
Articles Tagged: windsurf board
- Since I'm always blogging about "onshore, offshore, sideshore, frontside, backside" etc., I figure I should make some pictures that illustrate what those terms actually mean in the context of riding waves with a windsurf board.
- Well, after a month or so living in Massachusetts, I finally got around to documenting a cold-water windsurfing session with my GoPro helmet camera. It was a propitious date — 10/10/10 — with beautiful, blue sky, mild fall temperatures, and a puffy west wind averaging 15 mph.
- I was going to buy a windsurf board and sail it that day. I’d never sailed something older than a decade — much less something made out of fiberglass and epoxy. This was going to be FUN.
- Find out which five windsurf boards scored highest for windsurfing beginners in WINDSURFING's 2010 Light-Air Windsurf Board Tests
- Find out which four windsurfing boards scored best overall in WINDSURFING's 2010 Light-Air Windsurf Board Tests.
- The Peconic Puffin once said something like, "You know you haven't been getting enough windsurfing action when the footstraps on your favorite board are totally dry." I totally agree. My favorite windsurf board is a 2008 Exocet Cross 106, which I typically pair with a 6...
- Find out which four windsurfing boards scored highest for speed in WINDSURFING's 2010 Light-Air Windsurf Board Tests.
- The Tabou Rocket 135 windsurf board delivers a super-smooth ride that required little input from the rider to perform — but responds well when you push it.
- The Starboard Carve 121 windsurf board is easy-peasy, sweet ’n’ simple for any sailor to use. Classic shape delivers fun for any skill level — including advanced sailors.
- The RRD FireRide 125 is a great big bump ’n’ jump windsurfing board that offers easy-to-access high-performance sailing.
- The high-wind jibing Quatro Freeride 125 was the go-to windsurfing board when the wind came up.
- The Naish Grand Prix 128 windsurf board is fast and friendly in light winds — a flat-water board many testers liked.
- The JP-Australia Super Sport 74 windsurf board is smooth and controllable on all points of sail. A great jiber. Fast!
- The Goya FXRS 130 is an early-planing windsurf board that’s incredibly beginner friendly. Lots of volume in a big package that somehow avoids feeling bulky.
- The Fanatic Falcon 133 windsurfing board is light and responsive, planes early, and goes fast — really fast.
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