Demo Video Clip

I'll never forget my first time windsurfing in the Ocean.  It was in the summer of 1982 that I decided to put my Sailboard Windsurfer on the roof of my 70' Mustang and head to Robert Moses State Beach.  I had sailed lots on the North shore of Long Island in the Sound and Bays and had grown up body surfing the waves on the South shore so I was anxious to see if I could ride those waves on my windsurfer.  Luckily for me there was very little in the way of waves and I was awestruck by the size of the Ocean once out sailing on it.  It was not Epic by any means but the first time at anything seldom is.

Fast forward almost 30 years and I still yearn to combine the forces of wind and waves.  Yesterday we had some serious heat with temperatures in the 90's so the Thermal winds at Democrat Point really kicked.  I sailed my 5.0 Ezzy Wave Panther 3 on my RRD Wave Cult 85 and was over powered by around 7 pm.  We had a great crowd, warm water and air and waist high building to almost head high waves.

I attached my GoPro to my boom and did get my first wave ride of the day before the memory card filled up.  Of course the rides got better as the day went on but the video does give some feeling of the experience out there.  No music, tilted camera, water on the lens and terrible glare so don't expect much.