City - CapeTown State - CAPEPROVINCE Country - South Africa
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Windsurfing is a surface water sport using a windsurf board, also commonly called a sailboard, usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating flexible joint called the Universal Joint (U-Joint). Unlike a rudder-steered sailboat, a windsurfer is steered by the tilting and rotating of the mast and sail as well as tilting and carving the board. This method of controlling the board's direction is called the free-sail system.
The sport combines aspects of both sailing and surfing, along with certain athletic aspects shared with other board sports like skateboarding, snowboarding, waterskiing, wakeboarding and kitesurfing. Although it might be considered a minimalistic version of a sailboat, a windsurfer offers experiences that are outside the scope of most other sailing craft design. A windsurfer holds the world speed record for sailing craft; and windsurfers can perform jumps, inverted loops, spinning maneuvers, and other "freestyle" moves that cannot be matched by any sailboat. Windsurfers were the first to ride the world's largest waves, such as Jaws on the island of Maui, and, with very few exceptions, it was not until the advent of tow-in surfing that waves of that size became accessible to surfers.
Windsurfing includes speed sailing, slalom, course racing, wave sailing, superX, and freestyle as distinct disciplines. Though windsurfing is possible in winds from near 0 to 50 knots, the ideal planing conditions for most recreational sailors is 15-25 knots, with lighter winds resulting in displacement mode sailing.
Hoping you have a great time windsurfing AJ, using the force of water and your own strength!! You should try this area of Capetown one day, really great for playing around, with Tablemountain on the background...woww;)) Keep your head up:) xxJen
There were huge waves, although it doesnt really look like this dear Keth, it was stormy weather and hardly could hold my camera still, but it was amazing to watch this force fighting against water and wind....not me on these, no way, not anymore;))) Big hugs my dear, Jenxx
Very nice shot Jen. Mountains look like a big wave coming in. I think if i hopped on one of those things, it would sink. Like to see you on one though. :)) Hugs xx Keith:)
thanks a lot dear Ugo, had a great time looking at these brave people, it was col, rainy and very stormy, hardly could hold my camera still;) Enjoy your day, Jenxx
Thank you so much Alida, it seems like you have been over there, it is indeed a big difference between the 2 oceans, lots of difference in temperature as well, you hardly cant swim in the Atlantic;)) Happy you like it, big hugs and a lovely day, Jenxx
Spectacular seascape image dear Jen, very nice the clouds and the mountain, this is the paradise of windsurfers, in two oceans, Indian and Atlantic. Very nice shot my dear :))))
Hoping you can understand my about dear Gaetano, but I'm sure you know lots about windsurfing, wind and a sail....there must be lots of that around your area too:) Thanks my sweet man for your comment, sleep well and sweet dreams, Big hugs Jenxx
Thank you my dear friend, great to see you like it for me;))) I would have loved you to come over here and stay here to watch all this, but it would have been even nicer you could have brought some of your work and having a exhbit togther!!! What about that:))) Be well today and enjoy, Jenxx
This I will see again in 2½ weeks, time flies, getting a bit nervos already to be around there with my daughter, hoping the violence have calmed down a bit... Did you have a nice weekend, had my first exhibition, so had a very busy one and luckely peopole did like my work;)) If not, they didnt tell..loll Be well and enjoy your day, Jenxx
Tablemountain is so impressive, specially if you come there for the first time, you see this majestic rocks coming up and being flat on top! Its rolls into the city of more then a miilion people, which you dont expect! And if its a clear day you gon on top of the mountain and see the whole city down your feet....my fav spot;)) I have been fallen down too often on my board and into the water, I gave up, thinking you are very brave my dear:))) You have catched a beach and a nce swim to freshen up..lolll Sleep well for some hours, kiss and hugs Jenxx
This is indeed the other side, Muizenberg is more for body surfing, which I gave up as well, not my kind of sports although loving water:) Hopefully the weather will be good enough to climb on Tablemountain again with my daughter, the view is spectaculair!! Will go and sleep now, its over midnight here, had my first exhibition today, really fun! Be well, xxJen
Clouds over Tablemountain....and you can see what the weather brings, people go out for this kind of weather, I would stay in:) But to just see this is a amazing, its a tough job, I did try several times, but not doing again, people get tired of looking at me...lollll Sleep well, hoping you had a great weekend, Jenxx
Blouberg is paradise for surfers, as soon as I saw a storm was coming up, I went to this beach to see them struggling, its was very very windy, people from all over the world surfing all up and down...wowww
Sharks are everywhere on that coastline, at Muizenberg they have these shark spotter even, I did talk to them for a while, specially the white sharks are coming quite close.....
Hopefully you had a great time surfing and not swallowing too much seawater all together! Maybe you can get all the way to Africa too while surfing:) Wishing you a healthy sleep, after all this water force fighting, xxJen
Great capture dear Jen. I love how impressive those mountains look against the windsufers. Great clouds as well my friend. I used to windsurf sometimes in Brazil with a friend of mine, such a fun thing to do. I hope you are having a nice Sunday. It is going to awfully hot again today, about 38 so I am staying in :) Big hug and kiss, Julie.
Spectacular view from the other side of the cape. I was imagining the site of the mountain from the early explorers of the tip of Africa. I could imagine the current so strong here being in between two oceans. wonderful capture Jen of these windsurfers with the buildings at the background and also the enormous mountain. wonderful shot, thanks for sharing.. regards..
impressive view, I like the colours here of the surfer's elements against the almost desaturated area because of the weather conditions... impressive background too about the huge clouds and the big mountain that looks like almost...ON the city. be well!
A spectacular location at the "other" end of Africa. I like the way the colour of a few of the sails stands out against the generally subdued tones of the image.
Certainly this area has a reputation for great sailing, and those clouds up on Table Mountain are a sure sign of good conditions. But I've also heard the stories about the sharks...
Looks like we've got another day of 30 knots here in Tarifa, so it's not going to be such a lazy Sunday...
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