Wind Legends Part Two: The History of Windsurfing

Welcome to our journey through the history of windsurfing, one of the most fascinating sports ever created. Told by the legends that rode the wind and waters of yesterday .we tell our tale in four waves. Wave two focuses on the sports revolution of funboard design and the journey into the surf. From the early pioneer's vault of never before released footage to one of the PWA's best contest ever in Cape Verde. Footage contributions from the libraries of Dobri Kiprov, Newman Darby, Paul Hengstebeck, Walter Beek, Ted Schweitzer and more.
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[@antonioroccabianca777]

What a legend Matt , I met him in Cagliari , great sport man 💪👋

[@user-oe3dr9ij8k]

where we sailed was San Francisco bay area and close by Sacramento river delta. At a place Coyote point on by SF airport it used to get to 20=25 knots almost every day, as the years went by the wind blow out of the west more a than typical Northwest, as a result the wind died and became vary sporadic, a lot of people stopped sailing some took up Kite but was not enough to save the business, Why did the wind shift?? my opinion is that the east bay area saw tremendous growth and because of the heating and cooling of the land now covered with concrete and houses it changed the wind pattern, my opinion

[@pixiebit4477]

No not every German knows him, could be he is getting more recognized here but he is exaggerating massivly. Some great footage in this video :)

[@mathematics5573]

names would be good. Who are they?

[@paulhengstebeck]

yea, yea.... I like my own footage

[@user-oe3dr9ij8k]

and then it died... i was in the business and to me what killed it was technology and the resulting cost, nobody could afford it, then kite came in but wasn't enough to save it