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  • How To: Upwind 360
    A fun trick to practice in both planing and nonplaning conditions, the upwind 360 is one of the most basic freestyle moves around, but it teaches sail handling for more advanced moves like the flaka. photos: Erik Aeder Step 1: CARVE UPWIND Initiate by oversheeting and carving hard into the wind, with most of your weight in the rig and on your front foot, bringing the nose through dead upwind...
    2011-03-24 09:58:42 | 14896 views | 8 Comments
  • How To Windsurf: Uphauling and Basic Position
    Take your first steps to learning how to windsurf. In this windsurfing how to, learn how to get up on the board and get the sail out of the water.
    2010-08-24 16:42:14 | 4816 views | 4 Comments
  • Teach Your Kids How To Windsurf
    If your kids can swim, then they’re ready to start windsurfing! In this windsurfing how to, learn some tips to teach your kids how to windsurf quickly and easily.
    2010-08-24 16:34:15 | 2762 views | 1 Comments
  • How To: Make It Work No Matter What The Wind Does
    Stan LeCain doesn’t live in a wave mecca, nor a place known for reliable winds. Yet he manages to get enough time on the water near his Panama City, Florida, home that all of his sailing buddies are jealous...
    2010-04-22 13:03:42 | 3815 views | 7 Comments
  • How to Fix A Fin The Right Way
    In this windsurfing how to, learn how to fix a windsurfing fin the right way. Your first step: Put down that sandpaper.
    2010-04-08 11:23:42 | 4159 views | 8 Comments
  • Flashbacks: The Rail Ride
    Once you've learned the basics of windsurfing, a forward rail ride is an impressive retro trick that makes the most of modern longboards. Your Kona isn't just for light-wind cruising!
    2010-03-12 14:16:31 | 1470 views | 5 Comments
  • Kevin Pritchard’s 5 Tips for Sailing Faster
    Feeling the need to pour on the speed? Check out this video introducing the 2010 Gaastra Vapor for some inspiration. In 2010 the Vapor features an inset clew for shorter boom length and a locked-in COE, and a fuller profile combined with a narrower head for tons of grunt with plenty of top-speed control...
    2010-02-25 15:27:13 | 4280 views | 8 Comments
  • 6 Tips For Going Faster
    Feel like you’re getting left behind while everyone else speeds along? In this windsurfing how to, we'll share some tips to help you catch up — and then blast ahead of the pack. 1. Sheet in Your Sail ...
    2010-01-28 10:39:59 | 5071 views | 2 Comments
  • Fun Facts
    photo: courtesy North Take Two Not only can you windsurf with your friends, you can do it on the same board — tandem boards, like tandem bicycles, take two people for one ride. It's a great way for a less experienced sailor to experience the thrills of windsurfing...
    2008-06-25 14:00:00 | 1302 views | 1 Comments
  • Taking Off
    Get the basics and your opportunities are endless. Windsurfing is as easy or as challenging as you want - check out where it can take you. photo: courtesy JP/NeilPryde FREE RIDE Simple. Fun. Safe. On a basic level, everyone's a free-rider - because free-riders are sailing for the simple fun of being on a windsurfer...
    2008-06-25 14:00:00 | 2237 views | 0 Comments
  • What You'll Learn First
    UPHAULING AND BASIC POSITION 1) Maneuver the board so that it is positioned perpendicular to the wind. 2) Climb on with your hands and knees. Place a foot on each side of the mast base. 3) Grab the uphaul rope...
    2008-06-25 14:00:00 | 2780 views | 4 Comments
  • 5 Ways to Hook Your Kids Fast
    photo: courtesy Starboard Not long ago, Mom and Dad would windsurf while the kids stayed on the beach. Today, that's changed. Sailors as young as 4 years old can hit the water thanks to lightweight, scaled-to-fi t kids gear...
    2008-06-25 14:00:00 | 1291 views | 0 Comments
  • 3 Steps to Get You Sailing
    photo: Sandie Allen Step One: TAKE A LESSON Only a certified instructor can help you use an invisible force like the wind, or teach you how to maneuver a board and sail that can rotate 360 degrees independently of one another...
    2008-06-24 14:00:00 | 1639 views | 0 Comments
  • Know Your Stuff
    photo: courtesy JP Know what's what - and get a head start on your first lesson. SAIL Provides the power that gets you moving. You'll start off with a small one that's easy to control - and learn to use larger ones that pack a bigger punch...
    2008-06-24 14:00:00 | 1137 views | 0 Comments
  • Why Windsurf?
    photo: courtesy Mistral THE FUN You glide effortlessly along the open water, with no noisy engine and no limits to where you can explore or the skills you can learn. From cruising across a lake to jumping ocean waves, windsurfing's fun is endless...
    2008-06-20 14:00:00 | 1132 views | 0 Comments
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