![]() ![]() ![]() Yes exactly!! That was a oneliner I will remember “If you think mastering and improving your technique….” I have been training apnea for about six years and I keep embracing the idea of constand zen- like improvement. And as long as kitesurfers keep wearing boardshorts outside their wetsuits windsurfers are struggling with their gear not looking so cool, but as the wind picks up the windsurfers get TO the beach while kitesurfers go FROM the beach and become more keen on staying indoors watching kite dvd’s. Windsurfing os hard work most of the time. ![]() I love both this and the feeling when a gust at planning speed makes my mast bend and I might pop board and experience a spin out without even have the chance to take a descision whether to do it because it just happens as a way of letting the wind rip past the rig. Its often forgotten but wind surfing has a dimention very similar to kayaking where foot straps are unnessecary. Experiencing nature from a bizzare position on a completely quiet vessel on my own, at some popular speed or wave spot or just going alone straight out in the open sea or in an archipelago. There are so many techniques that can be bootcamp trained and there will always be placesmthat I wish I will get back to on the board. As I am now 40 I still see the learning curve keep on going up up. On boards and sails chosen out of litteraly millions of options and variations or kits never look the same and we keep trimming and try to understand why the area in the middle of the bay with no wind can make some sink through the surface while others keep on with warp speed and you KNOW its because some tiny silly reason like his or her foot position or ability to read the water surface. As I use the distance to get some rest and at the same time picking up speed I really admire the eccentric people showing up that is so typical for windsurfing. ![]() We both aim the rig by holding the mast close by our sides, shuffle ourselfves under it with the chin in the surface and throw a leg up on the back of the board and with the last of the last of energy put in to use the hook is grabbing the harnessline. An hour later I rest a bit in the water at the tip of some island and theres a person next to you in he water shouting something about the windconditions. So when turning up at a spot in the exact right conditions is where I always think its interesting to see what kind of life windsurfers materialize with workvans, RV’s, pre-packed family cars, and with trolleys. I’ve Been windsurfing since 1985 and I have had long periods of no surfing for the obvious reason that it doesent go well together with things like studies, exams, having to work and sleep, small kids, fixing houses, times with bad economy, broken down or no car. Windsurfers on the other hand have only 5 metres to worry about, 20 if they are jumping. Since many kitesurfers have started to kitesurf at a level way beyond their experience, when things go wrong they don’t know how to react and are unable to reduce the consequences.The trouble is that these consequences do not always affect only the kitesurfer but also anyone up to 200 metres downwind of them. In that case, circumstances can turn dire pretty fast which leads to serious injuries. The problem arises when something out of the ordinary occurs. The thing is that as long as nothing goes wrong, it is a fun sport which gives the sensation of speed and planing pretty easily. My explanation is that since kitesurfing is easier/faster to learn than windsurfing, a lot of people are not physically and psychologically ready to do an extreme sport start to do an extreme sport. Ever since kitesurfing has hit the beaches I have been seeing a continuing increase in accidents. This is where the two sports have their greatest discrepancy. ![]()
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