The Importance of Your Bodyweight in Determining the Correct First Time Intermediate WINDSURF BOARD
If you plan on taking this sport of ours to the next level and are an ambitious learner, then you have to pay close attention to this. Your bodyweight is crucial in determining the board that is right for you.
When we discuss the average weight windsurfer, we are talking about individuals that are in the 70-83kg (+/-155-185 lb) range. But obviously, a 13kg difference can be enough to make a difference in your own needs. So, in order to fine-tune the figures for board volume and width to your own bodyweight (lets use the average 120 liter / 65 cm board as an example). More »
WINDSURF BOARDS The Width Factor:
As if choosing a board wasn’t hard enough, now you have to consider the width of the board. If you have been doing any reading of past windsurfing oriented magazines, you may have noticed a trend in board widths. They are getting wider.
Why are they wider, you ask? Good question!
The difficulty in determining what width is best for an individual comes in due to the fact that when individuals are learning to plane, by definition, they spend an enormous amount of time NOT planing. More »
WINDSURF 
BOARDS, Volume vs. Width:
You may have done a little of you own research in this fabulous sport of ours and discovered that nowadays both WINDSURF BOARD WIDTH and BOARD VOLUME are coming up time and time again when referring to how a board performs. Yes, it is confusing! However, to simplify things a bit, nowadays the far more important factor of the two is BOARD WIDTH.
Unfortunately width is also the factor which is less easily grasped as an indicator of size particularly if the variation is small (does a 62cm wide board perform differently than a 65cm board?)
See what we mean? More »
The Categories of First Time WINDSURF BOARDS:
Here is a small description of what your choices will be as a beginner (find your description in the previous section). Please note that we haven’t gone into all of the characteristics in detail. This is only a guide to hopefully point you in the right direction. More »
Types of WINDSURF BOARDS:
With so many different types and sizes of windsurfing board available, the sport might seem just a little confusing at first encounter. Fortunately, it’s not as complicated as it seems; the boards are all for fairly specific roles and the large majority are aimed at the more experienced sailor. More »
Part 1 in a series dedicated to any windsurfer (beginner or otherwise):
You may ask yourself “Why are there so many different models of boards on the market?” A relevant question with a relevant answer: Because there are an infinite variety of different wind strengths and water conditions that you can go windsurfing in. More »