An experience of a lifetime.... In 1984 the world cup was in the Netherlands. The Pall Mal Pro World Cup. (Yes..a tabacco sponsor!) The windsurfsport was immensely popular and at its peak. 100.000 visiters on the beach to see the heroes. I am not exaggerating! It was a rainy morning. 8:00 o’clock. Their was not much going on on the boulevard of Scheveningen. I went over to the Mistral/Gaastra stand. I leaned over the wet crowd barriers to see my idol. Only Robby was awake and he was setting up his equipment. Robby saw me (we were the only ones) and because of the drizzle, he invited me into his sponsor container. He gave me a cup of tea. We chatted about fins, sail, costum boards. Despite his incredible popularity, he was a quiet, honest, modest guy. Later that weekend he won the Worldcup. Again. This experience has always stayed with me. Now, over 40 years later, he is still my hero. A jewel for sports. I would love to talk again with him. Talking about fins, sail and boards. Thank Robby. Hang Loose.
I remember meeting Robbie at the World Cup meeting in Cornwall in the Eighties. Him and I think Mark Angulo where behind me in the queue for take away van. Great to see you still riding Robbie.
Wonderful footage and rig talk from this great water athlete! A few years ago I was at Boot Düsseldorf and went to the Naish stand to shake hands with Robby, my hero since 1980. A queue had formed of at least 15 people who wanted to talk to Robby! Then, a middle aged lady stepped up to Robby, hugged him dearly and burst out in tears. For this emotional occassion, Robby took off his cap. What a gesture! Lump in my throat.
no just probably the best windurfer ever but also to me, no doubt, the one that explains everything about windsurfing into the best way possible, naturally 0 arrogance, really cool
Since I was 16 years old you have been my inspiration, 1980 the wind started in Brazil, today I have 59 springs with strong winds. You continue the most incredible sailor on this planet. Good vibes and thank you for so much joy that this incredible sport gives us🤙🌀👊
God Bless you Robby !! You are are real genuine legend - so inspirational seeing you ripping it after all these years -BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT !!! Walking the talk - powerful , experienced, elegant , dynamic SICKBIRD - gratitude from oceanless Wyoming
love to hear from you, still alive and kicking and in great great shape, awesome🤙 And of course see you riding the waves with the typical Pink Sail, the lecture and knowlegde about your boards😍 thnx Robby💖
Just amazing your still rocking and rolling at 60 is the new 40 ha ha ha 🙏it’s awesome Robby so happy to see you blazing and shredding🤩👍🙏 God bless I hope and pray you continue to keep shredding to 100.💥⚡️🔥
awesome. Would love to see a few clips of navigating the way out and getting on the wave. I’m also always curious after a fall how you deal with that and navigate a crash in impact zone. Been following you since 1978. Whadda sailor !
Thanks Robbie! Perfect timing on the technical gear overview!! Ive just started to gear up again since taking the last 35 years off windsurfing the SF bay (3 kids, life) & was perusing the new boards to replace an old Naish 9’6 (late 80s production?), struggling to understand the wide board and quad surfboard skegg benefits. Looking forward to getting back in the wind and water soon, thanks for the inspiration!
I will never forget the first time I met you. I was in Maui for my honeymoon. You took nearly an hour of your time to talk to me that afternoon in Kanaha. I will never forget it and I will be forever grateful. You are my great idol and will always be. I love you Robby. Luca Precisetto
Genuino como siempre. ! Tengo todo Naish , menos las tablas, me encantaria tener una 88 -95, aqui en Argentina. Las velas son las mejores del mundo. Genio !!
Lets look forward. As a judge I look for the fade before the laydown. Also try pushing with a straight front arm during the laydown like in hardcore slalom, pushing the rig forwad on the water and turning in under the sail for pure vert. This also prevents the sail to hang behind you in the end of the laydown.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the evolution of our sport, the most important equipment breakthroughs and a few people that contributed most in a revolutionary way
I would like to get those Red Bull windsurfing sail stickers with the bull image to put on my Naish force 5 sail. My google search doesn't give any results. Would have thought the windsurfing brands might have been interested in selling them. Does Red Bull prefer that only the pros have the stickers ? I drink genuine Red Bull because of the sports they sponsor even though they cost a bit more than imitation drinks. Well worth the extra money when you see windsurfing paradise videos like this.
Super interesting hearing your take on older boards to the newer boards. Also thanks for the 50th birthday wishes (your poster hangs in my office) arranged via one of you Aussie mates last year . 🤙🏽
Robby, thank you so much for your amazing video! I use wave boards, and these could be described as 'hidden volume boards'. For a few years now, an offering has been proposed, I believe first by Keith Teboul and Francisco Goya, about 10 to 12 years ago. The rule even goes a step further than what Robby did, by taking a volume in liters equal to my weight plus or minus 25/30 liters. Indeed, the standard of the 90s is changing. Personally, I almost always use a 105-liter quad board. The 85-liter board often stays in the garage. It's indeed great for surfing and for light and gusty winds (that was the initial purpose of the acquisition), but in fact, the use turns out to be much broader. My rule is quite simple: when I notice that the gusts forecasted on Windguru are equal to or greater than 10 knots compared to the average wind, I go for the 105 liters. In fact, 9 times out of 10, that's the board I use, even when there are 30 knots or when I feel like jumping. I think there's a change underway and I find it very exciting. It makes it so much easier to perform all the tricks and so much more fun. It's the revolution of hidden volume! Also, the standard has now become multi-sport (wing, kite, and windsurf) depending on the conditions. For me, with side or side-off wind or good waves, it's windsurfing that takes the lead.
#1111 is the GOAT and I have a poster of Robby windsurfing North Shore Maui in the late '80s... LOL aging so gracefully and still so rad. I got to shake his hand windsurfing at Kanaha in '96. Well now...fast forward...I'm now the old guy at my beach kiteboarding my Naish GoT0 5'9 STRAPPED with my beloved new quiver of Pivots S26 and S27. So cool to listen tech talk at end of this video...LOL riding with less power yeah thats me! But the new tech and the foil has made it just so fun "keeping up". THANKS NAISH
Thanks for the info! Wow board designs have changed. I stopped sailing before kite boarding and at that time it was the longer custom boards, single fin, fast, slalom, jumps etc... The video was choppy water, do you new boards carve well in smoother water?
Loved this video. So great to hear your take on new designs. It’s great to hear your appreciation and explanation of quads vs thruster. Keep making videos with your explanation of gear. Your wisdom is appreciated.
I had a pet rabbit when I was about 14 and beginner windsurfer .I called It Rabby Nosh.....coz it would do little mule kicks and chop hops. Robbie is my Inspiration I am now 55. The Addiction just doesn't stop .....only the Money. I am teaching my Youngest child.
We feel you Robby 😂 We don't like the cubby board designs either. Would prefer a longer, thinner rails ourselves. Drawn out, XL bottom turns was "it" in the days! Today it's all about spins and compact noodliness. And they plane like shit Miss the 90s DIY radness 😌 Naish RIP Video from 1995 still my go-to windsurf film for inspiration 🙏
Really interesting gear discussion and funny action images form Lanes. Thanks Robby! What should be your ideal volume for one allround waveboard compare to weight? Weight + 15 kg?
Great vídeo with changes in old days versus now explained. Yes that always amazes me, all is changing but fun stays the same. I guess when you never change you will experience the same fun. Hope your knees get well soon!
I don´t understand why you don´t compete. I mean you may feel that you are no longer suited for competing in slalom (a discipline best done when one weighs 220 lbs) but you look like you still have your game on for wave). May be I`m not qualified to make this comment, but your sailing certainly gives me that impression).
Bonjour Robby 😃 Wonderful images, you're as efficient and incisive as ever... Thank you also for your very interesting explanations on choosing boards and fins 💙 Aloha from Swiss Alps ☀️❄️😎😘🤙🏼
Awesome. making use of good conditions in a beautiful spot. Your an inspiration. I ride custom but have one of your production foil boards. I may be hard on gear but I've never put so many dings, compression marks and ripped the leash out of a board like one of your production boards.
It is tremendous to get these insights from someone with so much experience as you Robbie. It's a master class in technique, board hydrodynamics and selection... sail selection ...and also how to adapt one's style as the years advance. I also LOVE ....with all the other new toys, such as foils and kites that seek to distract... seeing someone as proficient and skilled as Naish ... getting so much fun from old school windsurfing in waves. Thanks so much.
Please do more videos like this ❤ great to have the modern v older boards explained by the king 🙏 would love to see you ride yr older boards against the newer stuff .
I started windsurfing 43 years ago and you are still my biggest inspiration.
Thanks Robby! 👍😃
Greetings from Norway! 🇳🇴
An experience of a lifetime....
In 1984 the world cup was in the Netherlands. The Pall Mal Pro World Cup. (Yes..a tabacco sponsor!) The windsurfsport was immensely popular and at its peak. 100.000 visiters on the beach to see the heroes. I am not exaggerating!
It was a rainy morning. 8:00 o’clock. Their was not much going on on the boulevard of Scheveningen. I went over to the Mistral/Gaastra stand. I leaned over the wet crowd barriers to see my idol. Only Robby was awake and he was setting up his equipment. Robby saw me (we were the only ones) and because of the drizzle, he invited me into his sponsor container. He gave me a cup of tea. We chatted about fins, sail, costum boards. Despite his incredible popularity, he was a quiet, honest, modest guy. Later that weekend he won the Worldcup. Again. This experience has always stayed with me. Now, over 40 years later, he is still my hero. A jewel for sports. I would love to talk again with him. Talking about fins, sail and boards. Thank Robby. Hang Loose.
I remember meeting Robbie at the World Cup meeting in Cornwall in the Eighties. Him and I think Mark Angulo where behind me in the queue for take away van. Great to see you still riding Robbie.
Geez the “beach start” from the rocks ! Robby is a legend
Inspiration for generations! Keep it up, Robby!
Thanks for the video Robby! 🤙Keep on Windsurfing
Wonderful footage and rig talk from this great water athlete! A few years ago I was at Boot Düsseldorf and went to the Naish stand to shake hands with Robby, my hero since 1980. A queue had formed of at least 15 people who wanted to talk to Robby! Then, a middle aged lady stepped up to Robby, hugged him dearly and burst out in tears. For this emotional occassion, Robby took off his cap. What a gesture! Lump in my throat.
no just probably the best windurfer ever but also to me, no doubt, the one that explains everything about windsurfing into the best way possible, naturally 0 arrogance, really cool
Great video and thank you for your insights about shapes and the gear you use.
Warm regards from Germany 🇩🇪!
True, still my hero as well. He is a real waterman. Saw him perform different times in northern Germany. Is very popular there.
Since I was 16 years old you have been my inspiration, 1980 the wind started in Brazil, today I have 59 springs with strong winds. You continue the most incredible sailor on this planet. Good vibes and thank you for so much joy that this incredible sport gives us🤙🌀👊
God Bless you Robby !! You are are real genuine legend - so inspirational seeing you ripping it after all these years -BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT !!! Walking the talk - powerful , experienced, elegant , dynamic SICKBIRD - gratitude from oceanless Wyoming
Epic footage and riding, very clear to see whats happening on the wave, also amazing to hear the insights on the gear, I enjoyed that a lot...
love to hear from you, still alive and kicking and in great great shape, awesome🤙
And of course see you riding the waves with the typical Pink Sail, the lecture and knowlegde about your boards😍
thnx Robby💖
A king's experience of a lifetime....
Tks Robby!!! Love the video and the Tech Talk!!! Always inspire!!! 🤙🏼
Just amazing your still rocking and rolling at 60 is the new 40 ha ha ha 🙏it’s awesome Robby so happy to see you blazing and shredding🤩👍🙏 God bless I hope and pray you continue to keep shredding to 100.💥⚡️🔥
" Magnifique" cession Robby as we say in french and very interesting explanations , bravo chef !
awesome. Would love to see a few clips of navigating the way out and getting on the wave. I’m also always curious after a fall how you deal with that and navigate a crash in impact zone. Been following you since 1978. Whadda sailor !
your are a legend and been my idol since day 1 back in the early 80s
Not so many living legends are left in this world. Here is one of them
"The Class". 🤙
Thank you for video and explanations.
Greetings from France.
Thanks Robbie! Perfect timing on the technical gear overview!! Ive just started to gear up again since taking the last 35 years off windsurfing the SF bay (3 kids, life) & was perusing the new boards to replace an old Naish 9’6 (late 80s production?), struggling to understand the wide board and quad surfboard skegg benefits. Looking forward to getting back in the wind and water soon, thanks for the inspiration!
I will never forget the first time I met you. I was in Maui for my honeymoon. You took nearly an hour of your time to talk to me that afternoon in Kanaha. I will never forget it and I will be forever grateful. You are my great idol and will always be. I love you Robby. Luca Precisetto
Love the talk and riding Robby
Genuino como siempre. ! Tengo todo Naish , menos las tablas, me encantaria tener una 88 -95, aqui en Argentina.
Las velas son las mejores del mundo.
Genio !!
Lets look forward. As a judge I look for the fade before the laydown. Also try pushing with a straight front arm during the laydown like in hardcore slalom, pushing the rig forwad on the water and turning in under the sail for pure vert. This also prevents the sail to hang behind you in the end of the laydown.
I really enjoyed that , thanks 👍👍
Would love to hear your thoughts on the evolution of our sport, the most important equipment breakthroughs and a few people that contributed most in a revolutionary way
Goat 🙌
G O A T ❤
Much love to you Robby Naish. -Andie
E bravo Robby.
Hi Mario, Great Video. I also know this old no nose Boards. Would be very happy to take Part and win one of your Wave Boards. Kristian
GOAT
Loving the tech-talk! Can you document the repair for a youtube vid?
King
I would like to get those Red Bull windsurfing sail stickers with the bull image to put on my Naish force 5 sail. My google search doesn't give any results. Would have thought the windsurfing brands might have been interested in selling them. Does Red Bull prefer that only the pros have the stickers ? I drink genuine Red Bull because of the sports they sponsor even though they cost a bit more than imitation drinks. Well worth the extra money when you see windsurfing paradise videos like this.
Super interesting hearing your take on older boards to the newer boards. Also thanks for the 50th birthday wishes (your poster hangs in my office) arranged via one of you Aussie mates last year . 🤙🏽
Boring! 🥱😵😴
Still kicking ass after all these years!
Hard to believe he's 60 years old!
Robby, thank you so much for your amazing video!
I use wave boards, and these could be described as 'hidden volume boards'. For a few years now, an offering has been proposed, I believe first by Keith Teboul and Francisco Goya, about 10 to 12 years ago. The rule even goes a step further than what Robby did, by taking a volume in liters equal to my weight plus or minus 25/30 liters. Indeed, the standard of the 90s is changing. Personally, I almost always use a 105-liter quad board. The 85-liter board often stays in the garage. It's indeed great for surfing and for light and gusty winds (that was the initial purpose of the acquisition), but in fact, the use turns out to be much broader. My rule is quite simple: when I notice that the gusts forecasted on Windguru are equal to or greater than 10 knots compared to the average wind, I go for the 105 liters. In fact, 9 times out of 10, that's the board I use, even when there are 30 knots or when I feel like jumping. I think there's a change underway and I find it very exciting. It makes it so much easier to perform all the tricks and so much more fun. It's the revolution of hidden volume!
Also, the standard has now become multi-sport (wing, kite, and windsurf) depending on the conditions. For me, with side or side-off wind or good waves, it's windsurfing that takes the lead.
How is your VW van doing?
#1111 is the GOAT and I have a poster of Robby windsurfing North Shore Maui in the late '80s... LOL aging so gracefully and still so rad. I got to shake his hand windsurfing at Kanaha in '96. Well now...fast forward...I'm now the old guy at my beach kiteboarding my Naish GoT0 5'9 STRAPPED with my beloved new quiver of Pivots S26 and S27. So cool to listen tech talk at end of this video...LOL riding with less power yeah thats me! But the new tech and the foil has made it just so fun "keeping up". THANKS NAISH
Thanks for the info! Wow board designs have changed. I stopped sailing before kite boarding and at that time it was the longer custom boards, single fin, fast, slalom, jumps etc... The video was choppy water, do you new boards carve well in smoother water?
I met you in San Francisco World cup in like 86 you were the King then and you still are THE KING of windsurfing. Soooo awesome 🌊🏝️🙌🏻🤙🏻🎉💪🏻
Loved this video. So great to hear your take on new designs. It’s great to hear your appreciation and explanation of quads vs thruster. Keep making videos with your explanation of gear. Your wisdom is appreciated.
Robby loves the sport and his fans thank you for the insights keep on moving
I had a pet rabbit when I was about 14 and beginner windsurfer .I called It Rabby Nosh.....coz it would do little mule kicks and chop hops. Robbie is my Inspiration I am now 55. The Addiction just doesn't stop .....only the Money. I am teaching my Youngest child.
We feel you Robby 😂
We don't like the cubby board designs either.
Would prefer a longer, thinner rails ourselves. Drawn out, XL bottom turns was "it" in the days!
Today it's all about spins and compact noodliness. And they plane like shit
Miss the 90s DIY radness 😌
Naish RIP Video from 1995 still my go-to windsurf film for inspiration 🙏
Really interesting gear discussion and funny action images form Lanes. Thanks Robby! What should be your ideal volume for one allround waveboard compare to weight? Weight + 15 kg?
Great videos Robby. Looking ripped and still ripping 💪🏻
You're a great story teller. Really enjoyed this video.
2 thruster fins are angled inwards? wouldn't that cause spinouts all the time?
Thats a pretty cool wrap up on youre boards ,🌍🔱🤟🏆
Legend and role model whilst down to earth gent too.
You are still my hero!
Great vídeo with changes in old days versus now explained. Yes that always amazes me, all is changing but fun stays the same. I guess when you never change you will experience the same fun. Hope your knees get well soon!
go robby
I don´t understand why you don´t compete. I mean you may feel that you are no longer suited for competing in slalom (a discipline best done when one weighs 220 lbs) but you look like you still have your game on for wave). May be I`m not qualified to make this comment, but your sailing certainly gives me that impression).
Bonjour Robby 😃 Wonderful images, you're as efficient and incisive as ever... Thank you also for your very interesting explanations on choosing boards and fins 💙 Aloha from Swiss Alps ☀️❄️😎😘🤙🏼
Awesome. making use of good conditions in a beautiful spot. Your an inspiration.
I ride custom but have one of your production foil boards. I may be hard on gear but I've never put so many dings, compression marks and ripped the leash out of a board like one of your production boards.
It is tremendous to get these insights from someone with so much experience as you Robbie. It's a master class in technique, board hydrodynamics and selection... sail selection ...and also how to adapt one's style as the years advance. I also LOVE ....with all the other new toys, such as foils and kites that seek to distract... seeing someone as proficient and skilled as Naish ... getting so much fun from old school windsurfing in waves. Thanks so much.
"Howzit" 😎classic Saffa greating, thanks for that. Legend🤙. kiff insights of board vs weight vs sail size etc
GOAT so cool to see you just enjoying yourself and adapting to your changing years. Inspiring as ever👍
Please 🙏 just for 2024 go and compete at Fiji and Chile
You are a Diamond head guy
The 2nd day you shred off 30+ years, off the lip and everything... nice riding! 👍🤙
Please do more videos like this ❤ great to have the modern v older boards explained by the king 🙏 would love to see you ride yr older boards against the newer stuff .
Robby: you surf with your gear! Soothing and fun.... 👍
A CNC manufacturing process video would be so cool to see one day.
The man the legend still ripping !!!🤙🤙🤙🤙
U rule Bra👏🤙
Awesome!! Keep up the good work!
🏴☠️🔱
The king
🤙❣️!