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SpamGuy
SpamGuy
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173 posts
7 Jan 2014 3:33am
Check my last windski movie clip! When we have some good conditions, it's a real pleasure!

Ho yeah!

pweedas
pweedas
WA
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WA, 4642 posts
7 Jan 2014 11:21am
Neat. Looks like fun.
But I don't think we could use it here.
Not too many days where the waters freeze over.
Well,.. in fact,.. none at all in the last hundred years.
But with all this 'Daaayngerous climate change', who knows?
Let me just check outside,.............. . . nope. 24deg C and steady.
Forecast is for 39 C within a week.
actiomax
actiomax
NSW
1576 posts
NSW, 1576 posts
12 Jan 2014 8:36am
Actually windski can get up & go 187kph is tbe current record from memory
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
4521 posts
NSW, 4521 posts
12 Jan 2014 8:59am
pweedas said..

Neat. Looks like fun.
But I don't think we could use it here.

I've seen guys doing this at Perisher Valley. (I believe it was actually a Seabreezer. )

myusernam
myusernam
QLD
6158 posts
QLD, 6158 posts
12 Jan 2014 9:39am
i bet you can absolutely snap yourself in a stack
Beersy
Beersy
TAS
753 posts
TAS, 753 posts
12 Jan 2014 12:30pm
actiomax said...
Actually windski can get up & go 187kph is tbe current record from memory


I'd be keen to see proof of this claim...
actiomax
actiomax
NSW
1576 posts
NSW, 1576 posts
13 Jan 2014 12:34pm
Try google they had a special sail that they actually stood inside with the boom like a giant luff pocket &apparently they can get 4 times the speed of the wind with it &that was the record as far as I can remember.im sure some tech head could find & post a link
pierrec45
pierrec45
NSW
2005 posts
NSW, 2005 posts
13 Jan 2014 1:13pm
Beersy said..

actiomax said...
Actually windski can get up & go 187kph is tbe current record from memory


I'd be keen to see proof of this claim...

Believe he means ice yachting, yes then it's a few times.
Not on skis and snow though - too much friction, different things altogether.
wave knave
wave knave
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Beersy
Beersy
TAS
753 posts
TAS, 753 posts
13 Jan 2014 2:33pm
pierrec45 said..

Beersy said..

actiomax said...
Actually windski can get up & go 187kph is tbe current record from memory


I'd be keen to see proof of this claim...

Believe he means ice yachting, yes then it's a few times.
Not on skis and snow though - too much friction, different things altogether.


Yeah I saw some of the ice sailing info, though even with ice sailing, they have not achieved speeds like that since the introduction of GPS.
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