Kihei life

Launch

I went to Waipuilani Park with my folding beach chair to watch surfing turtles and surfing turtles I did see.  The winds were gusting about 30 mph.  A brave soul launched an hour of expert wind surfing.  Back at my laptop, I launched an hour of research on windsurfing technology.

Zoom In

Note the details of the sail

How does technology support an amazing solo session traversing back and forth between the beach and channel….

From the Star Board website:  terms like carbon Innegra rail band; dual density, double sandwich PVC core & Australian pinewood; biaxial glass micro-sandwich and parabolic compression band are used to describe their boards.

http://www.star-board-windsurfing.com/wp2/sbw2016/sbw2016-products/sbw2016-technology/

This company designs and builds sails.

https://www.north-windsurf.com/deu/nodes/display/pages/sail-technology

This company designs and builds the masts.

Infinity Windsurf Technology

Not so simple board, mast and sail.  Think of all the other things we use that we take for  granted…cars, phones, air travel, microwaves, internet, light bulbs, etc.  Perhaps there should be a degree for “How Things Work.”  🙂