These are homemade ( Windskates ) built with skateboard trucks, blades crafted from cold rolled steel, wooden stair step, non skid, and powered by windsurfing rigs. Ice Sailing on Lake Ronkonkama, Long Island, 2005 and 2007 in light winds. Variety of Ice Boats.
Album by Brad Thayer. 1 - 24 of 24 Total. 2966 Visits.
1 Brad and Scott with 5 meter windsurf rigs. 2005
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5 Hand ground blades
6 Sail raked back for max speed (25 MPH) that day in 0-15 winds.
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9 Lake Ronkonkama 2007. 2 DN's collided that day flipping one over. No one injured
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11 Jeff on Frank's rig
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13 Two Seater. Piano on skates
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16 Frank
17 Wind Skate, 1988 4 meter NeilPryde
18 1912 Stern Steerer
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20 Jeff on his "Freeskate" a longer composite designed racing class
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23 Brad. Lots of debris and ice irregularities to trip a blade
Download MOV 24 Ouch!!! That water is pretty hard! Caught an edge during a jibe
