Photo Gallery 02
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Photo Gallery
- \"For anything that rolls or slides\" reads the advertising. Terry Caccia demonstrates the least popular form of \"WindSkating\".
- Uncle Sam Sail (Colin Courtman as the Sam), July 4th., Pacific Palisades, late \'70\'s.
- Side Skating Uncle Sam, Pacific Palisades, late \'70\'s.
- Tonka the Wonder Dog masters WindSkating on his first try.
- Tonka mugs for the camera.
- Tonka masters WindSkating on his first try.
- Tonka licks his chops with relish after his first taste of WindSkating.
- Tonka\'s WindSkating has his tounge wagging.
- Tonka pants with enthusiasm over his WindSkating.
- Terry Caccia with Rolka grass skis, WindSkis across the golf course.
- Linda with \"Light Sail\" on bike path, Santa Monica.
- With lights on the sail and a slow shutter speed, Terry Caccia leaves butterfly light trails in the sky.
- Lights on sail track Terry Caccia in mid-WindDance. Santa Monica, early \'80\'s.
- Waves of light on Terry Caccia\'s WindSkate leave trails in the sky.
- Jamie Budge leaves a trail of light behind his boardsail WindSkate.
- There wasn\'t always wind (on the Seattle to San Diego WindSkate Marathon), so Terry Caccia used that other thing (gravity) by Cape Sebastion, Oregon.
- Terry Caccia makes a lonely tack south into Morro Bay. Seattle to San Diego WindSkate Marathon.
- Terry Marcellino grimmaces by Monterey celery fields en route from Seattle to San Diego.
- Seattle to San Diego WindSkate Marathon sails by Monterey Bay.
- WindSkate Marathon by Monterey Bay.
- The Seattle to San Diego WindSkate Marathon reaches home territory of Playa Del Rey (after about 1300 hundred miles and 13 days).
- Last leg south toward San Diego (a long trip by skates from Seattle).
- After 1300 miles and 13 days, the Seattle to San Diego WindSkate Marathon heads onto home turf of Playa Del Rey.
- Happy fresh faces leave Seattle by Puget Sound starting the Seattle to San Diego WindSkate Marathon.
- Seattle to San Diego WindSkate Marathon Team: Jamie Budge, Terry Marcellino, Colin Courtman, Terry Caccia.
- Terry and Terry \"enjoy\" camping roadside under WindSkate tents during the Seattle to San Diego Marathon.
- Hand Held BladeSails are easy for kids to use on skateboards.
- At Camp Rollerblade, kids learned to WindSkate in just a few minutes.
- Small fleet of first timers get the feel of WindSkating.
- Enthusiasm for WindSkating starts early.
- Easy balance and easy winds make for instant WindSkating.
- It\'s easy for kids to WindSkate with a small sail and a few minutes of practice.
- With hands on the cross-bar, the WindSkate practically teaches you how to use it.
- Hand Held BladeSails are easy to use on skateboards.
- Shooting Star body position and slow shutter speeds creates illusion of high speed. Colin Courtman was probably only going about 40 (mph).
- In high winds, \"Standard\" WindSkates distorted into the dreaded \"S\" curve along the trailing edge. Terry Caccia and Colin Courtman, Venice, CA.
- Gary DeJean leans frontside, backsail into a reefed down \"standard\" WindSkate at El Mirage.
- Jamie Budge leads a fleet of \"High Performance Roller WindSkates\" across El Mirage in the late 70\'s. Note Terry Caccia\'s wide track quads skates.
- The original \"Roller\" WindSkate late evolved into the BladeSail V, Delta and Stealth. Jamie Budge sideskates with quads at El Mirage.
- These simplistic \"standard\" WindSkates dominated the sport for many years. They were later replaced numerous generations culminating with the Basic BoardSail.
- The camera was mounted atop this \"Punk Rock Hi Performance Roller Windskate\": That later became the BladeSail with a \"V\".
- Jamie Budge totally OP in backside, backsail against the wind at El Mirage.
- Like jibing any board sail, Jamie Budge lets the sail swing around the front of the board in mid-turn.
- A regatta of standard WindSkates streams across El Mirage in the late 1970\'s. Jamie Budge leads the pack on an all terrain board prototype with step deck and 4 inch urethane wheels.
- OP BoardSail with roller skates, Jamie Budge at El Mirage. Note the mast foot by skates. There was no ball and socket cup in the 1979.
- Jamie Budge with standard WindSkate and camera mounted on the nose of an all terrain board prototype about 1977.
- Early WindSkates without cross bar wouldn\'t tack upwind. So Jamie Budge hitches a ride back upwind behind a landsailor; on a prototype all terrain board with rubber and metal wagon wheels. Vintage 1975.
- Jamie Budge discusses these \"missing link\" WindSkates with fellow surfer, John Young. Just a few of these were made before the \"standards\" became the standard.
- Terry Caccia with wide track quads in shooting star position. Note the picture of himself on his sail. Early 80\'s.
- Terry Caccia with picture of himself on his sail. El Mireage, early 80\'s.
- A heat of WindSkate slalom racer soff the starting line at El Mirage. Late \'70\'s.
- Jamie Budge exploits updraft on entrance ramp to Santa Monica parking lot. Late \'70\'s.
- Making it up as he go along . . . Jamie Budge discovers left foot forward on board, right hand forward on mast, with original WindSkate in SDC parking lot 1975.
- Original WindSkate \"attached\" to board with end of mas tset loosely in plumbing fitting.
- Folding original WindSkate made for easy cruising. But arms got tired holding poles apart during ride.
- Original WindSkate needed no window. It was all a window.
- Arms got tired holding poles apart on original WindSkate. A cross-bar between the two poles was added later.
- Jamie Budge models his invention for the first time, SDC parking lot, 1974.
- Jamie Budge discovers the power of the wind on the skate for the first time, SDC parking lot, 1974.
- This shot later became illustrated into the WindSkate logo.
- Jamie Budge discovers standard trim left with original WindSkate.
- Jamie Budge rolls up some colorful plastic (but not very durable) missing link WindSkates. Vintage 1974.
- Jamie Budge with the original \"Standard\" WindSkate (sans cross-bar) tacks slowly across extremely soft Superior Dry Lake Bed on a standard skateboard.
- Jamie Budge with rolled and folded standard WindSkate.
- Hard frontside, backsail against the wind. Jamie Budge, Santa Monica parking lot.
- Frontside, backsail tack: Jamie Budge leans in hard to counterbalance the wind blowing from the other side of the sail.
- Greg Bradford temporarily defies gravity in the seventies.
- Early uncrowded days at El MIrage in the seventies with \"standard\" WindSkates.
- An early \"Shooting Star\", Terry Caccia hikes out against a \"standard\" WindSkate at El Mirage.
- Terry Caccia takes the \"standard\" WindSkate for a rollerskate ride down the Santa Monica bike path.
- Reaching for the sky, Terry Caccia at Playa del Rey, CA.
- In this 1st. of 5 shot sequence, Steve Zaleznick takes to the air at Ski Sunrise, CA.
- In this 2nd. of 5 shot sequence, Steve Zaleznick takes control with second cross bar for extended flight. Ski Sunrise, CA.
- Steve Zaleznick in full flight at Ski Sunrise, CA. 3rd. shot of 5.
- Steve Zaleznick feels the lift of his WindSkate in glider position as he flys down the slope at Ski Sunrise. 4th. of 5 shot sequence.
- Touchdown some 50 feet from take off. Steve Zaleznick in 5th. of 5 shots. Ski Sunrise, CA.
- Like a Hang Glider, this wing design got lots of air.
Steve Zaleznick, Mammoth, CA.
- Airborne . . . Steve Zaleznick catches some.
- Steve Zaleznick takes to the skys on skis above Mammoth Meadows.
- With double cross-bar and elbow bars, Steve Zaleznick has full control in the skys above Mammoth Meadows.
- WindSkate air, Chris Morris at El Mirage.
- Chris Morris get \"fly-swatted\" by back wind at El Mirage.
- Touchdown after air, Chris Morris, El Mirage.
- Chris Morris attains WindSkate air at El Mirage.
- Terry Caccia catches early air, coincidently at Playa Del Rey, CA the birthplace of hanggliding. The second cross bar stablizes the WindSkate fore and aft in the air.
- Surrealistic flash fill as Terry Caccia launches into early air at Playa del Rey.
- Terry Caccia touches down with his wide track quads under the flight path at LAX. He was able to avoid other incoming aircraft.
- Early sponsors displayed their logos on this short flight at Playa del Ray.
- Nora Lee breezes in a rare offshore wind on the bike path in Santa Monica.
- Nora Lee latches onto a strong seabreeze in Santa Monica.
- Starlet Express rounds the \"mogul\" field at El Mirage.
- Suzanne Maxx leads the Starlet Express at El Mirage.
- Suzanne Maxx shows the joy of WindSkating El Mirage (when it\'s 110 degrees).
- Starlet Express at El Mirage.
- Suaznne Maxx ahead of the Starlet Express at El Mirage, early \'80\'s.
- Girl regatta . . . Suzanne Maxx and Starlet Express skate team. El Mirage, \'88.
- Budji Williams and Terry Marcellino show off in disco lights and punk rock \"puss print\" outfits. Santa Monica Pier, 1979.
- Jenna roller WindSkates during fashion shoot.
- Nora Lee with a early rendition of the BladeSail with a shallow \"V\".
- Jenna poses during WindSkate fashion shoot.
- Jenna wasn\'t advertising Levi\'s. WindSkate fashion shoot.
- Nora Lee backsails stylishly in Patagonia portion of fashion shoot.
- Nora Lee, leading lady WindSkater of her time (early \'80\'s, sets a fast tack across El Mirage.
- With WindSkate over head, Nora Lee powers into an upwind tack. Fashion shoot at El Mirage.
- Michelle at WindSkate fashion shoot, Playa del Rey.
- Toni glamorizes the \"Standard\" WindSkate of the \'70\'s.
- Starlet Express in choregraphed WindDance at El Mirage. Early \'80\'s.
- Nore Lee puts her best foot forward during WindSkate fashion shoot. Early \'80\'s at El Mirage.
- Nora Lee in casual roller tack at El Mirage.
- Nora Lee shows off her Sassafras in this WindSkate fashion shoot in the early \'80\'s.
- Nora Lee promotes a host of WindSkate sponsors on the Santa Monica bike path in the early \'80\'s.
- Nora Lee shows the results of her daily WindSkate Workout at Santa Monica beach parking lot.
- Eric Evans leads Sandy Wiener and fleet across the wintery expanses of El MIrage.
- Keith Sherins leads the group in this cover shot for Inline Magazine. Late \'90\'s.
- The group assembles with 6 ft. V 4 WindSkates at the North end of El Mirage for a high speed run in 30 mph winds.
- Bob MeKeegan blurs thru an open patch in \"mogul\" fields at El Mirage, Winter WindSkate.
- Bob McKeegan at the perfect location for an Outback Board, leans into an upwind turn at El Mirage.
- Eric Evans with an 8ft. V4 (cut to the window) to stabilze the gusty 30 mph winds. El MIrage, Winter 2001.
- Harel and Dylan find an easy pace in the high winds.
- By sunset, the winds had dropped (to about 25 mph). Bob McKeegan blurs thru the mogul field on Outback all terrain board. El Mirage 2002.
- Small sails throw big shadows across El Mirage in the late afternoon of a winter WindSkate.
- Regatta west in high winds, El Mirage 2002.
- No bikinis today. Bettina Bernoth outfitted for moonwalk to handle minus freezing wind chill at El Mirage.
- Bettina uses 7 ft. \"V3\" (V cut almost all the way to the window) to control the 30 mph, gusting winds
- Eric Evans bundled up and spilling wind from his sail in a 30 degree, 30 mph plus gust. El Mirage, Winter 2001.
- Harel Simon uses a 6 ft. \"V4\" to race ahead of Dylan the dog in 30 mph winds. Winter WindSkate, El Mirage, 2002.
- Jerome Williams smiles thru 30 mph winds and 30 degree weather. El Mirage, winter 2002.
- An easy downwind reach in between 35 mph gusts at El Mirage.
- Dodging sagebrush \"moguls\", a regatta returns from the West end of El Mirage, Winter WindSkate 2002.
- Tiny WindSkates dot wide open spaces. Perfect with deep V cuts for 35 mph winds. El Mirage, winter 2002.
- Eric Evans leads Sandy Wiener and fleet across the wintery expanses of El MIrage.
- Terry Caccia maintains his original WindSkate \"side-surfing\" form in 30 mph winter winds at El Mirage.
- Terry Caccia explores the expanses of Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Tom Brunner WindSkate, snowboard sails the thinning snows of Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Tom Brunner WindSkis across Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe with Ball & Socket on one ski.
- Jamie Budge hand-holds Stars & Stripes Monarch BoardSail on snowboard at Mt Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Jamie Budge with Stars & Stripes Monarch BoardSail attached to snowboard with ball & socket cup.
- Hiked out snowboard sailing with Stars & Stripes BoardSail. Jamie Budge, Mt. Rose Meadows.
- Jamie Budge powers across Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe on snowboard.
- Prototype Ball and Socket Cup on snowboard.
- Ball in Socket Cup on snowboard.
- Snowboard tracks help WindSkiers in soft snow at Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Jamie Budge starts to lean into the force of the wind in the sail. Snowboard Sailing at Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Without enough wind to \"water start\" out of the snow, Jamie Budge takes a back flop. Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Tom Brunner in body torque position, with left foot forward on board, right hand forward on WindSkate.
Snowboard sailing at Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Jamie Budge in a first experience WindSkiing Mammoth Meadows.
- WindSkiing take flight. Mammoth Lakes, CA.
- WindSki takes flight by falls at Mammoth Lakes, CA.
- Steve Zalesnic bends over backwards in this early WindSki flight at Mammoth Lakes. Early 80\'s.
- Wing design doing what is was designed for. . . Flying. Steve Zaleznick, Mammoth, CA.
- Wind powered downhill above Mammoth Lakes. Jamie Budge
- No chair lifts here . . . wind power makes any snow a ski resort. Jamie Budge and Steve Zaleznick above Mammoth Lakes.
- Powder Magazine said, \"WindSkates get air . . . lots of air\". Steve Zaleznick above Mammoth Lakes.
- Touchdown for Steve Zaleznick above Mammoth Lakes.
- Terry Caccia leads Keith Sherins across Mammoth Meadows.
- Keith Sherins follows Terry Caccia, WindSkiing across Mammoth Meadows.
- Terry Caccis uses second cross-bar for more leverage at Mammoth Meadows.
- Jamie Budge with Xprt boardsail mounted ball and socket cup on bar bridging skis. Mammoth Meadows, CA.
- Jamie Budge is happy with Xprt boardsail on skis.
- Jamie Budge with Xprt boardsail on skis. Mammoth Meadows, CA.
- Keith Sherins WindSkis Mammoth Meadows.
- Cross headwind supplies plenty of lift for Jeff Weinke above Mammoth Meadows in the 1st. of 3 shot sequence.
- Real Air, as Jeff Weinke rides that cross headwind above Mammoth Meadows. #2 of 3 shots.
- Jeff Weinke elbows in to double cross bar for added control as he soars out over Mammoth Meadows.
- Jeff Weinke WindSkis across snowbank Mammoth Meadows golf course.
- Jeff Weinke attempts to clear Jamie Budge\'s snow packed van. Mammoth Meadows.
- Weinke clears van to land in slop.
- Weinke with WindSki.
- Terry Caccia shows they\'re short for skis (but long for a rollerskater). Mr. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- Years of WindSkating give Terry Caccia perfect trim on skis. Mt. Rose Meadows, Tahoe.
- The regatta heads south along the rugged seascape of Oregon.
- A small regatta finds Magic Hour on the beach in Oregon.
- Terry Caccia\'s all terrain Quad skates plow thru axle deep water along the beach in Santa Monica.
- Terry Caccia with all terrain Quads and a 4.5 meter Stealth Delta skims the minus low tidal zones of Santa Monica in a 20 mile per hour wind..
- Kevin Trejo leans into an all terrain BoardSail duck jibe, twilight time: El Mirage.
- Chasing the other WindSkater at El Mirage.
- Jamie Budge un-plugs the ball from the socket cup and hand-holds a BoardSail. Board mounted camera is fired by Jamie\'s foot.
- Hiked out and tacking into the sun, El Mirage.
- Hand-Holding a BoardSail up the beach in Oregon, Cape Sebastion.
- Hiked out up the beach in Oregon.
- Skirting the tidal zones, Cape Sebastion, Oregon.
- Ankle deep in soft sand, an early all terrain board wheels on.
- Exiting the \"moguls\" at El Mirage.
- Hand Holding a BoardSail, Jamie Budge leads all terrain WindSkaters, Ray Kerns and Terry Caccia over some sage brush moguls.
- Rollerblade Coyotes are the answer for BladeSailing on rough roads.
- All Terrain WindSkating on the rough roads of El Mirage.
- Terry Caccia with ultimate all terrain skates, WindSkating the soft sands of Santa Monica.
- Soft Sand Sailing, Terry Caccia WindSkates across the dry sands of the Santa Monica beach.
- Optimum speed on crusty sand hills, WindSkating the beaches of Santa Monica.
- When there\'s too many cars in the lot: the ultimate get away across the beachs of Santa Monica.
- Skirting the Santa Monica Pier, Ankle deep.
- Wet or Dry, these Skates sail on sand. Terry Caccia
- Johannes Fisslingerexplores the badlands of El Mirage with Rollerblade Coyotes.
- The camera atop a WindSkate mast shows the vast expanse of El Mirage dry lake bed. Jamie with camera and Terry with all terrain skates.
- Jamie Budge fires mast mount camera across the expanses of El Mirage.
- Brad Nelson power slides into a jibe at Cape Sebastion, Oregon.
- Grey Marshall in easy backsail cruise down the tidal zone in Oregon.
- Terry Caccia and Ray Kerns lead a soft sand regatta down the dunes of Oregon Dunes State Park.
- Terry Caccia with custom crafted \"Solar Sail\" leads Ray Kerns down the Oregon Dunes.
- Wipe outs are easy (and often) on soft sand. Grey Marshall, Oregon Dunes State Park.
- Grey Marshall soft sand sails Oregon Dunes State Park with all terrain board and sail.
- Ankle deep in dust, Terry Caccia and Ray Kerns, 30 mile per hour winds at Cape Sebaston, Oregon.
- Ray Kerns checks his water level before venturing further.
- A regatta of \"standard\" WindSkates in the early days at El Mirage.
- Pete Baldwin in \"body torque\" position with Xprt Delux boardsail at El Mirage.
- Time lapse photography and bulbs on the sail create light trails in the sky.
- Jamie Budge carves a wind-powered 360 with boardsail, lights and time lapse photography.
- Jamie Budge leans into a hard backside, backsail tack against the strong El Mirage winds blowing from the other side of the sail. Early 80\'s.
- Jamie Budge cruises backsail on a prototype of the Monarch Pro Series boardsail. El Mirage, early 80\'s.
- All decked out in Patagonia, Jamie Budge \"poses\" for a fashion shot (at 20 miles per hour).
- Jamie Budge experiments with hand-holding a boardsail. This led to a whole array of part boardsail, part bladesail maneuvers.
- Jamie Budge discovers by unplugging the mast from the socket cup, he can easily tack upwind without loosing speed.
- Jamie Budge in body torque position: left foot forward on board, right hand forward on WindSkate. With this technique, the rider never has to change foot position on board.
- Alonzo Galloway hand-holds a Monarch boardsail down the Santa Monica bike path.
- Poster and calendar shot, 1978. Jamie Budge, El Mirage.
- Brad Nelson cruises backstyle against the El Mirage sunset.
- Decked out in OP, Jamie Budge leans backside backsail against the wind on the Mojave salt flats.
- Backside, backsail . . . Jamie Budge leans against the wind on the Mojave salt flats.
- Backside backsail on an early \"all terrain board\" with step deck and 4 inch urethane wheels.
- Leaning against the wind, frontside backsail at El Mirage.
- Backside Backsail in the 70\'s. Santa Monica
- A regatta of WindSkaters heads south along Highway 1 in Oregon.
- Jamie Budge with skate mount camera leads Naoko Fleischer and Keith Sherins down the Santa Monica bike path.
- Penetrating the mogul fields at El Mirage dry lake bed.
- Chris Morris in surreal twilight at El Mirage.
- Pat Parnell leaves dust trails across the expanses of El Mirage dry lake bed.
- Just a blur of color against the full moon, this pair of WindSkaters skirts the starting flag.
- Threesome by moonlight at El Mirage.
- Skirting the starting flags at El Mirage.
- Keith Sherins opens up toward finish flags at speed trials.
- Keith leads Terry in long term speed rivalr across the Mojave salt flats..
- Terry Caccia, casual \"side skate\" (heel to heel) on an easy afternoon at El Mirage.
- Terry Caccia slides in for a landing gliding his WindSkate at his side.
- Naoko leads a uniform line of WindSkaters on a casual day at El Mirage.
- Neck to Neck, Keith and Terry in Speed Trials at Mojave salt flats.
- Naoko Fleisher shows Women\'s Championship form on the Mojave salt flats.
- Johannes Fisslinger samples the shiny Stealth Delta on the Playa del Rey bike path.
- Late afternoon run in the South Lot. Johannes and Bettina.
- Johannes and Bettina Fisslinger, Delta and BladeSail V in Santa Monica.
- BladeSailor against a Crimson Sunset at El Mirage.
- Bettina Bernoth in perfect WindSkate form up the bike path in Playa del Rey, CA.
- Bettina happy and trashy in Playa del Rey, CA.
- Casual cruising Mojave salt flats.
- Tim Stokes sets course for high speeds across Mojave salt flats.
- Action Jackson shows individual style at El Mirage.
- Happy WindSkater Bettina Bernoth cuts loose across El Mirage dry lake bed.
- Jamie Budge with mast mount camera leads a BladeSail regatta down the bike path in Santa Monica.
- Dayglow Deltas stand out in twilight WindSkate. Keith, Terry and Scott, El Mirage in the late \'90\'s.
- A regatta of WindSkaters heads south along Highway 1 in Oregon.
- A flock of WindSkates (and seagulls) dominate the Playa del Rey bike path.
- Regatta of WindSkates heads south on the bike path in Playa del Rey.
- A fleet of \"standard\" WindSkates takes over a Santa Monica parking lot in the late \'70\'s.
- A fleet of standard WindSkates sail easily downwind at El Mirage. Late \'70\'s.
- Group portrait with standard WindSkates. El Mirage, late \'70\'s.
- WindSkate regatta takes aim on unpopular photographer. El Mirage, late \'70\'s.
- The heavy burden of fame, Jamie Budge with weather crew. Santa Monica, late \'70\'s.
- Multi colors on the Playa del Rey bike path in late \'70\'s.
- This phone number from the \'70\'s probably won\'t work in the new millinium of WindSkating.
- Regatta across the north shore of El Mirage.
- West view across sagebrush \"mogul\" fields.
- Terry Caccia slides in for a landing gliding his WindSkate at his side.
- Jamie Budge with mast mount camera leads a BladeSail regatta down the bike path in Santa Monica.
- Regatta of WindSkates heads south on the bike path in Playa del Rey.
- A group of WindSkaters sails the boundry of El Mirage at sunset, 1988.
- WindSkating from on high, Guinness races 1988.
- Girl regatta . . . Suzanne Maxx and Starlet Express skate team. El Mirage, \'88.
