Want to learn to windsurf? The classic is easier to learn than its reputation suggests, on a big beginner board you are often up on day one. Here is your guiding thread: the first steps in the right order, the right gear and the tools that show you the right day. Honestly explained, from the Baltic Sea.
How to get started
The first stepsFrom the gear on land to your first tack, step by step.Read more →
Why windsurf?The classic, easy to learn and for the whole family.Read more →
Gear & costs
Windsurf gearBoard and sail by body weight, new, used or rented.Read more →
Packing listTo tick off and print, so nothing is missing.Open →
Your tools
The fastest way: a course
On a big beginner board with a daggerboard you are standing quickly, and a course at a school in your area gets you safely onto the water within a few hours. Practise in shallow, waist-deep water with steady, onshore wind. Find the right day with the Wind Check.
Compare gear: our windsurf sail overview and windsurf board overview , 10 models each with level and price.