Great to see you found the site and are enjoying it. I know Keith well, but haven’t seen him on the tour for a while (thought he might’ve dropped off the map) …

Was hoping to catch up with a few of the UK guys at the WhiteAir FW last season but not too many showed up :-/

Thanks for reading ;)

Having combed the web for years looking for useful info on formula racing, techniques, gear and other related issue’s with no success, i had begun to give up hope of ever finding the indepth knowlegde i’d been so long seeking until one day i stumbled upon !!!CARBON SUGAR!!!

My prayers have been answered!

To date i have spread the word to my fellow team riders here in the U.K, close friend 9 times british formula champion Keith atkinson (who thought the site was great and a breath of fresh air) i’m sure he’ll be in touch soon, the guys at tushingham sails U.K, Mark Minter From Thommen Boards/Spartan wet suits U.K, My Sponsor Rob at Skisurf.

Now i plan to spread the word via the UKWA website so hopefully other racers like myself can benefit from this great concept and see also that this website is truly straight out of the top drawer.

well done Sean, Back of the net mate

I’m probably not the person to be saying anything about raceboards as I have never sailed one. I grew up in the wrong part of the world for raceboards and by the time I was interested in course racing at a young age, Formula 42 was on its way out and when the first "wider" boards arrived which later translated to formula boards I was hooked and (apart from the RSX) never saw the need to ride a centreboard.

I’m hoping that what I’ve started here might encourage others to start something exactly like this. In fact, I’d love it if people copied my idea completely … I can only write so many articles (1 a week I am aiming at) and still try to windsurf, learn, travel and have a life but if others were writing their ideas down also, then there would be more to go around…

Hey, you don’t have to be a world champion to understand how gear works, you don’t even have to be ‘correct’ in what you say, just give your opinion and others will comment/correct and it goes from there…

Thanks for reading.

Great website, content and design. Sites like these are essential for the longevity of professional windsurfing.

I love the technical and development aspect to sailing and have enjoyed reading the articles so far. I was lucky enough to have chatted with Frank Bethwaite back when I sailed an NS14 as a kid many years ago. All the books mentioned bring back heaps of memories.
For what it’s worth, I would love to one day see Raceboard tech. info (longboards) included in Carbon Suger.

Cheers

Cheers.

@ Varla - that’s not a bad idea about the sponsorship. I recently was a guest speaker at a inspiration dinner for Youth Sailors in my home town where I spoke about self-promotion, sponsorship techniques and marketing so maybe I could write some of those ideas down in an article.