am Robby Naish, I come from Hawaii and I like windsurfing very much". This was the beginning of the first windsurfing video I ever saw in my life. I think you were 13yrs old at the time and just won the "windsurfer" world title. And you still rock today. You are a legend Sir, and a true inspiration to us, weekend sailers. Thank you for all these years of awe. a true fan from Italy
Great video! Reminds me of the time when windsurfing was all about blasting and fun, without unnecessary technicalities. Just grab your board and sail, whatever it was and go out and have fun.
Dear Robby, Your inspired me to get into windsurfing back in the '80s. (I had a pink and red Gaastra 5.2)... And your ongoing enthusiasm brought me 'back out there', after 15 years of not windsurfing. Last week I bought windfoiling gear and had a first tough session in Hood River. Feels great to be back! Thanks for being a true inspiration.
Great comment. This video has inspired me to pull my gear out storage and back out there. Thanks Robbie. Kids are grown now so its time to get at it again. I had so much fun at the Gorge from the mid 80s to late 90s. Bettes for breakfast a session at the Hatch or Dougs then The River City Saloon for the Moe Show is he was playing that night oh and a couple Scorpions at Jack first, I worked 4 x10hrs so every weekend was long weekend so I drove down from Vancouver BC every weekend. I’m sure we crossed paths a few times. What an era to be there in.
Great memories. Used to sail a 9.0 ft slalom concave custom that weighed only 8 pounds. Single-layer of glass. Sails was a north sails 5.4. I eventually broke it on a hard flat landing. Would you mind listing the specs of this whole setup?
100 litres slalom board (Watch the video) and 5.4m2 "Lift RN" by Naish sails (Listen to the video). Do you also ask other people to do your windsurfing ? LOL.
I really liked this amazing video seeing spots Hookipa and Kanaha again where I was surfing myself as a bloody amateur more than 25 years ago. Have you seen the turtle at 7:22? - Best wishes from Germany.
I guess everyone's done that run, and from Pauwela to Hookipa. That PRETTY peak way off Baldwin or Pa'ia Park is to beautiful when mast or more high, but, scraping a fin on the reef bottom turning, does make one not to go finless, so that offshore reef must wait a few centuries ( unless global warming melts enough ice that the water gets a foot deeper)
@@JustinWiechers El sueño de todos los que nos iniciamos en el windsurf allá por 1985 totalmente a contramano, el agua y equipamientos lejos, muchos $$$$$ y a prueba y error la fuimos surfeando🤙
Close call with a turtle at 7:22. Did you see it before? Was there time to react? It reminds me of a crash with a flying fish at high speed in Egypt. I was lucky that the fish hit my harness, besides a fishy smell no injuries. Robby, hope to be windsurfing with you some day!
I work my tongue when I windsurf, but thats because I cuss so much because; 1)I’m bad. 2)my gear is ancient (1986 alpha 230a) and is not the best, but best I could find for sale in my price range(bought for 300$ Canadian in rural Saskatchewan) it works plenty good for 300$ as it would be well into the thousands to get any kind of good setup. 3) because the lake I windsurf at has some weird unpredictable wind due to the surrounding hills, where sometimes there are two different winds almost blowing 45-90° to each other. But man it does work the whole body too, I ate 3penutbutter and banana sandwiches one morning and windsurfed for hours that day, came back and my body was suuuper toned. Its easy to work your body that hard when your having fun ;)
It wasn't too long ago that sails with lots of monofilament were "out". Is this a budget oriented sail for the masses with the monofilament or some new improved type? Hard to believe "the man" would be riding a budget sail other than to promote it. I still have an old NP monofilament sail that I like. Glad to know I won't be too out of fashion using it - noisy but handles well. I remember seeing Robby Naish race a slalom in Hood River in the 80s where in one heat he was miles ahead of everyone and planing the whole time when the most of the rest of the pack was barely moving. The other racers were only halfway through the course when he went flying across the finish. They called the heat off for lack of wind but I thought they should have given it to the man.
Oh Robby! I missed you about a day or two on Karpathos last year - the floor was still hot where you walked! )).. After a little 20 years break I restarted with windsurfing 1 1/2 years ago. Comming tuesday at Teneriffe.. O bought myself lots of 2nd hand gear, including a Mistral Equipe Carbon - just a bit younger than me )).. The only new board I'll buy will be a Naish board, when I ready for it! Lots of hugs, my dear idol ))..
That video is getting me stoked to get back on the water. Spent a ton of time back in the 80’s on a Mistral Malibu and a 6.6 cambered race sail on Lake Erie. Never forget the feeling from kicking up the center board and surfing down the waves.
Amazing you can still do this. After windsurfing through my 20s, kids wrecked my back and at 40 I can't really even down-haul anymore let alone handle a gust. So glad you missed that turtle! Incredible speed. Thanks for sharing your day :-)
Great to see you still thrashing. Did I ever tell about the time I beat you in one race at the US Sailboard Champs at Atlantic City? That is until I explained to the race committee that I was actually dead last. Can't remember if I ever made any blades for you.
awesome video!!!! Think of adding a GPS to a next video and add the gauges of speed on it! Would be very cool to see how fast you were going on those gusts!!!
Ah but not super high aspect compared to my early late 80’s early 90’s gear lol. Wish I could still take the pounding, my body is getting sore just watching this... great stuff Robby! I’ve done that run several times and the sea life alone is worth the trip.
I've done that run a couple times before back when I was younger. I don't remember going that fast though! But I do remember that it's very tiring! I'm not sure I could do it now. My favorite part of it is taking in the beauty of everything like the cobalt blue water, the flying fish, the sugar cane fields with Haleakala in the background. It's quite a trip!
The world is a better place with Robby in it. Thank you for the decades of joy and inspiration.
Got that right !
Hi Robby, i was once timed at just under 30kts in a national speed event back in the 90s. How the gear has changed, great video, mistral screamer lcs carbon was my favourite board ever, and i used Ken Black cambered sails made in cornwall at the time. My favourite sail size was my KB 5.4 cam slalom. I still have the board in a bag, its worth 1 $ now !!!!! At the age of 72 I don’t sail any more , age catches up with us all, hang loose buddy. Thanks for posting the video.
You’re a living legend Robbie. Have been a massive fan for close to 35 years. I remember you wrote an article about why you didn’t go fully battened. And you’re still showing your incredible skills now. My father was always the big kahuna (passed away 2 years ago). But for me you carry that spirit. Aloha & cheers from NZ🤙🤙🤙
Your RIP video from the 90's inspired me to take up windsurfing. I never really cracked it but to this day it is one of my favourite ways to spend a day. Thank you for the inspiration.
Yep, that is one classic video.
One of the best wave riding videos ever, definition of ripping, what most of us do only in our minds.
Dave Sanger "The strangler" got me on a Mistral superlight in 85. He rebuilt the deck and sold me the whole rig for $200. I went shortboard and did a few trips to the gorge and then the Navy got in the way of sailing. I cant wait to get on the water where all there is in life is the dance of the wind and the waves.
Robbie is and ALWAYS will be the BEST! and dang ! He is living the life. 5 shakas indeed🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 That is what windsurfing is all about! AWESOME!!!
Windsurfing San Francisco bay and the CA coast through the golden age of the 90s were the greatest years for me and my friends. I windsurfed from 1984 to 2016 at which time I would be almost unable to walk for a week afterward due to the enlarged bone spurs in the big toes. So I moved to Baja and learned to kiteboard at age 64, now 68 and my feet no longer hurt, it's a very relaxed kind of stoke! Learning to kite from windsurfing is tough at first because you try to over muscle it resulting in stupid launches. When you learn to totally relax and chill, hands close together on the bar, sheet out you will get it!
Saw you Robby, 1987 or so in the world cup race at SF. You said hi and nodded like you knew me, that's stuck with me, thanks!
That turtle at 7:22 was really close! Would have been a nasty whipout. Even worse for the turtle probably...
La tortuga lo contó por centímetros
Wow! Great eyes! That was super-close! The turtle was like,"hey! Robby just stole my wave!" 😅
Yeah so glad for both there wasn’t contact!
The one time I hit a turtle, it broke my fin off. Didn't do it on purpose, just assumed the turtle would get out of the way. Tough lesson trying to sail back in with out a fin. After that, I always gave turtles a wide berth. Awesome video, what a ride along. As a rather mediocre windsurfer, I'm amazed that Robby Naish feels more comfortable unhooked when in powerful gusts! All the windsurfing he does, must have a tremendously strong grip & arms.
Nice - I saw that too!
Met you on a promo trip to Cologne beginning of the 80's and talked to you briefly (in German). Already a star - you were so modest and kind.
I dreamt about visiting Hawaii inspired by your story and the pictures of you in Surf magazine. It took me 30 years to be able to afford it and since then coming back nearly every year.
I spent 15 years Windsurfing in the San Francisco Bay, Sherman Island (about 50 miles east of SF in Fresh Water). I began around 1980 on a Windsurfer One Design. I would also Sail overpowered just to make sure I had enough Sail area because I didn't want to stop and change sails and lose 30 minutes of time. I'm 67, body is beat up with Arthritis...I remember the good times I had sailing. It reminded me of Snow Skiing on moving Moguls.
Legend. After what, 50 years of sailing imagine what a Naish handshake is like.
Top
Only fellow windsurfers can survive a Naish handshake
Good point, elbow bump for me please. Dont want to put my hand in a vise :)
Hello Robby, I am from 63 as you and appreciate you for a long time. I was yesterday on the beach of Pont Mahé, Assérac Brittany, France, a good wind, force 5 or 6, and about 100 women and men having great fun with their boards. Friendly and warm greetings from south Brittany. I wish you the best, have fun !
Still remembering ...when i was a little boy (End of the 70's) , the 14 years (i think so...) old Robby Naish came to Fehmarn (Germany) to take part in the "Smirnoff Cup" and handled a signed poster to me. What a moment! Since seeing him on the water i was infected by the joy of windsurfing. Nice to see, that the legend ist still a class of its own. Greetings from germany.
I windsurfed for years and changed to kitesurfing because it was something new. This video has made me remember how great windsurfing is.
Nice!👌🏼
I kitesurf now as well but there is nothing like that feeling of blasting along on a windsurfer trying to get every ounce of speed out of the sail and the board. The connection you have to the sail is much closer than to the kite.
At 40 now I can also imagine being absolutely shattered compared to Hydrofoil kitesurfing 😂
@@s2oooo I mainly kite hydrofoil and although it is my favourite water based activity of all time, you are totally disconnected from the water and wind compared to windsurfing. How fast you go just depends to a large part on your kit and how crazy you are :) On a windsurfer I remember feeling like every little adjustment I made to the sail and board made a difference.
@@chrisdickinson4576 at 40 years I don't think i could last 5 minutes windsurfing 😂
Awesome and unique video Robbie! Showcasing how truly great windsurfing is and always has been!! 👍👍👍
Riveting video. Great to see the best in the business. Still strong as an OX to run those speeds unhooked "feeling more in control".
A short ride for you in those conditions! Awesome Robby as always, thank you.
Hey Robby!! I couldn,t recognize you….. you have got a bleu sail!!! Where are the pink ones? Ha ha.
Always nice to see your new videos, but i have got an idea: please, please make a video with a drone or helicopter. Something like that old video with your “ old mistral gear “with a pink sail. That video is 13 years old and called: “Robby Naish velocity” I still get the goosebumps when i watch that video. Even at 57.
🤙🤙🏻🤙🏾🤙🏻🤙🏿🤙🏾🤙🏼🤙🏻🤙
Amazing speed & footage, thx for that! Developed a passion for windsurfing only recently during the pandemic, seeing people racing on the local lake and wanting to do more than the usual SUP sesh. Glad Naish is still pushing for developments in windsurf, e.g. I think the 4-in-1 board is a perfect approach, looking forward to buy one soon!
Thanks for sharing this awesome moment Robby. It's great to be on board with you and you are still a kick ass rider...
Eres de mi época. Que tiempos aquellos.
I raced with you in 1979 at Clearwater Beach, Florida. Glad to see you’re still at it!
what a veteran!
I'm another old salty. I mostly kite these days but that rig makes me want to go back and try windsurfing 👍
The man is a legend in so many water spprts!😁😎
Thx for the ride. :D Reminds me of my time on Maui. Kanaha was my go to spot in those days.
This guy is living his best life. Thank you Robby for sharing this with all the "poor" guys who can't do that but dream of it. It's a bit of our dream that you make come real... Thank you! ^^
make your dreams real dude
Every one can live with their dream! Depends what are you looking for ? How you want to be? Life is short, one day you are millionaires, other day may be homeless! Following you dream! You will find peace!
I agree with you. We all dream of a life like that. But not everyone can do it, what about career, family..? All over board for fun..? There must be a middle ground
@@SuperFlo8888 I don't think you are homeless. Hard to find peace under a cardboard box.
It’s all about choices.
I just found myself a new inspiration. Thank you Sir!
I switched to kiting because all my friends did. This reminds me how much windsurfing was. For me my most fun days on the water were windsurfing by far! I did this downwinder after tacking up to Hookipa from Kanaha... up and back! I'll never forget what a blast it was.
Great to see your still going strong Robby🤙🤙🤙
40 yrs ago when I learned windsurfing you were my example and you still rock. Amazing!
Same here. Always watched him in awe. Gave me a lot of confidence.
There is no kite or foil better than old school windsurf!!!
You got that right!
I don't agree. Since I started kiting never got back on my windsurfboards again.
@@didoview Well, that is taking the path of least resistance.
@@petermorris5808 it isn’t. I never got that exhausted when windsurfing. Kiting is just so much fun I can’t stop. Like surfing waves.
Parole sante!
Robby is an amazing, I had one of his first Mistral boards and am a similar vintage. I live in Canada and really only surf in the summer. I wish I could do 1% that RN does. He is what I believe is a true American. Best from the soon to be frozen North
The ramp at 6:36 is just incredible...I really hope so surf in these kind of waves sometime. (and hold on throughout) 😂
Having followed you from the mid 80's I am still inspired by you sailing 35 years on.
Respect.
same, since the days of Mike Waltz
Same here.
I spend 6 months windsurfing in Kailua 86/87. Already Robby was at the top since years, and still is!
Get a taste of that over 40 years😎. It was the days when Cabrinha, Jill Boyer, Randy Naish, Mike Eskimo and others was seen daily taking off from Kailua boatramp.
Thanks for the great POV video (especially enjoyed getting some “air time” with the one bigger jump.)
Obviously the lifestyle has kept you extremely fit and still young looking. However, no pink sail with US 1111 ?! OMG, that doesn’t seem right. A pink sail and four one’s is your trademark (and how everyone in the world knows it’s actually Robby Naish they’re lucky enough to be watching.)
I must say that I find the idea of a short boom compelling, if not for the ease of control (and I will consider you the authority on this) for the portability of the sail. I can literally stash (even) the 7 meter RN sail in the back of the car without it ever having to spill over into the area where the gear shift is. And plus, its appealing to have sails that can effectively serve as Foil and regular windsurf sails. Fresh perspective. Kudos!
100kg to be competitive? Finally a sport I can compete in.
I´m in too!!
@@martindrews889 lmao. You have to be FIT also.
Eat more. Call yourself Jabba da Hutt.
very inspiring video to watch before getting into the water here in my city
i really feel the speed man!!!! awesome!
"I am Robby Naish, I come from Hawaii and I like windsurfing very much".
This was the beginning of the first windsurfing video I ever saw in my life.
I think you were 13yrs old at the time and just won the "windsurfer" world title.
And you still rock today.
You are a legend Sir, and a true inspiration to us, weekend sailers.
Thank you for all these years of awe.
a true fan from Italy
Deadset legend here. No argument.
Great video! Reminds me of the time when windsurfing was all about blasting and fun, without unnecessary technicalities. Just grab your board and sail, whatever it was and go out and have fun.
It still is. I switched to kiting though, never touched my windsurfer since.
Dear Robby,
Your inspired me to get into windsurfing back in the '80s. (I had a pink and red Gaastra 5.2)... And your ongoing enthusiasm brought me 'back out there', after 15 years of not windsurfing. Last week I bought windfoiling gear and had a first tough session in Hood River. Feels great to be back!
Thanks for being a true inspiration.
Great comment. This video has inspired me to pull my gear out storage and back out there. Thanks Robbie. Kids are grown now so its time to get at it again.
I had so much fun at the Gorge from the mid 80s to late 90s. Bettes for breakfast a session at the Hatch or Dougs then The River City Saloon for the Moe Show is he was playing that night oh and a couple Scorpions at Jack first,
I worked 4 x10hrs so every weekend was long weekend so I drove down from Vancouver BC every weekend.
I’m sure we crossed paths a few times. What an era to be there in.
This video gave me the windsurfing itch.
I need to get out on the water again! ;-)
There are worse jobs. 😂
Great memories. Used to sail a 9.0 ft slalom concave custom that weighed only 8 pounds. Single-layer of glass. Sails was a north sails 5.4. I eventually broke it on a hard flat landing. Would you mind listing the specs of this whole setup?
100 litres slalom board (Watch the video) and 5.4m2 "Lift RN" by Naish sails (Listen to the video).
Do you also ask other people to do your windsurfing ? LOL.
@@team3383 @Robby Naish What size fin with the 5.4m for this type of sailing?
@@finproductions LOL
I really liked this amazing video seeing spots Hookipa and Kanaha again where I was surfing myself as a bloody amateur more than 25 years ago. Have you seen the turtle at 7:22? - Best wishes from Germany.
Robby Naish is a real ambassadur of windsurfing..
Would be great if you would use a camera with an integrated GPS to get a visual indication about your speed in your runs.
Cannot beat drone photography! Could possibly track a beacon on the rider?
Having met you on gwithian beach in Cornwall U.K for the World Cup I still have a picture of your hat on your wave board on the beach
I guess everyone's done that run, and from Pauwela to Hookipa.
That PRETTY peak way off Baldwin or Pa'ia Park is to beautiful when mast or more high,
but, scraping a fin on the reef bottom turning, does make one not to go finless, so that offshore reef must wait a few centuries ( unless global warming melts enough ice that the water gets a foot deeper)
Glad you missed that turtle at 7:22 I unhook in the big gusts too... great minds ;-)
at 7:22 you almost hit a turtle sea :)
You almost split a seaturtle into half ☺. At 7.22.
Robby, debe ser tu última encarnación en éste planeta🏄🤙
Me gustaría nacer otra vez en Hawaii en el mismo barrio que Robby.
@@JustinWiechers El sueño de todos los que nos iniciamos en el windsurf allá por 1985 totalmente a contramano, el agua y equipamientos lejos, muchos $$$$$ y a prueba y error la fuimos surfeando🤙
Close call with a turtle at 7:22. Did you see it before? Was there time to react? It reminds me of a crash with a flying fish at high speed in Egypt. I was lucky that the fish hit my harness, besides a fishy smell no injuries. Robby, hope to be windsurfing with you some day!
Looks much better than Hydro :)
all the best Rob
Always cool to find Robby rocking out.
Don't like this overtechno tendence, we loose part of the authenticity of the sport with it.
This is gold! Keep it up :)
looks like the video is on fast forward - what speed, 35 - 40 knots?
yeah that is good control in these conditions!! ...even 30 kts on open water are super fast in my opinion...
great to have a video without some sort of lame music overdub. I think this guy has windsurfed a few times before he did this
Great sailing lesson. I’m Robbie’s age and still windsurf. Thanks for being a life example and inspiration Mr.Naish !!
shoulda stopped at Mama's! Great video! (jump at 6:40 was awesome!)
Windsurfing God, performing Legend.
A friend of mine used to say windsurfing is good exercise for every muscle in your body even your tongue because you're screaming so much!
I work my tongue when I windsurf, but thats because I cuss so much because; 1)I’m bad. 2)my gear is ancient (1986 alpha 230a) and is not the best, but best I could find for sale in my price range(bought for 300$ Canadian in rural Saskatchewan) it works plenty good for 300$ as it would be well into the thousands to get any kind of good setup. 3) because the lake I windsurf at has some weird unpredictable wind due to the surrounding hills, where sometimes there are two different winds almost blowing 45-90° to each other. But man it does work the whole body too, I ate 3penutbutter and banana sandwiches one morning and windsurfed for hours that day, came back and my body was suuuper toned. Its easy to work your body that hard when your having fun ;)
06:36 Suddenly a ramp appears
07:06 "hey that guy thrashing past looks like the guy that sold me this wing thing"
‘Why did he sell me this wing thing? I want to blast like he does..’
Super Nice and really fast. How did it take you from Hookipa to Kanaha bp?
It wasn't too long ago that sails with lots of monofilament were "out". Is this a budget oriented sail for the masses with the monofilament or some new improved type? Hard to believe "the man" would be riding a budget sail other than to promote it. I still have an old NP monofilament sail that I like. Glad to know I won't be too out of fashion using it - noisy but handles well.
I remember seeing Robby Naish race a slalom in Hood River in the 80s where in one heat he was miles ahead of everyone and planing the whole time when the most of the rest of the pack was barely moving. The other racers were only halfway through the course when he went flying across the finish. They called the heat off for lack of wind but I thought they should have given it to the man.
Oh Robby! I missed you about a day or two on Karpathos last year - the floor was still hot where you walked! ))..
After a little 20 years break I restarted with windsurfing 1 1/2 years ago. Comming tuesday at Teneriffe.. O bought myself lots of 2nd hand gear, including a Mistral Equipe Carbon - just a bit younger than me ))..
The only new board I'll buy will be a Naish board, when I ready for it!
Lots of hugs, my dear idol ))..
@Robby Naish, please make more video, you make us dream for more than 30y. we still 💕 you and do like your life style...
The whole rig looks laser sharp as the legendary Robby!! Keep it up!!
A different class.
Hey Robby this blue outfit suits you wonderfully ;) ... too classy the gear, and this board waow, it rocks!
Amazing how fast you go in these water conditions. Nice jumps as well!
That video is getting me stoked to get back on the water. Spent a ton of time back in the 80’s on a Mistral Malibu and a 6.6 cambered race sail on Lake Erie. Never forget the feeling from kicking up the center board and surfing down the waves.
Amazing you can still do this. After windsurfing through my 20s, kids wrecked my back and at 40 I can't really even down-haul anymore let alone handle a gust. So glad you missed that turtle! Incredible speed. Thanks for sharing your day :-)
Great to see you still thrashing.
Did I ever tell about the time I beat you in one race at the US Sailboard Champs at Atlantic City? That is until I explained to the race committee that I was actually dead last. Can't remember if I ever made any blades for you.
the best!
el mejor
I was windsurf appassionate from 25 to 35 years old. My heart beat like before with this video. The best time of my life..
awesome video!!!! Think of adding a GPS to a next video and add the gauges of speed on it! Would be very cool to see how fast you were going on those gusts!!!
yes ! it's a good idea !
Wow!!!! What was the speed???
This looks insane fast
the stance is different because of the sail?
This guy knows how to live
Ah but not super high aspect compared to my early late 80’s early 90’s gear lol. Wish I could still take the pounding, my body is getting sore just watching this... great stuff Robby! I’ve done that run several times and the sea life alone is worth the trip.
Brutal speeds😊. Whats the board u are using?
fun to watch ! heavy conditions!
I'm glad to see you enjoyed that run so much! Open ocean gusty conditions are my windsurfing reality. Yeww!
Agreed KW, Im kiting now as well but when I saw this video it brought back many great memories and makes me also want to get back on a wind surfer.
WoW
7:22 you almost touched a turtle !!!!!!
merci !
I've done that run a couple times before back when I was younger. I don't remember going that fast though! But I do remember that it's very tiring! I'm not sure I could do it now. My favorite part of it is taking in the beauty of everything like the cobalt blue water, the flying fish, the sugar cane fields with Haleakala in the background. It's quite a trip!
Aiming to have a "Robby life" :)
Just got thrown of by the black nail polish on the Big Toe
In 2000, from windsurfing to kitesurfing.
And now I'll go back to the "past"...
Perfect, just the sounds water and wind. No need for any techno junk soundtrack. Beautiful, I love it!!
beautiful...this is what freedom looks like
The GOAT.
The reason I took up windsurfing.
You R my hero