WS: Has the internet helped improve your windsurfing in any way?
Guy Cribb
No, because I haven’t spent any time watching other pro windsurfing videos online!
Chris Pressler
Yeah, definitely! Last year on Gran Canaria I tried to improve my back loops. Something went wrong in the air. I walked back to the apartment and went through several moves of other riders in the Continentseven database and realized quite quickly what was wrong. I remember when I got into windsurfing, it was extremely time consuming to order VHS windsurfing movies and the prices for one tape were quite high. Nowadays you just search for your favourite rider, your favourite style and you can start to watch a movie online within seconds. That fact can take away a bit of an excitement, as the internet creates a safe world, where all goods you are looking for are available on demand. Completely
unlimited online and available without any borders, it is too easy! You think about something, you search, you find, you watch, you order or just accept.
Chris Murray
Yes when new moves come out I can watch them in ‘slow motion’ over and over again, that is brilliant.
John Skye
The ability to watch the latest moves online is definitely a huge help to improving. If I am struggling with a move, I come back from the beach and usually watch a video online and see if I can work out what is going wrong.