Early Summer Windsurfing Session

Written By Craig Low

Warm westerly winds brought sunshine and a strong breeze to Hechshire State Park on June 18th, drawing windsurfers out to dance, skip, and glide across the whitecapped waters of the Great South Bay.

The sport traces its roots to the 1960s, when American inventors Newman Darby, Jim Drake, and Hoyle Schweitzer pursued the same dream — merging the freedom of surfing with the power of sail. A simple rubber universal joint that let the rider steer the sail freely in any direction changed everything.

I was twelve when I learned on Canandaigua Lake, working two paper routes that summer to earn my first board. Over forty years of handheld sail adventures followed. A youthful passion turned into a lifelong pursuit.

(Lower right photo: Craig sailing in Pleasant Bay, Chatham Cape Cod, June 1989)

Craig Low

Craig Low is a Marketing Operations and Management Consultant with over twenty year experience. As owner of Great Bay Communications, a Long Island, New York based marketing and consulting firm, Craig has advised local governments, businesses and not-for-profits in various contexts including public relations, sales, budgeting, asset management and business development.

https://greatbaycommunications.com
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