Our advice to do windsurfing
To complete the understanding of the windsurfing boards shape, from a few months we have decided to equip ourselves with a freestyle board: the Fanatic Skate TE 93 2014, also used by the world champion Gollito Estredo. The freestyle board has many peculiarities, which in this article we try to highlight.
The first experiences of windsurfing among the waves can be frustrating: they all pass under your board and you don't catch a single one. But acquiring the right waveriding technique will open the doors to a magical discipline, perhaps the most exciting of windsurfing, which really puts you in contact with the sea.
Read more: Waveriding: basic technique for catching and riding waves
The mast is a fundamental component of the windsurfing rig; it can radically change its performance. However, its importance is too often underestimated. In this article, we explain some key concepts and provide you with some usage advice.
Read more: Windsurfing masts: characteristics and parameters
After some time that you do windsurfing, you begin to think to reduce the volume of boards you use. And if you don't, your funny friends make you raise the question, starting to tease each time you come to the spot with unlikely board volumes. But do you really need to reduce the volume of your boards? And is the volume the only parameter to consider when deciding to buy a board of lower volume? In this article, I will tell you my experience up to date, believing that it will be useful also for other enthusiasts.
We often receive requests for advice about choosing a carbon boom, in the Waterwind forum. So, it seemed useful to make a rundown of the main carbon booms currently available on the market (2022).
We received these articles by mail from Andrea Cucchi of Point 7, and we publish them on Waterwind with pleasure, to let them know among all windsurfers that will experience the next Defi wind in Gruissan (France), as Andrea will do.
Read more: Black Defi Project - Andrea Cucchi's advice to get ready for Defi Wind