Pro FW Desktop Wallpapers
Posted on 6 May, 2008 | 10 Comments
A short while ago someone asked if there were any good images out there of Pro Formula sailors they could use as desktop wallpapers. A short scout of the windsurfing sites out there and it was quickly decided that there isn’t a single desktop wallpaper out there of anyone sailing Formula bar the small few available on Star-Board.com. In retaliation, I have compiled a series of 12 of the best images I could find of a few of the top Pro’s in Formula Windsurfing and made them available to download for FREE right here on CarbonSugar. Various screen-resolutions are available. Enjoy!
Obviously I haven’t made them in every single screen-resolution however I’ve targeted the most commonly used based on the user-stats of this website. I’ve also provided the screen-ratios so if you have a different screen-resolution you can find the appropriate ratio’d version and it should still display nicely. For example if you run a 1280×800 resolution, the Widescreen 16:10 version will fit perfectly on your screen.
Briefly, a quick thank-you to all the sailors who donated their photos for me to use for these wallpapers. I will add some more down the track as better images become available. To give credit where its due, the list of wallpapers includes:
Photographers include John Carter, Tam Hohnberg and John O’Brien however all images have been edited, airbrushed and otherwise touched-up by myself.
Enjoy.
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Alberto Menegatti (ITA-456) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
Antoine Albeau (FRA-192) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
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Gonzalo Costa Hoevel (ARG-3) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
FW Startline 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
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Sean O’Brien (AUS-120) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
Jesper Vesterstrøm (DEN-111) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
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Chris Ting / Rick Murray / Murray Towndrow 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
Steve Allen / Jesper Vesterstrøm 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
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Sean O’Brien (AUS-120) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
Jesper Vesterstrøm (DEN-111) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
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Gonzalo Costa Hoevel (ARG-3) 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
CarbonSugar.com 1600×1200 (Fullscreen 4:3) |
herm
May 6th, 2008
Nice! The second pic is really soft and calm for a nice desktop on my work-laptop..
Bjarke
May 6th, 2008
Completely aggree. Thanks a bunch for pulling this off.
Sean OBrien
May 6th, 2008
Thanks guys!
Yeah, that pic of Antoine is really good. I changed the water colour a fair bit from the the original Starboard shot and widened it out to take Antoine out of the middle. I’ve used that image so many times now; FW-Oceanics 2008 poster, Oceanics website and various other windsurfing events here in Australia. Its one of those “classic” shots.
If only I had a helicopter to take some shots like that of me!!
Chris
May 7th, 2008
What about sailor credits to Muz, Rick, and Chris? It’s not often we’re placed along side the worlds best…. ; )
Sean OBrien
May 7th, 2008
Chris, are you sure that is Rick?? I didn’t recognise the yellow uphaul.
Chris
May 7th, 2008
Who else would be on an 11.8 RS racing with a bright yellow uphaul? There are no “German” harness lines or booties, so it can’t be Uncle Mike. It’s not a blue boom, so it can’t be Sam.
Sean OBrien
May 19th, 2008
@ Chris, ok credit where it is due. I’ve updated the wallpaper to include you, Rick and Muz…
jeff
Feb 28th, 2009
nice!
how about 1920X1200?
jeff
Sean OBrien
Mar 3rd, 2009
Hi Jeff,
1920×1200 should be 16:10 widescreen resolution, so the 1680×1050 would fit the dimensions (however, its making it a little bigger so depending on what image you use, it might be a little pixelated). See how it goes anyhow…
I picked the top 4 screen resolutions based on this site’s visitors in the past 6 months … I think there was only about 10-20 people in total with 1920×1200 vs about 10,000 with 1280×1024 or similar for 1680×1050!
I knew I couldn’t please everyone! haha.
how to windsurf
Sep 5th, 2009
Great desktop screen savers. I have no decent windsurfing pics/ screensavers for my laptop and will enjoy showing these off..