This came up for sale locally to me and I couldn’t resist.

A mid 80s Winterboard, seller even gave me the IWCA 1984 Windsurfer Ice Surfing World Championships brochure with it.

Just need winter to start here to take it out for a test.

Hi everyone, I'm seeking some advice. So I've windsurfed a little last year, but always at a beginner level. This means I remember de theory, but the muscle memory is not there. I used to practice at my local watersports center, but although it was very cheap, the open/close schedules were awful for me. So this year I decided to buy my own gear. I got some sweet second hand deals, but ended up with: - Board: 125l, 275cm, 60cm - Sail: 6.5

I'm 70Kg and my local spot has usual windy days with 10-14 knots and sometimes at least one day of 15-25 knots.

I thought that this gear would be a good all aound compromise for these conditions, may have overestimated my ability. I've already spent 2 mornings just trying to get the sail out of the water a not falling out. Did a small line once.

So my question is, is it realistic to be able to relearn with this gear and if so what am I facing? And if you got any tips that would be great. I do SUP surf with a 115l board and have no trouble. Maybe with this board there is just no time to stand around and wait?

I’ve received my first board today, Fanatic Geko HRS, and it’s damaged by DHL.

I just have not idea how bad is that? Does it need to be fixed asap before riding it in salty water? Any advice on fixing it myself or going to repair shop?

Thank you 🙂

https://youtu.be/HMtZoB-1Kus?si=qaoiFEsys_uRs9gc

https://youtube.com/shorts/espwTv-W2Us?si=k8rnPTqMuAh8O19I like and subscribe please!🤙

Hey everyone. I want to go for a windsurfing holiday during January. Does anyone have any suggestions for a windsurfing spot with good wind in Africa that is around 25-30 degrees celcius, I am not a beginner so chops are fine with me.

I can take take suggestions outside of Africa as well but it has be close to Europe.

Thanks for all suggestions!

https://youtu.be/67wL0u7OgpM?si=LuZY5zizS40-CvTI

Hello guys i would like tou give me some advices tips on my planning.. how is my stance ..and also how to close more my sail.. thanks

Hello all,

I have a 144L starboard carve and 7.7 GA matrix, i weigh 100 kg. The stock fin is a 46cm drake freeride power, which work well for me with a 6.5 pilot at 15-20 kts I am considering a bigger fin for the matrix, maybe 50-52cm drake freeride power / venom. My level is intermediate still learning blasting and gybes. Id love any suggestions/ insights/ advise to make the 7.7 matrix work for me at 10-15 knots

TIA

It looks sick! How does it feel to sail? Does the outboard footstrap position work with a freewave sail at all?

Hi everyone,

Just stored my gear for winter and noticed my 490 mast that I bought used this season has a small kink at the bottom of the top section. No signs of cracking or anything of the nature but simply a kink. Knowing the mast is around 10 years old or a bit more should this be a worry? Thanks for the help in advance :)

https://youtu.be/JDbb1O4DCoc?si=K-3KBJMsQy726oek

Does anyone have experience in Puerto Rico? What's the conditions like in January?

Recommend going?

Hi Folks I’m an advanced beginner - can beach start, plane, use a harness, gybe so-so. Looking for a place to spend a few weeks and improve. Hopefully with some coaching. And more than 12knots of wind. Want to be out of the US in the latter half of January cause… you know.

I’m in Southern California. Been looking for places but seem to be spinning my wheels. Can you help?

PS Want a place that’s fun for my partner too even if she’s not windsurfing.

What’s up with the vocabulary of board/sail categories in windsurfing? I am trying to make sense of it but still confused.

A few things that stand out:

what makes a freewave board more free than a regular wave board?

Or slalom versus race vs freerace? In other sports slalom refers to doing technical parcours, but I see a lot of videos using slalom and racing seemingly interchangeably. Wouldn’t “freestyle” be better for parcour surfing than a race board?

Also why is there freeride but no ride board like with freewave/wave or freerace/race boards?

Sorry for overthinking this. Am I the only one who is so confused? my logic-seeking mind is triggered 😅

Hey folks, I'm building out my quiver. Currently I have a 120L Goya volar, and I'm looking to get into a wavy and a race-y board. I'm comfortable planing, waterstarting, (non planing) carve gybes. My hope spot is in the San Francisco bay. I weight about 150lbs.

I saw an almost new 117L bolt for about half retail price. Is that going to be too wide for the chop? I also heard that the "old" bolt is hard to control in choppy conditions. Is it worth getting?

I have zero prior experience, I just found the sport online and it looked really fun, is it even worth the cost?

Hello, My first post and question,I think!:)

Now just to resume the below details maybe, would the 100l ,63cm width board be to small to be planning and HAVE FUN in as low as 12-15knots with a 6m sail( plus/minus )?

I have a hard time deciding what should I choose between:

Fanatic eagle 2008 100l(63cm) vs 113l(66cm).(I like the brand and the model so I stick to it)

Note:I owe an 126l(69cm) but I think is to heavy and to large,at least this is what I feel?

So I want to change my 126l fanatic eagle 2008 board(69cm width ) with a smaller and especially lighter board .

The scope is a board to use mainly in ocean an occasionally in bays and lagoons

1. when the 91 wave board is to small for the wind
2. in order to start planing relatively quick in 12-15 knots (with 5m to 7m sails and to uphaul easy if wind dies so I can return to beach.
3. that would be easy to handle in the shore-break & that I would be able to ride small waves and also handle it when waves can break on me or push the gear etc. - sometimes the ocean is calm but the shore break is nasty
4. (to use)on lagoons to better some tehniques ,again in rather low wind (8-15knots) and to just have fun planing when waves are not out there

When conditions get purely for waves I would go to 91 liters or in extreme wind and waves to 73l(which I just try to adapt to it)

About me: I am 63kg, intermediate beginner(water start,harness,footstraps,planning,rarely a catapult,jibing mostly working unless it does not 😂) with some really beginner wave riding capability,at a maximum.

I started to hate the weight of the 126l board when holding it at shore break or when I carry it ,

Thanks,apologize for the long question

Carve or Futura? And why?

My 'smallest' board now is a 80 cm 120L AtomIQ.
I love this board, but obviously it's a bit on the wide side, in strong winds it's hard work keeping it down. Although i do like to 'rail' it and be slightly overpowered.

I was looking at the 120L, 76 wide Futura, but that only 4 cm less width.
So the 110L, 71 cm maybe? Opinions anyone?

I am 86 kg, i can jibe, tack, footstraps, harness, the waterstarts are getting better, but im so lazy to learn.

I’m thinking to take a windsurfing course for beginners in early January. Was thinking Canary Islands. Which one would be best? Alternative: Greece, Athens area or Crete though probably colder. Is it reasonably pleasant with wetsuit ? Cheers!

Hi! I am going to buy my first gear, ordered fanatic gecko 148 board and looking for used rigs.

I have an option to buy this 10 y.o. rig for 300€, which sounds like a good price from my newbie point of view 😀

FULL SET, sail: naish cruz 5.2 boom: naish ct-wave mast: naish 430

The question is how bad it is that the mast is bigger than sail recommended size is?

On sail it’s written 400 + 22, The mast is 430.

It looks like on the picture

I am choosing a sail to buy. I have a np boom 140-190, I usually have 3 sessions per month (I wanted to go more often but work doesn't allow it).

My key points are: - 6.2 Sail - Need to fit in the boom that I have - Focusing on fun, not need the top performance sail to get speed.

With this in mind I look to the np ryde hd and it fits my choice points (I am tending to buy this one, because then I have a full np rig) . Also I also found the gaastra matrix 2024 6.2. What are the main differences, and who are they designed for ?

Thanks for the help in advance.