Windsurfing brochures & ads ’80′s – early 2000′s (F2, Fanatic, Hi-Fly, Aquata, Bic, Magnum, Tornado, WindSpeed) part1
May 2, 2011 by zaosan
If you started windsurfing at least 15 years ago you may spot your equipment of those days by going through this post. If you don’t find what you are looking for, check again later, because the material I have collected is rather much and I will be adding new stuff constantly. If you are impatient, just ask me what you are looking for and I’ll try my best to find it.
As F2 was my favorite brand – I still own & ride quite a few of these boards, the first part of this post is only F2.
In Part 2, you can scroll alphabetically all other brands. If you have any brochures of boards before 2000, I’ll be happy to include them!
(contribution: Boris Brovinsky & Nevenka Jerant) pdf – clic title to view
F2 1983
F2 1985 windsurfing products brochure
(contribution: Kostis Gasparis)
F2 1987 windsurfing products brochure
click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Stuart Fox & Jo Whittle)
F2 1989 windsurfing brochure
Click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Timo Kelo)
F2 1997 windsurfing brochure
Click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Timo Kelo)
F2 1995 boards range
F2 1996 brochure
F2 news MAG 1998 – Click& wait pps presentation to load \ 
F2 brochure 2000 – click title & wait to load the ppt presentation
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Windsurfing brochures & ads ’80′s – early 2000′s – part 2
AHD 1993 – (made possible by Jan Cas Smit)
alpha 1989
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alpha 1990
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alpha windsurfing brochure 1990 -contributor Karl from Salzburg
Aquata 1987 – (made possible by Jan Cas Smit)
Bic windsurfing range 1998 – contribution Nikos Kokkolios/Funproshop.gr
Bic windsurfing range 2000 – contribution Nikos Kokkolios/Funproshop.gr
Cobra1985_Windsurfing Range – contribution Bob Anacreon
Click title to download full brochure PDF 
FANATIC 1983
Fanatic 1984 brochure – Click & wait to load the full content of the above brochure – ppt presentation
Fanatic 1985
Fanatic windsurfing 1986 brochure – contribution Kostis Gasparis
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Fanatic windsuring 1987 brochure – (contribution: Anne-Jelmer Drent) pdf – click title to view
Fanatic 1988 brochure – (contribution: Boris Brovinsky & Nevenka Jerant) pdf – click title to view
Fanatic 1988 – contribution (made possible by Jan Cas Smit)
FANATIC 1991
Fanatic 1996 – contribution (made possible by Jan Cas Smit)
HALEAKALA 1999 & 2000 – contribution Nikos Kokkolios/Funproshop.gr
HiFly
Hi-Tech (HT) 2001 – contribution Nikos Kokkolios/Funproshop.gr
KERMA 1987 (contribution: Timo) 
click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Stuart Fox & Jo Whittle)
click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Barthélémy Barateig)
click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Stuart Fox & Jo Whittle)
click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Stuart Fox & Jo Whittle)
Mistral 1996 windsurfing brochure
click title to download full brochure PDF (contribution: Michele & Charlie Miller)
NOW 1999 – contribution Nikos Kokkolios/Funproshop.gr
Pacific 1989 – contribution (made possible by Jan Cas Smit)
STRALEX (GR) 1983, 1990 & 1991
click title to view PDF
Tiga-AMF/Alcort 1984 (contribution: Kostis Gasparis)
TIGA 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994
Veplas 1985 brochure – (contribution: Boris Brovinsky & Nevenka Jerant)
Well known Yugoslav/Slovenian manufacturer of D2 boards Burja, and D1 Levant in the begining of eighties. When the popularity of racing displacement boards among the broad masses collapsed, Veplas as a response started producing fun allround boards.
WindSpeed Sailboards 1986
quai-34-1999-catalog-windsurfing-boards : Click &wait to download pdf Because for years the QUAI 34 catalog has been one of the best references for the sport. The 1999 catalog was printed in 70.000 copies.
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F2 1995 boards range
F2 1996 brochure
F2 news MAG 1998 – Click& wait pps presentation to load \ 
F2 brochure 2000 – click title & wait to load the ppt presentation
KLEPPER 1988 windsurfing brochure
WindSpeed Sailboards 1986
quai-34-1999-catalog-windsurfing-boards : Click &wait to download pdf Because for years the QUAI 34 catalog has been one of the best references for the sport. The 1999 catalog was printed in 70.000 copies.
Hitthewave 
Epic !!!
Thanks SPRO GR-393,
I wish you all the best for your 2011 competition programm.
Keep us posted.
the things you brought back with this article…..half of those brochures were under my pillow….f2, surf partner, pacific, i even had a 3 fin barberis at one time….started at 11 yo with a (wooden boom) windsurfer…..wow……great job man…!!!!
Thanks Kosti,
This effort was done (and goes on), for us who can appreciate.
Is there any chance you still sleep on vintage brochures worth sharing?
Dimitris
Tough….after 30+ years and 3 house moves…..will keep an eye though….will contact u if anything comes in hand…!
Kostis
It’s tough, I know.
38 years & 4 house changes. 🙂
Για give it a try…
Hi
I remember all that stuff.
Brings back memories.
John
Hi John,
Good memories, I’m sure.
hello from philippines, thanks a lot for this page….it brings back memories and i got to used this page for my reference on the 1991 f2 sputnik models…it really help me a lot on my work project…keep up the good work….can i request for the bic shortboard lines circa 95 t0 99….thanks a lot and more power…more winds for all of us….. george
Nice to hear I provided reference for a project.
George, for the 1999 BIC, look @ the Quai 34 – 1999 catalog – windsurfing boards pdf
Une sacrée bonne époque avec un max de matos même STAR SURF que j’ai acheté le 1 avril 1980. AUCHAN les avait pendus au plafond, voiles gréées.
Excellent retour en arrière.
Et la pan am HIFLY, de trés bons souvenirs au lac de VILLENEUVE/RAHO.
all right! feels like being 12 again, when I started windsurfing.
many years are gone now, but still know a lot of this gear!
very nice to see my old board again, good stuff
Verry nice, is it also possible with sails?
Yes Rob, I have some material and I will show them, maybe on a different post because the existing one has already gone too heavy.
I found your blog while searching for some photos of Aquata boards.
I’ve made my first steps on this yellow 370 monster…. :->
Thx a lot for this,
keep goin on… aloha
Glad to see it works Tobi. That’s how I started this blog – searching in vain…
very cool to see my old garda board and sail from the 80’s – still have it and kids use it weekly… is and american brochure available for the mistral garda and equiptment from this time?
Hi Ken,
Using nowdays vintage equipment is a very special pleasure. No apart from the posted Greek ad, I don’t think I have more Garda stuff.
Wow!! Brings back memories!! I started windsurfing in 1983 when I was 7 years old with my dad’s Mistral Competition Light and a 6m on a lake! Just looking at the old brochures it brings back loads of memories! I windsurf competitively in my teens and had boards from Mistral, Cobra, F2, Bic and AHD with sails from Neilpryde!
Terrific archive! I’ve been trying to find any documentation of my first board, it was called a Sailboard Free, there was also a Sailboard Fun circa 1978-1980? Predecessors I think to the above Sailboard ad. I have personal pics of me on it but have no printed material, would love to read the adverts for them.
Sorry Rafael, but I have nothing from those early days. I made my first steps in 1979 with a board I did not chose myself and it took me a year to start shopping around, while the only Greek magazine covering the sport came out in 1981.
Hello ,
I have started on a Bic Jaz then I bought an Oceanis V270 ( world production speed champion) and then one of my favourite the TIGA 260 Slalom and Tiga WAVE.
Now I have the Tabou pocket wave and have started kitesurfing.
Etienne
Hi! Excellent site. I am hoping you can help me with some information about an F2 Maui Project Wave board I used to have. I need the dimensions – pretty sure it was a 2001. It was an 8’2″ – blue lettering. Either a 2001 or 2002. Do you have the F2 brochure from those years? I looked through the 2000 F2 brochure, and I know it was after that. Can you post the brochures if you have them? Thanks. Lori
Hi Lori,
Sorry I don’t have brochures of more recent boards. My intention was to keep alive memories of brands no longer around and items produced at a time that filing & archiving was hard and expensive.
I cannot find any excuses for companies still active, not to have fully documented archives from ~2000 on, since all the material was produced in digital form. This is a demand by all the customers who honoured those brands and their products and is also an indication how much these companies respect their history.
Talking about your ex-board I don’t think it is impossible to find the info Googling
WOW this is awesome collection! I was hoping you can check if you have something about Mistral RTX & Mistral MTX (Race and Freerace boards) from year 2002.
Thanks in advance!
My AHD 275 from the late 1990’s was faster than my new iSonic today. The AHD didn’t jibe as good in races but as far as outright speed it was faster. And yes I had matching shorts to the Fanatic Rat board. 🙂
sensational !!!
thanks a lot
it would be great if you could post 1998-1999 F2 brochures
Thanks Marco,
The 1998 range is already there: F2 news MAG 1998 – Click& wait pps presentation to load
Sorry no 1999 material available. Maybe in the future if I get a contribution.
Sorry I was not exact , I meant 1988 and 1989 brochures not 1998.
I have a mint condition (for her 20+ years) lightning, but I don’t know the exact make year, very similar to the 1990 graphics though.
Ciao marco
Aquata, Klepper and Marlin still in use for school, unbreakable boards 🙂
BeroToy and other we hold for history…
Now I`m missing my Marlin 737 😦
Nice collection of old pictures… Thx for sharing
What a journey! My first board was a Sailboard Grand Prix (1978?) and I have just managed to find an UNUSED one – dare not sail it. I also have original wooden boomed windsurfer regatta which I sail regularly as well as a TC36 and a Rocket 99, why did the high tech stuff spoil the party, all the old gear was rigged in a couple of minutes and away you go! these brochures are wonderful. what about stuff that never was any good TC39, Laser Surf Sprint, all the hi-fly disasters, Hey there was the Dufour Wing (first board to round Cape Horne if I remember correctly) and all the custom boards that were truly terrible and we could never sail! What a trip down memory lane. Al
Thanks for sharing memories & emotions Al
Ten Cate Spacer Nova. Always windy, always sunny, it seemed. Thanks for the memory trip
I love these old pics and brochures, iIt makes me remember of the past when i was a child.
My father first board was a Windglider with wood type wishbone, then a Mistal competition, then a Hifly 500, then a Fanatic Fox, then a F2 Lighnting Race. When I was 11 year old I got my on board a Tiga Sprint, then I moved to a F2 Sunset Race, then Coppelo prototype and Tiga VR257, all that pictures make me think of the dreams of board I had in the past, i could remember the BIC750 ken winner when it was launched, the bic show even before, the Mistral Diamond Head & Hookipa, ….. kind a trip to the past …
Thanks for sharing Gwenael.
Thanks a lot for this stuff!!! It has been a great pleausre to discover the original advertising of my first board: 1983’s AMF Mares “Poly”.
Thank you very much indeed.
Simone
My pleasure, Simone.
I like your windsurfing site and I will explore it when I return to Athens, with proper internet.
See you around sometime…
I have just bought a AMF Mares Brava, made in Italy. I can not find any info on it. I have never wind surfed before. looking for rigging info. Thanks
It is an all-around board made of PE, L: 2.80m W: 0.69m Volume: 220l Weight: 19kgs, expected to be used for learning & leisure under mild conditions -up to 4 Bft, therefore I would expect it to be riged with 5 – 5.5m sail.
Fist included to my lists in 1985.
Find some old school riders around to advise you.
Lots of memories; great to see a brochure for Aquata! I should still have a stack of early 80s windsurf magazines at home in Italy.
Luca
this is a great overview and remembers me on my beginnings of windsurfing. Started with Kneissl Regatta, then follows Sailboard 335A, after that Mistral Diamond Head and now I use an old custom made board of a no name shop that closed a few years later . But the board is running as fast as in 1985. I remember a lot of boards I’d tested like Klepper, F2 Sunset slalom, Mistral Malibu, TenCate Spacer. I own another old Mistral Brochure. Are you interested to add it to your collection?
I will do it with pleasure Norbert. Just send it to my e-mail address.
Any foto you may have of the Kneissl Regatta is also welcome, as this is the first time I hear the brand.
Thanks for this great trip down memory lane!
Wow, this is amazing I am not that nostalgic, but I do get emotional seeing this.
When possible, please help to find the 1984 Klepper brochure (with the s206 and s207 and others). Preferably in dutch, but english is great as well !
Thank you !
Hi Bart, I will try my best.
…many, many thanks from Italy: at least I have seen again my old Sailboard Race, mythic division II boat; if possible can you find also ads about my others surf? They were always Sailboard, the Grand Prix for div.I and Fun (shortboard).
Thank you again
Francesco – Rome , Italy
Francesco,
I will keep your request in mind when I dig again into the vintage archives. Do you remember the year of production?
Regards
Must be around 1980-1982 […many years ago ): ]
Best regards
Framcesco
I just bought a Mistral surf partner. I can’t find any info on it at all! Can anyone help me out? crwconcrete@yahoo.com
surf partner? Are you sure Brad you are talking about a Mistral?
Surf Partner was a different brand as you may see in the post…
cheers guys, i just got the greatest flashback! the f2 comet, my first planning!
I’m selling my 1985 Fanatic Fox Light Wind 370, finally! Thanks for the memories!
thanks for the memories. God we used to spend our cash on a lot of crap kit back in the old days. Just goes to show that the manufacturers were just shooting in the wind literally with design, and had no idea what would work, they just went with a trend. Having said that, would love to sail a Div 2 board or a windsurfer regatta again in a force 3 in the mediteranean, there was something simple and refreshing about windsurfing then.
Hi Jan,
Maybe in the future you may have this opportunity – check this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OpenDiv2/. A friend and racer of the category Stratos Efthyvoulidis,organized mid September a retro event:
INTERNATIONAL DIVISION 2 AND RACEBOARD MEETING
12 to 16 September 2012
AT:Lily Ann Beach Hotel, Elia Beach, Nikiti Halkidiki, Greece
Unfortunately the wind was not strong enough these days, but we look forward to the next event.
By the way I like your Environmental portraits especially the subway ones.
Hi have you got any info on old Wayler boards? I am after the volume and a bit of history on them. I have one in fairly good condition and I love it. 3.8m long, I am able to send a pic if you like. I also have a TC Spacer and a HiFly 500, also really nice boards to use, all are in original perfect condition.
Hi Damien,
I’m glad you still enjoy this nice collection of vintage boards. Unfortunately I have no more material on the Waylers.
Pictures are always welcome.
Good day from South Africa
Really good memories from looking through these brochures. I bought a “Windsurfer” new in 1984 and was taught on this board…..then later I bought a Windurfer Rocket 99. My origional longboard “Windurfer” lasted 26 years until I became brave again and jumped over a wave at Yzerfontein on the West Coast of SA which broke the board in 2. I was so sad losing this board after 26 years.
Recently I bought a Wayler windsurfer second hand still in very good condition and my 15 year old son is now very eager to start learning. Cannot wait for the December holidays to go out to the West Coast again.
Honored ending for your “Winsurfer” Herman. I wish you & your son some marvelous windsurfing holidays.
Hi There, Wow your a real historian when it comes to vintage windsurfing. Loved looking at the old ads. I have just started collecting a bit of vintage gear. I have an old windsurfer one design and just picked up a Wayler YPSI in good condition. I found this link while trying to get a part for my Wayler Mast Post. Well done to you the work you are doing, it is terrific. Best wishes from Australia.
Thanks Craig for your words of appreciation. I’m sure you will enjoy your vintage gear.
Salutations from Greece.
hy wasnt there an alpha phantom in circa 81 82 love the crit that was one of my boards but i realy want to see the alfa? alpha phantom thank you. uri san francisco used to surf in israel.
Thanks for the message. Although I had prepared Alpha 1983 & 1994 material to post, I neglected to do it.
Check the post. I included the Greek 1981 Alpha range presentation, which unfortunately has poor photos.
The missing info of the Phantom are:
Length 390cm
Width 64cm
Volume 290 l
Wow…i still have my Klepper for teaching ,i raced W.S. 80 to 83 .an Alpha 83 . and super light 84…love to find an W.S. in good shape…word is they made a limit order in 2011 sold for 2k ,about double of 1980..sold out
Second post now. I just sold my old Wayler and TC spacer and picked up a BIC Metal Rock (139lt) really good condition, also on loan to me is a F2 Sputnik 285 (115lt) what are your thoughts on these boards? Have a great Christmas and New Years, from Brisbane Australia.
Definitely you moved to the Funboard class Damien. Both boards were very successful shapes and you will greatly enjoy them. One smaller wave fun/wave oriented board would complete your rides range if you sail in areas with some waves. Let us have some feedback.
Just realised the F2 Sputnik 285 I have on loan to me is the World Cup Edition. I am yet to try the F2, but the BIC Metal Rock is an amazingly fast board. Almost instantly on the plane in 15knot winds with a 4m2 Wave Sail. Thanks for a great site, BTW is there a Part 2 for this site as this is only Part 1?
It is in the same post, but starts again alphabetically , because I didn’t want to re arange the already posted material.
Hi, have someone who has an old Wind Speed, he is after some info. I have ample photos and will be getting a copy of the original manual for it too. Can I send you the pics please. Where do I find your email address?
Thanks again
Great site. I started windsurfing in 1980 and still have my Mistral Superlite, Malibu and my very special Cobra 290 carbon fibre, one of the firsts to have carbon fibre. If anybody knows how to get parts for the Malibu daggerboard would be much appreciated.
Ciao from ITALY. Very nice site, good memories!!!!
Fantastic the good old days the F2 the Tiga, the sinfull i only miss the Bic Show with the three fins – my first funboard !!!!
Now I remember how old I am 🙂
OK,I know what you mean, but stepping on a board and go blasting makes me feel great.
I had a 1984 F2 Comet and your old brochures have made memories come flooding back. Look at the old sails, monster booms and pictures of everyone enjoying the sport, not like nowadays where windsurfing is aimed at wave sailing.
Dear Zaosan!
It is great that you post this old brochures I found the brochure of the Klepper S5 here only. I have bought this used board this week but i culd not get the fin for it. I would like to ask you if you have brochure or users manul of the klepper surf where I could get the form and the measures of the fin I would be very glad! Thank you in advance:
Balazs
Hi Balazs,
Congratulations for the acquisition of the S5. This is a very special board. Back then, most production boards were more like the S3 & S4, while such a pintail/missile bow shaped board & fitted with footstraps, was definitely exotic.
Unfortunately, I never owned any Klepper & I have no details about it’s fin, except that it was made out of Lexan. I would expect for it a fin of the Freemove/Freewave shape of today, close to 22 cm long. BUT…
Do you have the dagger-board and in what conditions do you plan to sail it? Because if there is no dagger-board, then I would try to sail it with a Freeride fin more than double the normal size.
There are some finbox addaptors that allow the use of different types of fins, but I don’t even know the type of the finbox of the S5. In addition, I doubt the finbox is strong enough to tolerate fast sailing on a single large fin.
The German magazine SURF, on February 1982 tested 2 Kleppers S3 & S6, so maybe during that year they also tested your S5, but I have no access to this archive at the moment, while even if I found the test, no fin details were usually given.
The info of the S5 are: L 361cm, W 66.5cm, V 230 liters, weight 18kg
I wish you luck and your sailing comments are welcome.
Dear Zoosan! Thank you for your answer and for the unknow informations!
I plan to use the new board with dagger-board on the Lake Balaton. During some investigation I found the following data for the fin for KLEPPER
length: 26cm
base width: 15,5cm
Szerokość mocowania: 0,9cm”
it is so close to the datas you estimated that I will buy this fin first. I hope that the good weather will come soon and I can try the board!
Best regards and thank you again!
Balazs
Hi Zaosan,
Just after some info on a BIC 200SL Tri-Fin with dagger board and original fins. I cant seem to find anything about this board anywhere on the internet, not even on the BIC site.
The board is approx 3.12m x 67cm
I even got the original large pin style mast connector with the board which is in good condition. The clips to hold the mast foot in are not the best so I am going to modify with stainless fittings instead.
A friend seems to think it could be a prototype?
Any help would be great.
Sorry Damien, but you’re not going through my post carefully.
The information is there: https://hitthewave.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/bic-sailboard-range-1984.jpg
No prototype, just a 1984 production model.
This was no prototype. You just have to replace it with pins that go down both sides of the mast step. They were designed to pop out under enough stress so that the board wouldn’t come apart. i am surprised this has lasted as long as it did.
The golden ages, when the windsurf was more than sport, one board for all conditions, and we sail everything. I have yet my TC Shot but I never had the girl of the adv, I didn´t find my other myth, the HiFly extreme 272. Now 42 years old, 3 boards, 6 sails, one wife and 2 boys, …too much for a 90 litres board. From Spain, thanks zaosan!!!
Nice memories Paco. Show your boys how to do it!
Coincidence, I’m in Madrid right now…
Dear friends,
Already for years I am looking voor the mistral brochure from 1986… In these days was completely ‘in love’ with that range of Mistral and I kept it under my pillow. Now I would like to dream on. Can anybody help me?
Gerard
Thank you for the archive work and time spent. My current gear is from the 90’s : Hot Bee Fanatic with a cam World Cup racing Neilpryde, infinity North sail. It works very well even if the laminated material of the sails is starting to tear apart. Nice looking at all those brochures which built up my dreams.
As you are, I am sad the brand didn’t keep track of there advertising material, it was digital also in the late 90’s I am sure.
Thank you and congratulation for this post!
Francois
Click to access 30YRS_Fanatic_EN.pdf
Fanatic 30years book.
Chere Francois,
If I hadn’t been so closely related to the Greek F2 importers back then, I’m sure I would have sailed a Fanatic sometime – but I NEVER DID.
So it is thanks to you and the Fanatic 30years book link you gave me, that I realized that the first photo of the 1981 period Fanatic chose for this anniversary advertisement, shows NOT a Fanatic, but a 1980 SORDELLI
that I RIDE MYSELF: photo:Sordelli 1980 (3), from my post Windsurfing early ’80′s.
They did not even ask for the permission to use my photo, which is the basic rule of good manners. So we come to the conclusion, that if a company cannot follow the basics, how on earth would you expect them to have a proper archive!
Keep sailing,
Thanks & Regards
Dimitris
Hello Dimitris,
I guess the fanatic modern brochure featuring ultra and hot boards is from 1990 if I refer to the 30 years fanatic book.
Good winds …. Maybe the last session this year today for me…. Still with the Bee but with more modern sails….from 2010’s… The combo works perfect even with 7.8sqm! You have to try a fanatic…. I just had a bic allegro before….
Cheers and thank you for this blog.
Francois
Dear Dimitris,
As already explained in a private message to u, the picture you refer to is a scan from an old fanatic brochure, so unfortunately if that was incorrectly used, it was wrong 32 years ago in the brochure, made by the previous owners of Fanatic. When Fanatic changed hands to the curren owners we did not get records of all marketing materials unfortunately, even when we requested them for the 30year story.
So apologies that the scan is incorrect, we could not know this and of course would not use pictures without permission, that is something we definately are aware of. Great collection of brochures you have there, enjoyed looking thru them, reminded me of my teenage years waiting for the latest mags/brochures to drop in, the colourful 80’s….
Good winds,
Craig Gertenbach/Fanatic Brand Manager
Dear Craig,
I personally scanned the analog photo and published it in my blog in October 2009 for the first time, so someone is misleading you.
Nevertheless, your sincere apologies are accepted – after all, I believe any veteran windsurfer has an affection for the historic brand of Fanatic, which still today produces some of the most appreciated boards.
May the wind be with you,
Dimitris
Dear Dimitris,
I am looking for an old Hifly commercial for a friend who described it to me as such : “where the team was on a big old wooden two-three mast sailing boat and launching their gear throwing them of from the boat and surfing the open ocean (think it was of the maui or oahu coast)… There was a song playing on the background called “everybody’s talking” by Harry Nilsson ”
That’s all he could come up with…Maybe you could help us out?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
Hi Chris,
Unfortunately my archive is based on printed material, so I cannot trace the commercial you are after.
Greetings from windy Paros island,
Dimitris
Great website, took me back to the 1980’s. I had a Sailboard Race and also used a Magnum Fun back in the day. Thanks for putting it all online.
Thank you for your compliments.
Hi Dimitris,
Thanks a lot for putting this site together! I started windsurfing in 1979 so this site is a blast from the past!
Cheers,
Roel
Thanks Roel and welcome to my blog. Having started windsurfing the same year, we have come a long and fascinating way.
Wishes for endless enjoyable sailings,
Dimitris
Wow there some blasts from the past.
I started when I was about 11-12 (78/79) drifted away from it in about 85/86 started work etc wish I hadn’t had Dufour Wing to start, then Laser Sufsprint, then Sailboard Race. used to compete against Dave Perks, Dave Hackford, Ade Bugler & win sometimes.
Good friends would let me go on there short boards, (being light I could water start in a brezze lol) Circle One swallow tail,, F2 Strato, Bic Show ? think it was…Mistral Maui.
Some of the other 1’s around TC39, Ken Winner, “Something” Turbo?, Mistral Light & super light, + of course Windsurfer used for major contest in 79/80 I think it was + another one sponsored by Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes cant remember what board was used though…… Waveglider was the make. All windsurfing was done of Weymouth.
Many thanks for this
Russell
Hi Russel,
As you started one year earlier than me at an age half of mine, I’m sure you are still sailing & kicking!
Circle One is unknown to me – have any more info?
Thanks for sharing.
Nice archive !
Brings back old memories.
Christian Vos
this is pure nostalgy!
I know 90% of these boards, and owned around 25 of them.
I started in 1979 on a Ten Cate when I was 10 years old.
Joeri De Groof Belgium
And most of the equipment was junk until the mid 80s in North America anyway. Mistral Malibu was the board to own in 85 everyone else was runner up unless you rode glass boards.
Ya right, Mistral Malibu was one dog of a board ….but you must have been a good sailor to win on that.
Wow….so much memories from the eighties as I browsed through these brochures. I learnt how to windsurf in 1983 on a “Windsurfer” when I was 14 years old and later bought a Winsurfer Rocket 99. Eventually my old faithfull broke and these days you cannot find second hand fun boards here in Cape Town…….what a pitty since my son is now 16 and desperately wants to learn to windsurf…….any comments from around here?
Thank you very much for making these brochures accessible again. I have just bought a F2 New move for 30 euro’s and I’ m restoring it. I read it was introduced as revolutionary, but does not seem to have been made very long (only ’98 and ’99). Do You know any more about its history? Greetings from Belgium
Everything about this board is presented in 2 pages of the posted F2 news MAG 1998 – Click& wait pps presentation to load.
Haven’t you checked it?
You will surely enjoy the board, as it is a board you can use most of the time.
November 22, 2013 at 9:29 pm |by Pablo
Thank you, thank you!!!
Windsurfing, wonderful memories.
Beautiful blog and I’m sure the people that are motor enthusiasts are as pleased with it as I am with the sailing part.
Very best to you and hope to see more
Kind regards
Pablo
zaosan
November 23, 2013 at 1:18 am | Reply zaosan
Welcome Pablo,
I’m sure you will enjoy the upcoming Part 2 about the wooden Grego vintage racing board & its creator Leo Zerboulis.
Just stay around and keep sailing.
Regards
Dimitris
Fantastic effort putting all of these online – takes me back – and makes me feel very old. Cheers
Thanks & yes, we are getting older year after year, but at least we were privileged to be around when windsurfing started and we still ride with the wind!
Thought I’d like to try windsurfing. I bought a HiFly 355 epoxy pro from my local lions club auction but they didn’t collect the mast when they picked it up! Wondering if they are still available & what it will cost for a replacement. Thanks
Try windsurfing…
Unless you are determined, weight I would say not more than 75kgs and have good sense of balance, you will not have an easy introduction to the sport.
Nice board, even nicer version the Epoxy Pro, this is a step up board for someone to get to funboard sailing. Long & narrow by today’s standards, I would only suggest it as a first board to riders of less than 60kgs.
Masts can be easily found, fiberglass or even aluminium – careful with the fiberglass, not to have exposed fibers due to weathering. If so, a new layer of resin must be applied to avoid unpleasant skin irritations. Such a mast should be had for free. A mast ready to be used should sell no more than 50 USD. This is applicable if you got the period sail as well. If you are going to use a more modern sail, the sail’s specifications will lead you to the right mast.
Hi Zaosan, I have some windsurf brochures from the mid to late 1980s (Mistral, F2 and Klepper amongst others) and I would like to share the scans with you for posting to your blog How can I do that?
Hi Pensky,
Your material is greatly welcome and if there were more contributions, we would provide the missing links of the no longer existing brands and the plain profit oriented companies with long history but ridiculous – if any – archives.
Send me whatever you like in best possible resolution at ddsavidis@yahoo.com, and tell me how you wish me to compliment the posted scans to show they were offered by you.
Regards
Dimitris (ZAOSAN)
Perfect Dimitris and thanks for responding. I’ll start scanning and emailing these to you this coming weekend.
Hi, I have inherited a Fanatic lite bee board and was wondering how old it was. Any help gratefully appreciated
Kemhro
Hi Kemhro,
It depends on the graphics. Haven’t you identified it from the posted photos?
Hi Zaosan,
Thank you for the reply and your time. I haven’t been able to identify it from the photos but attach picture of it to see if you can help.
Kind regards
Kemhro
Hi Kemhro,
Only a few days ago I spotted your board on the back cover of Boards magazine of August 1989. So you have a nice Fanatic Bee 1989 and I have posted the mentioned photo in the relative section.
I really hope you will enjoy your board this coming summer.
Regards
Nostalgic little trip through boards I have known and some I’ve never heard of. Started in 1983 sailed fun, raced, sponsored, and now into GPS speed challenge and still going strong. What a fantastic sport for fitness and pure fun.
I like your course through the various disciplines of the sport Paul.
Go for it.
Thank you for doing this heroic cultural effort to document all these lovely broschures. Sent me way back. Thanks!
Thanks Tomas, such feedback justify my decision.
Wow, I used to race Div II on Long Island NY & still have a hollow body Mares racer in the garage. Borrowed once by Nevin Sayor (sp?) for the nationals. Very few in the US, so I remember. rick@rdelfosse.com
Nice to still have the Mares.
Nevin Sayre
A five-time U.S. National Windsurfing Champion, that competed during the ’80’s till early ’90’s.
Married to Stina Hellgren Sayre, former Swedish boardsailing champion, he met at the 1983 World Championship.
He promotes youth in various windsurfing disciplines
Watch the trailer of the documentary Children of the Wind with special intro. by Nevin Sayre
Reblogged this on ADRA and commented:
He encontrado esta magnífica recopilación de catálogos antiguos de windsurf!
Espero os guste.
HEY!! brings back oh so many great memories of winfsurfing gone by at 0130 in the morning!! trying to stay awake,.keep the faith….
Feels good realising how privileged we are, having been involved with the early times of windsurfing.
So cool. Thank you! What a time travelling blog. Anything more from COBRA would be great!
Welcome Alex. Cobra looks unbelievably durable to time, still manufacturing most of the existing production boards as we all know.
Wow FANTASTIC! Only missing my Tiga Jibe (think it was a board from 1986)…. these images bring back lots of memories… 🙂 🙂 and big smiles!
I’m sending you the Jibes of 1985 & 1986. I hope your board is one of them and then I will post the relative range.
Keep smiling – that’s the essence of windsurfing!
Awesome!
Check out my latest session 2 weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbh9N9q7tdU&list=UUgjKyU2poEc2BRVlt3QLrBA
Thanks for the images of the Tiga!
regrettably I got rid of my early pryde catalogues from the warp speed days through to 2000 (newer archived @ np) and my old seatrend brochures – classic material I hope to find some day…? Thx !
I’m sure there is plenty of interesting material getting dusty. We should try to motivate people to make it available.
How do I send you a Mistral 1996 boards and rigs brochure by computer.
Ontario, Canada
Charlie
Hi Charlie,
You can send me either scans or photos (if your scanner cannot accommodate the size of the brochure) at relatively high resolution and I will post them mentioning your contribution.
Thanks for contacting,
Dimitris : ddsavidis@yahoo.com
ps: Yahoo accepts attachments up to 25 MB, so if the material is larger you should split it.
Hey, just saw this blog with all these great memories. Very nice! My first short board was a 1985 Cobra Gun 290. Very beautiful to look at and sailed very fast 🙂
I’ve scanned my 1985 Cobra brochure that I still have lying around. The pictures have been sent to your email.
Enjoy!
Bob from Boston
Hi Bob,
Thanks a lot for the great Cobra brochure scans contribution!
I have already added them to the vintage archive post.
For me it is a great pleasure to get contributions from people who keep good memories of their historic material and even greater when they still sail them as they were made to.
May the wind be with you!
Dimitris
Hi Bob. email me
Mega flashbacks, thanks.
🙂
hi there
does anyone have the brochure of the early f2’boards ( especially the lightning yellow blue print) and the mistral equipe lcs/xr 😉
thanks
vince
All early F2 boards are here, plus plenty of the Mistral. Did you check carefully the posted material…?
Thanks For The Trip Back In Time 😀 Maybe some knows the older hifly 5– and 6– series.. i Can’t find one foto
I just uploaded for you some ’81, ’82 & ’83 boards, but unfortunately most of them in Greek and so-so images. If I find something better later on, I will substitute them.
Thanks zaosan! And Aloha From Amsterdam 😀
Hello
I have many catalogs also, I can send you pictures,
in spring as soon as I get home if you are interested best regards 🙂
Salut Jean!
Nice to hear you have interesting material to contribute to the historical files of hitthewave.
Please take some good rides wherever you are, and don’t forget to contact me upon return to Corsica.
Dimitris
Giasu Dimitri,
Fantastic your site. Reminded me so much. I still have 1985 F2 Strato at home and cannot throw IT away. My Sunset Slalom and my Fanatic Ultra Mosquito live still as decoration in Serifos at a friends Place Möbel. One day we Surf together there.
Giasu re Markus!
Thanks for the kind comment. Of course I understand your affection for these fine old boards. May I offer something different as a decoration to your friend, and take in exchange the Ultra Mosquito?
It would be great to have some gray-haired surfing sessions, as you say.
HI Dimitri,
You can have the Ultra mosquito, no Problem. Call Edie from indigostudios.gr, he is my Friend and arrange how you will geht IT. Its my present to you. And Tell him you call from Markus
And one day
Very kind of you Markus! I look forward to show the Mosquito on Hitthewave…
🙂
Great page!. Fantastic remembering for all who love windsuf boards design.
I sitill have some 90´s machines in my kiver.
Best regards
Ricardo
Thanks Ricardo. I believe those who have sailed various types of boards, following the evolution of the sport, have a better feeling than the rest:)
Dimitris
This is so great. I remember back in the late 80’s & early 90’s when I used to read through Windsurfing magazine wishing I could have them all! I cut my teeth on a Fanatic Club 330. I’ve held onto it all these years and am a couple hours away from potentially selling it. I know I’l miss it, but am also glad it will help the next generation possibly get some experience on a great board to learn on. I’ve scanned through your pics a couple times and didn’t see it, but then again, I could have missed it. Would love to see an old flyer for it again though. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Fanatic of years ’84, ’85, ’89, ’91 have been posted. Soon I will ad ’88 and ’96, contribution of a Dutch friend. Your Club 330 does not appear. Maybe you remember the date?
One of these days, I will also have ready my reconditioned Ultra Cat, which I plan to sail this summer. I hope your vintage will end-up to someone who will take good care of it…
I wish I could remember the year. It’s got to be somewhere between the ’85 & ’91 years I would think since I bought it in my high-school years.
Have you the folder of the mistral PANAM 2000?
Which year was it available, because the Quai 34 catalog of 2000, does not include it and I do not post material any newer than that.
I believe by that time, digitalisation was widely available and such information should be available by any brand still in the business that respect both it’s customers and it’s own name.
Maybe you have it and want to contribute?
Wow. I saw my original Alpha, F2 Bullit & Fanatic Ultra Cat. Brought back some great memories. Thanks for putting this together.
Stay tuned, because this season,I plan a strong raceboard comeback with a reconditioned Ultra Cat.
This an awesome resource, I’ve used it many times in the last 5 years. THANK YOU so much for maintaining it. I bought my first board in ’81 it was a brand new Alpha Professional, and of course it’s included in this amazing collection of windsurfing history.
It’s long gone, but I still sail many 90’s boards and newer models.
And I still teach beginning windsurfing to new people every year.
My question is this. I thought there was a link here, a few years ago, with all the Bic boards from before 2000. It was a huge list, with dimensions and specs of all the 80’s and 90’s Bic boards. But I’ve gone through your collection here twice, and I don’t see it any more. Do you recall the link I’m talking about?
Thanks, Greg
Thanks Greg for your encouraging words. It is hard to believe that there are not more archiving windsurfing sites, and totally unacceptable still operating brands, not offering information from their golden windsurfing period.
No, I never had a vintage BIC link and if you come across to it again, please let me know.
Regards
Dimitris
Hi, very cool to see how the boards / sails developed over the years. Do you have any good info on the AHD 67 Diamond race boards?
Thx for doing this page.
They were friendly boards – although called Race – still a good large board option and @ bargain prices nowadays.
The AHD range that includes these boards can be viewed at the end of the relative post, by downloading the very informative Quai-34-1999-catalog-windsurfing-boards.pdf
Also check te link below:
Thx for info. I have a AHD 67 Diamond board and im an Intermediate sailor i think, or hope so lol. Not sure if the board is right for intermediate sailor.
Can’t see the link…
If still do not open by clicking, try to copy addresses & paste to your browser…
https://www.americanwindsurfer.com/articles/how-to-use-use-this/
Does anybody know in which year the F2 Thommen board pictured here (https://hitthewave.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/a-thommen-experience-165-test-photo.jpg) was introduced? Thanks.
It is not an F2 board.
Thommen had left F2 and set up his own independent T1 brand.
This board was introduced in 2010. The specific one pictured here as you can see, has serial no 42 and was made in May 2010.
Thanks very much @zaosan. A dealer is offering me this board and I was wondering if it is worth getting it.
You’re welcome Ruy.
The design of the board is very good, aesthetically suits my taste, but finally the use of the bamboo skin is not without problems (you will soon read about my Exocet bamboo damage), and that was the reason Thommen switched back to carbon derivatives in 2013.
I don’t know which version you are bargaining, but I believe very few carbon ones were sold.
Anyhow, it is a great board – that’s way we keep ours, but needs some pampering…
Thanks for the good old one’s!!!!!
Hifly 555FH
Fanatic Cobra, Hot Rat,
F2 Sunset, Strato
Copello, Custom’s and Red-Lines
… still having fun with modern sticks
on the water… :-))))
Aloha
You’re welcome Matze!
Yes, that’s the essense – to enjoy the sport using any available material. There were definitely bright ideas & monumental designs through all these years 🙂
Aloha
Haha!! Yesterday the wind was blowing in the Netherlands with a sweet touch of sunshine… I started out on my lightwind setup. The ’92 Axxis 257 with a Naish Stealth 7,6 racing sail. The sail was poorly rigged as i blew the rigging wheels on my mast extension. I only had the cleat working so i couldn’t get the right downhaul….
An acquaintance commented me when i walked towards the water “wow! that’s an oldie!” He himself was carrying the newest stuff; some fancy Fanatic superfast race/slalom board with a brand new GA racing sail..
But on the water the wind kinda pulled itself together… I had to “sheet in or sheet out” as i recall a quote from one of the old Neil Pryde VHS films… guess the wind was reaching well over 20knots (don’t have a clue but later on i switched to 5.5 on my waveboard and still being well overpowered…)
My arms where stretched to their limits but when i approached to other shore after 3km, i noticed i lost him while we sailed of together…
After an hour orso when i had to relax my arms for a while, he walked up to me telling…
“F***… your old shit runs like hell… couldn’t keep up…”
So point of the story… (i guess) is that you don’t have to have the most new and expensive shizzle to have fun on the water and never, never underestimate someones quiver….
True surfing comes from the heart&soul (and a little bit of bodystrength). ..
Yes, it’s always great fun to smoke the latest gear, while riding proven vintage boards & sails!
yeah.. it gives some kind of extra kick to the already greatest kick in the world.. Knowing you have a total monetary worthless piece of equipment compared to the multi-multi-$$$$$$ setup that others have, that you can blow them out by having elementary fun (and a little bit of skills).
Big advantage of that old stuff is that it is far more versatile in my eyes that the now-stuff.. Will be hard to replace a board like the axxis in the long run…
Can’t find the Airtech 2000 inflatable board. i have a flyer I can scan in if you want it.
No, thanks. The first really properly sailing inflatable windsurf was launched last year by RRD. All previous efforts were far from offering decent performance.
http://www.robertoriccidesigns.com/equipment/shop/airwindsurf-freeride/
Hey this is an excellent site. Any chance someone could post a Sodim Windsurfing catalogue from around 1982 or 1983. Cheers Richard
Thank you buddy! it’s a very looooong time I haven’t seen my beloved Fun Cup 2.
Shame on me I sold it for an Electric Rock!
Cheers!
Unfortunately Luca, we had to part with many beloved rides we came across during our wild days! And that goes beyond boards…
Saluti
That is so true….
Huge thanks for putting this together!!! I could find a photo of my beloved 1983 Klepper 295, amongst the rest.
I’m glad you did find it Michele 🙂
Fantastic Collection. Thank you for sharing. This has brought back many fond memories from the 80’s and 90’s.
Thanks Andie. I hope you still enjoy windsurfing…
Great post
Hi great collection!!!! All the things that where
swimming around when i was a kid, Question I have received a lightning 1984 but have no mastfoot, is there anyway to find out what kind of pin or mastfoot it had?
Thanks.
Long Raceboards clubs in your area (CH, I understand), may have similar boards to check.
Otherwise take a photo of the mast track and contact the surf shop in Greece for retrieving discontinued spares: http://www.surfcenter.gr/site/index.php/en/contact
Wish you luck.
Good day I have recently received a tiga wind surfer as a gift with my fishing ski I would like to find out more about it.
Year
Model
Ant value
Who can I speak to in regards with the wind surfer
Thanks
Jaco.
South Africa
Hi Jaco,
Tigas are very durable and it is easy to keep in good condition. Without photos (including specs labels) and dimensions of the board, how can anyone identify yours?
Dimitris
Thank you for the tribute to the Mistral Competition… 😍
🙂
Oh my god! I think a tear has just left my eye!! Brilliant effort in preserving these pre-digital brochures and ad campaigns. A golden era for me. I started windsurfing in 1983 aged 10. Based in the UK my friends and I became hooked on the sport. Owning Tiga boards until the late 90’s. We all still sail and love getting out in the waves of North Cornwall. I’ve just found 4 copies of windsurf magazine (1986, 1988, 1989) during a house move and they are absolutely mint condition. I’ll scan them and send you the images!! Thank you so much for making my day!!
Thanks Ben,
I’m glad you enjoy and appreciate my effort. Any scan of material not yet uploaded is welcome, especially those showing complete ranges of boards with specs.
You can send me anything you like – after all you’ve got the needed background 🙂
Keep on sailing with your buds!
Can you get me a replacement dagger board for an Alpha Sport windsurfer bought in 1986? Tissie 07781408415
Many of the dagger boards of this period, were very similar – if not identical. You should check the various windsurfing clubs around, plus sales ads for material. No need to look only for Alpha boards. If you try a piece that is not for sale, you can always ask a competent carpenter to re-create one for you, made of marine type plywood (Something we did extensively back then, in order to have storm dagger boards.)
AUTENTICAS GLORIAS DE WNDSUF
aun tengo en mi garaje una CRIT D2..JAJAJA impresonante division 2
algun dia la volvere a echar al agua y navegaremos los dos juntos sin necesidad de nadie mas que nosotros dos
Lucky you! Maybe even better, get in touch with the revived DII organization : https://www.facebook.com/id2ca/
This brochure is bringing back memories indeed. I started windsurfing in Holland in the Summer of 1979 on a Mistral Kailua. In the years that followed I gave surfing and sailing lessons at a sailing school in Grouw. The surfboards they had there were the very first Windsurfer models. A heavy boom that consisted of 2 parts of wood that you had to tie together. The boom was almost square. After surfing you almost had no hands left. The sword of wood where you always had to push a grass pole in because otherwise it would rise from the sword cabinet. If the board leaked you fixed it again with Epoxy. I remember that I smuggled my gas mask in my compulsory military service from the base to repair the surfboard at the weekend. With silver sand and special paint you made the top layer rough again so that you didn’t slip off. Floating over the tops of the waves gave an ultimate feeling of freedom and integration with nature.
once upon a time I thought my 2.7m Tiga Gun was small. Now I ride a 1.8m surfboard with a kite
thanks for this site! I still use my F2 which I bought new in 1993+- my sail just tore in 2 places this summer from fatigue….used every year. I learned windsurfing in France in 1983….and my first board was giant…and had a soft sail…almost impossible to get out of the water – but you could windsurf with almost no wind-the sail was so big. So I still think of my F2 with the hard sail as kind of “new”
My reason for searching F2 info is that I need a new sail for my rig circa 1993…can you steer me to a vendor?
You’re welcome Maureen. It is easy to find a good sail in Germany, France, Holland, maybe in Greece as well. Have a look
The problem is that you live in US.
Hoi, super tof dat je zoveel informatie hebt gevonden over al die oudere planken! Weet je toevallig ook iets over de ‘Ten Cate Leader Squad Range’? Ik ben zo benieuwd naar mijn board, maar kan niks vinden..
Groetjes Maayke
Try @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/oldschoolwindsurfers/ 🙂
Hi Maayke,
Jup Zaosan is right, you should try the oldschoolwindsurfers on FB. Very vermakelijk on what people still sail!
You now this Vid? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy8crxsVHoA
I know the Ten Cate Leader, but i’m not aware of the Squad Range. The second, third, fourth and fifth of the boards i sailed are TC Spacer (2x), TC Twisty and TC Dizzy.
Hello, I am not a surfer. My only surfing is the internet, hence I found this site. In the mid eighties I purchased a second hand wind surfing board complete for my then, 16 year old son. It was used on one summer holiday in Cornwall and then hung up in a shed for storage. It is a french made Sodim Roxy. Quite a heavy board but in good condition with no damage. Would this style of board still be sailed these days and if so, do you think it has any value or demand? My best regards and congratulations for keeping this site alive for so long! Noel Godwin
Hi Noel,
Thanks for your appreciation.
Sodim boards covered all windsurfing disciplines back then, from DII long raceboards (a class reborn a few years ago), down to 2.50m sinker, short funboards, made from Fiberglass, epoxy, carbon & kevlar.
Your board is 3.30m long, 66cm wide, 185l volume and weights 17kgs according to my files.
If someone is prepared to try learning on this board, yes it can be sailed, thanks to the adequate length, volume & the dagger board, but compared to the wide modern beginners boards, it will be less stable on it’s longitudinal axis. To be realistic, it will be hard to find somebody willing to buy it for regular use.
If it is in very good condition, and if somebody is emotionally attached to the historic brand, then maybe you could get anything up to 100 euros.
I would suggest to take some good photos and try through this FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldschoolwindsurfers/?fref=nf. Also ask at a few windsurfing clubs.
Good luck
Dimitris
Hi,
are you interested in a 1993 North Sails brochure? I could scan it and send to you attached to an email.
Reg. Mikk, Perth, downunder
Hi Michael,
I’ll be glad to include it. As you may have noticed, I only have the 1992 one.
Posting will be delayed though, as tomorrow we sail to Paros island, for the annual windsurfing good-time 🙂
ddsavidis@yahoo.com
Hi, I use a Wayler breeze old longboard, Ed Angulo design. Would you have a brochure? I am planning on getting the railing system replaced to Something that will fit US and Euro foot mast. I thought the brochure or anything you have would help out the Professional that will do the work on my board.
thanks
Any idea of the production year?
August, the earliest, I may check if I have a photo. July, is windsurfing time spend in Paros 🙂
Hi,
I have an old Red Marlin sailboard I bought in the mid-80’s that is still in decent shape except for the flexible plastic “tendon” that anchors the mast step to the mast, and the sail. I think I may have effected a temporary fix for the base, but a replacement is probably necessary as the plastic is now getting quite brittle. I’d appreciate any recommendations on a universal replacement as I’m sure original parts are no longer available. If the plastic rod is available I might be able to fabricate a replacement.
I’d also like to replace the sail with something economical, and would appreciate any advice. There’s a new generation of kids who want to learn how to sail! Oh – I am in the northeast US
Thanks, Dave
Hi Dave,
I would suggest you post your queries on this FB group together with pictures and I’m sure you will get more feedback.
Good luck and keep enjoying your vintage Marlin 🙂
Dimitris
Maybe someone can help: In the period ’82-’85 there was an advertisement for Browning boards, showing a surfer at high speed being chased by a French police/gendarmerie speedboat urging the surfer to ‘pul over’. If anyone has that in his/her collection, please let me know. Thanks!
I have it, but without an e-mail address, it is hard to get to you 🙂
Thank you, great collection of pictures, I should do the same for kitesurfing history (I am a kitepionneer since 93) Laurent Ness France.
The sooner, the better Laurent, because memory & information fade away…
Thanks for your appreciation