Windsurfing requires minimal wind, as long as you can feel some wind on your skin. A wind speed of 5 miles per hour (8 kph) is sufficient for basic windsurfing, much less than for kiteboarding. Intermediate to advanced windsurfers should aim for a wind speed of 3-to-5 miles per hour. As you get better, you will be able to handle more wind and seek out windy conditions for the thrilling ride they provide.
When choosing your first windsurf board, consider factors such as its volume, length and width, and the type of board. Windsurfing sails start at around 350 and can go up to 1,500 or more for bigger and more specialized sails. A boom and a mast each start at around 250 and can cost as much as $1000. On average, a windsurfer can plan in the 10-16-knot wind speed range.
For lighter equipment, such as a short board and small sail, the wind speed requirement for windsurfing starts at around 5 mph or so. Beginners should aim for wind speeds of 5-10 mph, while more advanced windsurfers may be excited by weather forecasts with small craft warnings. Windsurfing starts to get really fun at around 18 knots (for 85 kg persons), and once you are good, you can plan in 18 knots on a 100l board.
For beginners, it is strongly recommended to go out in winds of around 15-20 knots when you have some knowledge but are still a beginner. Lower wind speeds will allow you to manage the wind better and use it to your advantage. A 3-to-5 miles per hour wind would be ideal. As you get better, you will be able to handle more wind and seek out windy conditions for the thrilling ride they provide.
Windsurfing, also known as sailboarding, funboarding, or wave-sailing, is a popular sport activity involving a sail and surfboard to move above the water. Wind foiling is best tackled in the 8-15 mph winds that have tormented experienced windsurfers for decades, and rarely requires sails.
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📹 How good can you get in 7 days? – Windsurfing
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7 days! The same thing took me 2+ years— And then there are days when it feels like you’ve regressed back to day 2… but then there are moments when you (accidentally) feel like a pro! Finding good conditions and having a robust second-hand/used market for equipment is key. Great article—a nice change from all the tips on forward loops and backies 😉
This is truly incredible. I’ve never seen nor heard of anyone getting into the harness on day 3. This is a solid combo of great coach, natural ability and serious fitness. The average person can never get through 7 days of windsurfing and that many hours on the water. Massive respect. In 23 years of windsurfing I’ve never seen anyone progress that fast. Also, don’t ever try to learn to uphaul in the waves. It’s guaranteed to break your spirit. What you witnessed here is almost a miracle 🤣 Super cool to see. Gybing and looping in a month or two I rate, maybe less. Keep sending it.
Great job! I started 3 years ago.. 1st year 10 hours after a 1.5 day course. 2nd year 40 hours, beach start, planing.. this year.. planing, sometimes a non planing gybe-ish turn and a tack but still not comfortable in the footstraps, often to much pressure on the backside of the board and stall..not enough speed for footstreps and repeat 🤔 46 yo now.. hopefully this year the complete package and then makeing myself even more comforable on the water
That’s very impressive, especially given that the shorebreak is a tough place to learn–if the wind wasn’t sideshore it would have been a different story. Add to that planing a 190L is no joke, in its straps even less so. Credit to Cosmas’ fearlessness and dogged persistence. Most beginners take a lot longer to get comfortable with wind and power, regardless of technique, plus all the traffic out there would normally be scary as hell. Undaunted and applying some very good instruction, Cosmas did in days what usually takes weeks. Reading Trickionary certainly didn’t hurt 😉
Started windsurfing last year. I dont think I been out 5- 8 times last year. Might be 6-7 times this year. Not even close to the foot straps or the harness yet. I dont fall so much. Infact, barely fall at all. My strategy is to get comfortable, sure and confident in where I am now and then go to the next phase. Will take years for me. I mean last year I was on a 3 m sail all year. This year went up to 6.5m Mostly low wind conditions. Tried in hard wind I couldn’t manage. Could go a little, but it was a straggle. So I decided low wind and slowly go out in harder winds. I am older as well, 38. Not talking about the muscle sour I get after every session. Couldn’t go out the next day. All body sour. Although this is getting a little better as well Impressive the level he got in 1 week 👍😊
Nice work, 7 days in a row is hard going, great progression. I had a boat sailor planing on his first day once 😄. I’m sure someone has pointed out but you need to lean out the side and drive into the fin when it is possible, you are losing control in the article because you where driving the front foot too long ( It causes lift on both sides of the fin and board wobbles ). Turn your hips parallel to the rail of the board start to shift your drive into the back foot, straightening the leg and drive into the side of the fin as you pull in the sail in to the other rail of the board. And then your planing on the fin😁 Controlled, comfortable, Windsurfing baby! 😁🤙Enjoy windsurfing and good luck in the Defi Wind! Find the fin and your there 🤙
Might be very obvious, but what helped me with the progression from the beach start to the water start is definitely having enough wind. If the wind is not enough, it can be veeery exhausting trying to get the sail off of the water and very frustrating when the wind doesnt help you. (Also you must be as tucked in as possible when being pulled out of the water)
I have been teaching windsurf for years, and seen thousands of students, I have never seen that! It seems that the wind has been consistent all the week which is crucial, but I know well medano bay, it’s a difficult spot for a beginner. What is the background of the rider in sports? Very good surfer/kitesurf? Physically the beginnings are so demanding, it’s crazy to be able to do that in a few days, congrats man!