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Get after it in 2023 – setting windsurfing goals, with Olli Anderson.

Olli Anderson talks through setting windsurfing goals for 2023 and sticking to them, achieving what you’re planning and taking it beyond. Over to Olli for all that inspirational good windsurfing stuff. Time and time again we hear; “This is the year I’m gonna final crack that carve gybe” and so on… 80% of New Year’s resolutions end up being unfulfilled […]

Simon Bornhoft WindWise Windsurfing Workout Series – 7 FitnessWise workouts for better windsurfing.

Simon Bornhoft, with Indie Rae Bornhoft, FitnessWise home windsurfing workouts. […]

Simon Winkley Lanzarote and Alaçati windsurf clinics, 2020

Simon Winkley, our very own ‘Fundamentals’ technique writer, has the following overseas clinics for 2020: Costa Teguise, Lanzarote: 16-23 March 2020 Level: Adventurous intermediates and advanced Lively yet with chilled vibes, Costa Teguise offers a dynamic windsurfing experience with flat water inside the bay and awesome yet easy swell on the outside. A perfect location to step up a gear, […]

Simon Winkley overseas winter windsurf clinics

Pics: John Humphries, Russell Groves, Building on the success of his coaching weeks in Vassiliki, Greece over the past few years – UK-based windsurf coach and Starboard/Severne Team Rider Simon Winkley has teamed up with Sportif Travel to deliver a number of coaching holiday clinics in 2019. Each one has been carefully put together to provide a solid freeride learning […]

Chatting with Chubbs – talking Flying Fish windsurfing instructor training with Adam Chubbock

Pics: PROtography There’s a lot of talk at the moment about working in windsurfing and the watersports industry at large (see our interview with Neilson’s Head of People Iain Stevenson-Wood for another angle). Continuing this theme, with the aim of bringing more info about working in the industry to the fore, Windsurfing UK’s editor Tez caught up Flying Fish’s Overseas […]

Doable moves: James Cox’s nitro injected forward loops (and controlling them when overpowered)

Words: James Cox (Bigsalty Weather) Pics: Fergus Cowhig, Greg Dunnett, Jamie Hancock, Caroline Radway We’ve talked about the forward on Windsurfing UK’s website. But with so many variations, and styles to the move, it’s always good to get some other perspectives and tips. James Cox, owner of bigsalty.com, talks us through injecting some nitro into your forward loops and controlling […]

Windsurfing UK coaching special with Simon Bornhoft (Windwise) & Simon Winkley – FREE digital magazine

Here at Windsurfing UK we’re super stoked to have both Simon Bornhoft Windwise and Simon Winkley Windsurfing as our in house windsurf pro coaches. Both S’s have produced a number of instruction articles during the past 12 months, covering all those important windsurfing areas from beginner fundamentals on through into intermediate/advanced techniques. With that in mind we thought it a good idea to group […]

Windsurf foiling – a beginner’s guide with Romain Jourdan of Windfoil Zone

Words: Romain Jourdan Pics: James Jagger, Oli Lane-Peirce. Foiling is fun and addictive, creating amazing sensations of freedom whilst flying silently above the water. Everyone that has tried foiling has only positive things to say about it. Are you tempted to try windfoiling and be able to fly above the water with just 7-10 knots of wind? If so, come […]

Windsurfing self-rescue technique with Russell Groves

It’s a skill everyone should have under their belts, after all if it goes belly up then the only person able to get you back to shore is you. Russell Groves runs through windsurfing self-rescue in the following video. As he says it’s wise to absorb the info before running through a land based drill, that way you’ll have the […]

Simon Bornhoft Windwise coaching – unhook and hold on

“Could how you unhook be holding you back?” Words: Simon Bornhoft Pics: Windwise Simon Bornhoft explains why getting brilliant at seemingly basic skills can be a game changer for your windsurfing. Task: Sail fast downwind, unhook and sheet in without losing speed or control…! Level: Beginner to expert. Why: Develops stance, control, gybing, jumping, beg-expert wave riding and setting up for ‘moves’. Key […]

Aqueous Layline Carbon 6m & 4.5m foil wing test.

Wingsurf UK

Aqueous wings first came to my attention at the start of 2024 when I spotted a number of luminaries within the wing foiling world using them. Further pricking my interest the Aqueous main USPs are the wing’s use of monofilm in the canopy (which is the most obvious), fully battens across the canopy and the use of Dimension-Polyant P85 (comparable […]

Stoke Foil Boost foil assist review.

Windsurfing UK Kit Tests

The Stoke Foil Boost foil assist is one of a number of foil assist products I’ve tested over the last few years but the Stoke Boost is the most attention-grabbing. Looking radically different from anything else on the market the Stoke Boost looks more like a torpedo than a gadget to help get you flying. Words: Tez Plavenieks. Additional pics: […]

Wing foiling apparel brand FLYTE launches in the UK.

Windsurfing UK News

Wing foiling apparel brand FLYTE launches in the UK with clothing products aimed wingsurfers of all skills levels. Sam from FLYTE got in touch to tell us more. ‘Being keen water people and recently taking to Wing Foiling we became hooked with the sport and became inspired to create something unique for the Global Foil community.’ ‘When we started building […]

Sroka wing foil gear test – Skyrider 5’5, 1350 HA L foil & 5m Wing V3.

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Sroka will probably be a new name for some but with Bruno Sroka at the helm (an ex-pro kiter and all round knowledge watersports bod) you can guarantee the equipment will be solid and high performance. Based in France Sroka sent us their Skyrider 5’5 wing foil board, their 5m Wing V3 and the 1350 HA Lift foil. Here’s what […]

Challenger Sails Ikaroz 5m wing review.

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Challenger Sails may be a new name for some wingfoilers. But Claudio Badiali’s Italian sail brand has been around for a while. Taking the PWA Slalom Windsurfing title in 2022, with pilot Maciek Rutkowski standing tall on the podium, Challenger Sails are held in high regard by many windsurfers. Challenger Sails Ikaroz wings are also gaining favour among the foiling […]

2022 Challenger Sails deals from Foilshop UK.

Windfoil UK

Whether foil or fin the Challenger Sails are championship winning (as was proved recently during the PWA slalom event where Maciek Rutkowski took the title). And now’s your chance to own a slice of that good stuff and bag a deal in the process. As it stands the UK’s pretty blowy with plenty of opportunity to get out sailing. There’s […]

Learning to windfoil, with Dave Ludgate.

Windfoil UK

Irish windsurfer Dave Ludgate has recently begun his windfoil journey. The man from Cork says it’s been on his radar for a while. But only recently has he had the chance to get stuck in. Whilst he’s learning Dave is also aiming to document his progress via a series of vlogs. These are warts and all stories from each session […]

Wingsurf and windfoil knowledge tips & tricks.

Windfoil UK

Whether learning or improving with either wingsurfing or windfoiling (perhaps both) there’s no accounting for knowledge. Particularly wing foiling, which for many riders is a completely new concept. Windfoiling calls on those windsurfing foundational building block skills riders have honed over many years. Wingsurfing is a completely different kettle of fish. But even windfoiling, once you start to levitate, becomes […]

Tahe Techno Wind Foil 6.3m sail test with Tom Pringuer.

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Pics: Jonny Williams, Mike Pringuer. Words: WSUK, Tom Pringuer. Over the past few weeks we’ve been putting the Tahe Techno Wind Foil 6.3m windfoil specific sail through its paces. We’ve tested it in every kind of condition from super light wind (less than 10 knots) to more solid blows (up to 25 knots). To shed more light on the Tahe […]

Feathery unique – Nautix Windsurfing Freeride 5.2m windsurf sail test.

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Words: Tez Plavenieks Pics: Tez Plavenieks, Oli Lane-Peirce Designed by the highly regarded Teiva Sails of France I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with the new Nautix Windsurfing Freeride 5.2m. A four batten, multi use windsurf sail this is a step up in terms of performance for long time brand Nautix. Being designed by Teiva Sails (who also produce […]