Early Windsurfer Sails – #1 to #1000 – WINDSURFINGMUSEUMPRAGUE

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A history of the first 13 Windsurfer sails ever produced was completed and posted by Pierre Coupal (AUS), windsurfing freestyler and collaborator of our museum in Old School Windsurfers facebook group on 11th June 2021. Sail gallery was updated and reviewed in September 2022, by Pierre himself & Tom of the Windsurfing museum Prague.

Following photo gallery presents existing images of the first 13* Windsurfers ever produced. Rider´ s name, photographer´ s name and source of image are included (if known). Please email us your comments and better picture identification to ws1975@post.cz.

This page is focused only on the oldest Windsurfer (R) sails (1967-1972). Please visit the pages dedicated to the oldest custom made boards – BAJA (1968-1971) and Polyethylene heroes: the Windsurfer-Missiles link dedicated to the beginning of serial board production in 1971.

Thanks to our friend and supporter Bruce Matlack, an eyewitness and hero of our sport’s glory days, for his first-hand testimony, corrections, comments and the opportunity to publish rare documents from his archives here. +)

Special thanks to Pierre Coupal for his recommendations on the text and for finding many images.

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We try to acknowledge the sources of used images and documents and give credits to those who deserve it. Sometimes it´ s difficult and unclear. Please let us know if you find any omissions or mistakes.

The years in the image caption indicate the date the photograph was taken or the document was published according to the original source. We only correct or comment on dates when the dating is obviously inaccurate.

(BL) – sail rider/owner according to Bruce Matlack´ s list

	#1 - a Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year, place: 1968, Marina del Rey Photographer: ? Retrieved from: originalwindsurfer.com (2016) *) note the sign „SK8“, the original name for the „wind-propelled apparatus“
	#1 - b Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year: 1968 Photographer: ? Source: xxx *) note the Windsurfer logo instead of „SK8“
	#1 - c (on the left) Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer (Jim Drake is on #10) Year: before 1970 Photographer: ? Source: the W. I. dealer manual, posted by Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios *) Bruce Matlack: „... One of the few photographs ... of Hoyle and Jim together in the early days!“
	#1 - d Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year: 1969 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: „Windsurf-Regatta in Los Angeles, 1969“ Calle Schmidt´ s archive Similar footage available as „Windsurfing with Hoyle & Diane Schweitzer and friends“ film.
	#1 - e Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year: 1968 /same session as 1-a?/ Photographer: ? Retrieved from: https://www.windsurfinghalloffame.com Copy courtesy the Windsurfing Hall of Fame - Jonathan Weston´ s page.
	#1 – f /#2, #3/ Rider: Diane Schweitzer? Year, place: 1969, Baja Photographer: ? Retrieved from: https://www.windsurfinghalloffame.com Copy courtesy the Windsurfing Hall of Fame - Jonathan Weston´ s page
	#2 - a Rider: Matt Schweitzer (?) Year: 1971 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: Retrieved from: SURF magazine 1982(?), Article „15 Jahre Windsurfen In Bildern“ ) Aren ´t you curious what these little squares are? I´ d say „ Tell tales“ , but Bruce Matlack explains: „ Reef's points*; definitely - cause I recall them! remember, sails were mostly very wet all the time back then and in salty, sticky water. tell tales were useless! Tell tales in those days were still pieces of wool yarn.“
	#2 - b Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year: 1970 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: Windsurfer magazine, 1989, article on Matt Schweitzer
Picture available for study purposes - we are trying to get approval for it´ s publishing here.	#2 - c Place: a Schweitzer´ s family display (?) Year: 1970 Photographer: Source: xxx
	#3 - a Rider: Alan Parducci Year: 1970, Malibu Yacht Club Photographer: ? Retrieved from: originalwindsurfer.com (2016) *) Bruce Matlack: „... „ There were a very few Reggie Armstong sails … (of Costa Mesa). …Allen Parducci who is 96, had #3."
	#3 - b Rider: Alan Parducci (right), Bruce Matlack (on the left), Matt Schweitzer (center) Year, place: 1971? Photographer: Source: xxx
	#3 - c - RED sail (!) Rider: ? Year: ? Photographer: ? Retrieved from: „Windsurf-Regatta in Los Angeles, 1969“, Calle Schmidt´ s archive Similar footage available as „Windsurfing with Hoyle & Diane Schweitzer and friends“ film.
	#4 - a Rider: Bert Salisbury Year: 1969 Photographer: Jim Drake /?/ Retrieved from: SURF magazine 1982(?), Article „15 Jahre Windsurfen In Bildern“ *) note the sign „SK8“
	#4 - b Rider: Diane Schweitzer (?) Year: 1969? Photographer: ? Source: the first Windsurfer brochure (issued 1970?)
	#6 - a Rider: Allan Parducci (according to Pierre) Owner: John Anning (according to Bruce Matlack and his list of the early sails owners (BL). Year: 1970 Retrieved from Windsurfer magazine article from Matt Schweitzer
	#6 - b Rider: John Anning Year, place: 1970?, Santa Monica Retrieved from Bruce Matlack´ s post. *) Bruce: John Anning with Santa Monica Pier in background #6. The only other ohoto of him that I know about is on the original green brochure.
	#8 - a Rider: Bert Salisbury Year, place: 1969, Gorge - Columbia River Photographer: Retrieved from: originalwindsurfer.com (2016) ) "…the Gorge first board " - picture title *) Bruce Matlack: Burt Salisbury ... was the first dealer other than Hoyle's old college roommate, Seymour Beek from Newport Beach. Burt is also credited with naming the thing, WINDSURFER" after It was discovered that Sk8 ( for Skate) was taken. ... Burt was the first stocking dealer, he bought 5 more sails besides # 8 here.
	#8 – b Rider: Bert Salisbury Year,: 1970 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: Desert Aire (add), Jeffrey Henderson Archives
	#10 - a Rider: Jim Drake Year: before 1970 Photographer: ? Source: the W. I. dealers manual, posted by Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios *) Reef's points are visible very clear on this sail, check comment on #2 – a
	#10 - b Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year: 1969? Photographer: ? Source: the first Windsurfer brochure (issued 1970?)
	#10 - c Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year, place: 1969?, Marina del Rey Photographer: ? Retrieved from: „Windsurfing with Hoyle & Diane Schweitzer and friends“ - film
	#10 - d Owner: Schweitzer´s Year: 1969 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: originalwindsurfer.com (2016) ) Diane's parents Verda and George Pardue with BAJA board. Note one of the best picture of the BAJA board we have. *) according to Bruce Matlack picture is probably taken „in front of the Schweitzer’s garage, Pacific Palisades, Ca…. The first shop was out of this Schweitzer garage until neighbors complained of a business in a residential neighborhood..“
	#12 Rider: ? Year, place: 1969?, Marina del Rey Photographer: ? Retrieved from: „Windsurfing with Hoyle & Diane Schweitzer and friends“, film
	#13 - a Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer Year: 1970? (according to Bruce Matlack) Photographer: Michel Matte Source: „Twenty Years of Windsurfing“ – Windsurfing International ad published in 1989-02 Wind Surf magazíne
	#13 - b Rider: Tara Schweitzer, Year, place: 1969, Marina Del Rey Photographer: ? Retrieved from: Pierre Coupal´ s post and originalwindsurfer.com (2016)
	#13 - c Rider: ? Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Yacht magazíne 1/1972 * Retrieved from: SURF magazine 5/2007, windsurfingmuseum.eu archives *) published under the heading " Am Wind', small article with three photos on the subject On the board sailing: Technically solved?"

*) Pictures of #5, 7, 9, 11 sails are still missing… Wanted!

During our search in depths of the earliest history of our sport, it turned out that even images of «original Windsurfer*» sails with three-digit numbers (before 1972) are rare on the internet and in the documents available to us.

In August 2022, Steven Carlson donated to the Windsurfing museum Prague very rare original sail #315. It has increased our motivation in search of the earliest Windsurfer sails.

We have summarised 60 rare pictures of these very early sails. We would be grateful for any other pictures of the earliest «original Windsurfer*» from #1 to #1000. Either yours or any you come across. Please send them, including image source, description and your comments, to museum email ws1975@post.cz. Help us to save and better understand history of our sport. Thank you for your cooperation.
Enjoy and cheers,
Tom

*) Please note that by “original” here we mean a sail made in the USA, made by McKibbin, Hallmark sails, Reggie Armstong sails and/or Rick Taylor Sails, not Ten Cate (NL) or other licensed sails, produced after January 1973.

	#16 (on the left) Rider: ? Year, place: 1971, Huntington lake, Ca Photographer: Bruce Matlack Source: Bruce Matlack´ s post *) Bruce Matlack: „Sail display with first yellow boards ...”
	#19 Rider:? Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: „Windsurfing early days“ film in Calle Schmidt archive
	#22 NEW! Rider: Bruce Matlack Year, place: 1969, Santa Barbara harbor Photographer: ? Source: Bruce Matlack´ s post *) Bruce Matlack: " Bruce discovered windsurfing.... The sail learned on was #22 in 1969 in Sana Barbara, Ca. #22 (blue) was owned by early dealer Bob Peffley who lived on a houseboat in Marina 4. " By the end of 1969- 22 windsurfers were made (originalwindsurfer.com)
	#25 Rider: Bruce Matlack Year, place: March 20, 1970, Malibu Pier Photographer: ? Source: DuPont magazine, July-August, 1971. Retrieved from: Bruce Matlack´ s post *) Bruce Matlack: "... First exposure to Europe of the sport by this magazine"
	#27 Rider: John Austin Year, place: 1971? Photographer: ? Retrieved from: Bruce Matlack´ s post
	#44 Rider: John Fulton (BL) Year: 1970 Photographer: ? Source: WS Movie **
	#48 - a Rider: ? Year: 1972 Photographer: Stephen Lirakis Retrieved from: http://stephenlirakis.com Copy courtesy of Stephen Lirakis. Published with kind permission of the author. ) FIRST WINDSURFER IN FRANCE (picture title) Stephen Lirakis: " ..I returned from the 1972 Transatlantic to compete in world championships of Windsurfing held in Mission Bay. I ended up taking sail number 48 to France.."*
	#48 - b Rider: ? Year: ? Photographer: Stephen Lirakis Retrieved from: Stephen Lirakis´ s post Copy courtesy of Stephen Lirakis. Published with kind permission of the author. *) Stephen Lirakis: „.. the first baja board on the east coast …“
	#54 Owner: Donald Anderson Year: ? Photographer: Donald Anderson Retrieved from: Donald Anderson´ s post Copy courtesy of Donald Anderson. ) Donald: „My first sail I bought 2nd hand in 75“ *) Note the Hallmark sailmaker triangel logo Check logo detail above.
	#60 Rider: ? Year, place: 1970, Mission Bay, San Diego Photographer: ? Source: Neva Sullaway´ s post *) Neva Sullaway: ” ...One of the earliest competitions on Mission Bay.... Hoyle is second and I'm yellow sail 104, not sure who #60 is? .... We were trying to figure out how to sail in light winds”.
	#67 Rider: Bruce Matlack Year: 2007 – The occasion was a set up for the Windsurfing history documentary movie “Wind Legends” Place: Anna Maria, Florida Photographer: Marty Noble Source: Bruce Matlack´ s archives Bruce Matlack´s comment: … This is a Hallmark made original sail that I got on a trade in at one of my stores… The number also represents Jim Drake’s first outing on his creation in Marina Del Rey in 1967. ..I still have this sail 🙂
	#73 - a Rider: Bruce Matlack Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Bruce Matlack´ s archives
	#73 - b Rider: Bruce Matlack Year: ? Retrieved from: Bruce Matlack´ s post ) Bruce Matlack: "...my first 1970 sail, #73, white with yellow stripes, was filmed by famous surf movie producer, Bud Brown (RIP) and Popular Science Mag the same day..." Note the triangle sailmaker logo of HALLMARK.*
	#83 - a Rider: Matt Schweitzer (?) Year: 1970 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: WS Movie **
	#83 - b Rider: Diane Schweitzer and Tara Schweitzer ? according other source it is "Tara Schweitzer and friend" Year: 1971, Malibu Yacht Club Photographer: ? Retrieved from: originalwindsurfer.com (2016)
	#83 - c Rider: Diane Schweitzer Year: 1971 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: Pierre Coupal and originalwindsurfer.com (2016)
	#83 - d Rider: ? Year, place: 1971, Malibu ? Photographer: ? Retrieved from: Pierre Coupal
	#83 - e Rider: ? Year, place: ? Photographer: ? Source: DuPont magazine, July-August, 1971. Retrieved from: Bruce Matlack´ s archives
	#100 Rider: Jeff Murphy (according to others John Day) Year: 1971 Photographer: ? Retrieved from: originalwindsurfer.com (2016) ) original caption: Jeff Murphy from Minneapolis came to California for his summer vacation. This is one of earliest photos of a windsurfer crossing into the surf zone at Malibu. Outside the break, Matt Schweitzer looks on. *) Note the Hallmark sailmaker triangel logo
	#104 - a Rider: Neva Griggs Sullaway Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios
	#104 – b Rider: Neva Griggs Sullaway (?) Year: 1970 Photographer: ? Source: WS Movie **
	#107 Rider: ? Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Bruce Matlack´ s profile
	#122 (on the left) Rider: ? Year, place: 1973, San Felipe, Baja California Photographer: ? Source: Movie „Early Windsurfing - 1973 / San Francisco sailors join Windsurfer® Fleet 1 in Baja California”
	#131 Rider: Susie Swatek Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios
	#154 - a Rider: Mike Horgan (?) Year, place: 1973?, Santa Cruz Photographer: ? Source: Movie „ Early Windsurfing in Nor. Cal - 1973”
	#154 - b (yellow?) Owner: ? Year, place: 1971, Huntington lake, Ca Photographer: Bruce Matlack Source: Bruce Matlack´ s post¨ *) „Sail display with first yellow boards summer 1971... ”
	#162 Rider: Ulli Seer Year: 1977 Place: Beachcomber Island, Fiji Photographer: Rainer Deglmann-Schwarz Source: Ben Oakley archives, picture used with Uli Seer´s approval. NEW!
	#193 Rider: ? Year: 1971 Photographer: ? Source: Windsurfer add 1971-07, Windsurfer MotorBoating magazine - Pierre Coupal´ s post
	#195 - a NEW! Rider: ? Year, place: ? Photographer: ? Source: DuPont magazine, July-August, 1971. Retrieved from: Bruce Matlack´ s archives
	#195 - b Rider: Year: 1970 Photographer: ? Source: WS Movie **
	#196 Rider: Karen X. ? Year, place: 1973?, San Francisco peninsula Photographer: ? Source: Movie „Early Windsurfing in Nor. Cal - 1973” By the end of 1970 - 189 windsurfers were sold (originalwindsurfer.com) >> 211 total(?)
	#197 Rider: Diane Schweitzer Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Czech magazine VTM, 13/1973 /windsurfingmuseum.eu archives/
	#200 - a Rider: Hoyle_Schweitzer Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios
	#200 - b Rider: ? Year, place: 1973, San Felipe, Baja California Photographer: ? Source: Movie „Early Windsurfing - 1973 / San Francisco sailors join Windsurfer® Fleet 1 in Baja"
	#267 Rider: ? Year, place: 1973, San Diego, Mission Bay Photographer: ? Source: 1973-04 Sports Illustrated Retrieved from: Pierre Coupal´ s post *) „Windsurfer nationals on San Diego´ s Mission Bay“ (original picture title)
	#315 Previous owners: Merle Canfield and Steve Carlson, Kansas windsurfing pioneers: Year: 1971 Photographer: fotonavzdy.cz, 8.2022 Source: windsurfingfingmuseum.eu ) McKibbin sail Donated by Steve Carlson to the Windsurfing museum Prague in 2022. Bruce Matlack: „Don McKibbin of A Costa Mesa, Ca Loft. ... I don't recall him making Windsurfer sails very long. I believe he made Catamaran production sails as well…“*
	#325 Rider: Bruce Matlack Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Horyzonty techniky magazine (Poland), Bruce Matlack´ s archive. *) Bruce Matlack: „Here is me doing early photo shoot at Malibu pier on 325 with one of first t-shirt designs I call, "code of arms"
	#354 - a Rider: Bruce Matlack Year, place: 1971, Leeway Sailing Center, Long Beach, Ca. Photographer: Peter Gales Source: Bruce Matlack´ s profile *) Bruce Matlack: " ... #354, the 2nd sail I owned.... The photo was taken by Kodak photographer and Sailor Peter Gales at the Leeway Sailing Center, Long Beach, Ca. ... The year was 1971...... „Rick Taylor Sails (probably in Costa Mesa) made my #354“ ..... #354 was most famous for my huge Kodak Colorama photo with Alan Parducci’s oldest daughter, Cindy, on display in New York’s Grand Central Station..." Btw. Bruce still has the sail…
	#354 Rider: Bruce Matlack Year, place: 1971 (!), Seal Beach (?) Photographer: ? Source: Sunset magazine ) the same picture on the mauiglorydays.com blog is dated 1970, wich is NOT correct. ) Bruce Matlack himself has written us: " .. I have on the first Windsurfer t-shirt from spring 1971, so 1971 has to be the year there"*
	#411 Rider: Dan Cohen? Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Dan Cohen´ s post
	#460 Rider: ? Year, Place: ? Photographer: ? Source: "Windsurf, nieuw product van Nijverdal-ten Cate, DE TIJD - Ten Cate newspaper, 29-7-1972. Source: Anne-Jelmer Drent ´s archives NEW!
	#488 Rider: Cindy Parducci Year, Place: ?, Marina Del Rey (LA) Photographer: ? Source: 'Be a winner in Windsurfing' Charles Coombs 1982

	#504 Rider: Brian Tulley ? Year, place: 1973, San Felipe, Baja California Photographer: ? Source: Movie „Early Windsurfing - 1973 / San Francisco sailors join Windsurfer® Fleet 1 in Baja California"
	#514 Rider: Allen Parducci (?) Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Movie „Jamie Budge´ s Professional Approach - Windsurfing footage at Malibu Yacht Club and interviews with Hoyle Schweitzer and Allen Parducci and Mike Ross(?)
	#530 - a NEW! Rider: Herb Ypma (AUS) Year, place: 1977, Pittwater, Australia Source: Michael Maguire ´s post
	#530 - b NEW! Rider: Herb Ypma (AUS) Year, place: 1977, Pittwater, Australia Source: Michael Maguire ´s post In 1971- 325 windsurfers were sold (originalwindsurfer.com) >> total 536 (?)
	#585 NEW! Rider: Jan Hörhammer (FIN) Year, place: circa 1976, Helsinki, Finland Photographer: Ilari Pihl Source: Kai Mäkelä ´s post   *) Kai Mäkelä: .. the sail bought from the local importer...
	#661 Rider: Calle Schmidt (D) Year: 4.1972 (sail sold) Photographer: ? Source: Calle Schmidt´ s archives Retrieved from: SURF 5/2007 in windsurfingmuseum.eu archives *) the first Windsurfer sold in Germany
	#686 Rider: ? Year, place: 1973, San Diego, Mission Bay Photographer: ? Source: 1973-04 Sports Illustrated *) „Windsurfer nationals on San Diego´ s Mission Bay“
	#696 (on the left) Rider: Glen Taylor (BL) Year, place: 1973, San Luis Reservoir, Pacheco Pass Source: Movie „Early Windsurfing in Nor. Cal - 1973”
	#699 - a Rider: Hoyle Schweitzer? Year, place: ?, Malibu Photographer: ? Source: Movie „Jamie Budge´ s Professional Approach“, Windsurfing footage at Malibu Yacht Club and interviews with Hoyle Schweitzer and Allen Parducci and Mike Ross (?)
	#700 Rider: Mike Ross (??) (according to film commentary) or Glenn Hallal (BL) Year, place: ?, Malibu Photographer: ? Source: Movie „Jamie Budge´ s Professional Approach“, Windsurfing footage at Malibu Yacht Club and interviews with Hoyle Schweitzer and Allen Parducci and Mike Ross (?)
	#720 Rider: xxx (D) Year: 1972 (sail sold) Photographer: ? Source: Calle Schmidt´ s archives Retrieved from: SURF 5/2007 in windsurfingmuseum.eu archives ) the second Windsurfer sold in Germany *) Pierre: „not a real number, doesn't count…“
	#763 Rider: xxx (D) Year: Photographer: ? Source: 1973-04 Sports Illustrated Retrieved from: Pierre Coupal´ s post *) „Windsurfer nationals on San Diego´ s Mission Bay“ ." (original picture title)
	#776 Rider: Calle Schmidt (D) Year: 1972 (sail sold) Photographer: ? Source: 50 Jahre Windsurfen, Deutsche Welle, 2017. *) the third Windsurfer sold in Germany (probably)
	#777 Rider: Jay Glazer Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios *) Bruce Matlack: „..I think both Pat Love and Jay Glazer #777 worked for Rick Taylor Sails (probably in Costa Mesa as well) …“
	#803 Rider: Calle Schmidt (D) Year: 1972 (sail sold) Photographer: ? Source: Calle Schmidt´ s archives Retrieved from: SURF 5/2007 in windsurfingmuseum.eu archives
	#818 Rider: Sean Holland (BL) Year, place: ?, Newport Beach, Mendocino Lake, Seattle Photographer: ? Source: Sunset magazine? Refrieved from: Pierre Coupal
	#822 Rider: Don Fox Year, place: 1974?, Ventura Harbour, Southern California Photographer: ? Source: Don Fox´ s post Copy courtesy of Don Fox. *) Don Fox: "..my brother still has this sail..."
	#828 Rider: ? Year: 9. 1973 Photographer: ? Source: Calle Schmidt´ s archives Retrieved from: SURF 5/2007 in windsurfingmuseum.eu archives *) 1st European Championships in Sylt, Germany
	#833 Rider: ? Year: 1972 Photographer: Stephen Lirakis Retrieved from: http://stephenlirakis.com/?cat=240 Copy courtesy of Stephen Lirakis. Published with kind permission of the author.
	#927 - a NEW! Rider: Ilari Pihl (FIN) Year, place: after 1972?, Finland Photo by Riitta Pihl Provided by Kai Mäkelä from Ilari Pihl home archives   *) Kai Mäkelä: .. sail imported from the US August 1972..
	#927 - b NEW! Rider: Ilari Pihl (FIN) Year, place: circa 1974, Finland Photo by Riitta Pihl Provided by Kai Mäkelä from Ilari Pihl home archives *) Kai Mäkelä: .. the whole set and sail imported from the US August 1972..
	#930 - a Rider: Calle Schmidt (D) Year: ? Photographer: ? Source: Windsurfing Intl. poster, Cor Benjamine´ s archive
	#930 - aa Rider: Calle Schmidt (D) Year: 1972? Photographer: ? Source: Windsurfing News 9/72 (WI newsletter) Bruce Matlack´ s archive
	#931 - a NEW! Rider: Ilari Pihl (FIN) Year, place: after 1972?, Finland Photographer: ? Provided by Kai Mäkelä from Ilari Pihl home archives *) Kai Mäkelä: .. the whole set and sail imported from the US August 1972.. .
	#931 - b NEW! Owner: Ilari Pihl (FIN) Year, place: circa 1974, Finland Photographer: Ilari Pihl Provided by Kai Mäkelä from Ilari Pihl home archives *) Kai Mäkelä: .. the whole set and sail imported from the US August 1972..
	#977 Rider: Doug Halsey (BL) Year, place: ?, Bahia de Santa Maria Photographer: ? Source: Second day (?) article, David Troup´ s post
	#1000 - a Rider: Diane Schweitzer Year: 1972 Photographer: Stephen Lirakis Retrieved from: http://stephenlirakis.com Copy courtesy of Stephen Lirakis. Published with kind permission of the author. ) Bruce Matlack: "That sail 1000 belonged to Windsurfer Company, most famously used in the 1973 Nationals/Worlds by Diane Schweitzer and Rod Woods, their International Sales Mgr. .... He was at the event. The sail was a bit ahead in numerical order* - From my memory and the colors were strikingly custom/different for promotion I guess. It became a company loaner sail that everyone wanted to be seen on.."
	#1000 - b Rider: Bruce Matlack Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page, https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios
	#1027 Rider: Gary Seaman Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page, https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios
	#1029 Rider: Alan Parducci Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios
	#1111 Rider: Pat Love Year: 1972 - 1973 Photographer: Nan Herbeck Retrieved from: Wind Wizard Studios - Carla Laney and Bruce Matlack´ s page https://www.facebook.com/WindWizardStudios
	#1126 Starring: Diane and Hoyle Schweitzer Year: 197x Photographer: ? Retrieved from: originalwindsurfer.com (2016) In 1972 - 574 windsurfers were sold (originalwindsurfer.com) >> total 1 110 (?)

**Bruce´ s List** (BL) This is how the unique list of Early Windsurfer sails numbers and owners from Bruce Matlack (dated 1986) looks. Details coming soon!

** „WS Movie“ – these screenshost are from a very rare movie from windsurfingmuseum.eu archives. We are investigating further details and conditions of copyright ownership for possible publication.

P.S. Here you can browse through both galleries – without the picture descriptions…

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