Web Links

Major maker of boards as well as surf and SUP boards.

Booms, extensions, masts. Long time supporter of our club and its events.

Lomo Watersport UK online retailer of wet wear

Sails and masts. Relatively popular here in the Southeast with reputation as a well-built, rangy sail.

One of the longer lived brands (1981) of boards and equipment

Masts, booms and extensions.

Windsurfing gear, custom boards and outstanding repairs

Mistral Boards, now licensed by Anders Bringdal of Sweden who previously had his own brand AB+. Bringdal.

Umbrella site for Mistral brand. Windsurfing boards and other aquatic sports

Sails, masts, booms, extensions, wet wear and more.

North Sails - Windsurf sails and accessories web site. News videos and information. 

Very well respected sailmaker, Bruce Peterson. His Retro helped foster the high-performance large camless sail since 2000.

Well respected board maker whose Start and Go brought the advantages of wide Formula boards to recreational sailors. Boards for every discipline/

Triange Boardsailing's Brian Mckenzie interviews some of the sport's movers and shapers.

The web site of Eva Hollman, windsurfing board construction and naval architect extraordinaire. Great place to start if you have any question about board construction, repair or what goes on inside production boards. Also, check out her trailer she built.

This originally was a forums for asking advice on board repair and construction from Eva Hollman, reknowned board construction expert and naval architect (her designs have won TransPac races). She knows as much as anyone in the world about composite construction and windsurfing. Unfortunately, she was inundated by spam so she converted the best posts to an FAQ.

Tidewater, VA windsurfer Glenn hosts a great site. Glenn is an accomplished photographer and he sheds in a little light on overcoming a few obstacles on his way to windsurfing pleasure. Also, the host site for WET, the club there.

A collection of stories by Luigi from the early years of the 'net on rec.windsurfing. Very funny and a good way to kill time when you are supposed to be working.

from Jeff Feehan on rec.windsurfing

What it's like sailing heavy weather. From Joe's old site that he's kindly archived.

Windsurfing Wallpaper for your computer's desktop. New shots each month.

Website devoted to long boards which have seen a revival in recent years with a number of new models coming out as well as the older models which have held up well over time.

Just one more thing to make you feel bad about where you live. Live cams from many of Maui's beaches: Uppers and Lowers off Kanaha Beach Park and the upwind reefs at Camp One and Spreckelsville

Maui Windsurfing Blog, Videos, Photos & Information About Windsurfing on Maui

Information on Hartwell Lake and Lake Russell

Formerly on windwing.com, now archived: Great explanation by Bill Hansen of Windwing Sails. If you thought all that floppy sail cloth up there was doing you no good, think again.

Instruction manual from ABK clinics who've been teaching since in the early '80s. If I had taken an ABK clinic earlier in my windsurfing career, I probably could have shaved two years off the learning curve.

Lots of good info for beginning windsurfers. Also take a look at their instructional pages.

Lots of good articles and videos

Merritt Island, FL. Tinho and Susie Dornhellas have taught windsurfing for many years and have lessons, clinics and camps for both adults and children. Also have rentals and a retail shop. Located at Kelly Park across from Cocoa Beach.

Whitecap Windsurfing's thorough overview guide for beginners looking to get a new board and sail rig to carry them all the way to the intermediate level.

Always wanted to do a forward loop but didn't know how? Pro wave sailor Chris Calthrop steps you through complete with text and video. An older article but still helpful (we think, since we've never done a forward).

Pro Wavesailor Josh Stone displays a variety of freestyle moves including The back side forward, The Off the lip, the Aerial, the One handed Spock, the Tabletop, the Pushloop, the Forwardloop, Backloop, Forward Off the Lip, Spock and the Willy skipper...

A nice site put together for those dying to learn but without an instructor or good video handy. Steps you through the basic process.

Compilation of videos and links for the beginning windsurfer. Includes clips about windsurfing history, equipment and technique.

Contains a number of useful how to articles from both Marc's experience and collected from the 'net over the years.

Tampa Bay, FL

Provides videos and information about starting out in windsurfing. Includes tips and lessons on equipment and technique.

Lots of good advice about sails, racing and more, of course, focused on Gaastra products.

One of the more active US forums. A lot of former rec.windsurfing (popular usenet group back in the day) regulars now hang out there.

Great Formula and beginner forums

UK Windsurfing Print and Online Mag. Highly recommended instructional and forum sections.

Online Magazine with articles, video and news. Also email newsletter

European news site with frequent news updates, videos and pictures.

News, events, forums, swap page and other goodies for New Zealand. Publish email newsletter.

An acclaimed regional publication available by emailing the publisher or calling 203-876-2001.

Internet windsurfing magazine that is killer. Only downside is that it is in German. But that doesn't matter, the pictures are still in English (joke). Nice video clips and more.

Good coverage of competition including one-design, Olympic class as well as slalom, wave and Formula

Print and web in Canada. Presently, the remaining major print publication in North America

One of the most popular one design windsurfing race boards and used in the Olympics in 1996-2004. Still popular, especially in Asia. New regulations use an updated rig.

Race or sail between islands in the BVI and spend the night on chartered sailboats.

real motivational posters

Things to do in Panama- the country, not the beach

Before you post a question on rec.windsurfing, try this. Someone is likely to have had the same question even just month ago. This is a great site to look up old newsgroup posts.

Antigua vacations

RI

check out the videos.

Southern California Windsurfing Page

General info on the area

Big boat lessons and rentals.

for viewing rec.windsurfing (use Nibble icon)

Maui retailer. Message board is good place to ask questions regarding NP products.

Have a question about boards, technique or repairs? Check here, there's a fair amount of collected wisdom when you can't ask the local aces.

courtesy of Windwind and Bill Hansen

SFBSA (Miami)

Aruba and Bonaire

Hiawatha, IA

Maui-based windsurfing stock photos and videos

Miami, FL

Lake Lanier

site for quest for speed in sail-powered craft

NL

German language windsurf and surf mag

rec.windsurfing's Wardog's shop

Italian custom boards & CNC Foiled fins

Way cool site for anyone interested in sailing generally, design, or especially minimilist technology. I really want to build a proa but I could end up putting it off indefinitely. Maybe if others I were interested there would be more incentive. Cool summer boat. Check it out.

If your ISP doesn't carry newsgroups or rec.windsurfing on their newsgroup server, try this. Don't worry, there are instructions in English.

Online course showing the basics of windsurfing. Make sure you don't miss US Windsurfing's (USWA) online course, too, listed further down.

Probably one of the best online tutorials available

Water sports news and features website with wind section with both kites and those plastic sail thingies. Profiles and reports on wave sailing, freestyle, etc.

prices and pics of standard invetory, specials, wetwear, etc at Whitecap Windsurfing, a regional equipment shop and instructional school near Augusta, GA.

France

A national (Hood River-based) organization to promote windsurfing among women.

Hood River. Great catalogue of new and used stuff

world-wide wind conditions (in German)

Windsurfing's asphalt brother

Worldwide list from Maui

The big US mag

Croatia

like you haven't already spent enough on your gear?

Japan

Information on Windsurfing & Kiteboarding in the Saint Louis and Missouri area.

Bill Hansen explains MCS and IMCS

What fast is really like. Bjorn, Robby and Co try to break the record

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