Windsurfing
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Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the California
Windsurfing on Columbia River, Oregon
Drake windsurfer, patent drawing, 1967
Windsurfing in the late evening on a longboard at Sandbanks in the 1980s (Poole Harbour, England)
Carving a jibe: the sailor is turning to the left, just past dead downwind. To finish the turn, he will jibe the sail by releasing with his left hand so that the sail flips around.
Wing foiling
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Wing foiling or wing surfing or winging is a wind propelled water sport that developed from kitesurfing, windsurfing and surfing. The sailor, standing on a board, holds directly onto a wing. It genera
Windsurfing
…in the Netherlands in 1978. It was also a hit in Belgium and Germany. Other watersport variants using a board and wind power include Kiteboarding and Wingsurfing. Kiteboarding uses a large kite (around 9 to 20qsm) on 20+m lines for wind power. Due to the strong possible upward lift, smaller boards with no…
Wing foiling in Maui, Hawaii.