Windsurfing & Kitesurfing Malaysia

For the weekend warriors

Here’s an update for the wind and weather.

As of today, and for the past few days, the wind’s blowing consistently. A friend asked if he could use an 11m kite. I’d say, definitely YES!

As usual, I was on my 7.4m, and a friend on his 6.0m sail have no trouble getting to plane.

No joke, the wind is quite strong at the moment. Have to do with the fact that it’s been at rest for quite a while ( remember the bleak windless weekend?). Also, it hasn’t been raining for at least a week or so. Sunny, sunny, sunny days!

Anyhow, the current wind pattern is strong wind from 1-5pm and slowly decline from there. Just in case, bring your bigger kite ( and sails ) to be on the safe side.

Thumbs rule is, if it’s not raining for at least a day, there will be wind.

See you soon!

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 the board. I have taken a bad advice that basically says “…your feet will naturally know where to step on with a lot of practice.”

This particular advice, while not 100% incorrect, led me to believe that I should not be bothered about where to step, and focus more on getting good balance wherever my feet are on the board. Things will just sort out themselves intuitively.

Of course, it works, but not without a lot of falling and uphauling and breaking my back. continue reading...

Is it expensive?

Windsurfing is a serious sport.

Therefore I have to be seriously honest with you.

Windsurfing is not cheap. A brand new carbon mast alone can set you back more than a thousand ringgit. A whole set of the least branded windsurfer could cost you up to RM3000. It sounds ridiculous. But is it worth it?

Let’s look at other sports that are similarly ridiculously priced, but in long terms proved to be a somewhat worthwhile investment.

Let’s start with mountain biking. Sure, you can always get for less than a thousand for a cheap bike to start with. But once you’re serious in the sport, a professional bike frame alone can cost you nearly RM5000. Same thing with BMX frames. Adding tyres, brakes, rims, etc will give you an estimate of 7000-10000 ringgit! That’s not cheap doesn’t it?

Now let’s go to motorsports. Cars for example is already generally known as not cheap, let alone if you’re into cars that can race! Maintenance are vitals and they cost a bomb each time. How about golf , a club for a friggin RM2000? How about Scubadiving? The license alone will empty the pocket of an average salary guy, not to mention every single diving session have serious overheads to consider like hotels, transportation, rentals, guides etc. How about Motorbikes that cost you over RM30000 just for occasional riding & showing off, or the least expensive one i.e the Rempit Machine.. Well let’s not even go there!

The truth is there’s not so many serious sports & hobbies out there that are not expensive, or at least sounds very expensive.

But these things have something in common. It is the so-called ‘Personal Satisfaction’. To further elaborate this, there is nothing out there that can beat the feeling of achievement and personal satisfaction when you have invested serious time and money into something.

On windsurfing’s point of view, there is huge difference between having to carve gybe after several weeks of practice compared to completing 10 levels of Command&Conquer’s Red Alert 2.

So what is this ‘feeling’ that these big spender morons trying to achieve? How does it really feel? It is for you to find out. Just a hint – It’s better than sex!

NE Wind is Still Not Over Yet

Over the last few days, the wind has seemingly to have died down completely. When there is some wind, the direction shifted from NE to E. The fishermen are now out again. Dead flat mirror-like water… and it all seem very hopeless…

For the rest of the team, it all looks like there’s nothing worth to wait for. It’s time to pack up the small gear, and go big or go home.

Little that we know, there’s a surprise waiting around the corner. continue reading...

The BBQ

On the 25th of January ’09, a BBQ party was held at the club to celebrate with the Chinese on their New Year’s eve. Over 30+ people turned up, including a few families travelling all the way from Singapore & Kuala Lumpur. After an exhausting day of surfing & kiting, nothing beats the tender taste of the bBQ chickens & meats.

So basically it was an “Eat-play-eat some more- play some more” type of event. continue reading...

Location

Finding the spot is easy. About 2 kilometers after you passed Swiss Garden Hotel, look out for the very big sign post above (you won’t miss it) on the right side of the road. Take the exit on your right, continue on the road for 5 minutes until you find a very large parking area near the beach.

Then look for this building.

windsurfing & kitesurfing centre

For more details, please study the map below.


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