Welcome to the beginners guide to windsurfing.

We have split the website into 7 main sections:

• Beginners Information: which includes an complete introduction to windsurfing, including what equipment you will need, the best places to learn, and the basic essential things you need to know before going out on the water.
• Intermediate Techniques: which covers learning to beach start, learnin to gybe, and other techniques needed to reach RYA level 4.
• Advanced Techniques: focussing on advanced gybes, water starts, special considerations for high wind sailing and safety precautions for sailing at sea.
• Equipment section: giving an overview of the best boards, rigs, wet suits, harnesses and other items regularly used by windsurfers.
• Forums section: discuss all windsurfing related topics, and share advice.
• Shop: we will soon be providing a free online service to allow you to advertise and search for used and new windsurfing equipment.
• Useful Links: Here we list the best and most useful windsurfing websites.

We hope this windsurfing advice and information is useful. Please let us know if you can think of any additions, corrections or improvements we could make to this website by using the "contact us" link in the top-right corner.

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