Windsurfing is a naturally younger brother of surfing - the history of the board with a sail is much shorter than surfing. To this day it is not clear who invented windsurfing and first joined the board with a sail. The popular argument is that the idea came Darby, and his idea was later improved by the Drake and Schweitzer.
Windsurfing is swimming on a board with a sail. Depending on the conditions used for different sizes of boards and thrusters. At a higher level of surfing, with stronger winds, in order to relieve the hands are used so. trapezoid. Windsurfer assumes special lane at each other with a hook, which pins are mounted in a trapezoidal link at bom. There are many varieties of swimming on the board, but the most spectacular seems to be a wave, or sailing and jumping performance in high waves. Wave boards are generally small. Sails must be lightweight and durable. An interesting fact is that the windsurfer to be an absolute speed record for sailing water bodies. It amounts to 48.70 knots, and was established by Fini Maynard in April 2005 in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France).
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