Question: Windsurfing help please?
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you have to stay ballenced and hold on tight:) btw look at googleAnswer #2:
First, learn how to windsurf. Most schools will have used boards and gear to sell. You will start with a wide board and a small sail. Soon you will want a narrow board and a big sail! You need good shoes and a well fitting PFD. Water goggles may be needed as well as special clothing. How are you planning to transport the board?Answer #3:
Before you go windsurfing, you should know that the equipments that you use will be determinant to your safety and expertise. This is the more reason why you should never pay for old equipments. It is true that you may be working on a tight budget and most of these used equipments will be sold for as cheap as you will not imagine. But if you consider the overall importance of this sport and you think about the number of years you may spend into it, it is advisable that you pay for totally new equipments.Making a Choice on Which Instrument to Use
If you have to pay for anything in the name of windsurfing equipment, make sure that your first lessons teach you about the significance of this instrument. Keep in mind that it is easy to learn and progress with something good. On the other hand, you run the risk of forgetting all what you know about windsurfing if your use the wrong equipments. Remember that you will also have to make use of the board meant for learners. These have been made in a manner which leaves you able to learn something reasonable.
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Using the right equipment for learning is key. If you have money, a new beginner board, very wide and stable will make life easier. But most of old timers learned with longboards and had fun while doing it. The key is that you have to be very careful while buying old equipment. Personally, my choice would be a Mistral longboard such as Pan Am, One Design or Equipe (all of them very similar, all have daggerboards) or a Fanatic 380 or UltraCat. These are really racing boards, excellent boards at their time (around 1990), used to cost around $1K and now you can get for a small fraction. If somebody sells the original complete rig, you just want the BOARD, likely, if they never upgraded, the sail, boom and mast would be too old and superceeded, although they may work for your first times. As far as the board, these are still good and would work great with newer sails, 2000 or newer. Their length and the fact that they have a daggerboard make them pretty stable too. Main inconvenience is that they are bulky, although as heavy as newer beginner boards (i.e. Starboard Start). Once you learn, these longboards are still of value if you like crousing on light wind days or racing. They can also handle high winds, although if you stick with windsurf you will likely then get a shorter, more modern board once you can use a harness and straps. At that point you can keep it for light wind days, or sell it without loosing much, likely somebody will pay you something similar to what you did. Lessons? Great if you have the money, I never took a lesson and most of my friend did not either, just make sure you have somebody that can give you good tips, then practice and commitment are what matters most. So, you need board, 4.60m mast, 5.0 sail, clamp on boom, mast base/extension, flotation device and (maybe) lake shoes. If water is cold, a wetsuit. Choose a safe location to learn, inland lake with onshore wind 8 to 12 mph and a small sail (around 5.0 m2). SEE WHERE THE LOCAL WINDSURFER GO and go there and get advise. Email me if you want help on an old board, there is a lot of junk out there that you do not want to buy.** Powered by Yahoo Answers