An excellent video on the Olympic windsurfing venue

alexw · Joined: 04 May 1998 Posts: 46

Go to:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/

and click on one of the Rewind links and watch great video of the Olympic windsurfing venue.

3:25:13 long!! (Rewind link for Women's RS:X - Race 01).

Enjoy.

geohaye · Joined: 03 Apr 2000 Posts: 1437

If you are curious and want to check the wind at the Olympic windsurfing venue, the sensor that iWindsurf reports for Qingdao is quite close to the sailing center. It's not a super windy location, but anyhow, the current wind graph is here:

http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=2182&location_id=16338

And the last 7 days are here:
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=2182&location_id=16338&ISection=Last+7+Days

China_Qingdao, Shandong Province
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=2182&is_beta=true

Arrgh · Joined: 05 May 1998 Posts: 864 Location: Rio

Is there any way somebody can get this stuff over to youtube or some other venue? My ancient computer cannot install Silverlight. (I bought a new board instead.)

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

I have to agree with drcrabe, as my Motorola processor chip on my Mac Powerbook is unable to view the videos. Seemingly, only the latest Intel processor chips in Macs will work. Too bad, as I would have liked to view the video, because I don't think that there's a chance in the world that windsurfing will be depicited by NBC in prime time.

alexw · Joined: 04 May 1998 Posts: 46

I have an old computer too. Try installing Silverlight in Firefox -- It works for me (3.0 DSL), but skips a little.

weihlac · Joined: 21 Apr 2000 Posts: 12 Location: Maui

I can get this to work with internet explorer but not with firefox. You may have to try a different browser depending upon your computer and operating system.

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

I tried internet explorer a couple of times, but in trying to open the link my computer just kind of freezes up and doesn't seem capable of bringing up the NBC site. Maybe I try again later to see if I have any better luck.

south-west · Joined: 04 Mar 1999 Posts: 32

After looking at the wind graph, I really don't want to go through the trouble to install Silverlight just to watch a windsurf race in 10 mph winds.

hochuli · Joined: 13 Sep 2001 Posts: 38

fradge · Joined: 21 Nov 1993 Posts: 13 Location: Secos

If thats what Olympic windsurfing is, no wonder its not shown on TV. If I had to pump a big #$# sail for that long I would be so exhausted I'd never finish the race. You gotta give them a A for effort. But Boring!