366 windsurfing videos

Back-to-back stern-first railride - old-style Windsurfer freestyle - my back to the sail, board backwards, on the edge. Easier done than described !

a windsurf trip

Ricardo Campello having a go at the first triple forward loop ever in windsurfing.

Use daggerboard with front foot. Take time to stabilise (but then board goes upwind), or do early and then you're not stable yet - your choice. Will be easier with any modern board with shorter booms.

Kingston, Ontario 2008 freestyle championship. Outing with an original, 1983 windsurfer one-design board. Winds 28-30 km/h (20 knots), plus gust.

Freestyle windsurfing - front-to-back railride sail 180 to Everole - watch out, can be a violent move. Article at lbws-com-au.

Freestyle windsurfing - clew-first railride to Everole. First ride the clew-first railride, then let it 'fall' to an Everole. Easier shown than described. Article at lbws-com-au.

Start with a normal railride, then a first 180 degrees to a clew-first railride. Then another (easier) 180 to a normal railride again. Repeat: why not? Article at lbws-com-au.

Freestyle windsurfing - clew-first railride sail 180 to a normal railride. Article at lbws-com-au on this railride and other railrides.

Freestyle windsurfing - clew-first railride examples. Article at lbws-com-au. Strong wind and lighter wind examples herein.

Freestyle windsurfing - clew-first railride preview. Ride normal, reverse the sail, called sailing clew-first. Then pull the railride. Use the daggerboard. Article at lbws-com-au.

Freestyle windsurfing - jumping the boom and helicopter. Add more to a violent move with another violent move. Here I follow the jump over the boom with an helicopter. Good action in fair wind. Article at www-lbws-com-au.

Freestyle windsurfing - jumping the boom - more examples. Here I freeze the frame at the time of maximum height - more exciting. I also hope this gives a better perspective if you wanted to try. Article at www-lbws-com-au.

Freestyle windsurfing - jumping the booms. Article under www-lbws-com-au. Brace up, 90 degrees with the wind. Strong wind preferably. Jump well, land on other side of boom, normal sailing !

One crazy move: jumping and tacking on the rail all at once. Crazy, watch for them's jewels as you jump. Article at lbws-com-au.

Freestyle windsurfing - back-to-back tacking. Simply sail back to the sail, go upwind, end up sailing on the other tack, facing the wind. Simple.

Freestyle windsurfing - pirouette tack to pushing the sail. Pirouette as the board gets on the other tack.

Freestyle windsurfing - pirouette tack to front-to-back. Pirouette as the board changes tack, and end up pushing the sail.

Freestyle windsurfing - duck tack to back to front. End up inside the boom, facing the wind. Article at lbws-com-au.