62 FEATURE FREE RIDE
Feel the
rhythm, feel
the glide
TIME TO BLAST AND
FREE
YOUR RIDE
WORDS: WSUK
PICS: JP/PRYDE/THORSTEN INDRA
AS INDIVIDUALS WE LOVE TO PIGEONHOLE STUFF, GIVE
EVERYTHING A LABEL AND BOX IT ALL UP NEAT AND TIDY.
WINDSURFING’S NO DIFFERENT. IN THE PAST TERMINOLOGY
SUCH AS WAVE-SLALOM, CONVERTIBLE FREERIDE AND SO ON
HAVE BEEN USED WHEN CATEGORISING KIT. THESE DAYS
YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TO HEAR FREESTYLE WAVE OR SLALOM
MUTTERED ON BEACHES. For some time, however, there was a
distinct lack of description for the everyman’s way of doing
things. Or, to put it another way the type of sailing we all do.
Nowadays you’ll no doubt refer to it as freeride, but what is
freeing your ride all about?
Well, it’s just that…
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WIND
SURFING