Top 29 best tutorials to learn windsurfing
Learning to windsurf is not something you do only by watching Youtube videos... but these channels and videos will greatly help in the process!
Introduction to windsurfing
Learn the basics of windsurfing, discover the board and sail, how to launch and sail away with the right position, how to turn upwdind, as well as how to get out of the water safely.
Steering upwind and downwind
Learn how to steer your board on the water using the sail position, while going upwind or downwing.
Where to put the harness lines
Preparing the sail - rigging and fine-tuning
Understanding wind direction
Wind, apparent wind and induced wind are three different wind directions you should know to improve your windsurfing abilities.
Beach Start
Start riding directly from the beach without getting wet 🎉
Improving Stance with the Harness
Using the harness will enable you to practice with more wind in your sail and lengthen your sessions on the water, without relying much on your arms to control the sail.
Get Planing and Using the footstraps
Planing with little wind (wind surfing pumping technique)
Water Start
Get out of the water using your sail to lift you up.
(Fast) Tack (180° turn upwind)
Sailing switch stance
Learning how to sail switch stance will help learning more advanced techniques like the duck tack, the push tack, the strap jibe, duck jibe, vulcan and quite a lot of modern freestyle moves!
Ducking the sail to backwinded
Learn how to duck your sail before you try more advanced moves like duck tacks, and advanced freestyle tricks like funnels or burners...
Heli Tack
The helicopter tack is an early freestyle move
Duck Tack
The duck tack will make you turn upwind both in light and stronger wind conditions.
Carve Tack
The carve tack is the simplest way to turn upwind on a small board without losing too much speed.
Non-Planing (carve) Jibe / Easy Gybe
Learning to jibe in non-planing conditions will make the carving planing jibe way easier to learn.
Carve Jibe, Laydown Jibe or Race Jibe / Gybe
Learn radical jybing, one of the fastest downwind turns used in racing.
Duck Jibe / Gybe
Great (and slightly easier) alternative to the carve jibe, with a high planing exit rate.
