A basic, comprehensive guide to the latest in boards, equipment, and technique. For beginning and intermediate windsurfers. Chapters on reading the weather and choice surfing destinations worldwide.
Tricktionary is extensive knowledge, along with tips and tricks to learn and enhance manoeuvre techniques. Experienced, professional athletes and coaches demonstrate simple to highly complex movements in a precise and stylish manner. The Windsurfing Tricktionary contains theoretical knowledge, as well as pretty much all the existing topics, tips and tricks for beginners, intermediates and even advanced riders. --
This is the color version of Maui Glory Days. It is very costly to print-on-demand, however, some have requested it. Capturing Maui's golden era of windsurfing, from the early pioneering days of Kailua to the big waves at Hookipa and Jaws, this book tells the story of the Kings and legends of the sport as it evolved from longboards to high-performances in big surf. Fictional dialogue accompanies remarkable true events of survival, from near-drownings to helicopter crashes. Told by Sports Illustrated Picture of the Year (POY) award-winning photographer and filmmaker Jonathan Weston. He was the first filmmaker to take the audience along for the ride with his innovative point-of-view (POV) helmet-mounted 16mm movie camera. The thrills, dangers and behind the scenes experiences are all shared in this epic tale of perseverance and survival. Remarkable images and Wind Legends movie, also produced by Jonathan Weston, are posted in accompanying website.
Combine the thrill, freedom and exhilaration of surfing, skiing and sailing, and you have an understanding of the attraction of windsurfing. This book is the ultimate guide to windsurfing; packed full of information and with photographs by John Carter, it offers a full explanation of equipment, a detailed description of the basic as well as intermediate and advanced techniques, and has specific chapters on planing, sailing smaller boards, gybing, wave sailing and much more. With over 200 great photographs, informative diagrams, a glossary and list of useful addresses, this is the complete guide to the sport.
What if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to master a new skill, and the earliest hours are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s so difficult to learn a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. Josh Kaufman offers a better way. His systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you can pick up the basics in record time… and have more fun along the way.
Health & Fitness for Windsurfing 3rd Edition provides ready-made periodized strength and conditioning programs for windsurfers. It guides you through two methodical and scientifically based 52-week training programs as well as a 15-week intensive program. Health & Fitness for Windsurfing 3rd Edition is designed to meet the needs of sailors who are new to or experienced in strength training. Additionally this book includes windsurfing articles, exercise descriptions, information about preventing injuries in windsurfing and recommendations regarding stretching, nutrition, warm-up and recovery and an exclusive interview with professional windsurfer Víctor Fernández López.The training programs will effectively improve your muscular strength, power and endurance as well as cardiovascular fitness with the purpose to improve sailing perfomance and decrease the risk of windsurfing injury. Each training program has an easy-to-use layout for recording workout details to effectively track your progress."Your success in training is important for me, and I am proud to have communication with my readers to assist them towards greater windsurfing health and fitness" Henrik Beyer.