Windsurfing
Gear
Benefit
Feeling about it :
Mental benefits
Strengthen core
Windsurfing Board
Burn a lot of calories
Windsurf Sail
Although the amount of exercise is quite harsh, it's still can train your body being strong.
Factor of choosing
Inconvenient sport
It's a sport that needs to contain lot of experience
But if you just make one mistake, it could cause quite a serious problem.
Competitions
Indoor
PWA
Indoor de France
Outdoor
Olympic
PWA World Tour
Techno 293
Level
Height
Wind strength
Long boards
Mid-length boards
Short boards
Advantage
Good for sail in light winds
Disavantage
Bouncy
Difficult to control
Advantage
More controllable
More exciting for experienced windsurfer
Windsurf rig (for beginners)
Wetsuit (make sure it fit, if not it doesn't keep warm)
Windsurfing shoes and boots
Soak up some vitamin D
Combat depression
Experts burn around 1000 calories per hour.
Strengthen core muscles during while balancing on windsurfing
Beginners burn about 500 calories per hour.
Doesn't fell like doing excersise.
But still could burn out calories while windsurfing
Enjoy the fun!
What is windsurfing?
There are indoor windsurfing competitions
basic skills
turning
steering
sailing
they were classified as
shortboard
shorter than 3 meter
longboard
longer than 3 meter
powered by wind on a sail
a sport combined element of
sailing
surfing
a form of sailing, where a board is powered across the water by the wind.
Facts About windsurfing
Called boardsailing or sailboarding
Developed in the United State
In the1960s
By the Californians Jim Drake
Olympic Event
Since 1984
Generally range
From 2 to 4 m and weigh between 7 to 18 kg