CLINIC: Footstraps + Planing

This land lesson is for Junior rated windsurfers who want to learn to sail faster safely!

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Wondering what the footstraps on the Junior boards are for? Want to claim that magical, slippery feeling of "planing"—your board pops out of the water and move like a skipping stone across the surface? Want to wipe out less often?

This class introduces the concept of planing and the tools and techniques used to work your way toward that goal.

• Introduction to planing


• When and how to get into the footstraps


• Intro to Apparent Wind


• Steering while planing


• Common problems and fixes