Windsurfing
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The one book prospective windsurfers need for a complete introduction to this exhilarating sport, including the latest in boards, equipment, and technique. Sequenced photographs and detailed text will help beginners and intermediate windsurfers to learn the essential techniques and correct weaknesses. This is an ideal text to accompany a windsurfing course. Includes chapters on reading the weather and a listing of choice surfing destinations around the world.
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Customer Reviews
Dinesh A. Gomes Said: Comprehensive, detailed and informative ( Aug. 27th 2009 )
Hats off to the guy who wrote this.
This book serves as an excellent handbook/training manual for beginners all the way to the advanced sailor.
I consider myself to be a begginer-intermediate windsurfer - planing in the harness, starting to get into the footstraps, and some success with water starts. I wanted help with these areas as well information to get me started with planing gybes and this book covers all these in detail. Considering that there aren't a whole lotta good windsurfing books or instructional DVDs out there, I'd say this book is quite a steal for the price.
M. Lamb Said: OK, but... ( Jun. 26th 2007 )
This book provides a good overview of windsurfing but isn't a good guide for learning how to windsurf. The illustrations of the windsurfing maneuvers aren't clear and the text descriptions that accompany them are labored. If you're interested in an overview of the sport, equipment, etc. this is a good book. If you're looking for a book to teach you how to windsurf, this book may help but there are better choices.
Martin Napanga Said: Excellent for beginers - intermediate ( Mar. 18th 2007 )
This book is easy to read and has excellent pictures (most taken by the author), also has illustrations that support the explained techniques. It covers from the basics: choosing the right board and rig, carrying the equipment, uphauling and controlling the rig; to intermediate - advanced techniques: jibbing, beach-start, planning, harnessing.
I enjoyed reading this book , and it has helped me a lot to improve my windsurfing.
S. Halgrimson Said: Good Reference ( Aug. 7th 2006 )
This book has helped me with my windsurfing technique(or the lack there'of before I bought this book). I think that it is probably the next best thing next to a lesson, or ten. I would recommend it to anyone with a desire to windsurf, it helped me.
Vladimir K. Tashev Said: The book is perfect for beginners to advanced ( Sep. 25th 2005 )
This book covers all bases sections in the windsurfing, including how to choose an equipment, first steps, what you have to eat and tehnics for advanced riders as water start, jibe curve and etc.
I was very impressed of the fact that in every chapter there is a mistake review, also very useful pictures showing a particular movements are available.
In general the book is perfect beginners to advanced, but not experts.