The huge board certainly had a different feel. On the way out a shortboard skitters and jumps over the waves, whereas the WindSUP whomps over the waves like a destroyer battleship in an open ocean storm. On the way in, either board is happy to ride a wave, but the two boards require drastically different kinds of input from the rider to make turns. The 83 liter board carves squirty little turns with subtle motions of my toes and ankles and moderate repositioning of my sail and body. The 220 liter WindSUP swerves from its momentous path only in proportion to how strongly and deliberately you stomp your weight around on it. But if you really exaggerate your commands it carves awesomely. As per typical, my video doesn't quite capture how fun it was out there, but here it is anyway. The song is "My Body" by Young the Giant.
Wiggins S Wind Shortboard and WindSUP from James Douglass on Vimeo.
3 comments:
Sounds like an awesome time.
Very cool to see this write up. I feel the same way when going from 111L to 144L Starboard Carve.
Those little boards are tricky to learn. Bigger sails make them sink, lighter winds means lots of balancing acts and by the time the wind gets good enough, I'm freaking out due to lack of experience.
Fun!
It snowed up here yesterday. Please go windsurfing more and post the videos so we can live vicariously through you.
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