You know where it is suppose to be but the marker (buoy) has been removed because soon there will be ice. Baltic sea. And the Law of Murphy helps you along, finding exactly that one rock just below the surface. It was an expensive last session. My Z-fins 32 SL S- destroyed. Already ordered a new one. Take care of your fins people!

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I'm cleaning out the basement and before I chuck it in the garbage, I figured I'd check here. I have 20+ year old windsurf equipment. The board is (badly) homemade, looks terrible, I doubt any one would be interested. I also have the mast and boom, and 2 sails. One is custom made. These all all in 90s colours 😂. Stuff is from Holland, but I'm now in Canada. Might post some pics if there is real interest, but I doubt it.

Hey everyone! I own an 180-230, normal tail, monocoque aluminum boom in great condition that I would like to use with a 8.6 free race sail that I recently got used. The sail requires a 230 boom.

Since it also requires a taller mast than what I already own though, I would like to avoid obtaining a new boom as well in order to use it, at least for now.

I don't really care about performance drops, the sail is already a huge upgrade.

How much harm will this do? How much difference would a bigger boom with wide tail?

Thank you.

I'm planning on spending September in Vassiliki, but that pretty much closes down at the end of the month (unless anyone knows if Nefeli stays open?) Does anyone know where in Greece might have kit rental in October/November? Cheers!

I know the wind will be unreliable and storms happen, but the weather is still infinitely better than the UK and I quite like waiting for the wind in the sunshine.

Exciting news from Lüderitz: Ok, two boys managed 50+ knots but mainly it is Jenna Gibson that seems to have taken over the reign as Fastest Female Windsurfer with a 47.41knots! Heidi Ulrich might have been dethroned!

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Can someone explain to me the hype about the Windsurfer LT bord? What advantage does the ultra-lenght have over just a high volume much shorter wideboard or even a dedicated lightwind shortboard i.e. JP superlight wind? Someone said they make for a much better touring board where you can "abuse" the board as a SUP when you need to or use the board as a sailing vessel when you need to but also still plane when you can which means you can do daytrips around islands/coasts etc. But why can't you do the same thing with a high volume wide-shortboad?

And what is it with the vintage-looking sails? Are those just for show or do they have a different sailing characteristic to the modern sails?

Also.... no footstraps?

Edit:

So seems in summary the very long and relatively narrow shape allows for fast/fun cruising even at sub-planing speeds whereas a beginner/lightwind shortboard is very sluggish when not planning. So that makes the LT more suitable for windsurf touring where wind may be very variable and luls will have to be pushed through while in the middle of the water. Can also take extra weight/backpack with you and your dog due to the extremely high volume even compared to beginner wideboard standards. And boomers get nostalgia from riding that board.

Bit of a weird question but I broke one of my sails this season and am currently in the process of storing my gear over the winter and thought instead of throwing the sail away I will cut out a piece and make some sort of art with it, like framing one little piece or maybe a collage of some sort. So therefor my question. I am thinking of the label with the info of the sail underneath the lowest batten? Interested in what the community says. Its gonna be a long winter here and currently don‘t know how I will survive without sailing… Btw its a severne s-1 5.2 around 2022 i think

Essentially I am doing a project where I have to find problems and propose and design a product to fix them.

Windsurf Storage - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rcqnWhV_6EG-iqF8HE93kLMl_9PHuAROjAR3s7Cg5NZUNDc4WTlBMVJOSjRBVlJSQ0hJSjNUMktSMy4u

Windsurf Racing - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rcqnWhV_6EG-iqF8HE93kLMl_9PHuAROjAR3s7Cg5NZUMUVVQlBBMDM5OTlTNDE2MlhPNUFVNERVNy4u

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Many thanks in advance and worm regards

I couldn’t even zip up the wetsuit all the way that was issued to me . I didn’t think I would be so awful windsurfing, even though it was my first time.

Could this cause balance issues? I will have my own properly fitted wetsuit next lesson!

Anybody sail the Columbia near Vantage? I live in north Idaho and while LPO is a blast to sail, it’s just not consistent enough. Vantage is a doable day trip. Long day. So I’d like to check it out next season if people even sail there. Cheers.

Well this just might be my last session of the year. I've had better stats but alas this just might be it. See you on the flip side.

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I need to buy new footstraps and am looking at these ion footstraps: https://www.ion-products.com/de/products/ion-footstrap-2021-48210-7081?refinements%5Bsports.value%5D%5B0%5D=Windsurfing&variant=48541423534404

What bugs me is that it states on the site that these footstraps have an adjustable safety opening. However I can't find anything about it. It isn't explained anywhere on the website. Also couldn't find a video or anything about how the safety openings work. Can anyone tell me more about it or tell me which footstraps to get instead?
While I think a safety opening is a good idea I would like to know how they implemented it and therefor decide whether it will work for me or not...

Hi I was considering buying a rdm classic extension from gunsails. I was wondering if it's any good

Hey i windsurfed with somebody else's equipment Very BRIEFLY when I was a kid and had an amazing time, want to buy some stuff. Just to be clear, I'm an ocean man

I heard Bic is incredibly durable which is a huge plus. I'm really excellent at breaking things.

I heard as a 175lb guy I was about a 190 liter board and a 5.5 square meter or so sail.

Is a bic 175 the right size?

I have no designs of buying new but I need to understand how buying new works. Do you typically buy a board and sail together as a single purchase or do manufacturers sell them separately typically? I know if you buy a board new it will come with 3 fins, a mast, and a bag.

I anticipate that experienced people will have multiple sails for the same board depending on what they're trying to do and wind conditions. But is it perfectly acceptable to just own one single sail? Is mylar the preferred sail for someone like me who's new and wants durability at a low price?

Any tips tremendously appreciated thank you

Edit: sorry obviously a daggerboard or centerboard is a must as a beginner. is a daggerboard preferable over a centerboard? I'm purely speculating from my conventional boat sailing experience years ago, but a daggerboard breaks you can just buy a new one, but centerboards either don't come out or are difficult to remove? Not sure if any of that is correct

Friend & I have been learning on a 160L Bic Nova and a 144L F2 Xantos 310. We've been wanting something for lighter wind days & just allowing friends to join & have an easy board to learn on.

This popped up: https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/spo/d/oklahoma-city-bic-techno-ii-148-liter/7796842942.html

I'm pretty interested in the 170L as a lighter wind board, but $500 seems a little steep. Thoughts? Also interested in the 148L, but not sure i feel like spending that much to get both or that much garage storage space.

Hello windsurfers, I am thinking about trying out other disciplines of windsurfing. I pretty much only do freestyle/freeride but am interested in giving wave & slalom a go. 

It seems to be the case that people are changing disciplines as they get older. Is this the case for most people? It seems like the youth gravitate towards freestyle/wave and then the “less younger people” gravitate towards wave/slalom/speed. 

Did you change discipline as you got older, do you do multiple disciplines, what’s your reason?

Living by the sea (Athens, Greece), some type of water sport is almost necessary. In my case, for many years, it was (and it is) spearfishing.

This June, I decided to try windsurfing to fix my weather problems: no wind is for spearfishing, and 4 bft+ wind is for windsurfing.

I go the usual way - to take some lessons at the local school. Huge 200l boards with 3m sail, you’re doing just one thing during an hour-long lesson. For any questions like ‘how to turn’, I had only one answer - it’s too early for now.

After going for 6 or so boring lessons, I started looking for equipment to buy. Many articles suggest renting, but in my case, rentals are on islands.

We have a market with used equipment, but the boards are mostly 70-120l in size. At the moment, I don’t find anything normal, like a 150-170l board.

JP Fun Ride 155l

After doing some quick research in local shops, I got my first brand-new JP Fun Ride 155l with a 4.2m sail at the beginning of July.

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I still remember my first impressions getting on the water - the board is alive! So I started going to the sea almost every day, learning basic stuff, such as how to turn, how to get back to the starting point, etc.

After a week or so, a guy in a local club asked me - why do you use central fin (daggerboard)? You are not a small guy.

Hm, really, why? So I removed it.

And things become complicated with the upwind sailing. It was really hard to get back to the launch spot and quite a frustrating experience.

Another time, someone looking at the huge original fin 48cm told me - it’s not the correct fin for your board and sail. I didn’t believe it initially (the manufacturer knows better!), but after some research, I decided to get a smaller one - 38cm.

Oh boy, it was like daggerboard returned! I can sail again normally upwind, get back to the launch spot, and start to enjoy the activity.

Parallel, I started to use a harness; it took my brain about a week to realize how to power/depower the sail to prevent initial catapults. When you start learning harness, remember board nose protection is a must! Do not make my mistakes. A broken nose on a shiny new board is painful to see.

By the end of July, I got a new 5.5m sail and finally understood what “committing to harness” means. I started planing normally and learning how to use footstraps. It’s an entirely new level of experience, emotions, and big catapults.

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At the end of August, I had a week booked in the Greek (European) windsurfing capital - Vassiliki, on Lefkada Island — a fantastic place with a huge number of windsurfers and a true greek island vibe.

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The day I came, I was a really good wind, and I decided to go to the water without any delays.

I entered, got into foot straps immediately, and ran full throttle through hundreds of other windsurfers on the water for the next few kilometers. It was one of the best experiences to plane for so long with constant wind! At the end of the track, I just stopped and rested on the board to get my breath back. That day, I made my 22 knots for the first time.

The next two days, I was in the water for all hours that the wind was. The sad story is that I finished earlier than I expected. On the third day, as per usual, trying to go faster and faster, I was catapulted out of foot straps. The result is a strong pain in my right ribs. Unable to move, to sleep normally on first days. So, I had just three days instead of a week of windsurfing.

A lesson learned - to make a proper break between sessions. When you’re tired, mistakes are coming, and with them, injuries.

I realized there that instead of going on flat water faster, I preferred to go outside for the waves. The problem is the huge 155l board that makes things difficult in such conditions.

JP Super Ride 124l

As it was the beginning of September, many shops were selling equipment, and I got a new JP Super Ride 124l. “For the next summer,” I thought because “it’s still too early”.

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When a new toy comes, of course, you want to try it. I tried a new board, and I realized I can handle it. Yes, it’s more wobbly and way more sensitive.
But one of the main differences for me was that it has, let’s say, just two positions - in foot straps and not in them.

On the big board, there are a few spots where you can stay. A smaller board has selected positions. My catapults have become rare, and the general feeling is more enjoyable.
The problem was again with going more upwind in planing conditions. The solution was to change the fin to a smaller one. Instead of the original 40cm, I installed a 36cm slalom fin, and the problem is gone.

To end with uphaul rope and get into the ‘big guys’ club, I started to learn waterstart. I struggled for about a month, and suddenly, my brain realized it was all about the proper direction of sail and board to the wind to manage the power.

Going more and more to the wavy spots, even the 124l board starts to feel quite heavy and big.
I asked a few local guys what the next step is: wave board or freestyle wave. The answer was the freestyle wave board.

JP Freestyle Wave 84l

I quickly researched the used equipment market and found JP Freestyle Wave 84l.

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The first day, I came to the spot, about 20knots of wind and waves - that's what I needed.

I made a water start, and the board immediately turned into the wind. Another try - same result. After half an hour of struggling, I managed to go somehow. On a wave board, you have to ride on the edge of a catapult, which is entirely true!

The fix was to make small finetuning - mast foot base half of a centimeter to front, footstraps again to the front. The board is changed - it is way easier to bear away from the wind and sail normally.

The one word how I can use to describe a small board is ‘light’. Extremely maneuverable, a tiny change in foot pressure is a command to turn. You can’t just stay and run the board. You have to work constantly with your hands and legs.

If we compare freeride and wave sailing, it’s like running on a sports motorcycle on a track or going hard enduro. I love Enduro!

In conclusion, I’m happy with windsurfing. It combines water, speed, and action - the best ingredients to have fun and be active.

I'm looking for a board suggestion and have been struggling to understand the difference between "freecarve" like a Fanatic Blast, and a "freeride" like a Fanatic Gecko. It seems like the thinner width of the freecarves make the boards a little more manageable at speed and make gybes a little easier to get that carve going, where freeride is just intended to be an easy platform for all flat water riding, does that sound about right?

For context, I am an 80kg sailor with both a 145L Volar and a 115 Fanatic FSW. I sail on little lakes in NY where we usually max out at 15-20kts of wind, and the water is too weedy for foils. The FSW I can sail on big days (planing in straps), but our wind typically dies out towards the evening and (when i don't have the wind to waterstart) uphauling the 6.5 to get home is rough. The Volar has been great for my recent discovery of lightwind freestyle because I can stomp around everywhere on it, and I'm using it as my beginning platform to work on carve gybes. I'm trying to decide whether the next stepping stone is a freecarve or just a smaller volar, and what literage will give me the balance of forgiving platform and performance. I typically sail a 6.5 for good days, a 5.8 for great fsw days, and a 5.3 for light wind freestyle goofballing around.

Thanks for the advice ya'll!

Hey everyone, Looking to get into windsurfing, but am on a fairly tight budget. Is this everything I would need to start, or is there something missing? Is this gear even any good? Thanks and all advice is appreciated. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/897859958453036/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post

Hey, windsurfers, help me build a windsurfing community. Retired and built this house on the water. There are vacant lots and some homes available here on Garcon Point in Milton Florida. https://youtu.be/jv9-phHQsRw?feature=shared