windsurfing

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,395 of 15,258leans written

Windsurfing is riding a board driven by a sail you hold. Go windsurfing, a windsurfing board, learn windsurfing.

There is no rudder at all, since steering is done by tilting the sail forward and back, which is why the first hour is spent falling in. It was an Olympic sport from 1984 and is far harder to start than it looks.

Definitions of windsurfing

1nounwindsurfingRiding a board driven by a sail you hold.B1+
“We tried windsurfing on holiday, but we kept falling off the board into the lake.”

windsurfing is a sport.

Where it comes from

From wind + surfing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Sports & Games Played

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windsurfing in the wild

Formula Windsurfing is the high-performance, competitive course-racing format of the windsurfing world.
Formula Windsurfing
Speed windsurfing events are normally held on "flat water" as opposed to coastal surf; which means side-offshore wind directions with a strength of at least 20 knots.
International Speed Windsurfing Class
RS:X is a windsurfing class selected by the ISAF to replace the Mistral One Design Class for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
RS:X
The discipline has similarities to Formula Windsurfing - mainly in that the equipment used was designed to allow windsurfing in low and moderate wind conditions with good performance.
RS:X
The sailing competition comprised four medal events with Boys and Girls sailing in either the Byte CII boat (one person dinghy) or Techno 293 (windsurfing).
Sailing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

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