Why Balok? I really love Balok, I love her like a baby, none of the these issues really matters to me. I get used & live with it. But let's look at a few issues ...
An Afternoon With George Warren
Despite not being a local, George Warren needs not to be introduced among the Malaysian windsurfers. Nicknamed K-21, George has ventured almost every coast and every channel in the Malaysia map starting from the 80's ...
Windsurfing Lesson: Foot Position
What is the big deal about foot position?
During my earliest attempts at windsurfing, I have made several mistakes that slow down my progress. One of it by not considering where I position my feet on ...
I had the honour to meet our friends from the South, Shas and Rosman during CNY. Mr. Shas and his family went all the way from Singapore to Balok to get his taste of the wind here with the photography and diving master, Mr Rosman from JB. Also present was Mr Chong who managed to steal some time off before his CNY celebration – still going strong!
The wind was just perfect. In fact, the whole week during CNY seems like blowing indefinitely! 15-20 knots all the way baby! The weather was somehow a bit too hot since it was the beginning of the drought season but it didn’t stop us nonetheless. Balok treated us with the nicest condition it can offer, so who needs to complaint?
During the night, we had our dinner at one of the best restaurant in Kuantan, the Sara Thai Kitchen. The guys returned home the next morning. It was a short trip for them but continue reading...
Here’s a quick step-by-step on how to self launch posted by Andy in our facebook page. Remember to have someone there to look after you should something went wrong until you’re good enough at it.
Also keep in mind that these steps are only guidelines and not necessarily the ultimate “how-to” on self launching. Last but least, like all things – practice, practice, practice! Good luck! continue reading...
Good news for all Malaysian & Singaporean alike, a new kitesurfing shop called the Outer Quadrant has just been launched a few days ago. Outer Quadrant is the official distributor for Liquid Force brand and is based in Singapore. Parallel to its launching, Azhar, founder of Outer Quadrant paid a visit to Balok Beach to promote and launch the new line of products.
Currently Outer Quadrant is also doing a big promotion as stated on its website;
For every new fan of Outer Quadrant on Facebook that you introduce, you will be entitled to 1% discount of the actual price. If you managed to get 5 friends to be new fans of Outer Quadrant, you will get 5% discount and so on and so forth up to a maximum of 30 new fans for 30% discount.
So what are you waiting for? Check out their website outerquadrant.com!
Alright. Let’s face the fact. That thin dacron sleeve on your kite isn’t the best protection from any holes for the more fragile plastic tubes on the inside, called the bladder. Some day or later, you’ll be finding yourself looking through the catalogue or searching around for the best way to patch that imminent hole punched through the bladder. Added to the task is actually finding a nearby resource that provides inexpensive solution and located close enough to avoid unnecessary costly postage fee.
Our friend from Singapore, Ian, may have just the solution for you. continue reading...
Check out the boards. Totally different flavor than your ordinary freestyle board. Among other things, the board has super long fins, flat bottom and square tail profile for maximum performance especially in the upwind course. And since the boards are directional, don’t even dream of using them if you can’t tack/jibe! As far as we know, Malaysia is still not catching up with this one yet, but hopefully we’ll see more people adapting the board designs and riding skills into their kiteboarding arsenal in the near future.
So today it blows rather stronger than usual in Pantai Sepat. To not exaggerate, I can simply say it was easily 25 knots in the gust out there, if not more! I went out with my usual medium rig – 8.4m & 155l board, unaware of today’s forecast. The setup proved to be a hell of a ride, but at the same time it was a totally different feeling than riding a skinny slalom board with 7m sail. Downhauled the sail an extra inch then i was out again fully blasted yet very well controlled.
Driving to the beach from Kuantan town will take you barely 10 minutes. And since I’m residing halfway between the journey , a single ride to Balok would simply cost me one week worth of fuel, time & hassle to Pantai Sepat. This is the second time I am exclusively writing about this particular beach, and I realized I haven’t wrote enough to justify how amazing it is!
Now the beauty of the beach is, even with all of that strong winds and swells, launching is not even half as tricky as it would be in Balok under the same condition and wind direction. Its shallow seabed continue reading...
I was in Kuala Lumpur last weekend with my friends and after a last-minute arrangement with Joe from windsurfingkl.com we managed to visit our KL windsurfers in Pantai Remis. We met Joe in Damansara and from there he guided us all the way to Pantai Remis. The journey took about 40-45 minutes, which for someone like me whom blessed with the beach barely 5 minutes from the house, is quite heck of a ride for a windsurfing trip. All hail to pure magnifique passion for windsurfing! continue reading...
I had the honour to meet our friends from the South, Shas and Rosman during CNY. Mr. Shas and his family went all the way from Singapore to Balok to get his taste of the wind here with the photography and diving master, Mr Rosman from JB. Also present was Mr Chong who managed to steal some time off before his CNY celebration – still going strong!
I went to check out the forum the other day to read updates on the Singapore Windsurfing Open 2010, but 
Alright. Let’s face the fact. That thin dacron sleeve on your kite isn’t the best protection from any holes for the more fragile plastic tubes on the inside, called the bladder. Some day or later, you’ll be finding yourself looking through the catalogue or searching around for the best way to patch that imminent hole punched through the bladder. Added to the task is actually finding a nearby resource that provides inexpensive solution and located close enough to avoid unnecessary costly postage fee.
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