Michael Specht

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Entries Tagged as 'Windsurfing'

The windsurfer and user experience

January 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Technology, Windsurfing · 1,703 views

This post is part rant and part non-rant about two topics that I feel passionate about. First up windsurfing (which becomes skiing during the winter months but that is another story), and the second user experience.
First up, I was windsurfing again yesterday, 20 knots winds from the south to south west, a bit like [...]

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Sunday 17 Dec 2006 - Water start day!

December 17th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Windsurfing · 1,601 views

Just back from another windsurfing session about 1.5 hours today in 15-20 knot winds and I got my water starts nailed!  Even got the board up to a plane a few times and was brave enough to go out from shore beyond standing depth, cause I can now get home.
Lots of fun, can’t wait until [...]

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More windsurfing

December 17th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Windsurfing · 2,838 views

Yesterday was day 2 of windsurfing, and a fairly poor one at that, for me at least. Too much wind to control the sail. Went out too late and the wind was already hoving at around 20 knots, gusting up to 25-30 (probably not but it felt like that!). Got in a [...]

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Today was W-Day

December 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Windsurfing · 1,288 views

Yes I did it, I went windsurfing for the first time in over 2 years. I had a blast but felling very unfit.
Got the board, sail, boom and the gear down on our new trolley. The whole process took a good 2.5hrs set up, sailing, pull down, unpack, clean up. Spent about [...]

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Back to windsurfing

December 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Windsurfing · 2,392 views

When we moved down to Melbourne from Sydney one of the things I brought was my windersurfer. In the 2 years we have been here I have not yet got it out, for one reason or another.
Anyway now we are 100m from Elwood Beach and I have no real excuse, other than no wet [...]

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