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Santa Cruz Fast Approaching : American Windsurfing Tour
The first stop of the 2013 AWT is rapidly approaching. Sign up now to secure your spot. If you can't make it, you can still tune in via this website. We will be LiveCasting the entire show, so put it on your calendar so that you ...Russ FaurotSaturday, May 18, 2013 4:40 PMhttp://americanwindsurfingtour.com/

Windsurfing Egypt's Moon Beach - Watersports - MensJournal.com
Egypt's Windsurfing Capital – Find advice about this and other Watersports essentials from Men's Journal.unknownWednesday, May 01, 2013 4:24 PMhttp://archive.mensjournal.com/terrific-father-son-trips

Freestyle Fun | Pritchard Windsurfing
For all you freestylers, check out Tonky Frans here showing you his rigging tips and doing some cool moves on the Freestyle goods!!! Wow, have the moves changed these days- pretty mind blowing! Check it out- ...Matt PritchardSaturday, May 11, 2013 4:55 PMhttp://www.pritchardwindsurfing.com/

MFC Riders / AWT Riders : American Windsurfing Tour
Check out this newly released video by MFC, with many of the top AWT riders. Hear what they have to say about their fins, and see them rip! Category: Videos. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.Russ FaurotFriday, May 10, 2013 11:13 PMhttp://americanwindsurfingtour.com/

Windsurf Action Around Athens with KOUS // Windsurfing Videos on ...
Extreme wave windsurfing action filmed in the windy spots near Athens in Greece featuring wavewarrior and extreme athlete, GRE78, Thomas “KOUS” Kousioris.... on MPORA.enakoMonday, May 13, 2013 4:28 AMhttp://mpora.com/

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Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually 2 to 3 metres long, with a volume of about 60 to 250 liters, powered by wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and consists of a mast, 2-sided boom and sail. The sail area generally ranges from 2.5 m² to 12 m² depending on the conditions, the skill of the sailor and the type of windsurfing being undertaken.

Some credit S. Newman Darby with the origination of windsurfing by 1965 on the Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, USA when he invented the "sailboard", which, incidentally, he did not patent. In 1964, Darby began selling his sailboards. A promotional article by Darby was published in the August 1965 edition of Popular Science magazine. While Darby's "sailboard" incorporated a pivoting rig, it was "square rigged" and suffered all the associated limitations. You operated the sailboard with your back to the lee side of the kite shaped square sail. Darby's article boasted that "...you can learn to master a type of manoeuvering that's been dead since the age of the picturesque square riggers"

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