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WIND SURF Windsurfing is a surface water sport Some credit S. Newman Darby with Windsurfing can be said to strad- that combines elements of surfing the origination of windsurfing by dle both the laid-back culture of and sailing. It consists of a board 1965 on the Susquehanna River, surf sports and the more rules- usually 2 to 3 metres long, with a Pennsylvania, USA when he invenbased environment of sailing. Al- volume of about 60 to 250 liters, poted the "sailboard", which, incidenthough it might be considered a wered by wind on a sail. The rig is tally, he did not patent.In 1964, minimalistic version of a sailboat, connected to the board by a free-ro- Darby began selling his sailboards. A a windsurfer offers experiences tating universal joint and consists of promotional article by Darby was that are outside the scope of any a mast, 2-sided boom and sail. The published in the August 1965 edi- other sailing craf design. Wind- sail area generally ranges from 2.5 tion of Popular Science magazine. surfers can perform jumps, inver- m2 to 12 m2 depending on the con- While Darby's "sailboard" incorpoted loops, spinning maneuvers, ditions, the skill of the sailor and the rated a pivoting rig, it was "square and other "freestyle" moves that type of windsurfing being underta- rigged" and suffered all the associa- cannot be matched by any sailken.ted limitations. boat. Windsurfers were the first to ride the world's largest waves, such as Jaws on the island of Maui, and, with very few exceptions, it was not until the advent of tow-in surfing that waves of that size became accessible to surfers on more traditional surfboards. Extreme waves aside, many expert windsurfers will ride the same waves as wavesurfers do (wind permitting) and are themselves usually very accomplished without a rig on a conventional surfoard. 7
At one time referred to as "surfing's ginger haired cousin" by the sport's legendary champion, Robby Naish,[7] windsurfing has long struggled to present a coherent image of the sport to outsiders. As a result of attempts to claim the word "windsurfer" as a trademark, participants have been encouraged to use different names to describe the sport, including "sailboarding" and "boardsailing". The term "windsurfing" has persisted as the accepted name for the sport, and the word "windsurfer" persists for both participants and equipment. Windsurfing is predominately undertaken on a non-competitive basis. Organised competition does take place at all levels across the world and typical formats for competitive windsurfing include Formula Windsurfing, speed sailing, slalom, course racing, wave sailing, superX, and freestyle. These events are exciting to watch as sailors push the limits both physically and creatively with moves that look as impossible as thinking them up in the first place. 8 Windsurfing, as a sport and recreational activity, did not emerge until the latter half of the 20th century. But before this, there have been sailing boats of various designs that have used wind as the driving force for millennia, and Polynesians have been riding waves for many of them, undertaking day trips over oceans standing upright on a solid board with a vertical sail. In 1948, 20-year old Newman Darby was the first to conceive the idea of using a handheld sail and rig mounted on a universal joint so that he could control his small catamaran—the first rudderless sailboard ever built that allowed a person to steer by shifing his or her weight in ordzto tilt the sail fore and af. Darby did not file a patent for the sailboard. However, he is widely recognized as its inventor as well as the first to conceive, design, and build a sailboard with a universalzjoint. In his own words, Darby experimented throughout much of the 1950s and 1960s and it wasn't until 1963.Windsurfing, as a sport and recreational activity, did not emerge until the latter half of the 20th century. But before this, there have
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