Blog Profile / The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog
| URL : | http://www.peconicpuffin.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Aquatic Sports / Windsurfing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 569 | |
| Posts / Week: | 2.7 | |
| Archived Since: | June 27, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
Sailin' Down the Road, Feeling Fine
North to NNE is not that typical a wind direction in Greater Peconica, and does not have an Approved Best Place to Windsurf in the Eastern Long Island Wind Chimp Association guidebook. But NNE is what we got Saturday morning,...
Return to The Bowl
I had to get back to the city. Just as Rt. 39 turned to highway I began getting texts about "4.7 at the Bowl" but I had things to do in NYC. Ten minutes later it hit me. "What am...
The Unexpected Sesh
"I didn't expect to sail today" I said. s"I didn't expect to sail 4.7" Scott said. And so on. Through shear luck I was on my way out east when Jon called. "Sebonac!" I had work and chores and projects...
No Nose Windsurfing Board. At All
I do not recall this board, or its story. The photo was taken in the late 90's. All the footstraps on the board suggest an oldie. That they're pink suggests that this isn't my board (my first boom was pink,...
Try Out SUP (and new boards) Saturday
This Saturday at Cold Spring (Great Peconic) Hampton Watersports is sponsoring a Stand Up Paddling demo. From their Facebook post: "Multi brand demo with LOADS of equipment for you to demo at no charge. -ride the new Naish one! -checkout...
Crash and Bleeding
Where is the safest place to windsurf on Eastern Long Island? Friendliest water? Least chance of mishap? You may want to say Napeague but it’s got to be Mecox. Yeah well... Windsurfing at the Yacht Club Saturday with Christian...mellow sesh...
Four Board Weekend/The North Fork Goes Off
"You should thank me for calling Mattituck," Scott said. "Thank you, Scott" I replied. Yeah! Sunday's SSW forecast suggested New Suffolk, but Scott arrived north first, found no parking issues at the Mattituck Yacht Club, and declared Launch Found. Lord...
Howling winds, light rain: Memorial Day Perfection
Pity the non-windsurfer's start to the holiday weekend: 30mph wind gusts, 50 degrees, overcast with rain. Bad weather for barbecue. Bad weather for beach sun and fun. Bad weather for golf (though some tried). Etc etc etc. Sebonac Inlet was...
2013 East Coast Windsurfing Festival: Sandy'd.
Joe's Beach at Heckscher took too much damage for an event to be possible next month. Here's the word from Mike Burns: "Hello to all the East Coast Windsurfing Festival racers, freestylers, paddlers, tossers, spectators, formula guys, schloggers, crashers, splashers,...
Almost Run Over by The Wolf
Christian emailed me at 8AM: Nice little waves at Ponquogue...he and Jeff were going in to SUPsurf. I got there at 9 to find those two + the Wolf enjoying a generous smattering of thigh high waves. "Snack waves," the...
Rum Lords Wavesailing Video
I love Cape Hatteras, and so I go every year. Except I've missed the last three years. I must correct this. Ever correct though are the Reef Warriors, who thrash water and rum with equal fervor. The video above is...
The Swap Meet is on Saturday
The swap is on Saturday. The weather might look marginal, but the goods are meant to get wet. Water sports! Begins 9AM. Contact Hampton Watersports for details 631-283-9463 (283-WIND)
ABK Clinic @ Tiana...you need to sign up soon!
Andy Brandt and his merry crew of instructors are coming to Tiana next week (May 17-19) for three days of magnificent windsurfing instruction and fun. It's coming down to crunch time, meaning if you sign up now (and wait until...
We need a new spot for the East Coast Windsurfing Festival
Damage from Hurricane Sandy (and delays in getting Federal funding to repair Heckscher Park) rule out Field 7 (Joe's Beach) for the sixth annual East Coast Windsurfing Festival. The organizers need an idea for an alternate site, and right now...
Mast Bend
As seen on World of Windsurf on Facebook.
Sweet Session at Ponquogue
I missed it Monday. But Jeff and Scott did not. Peconic Jeff reports: "Sweet session this afternoon at Ponquogue! Scott & I full powered on 4.7, 3-6' waves, sunny, perfectly sideshore, big airs and one frontside wave ride with 4...
ABK Returns to Tiana (Spring Windsurfing Clinic!)
"Oh, Tiana!" Scott sings, though he's usually waxing lyrical about the ocean launch. But the user friendly and convenient Tiana Bay launch will be the site of ABK Boardsports windsurfing clinics this year, May 17-19. Tiana has many advantages for...
Dead Whale at Triton
This is sad. A dead humpback whale washed ashore at Triton. A good-looking whale. Photo by the Wolf.
Swap Meet Coming
Windsurfers, SUPpers (what, you don't have one yet?), watermen, sell me your gear. Whether 'tis nobler to hang from a boom or dangle from a kite, it's time to part ways with old stuff and buy slightly newer stuff that...
Bonaire Freestyle Gods Documentary coming to New York
While on a windsurfing vacation in Aruba in 1997 I first heard about "the Bonaire kids", a collection of young (and very young) locals one island over who were windsurfing on antiquated gear, many of whom were fantastic windsurfers, and...