| Historically, when windsurfing got highly hot in the | | | | weak winds. The size of the sails also implies an |
| latter 70's, early 80s, one out of four homes in the | | | | exceedingly long fin so spin-outs don't happen. They |
| United Kingdom had bits of windsurf gear in their | | | | also have to have good upwind behavior. |
| residense! It was a big success and the sport was on | | | | Slalom boards are fast, downwind shapes, built for |
| fire. Windsurfing continously had a continued evolution | | | | speed. They may be employed with sails up to eight |
| as a large amount of r and d was involved. | | | | metres. |
| At the start most people were windsurfing on a | | | | Speed boards are very narrow, occasionally |
| typical board, this board has always been an all-time | | | | asymmetric as they are often used on an one way |
| classic. Windsurf sails were merely a triangle on a | | | | only track, just going downwind to smash speed |
| mast with just about no depth in the shape. | | | | records. |
| Bit by bit, the height of the boards got tiny with the | | | | Freestyle boards are shorter and have a big volume, |
| requirement for more speedy and different | | | | so enabling all of these new freestyle windsurfing |
| techniques. Boards were not just flying on the | | | | moves such as flakas, shakkas, punetas. Freestyle is |
| surface, they were planing. | | | | what brought windsurf into fashion at the start of |
| The almost compulsory dagger board was becoming | | | | teh 21st century. |
| far less handy as the majority of the board's | | | | Last but certainly not least are boards designed to |
| underside was away from the wave, only making | | | | perform in waves. Windsurfing gained its |
| contact with the sea with its last third. Fins became | | | | notoriousness as an extraordinary sport from surfing |
| more and more significant as, together with the | | | | and jumping, most famously know by Robby Naish, |
| railings at the side, they function as an anti drifting | | | | Josh Stones, the Angulo bros and loads more people. |
| gadget.finally, the volume of the board soon came | | | | Wave boards are then classified into two sub classes |
| more important than the length. Therefore , windsurf | | | | : on-shore, aimed towards the normal EU conditions |
| boards are chareted by its volume, the length being | | | | when the winds are usually blowing onshore. |
| somehow irrelevant, as you can have a board as | | | | The more intense crosshore boards are to be used in |
| short as two and a half meters with a near 100 litres | | | | perfect circumstances, when the wind is blowing |
| volume. nowadays windsurf boards are split into | | | | from the side so reducing the necessity to have a |
| roughly five categories. | | | | fast bottom. |
| The Freeride windsurf boards are aimed at a more | | | | They are fast and highly versatile, permitting some |
| leisure oriented sailing, like cruising and bump and | | | | windsurfer to turn instantly on the steeper sections |
| jump. They are typically employed in recreational | | | | of the waves. They are sometimes more durable as |
| demeanour, suited for families that need an all-around | | | | a tougher construction is needed to keep the board |
| board. | | | | from breaking. |
| Race or formula boards are supposed to be used | | | | For extra facts on gear or Windsurfing Holidays click. |
| with massive sails, up to 12/13 square metres in | | | | . |