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Forums > Windsurfing   South Australia

Lessons

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Created by french > 9 months ago, 24 Jan 2017
french
3 posts
24 Jan 2017 11:47AM
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hi everyone,

i have done a bit of windsurfing here and there few years ago, I'm really keen to get back into it and thought the best way was to get few lessons to get started again. Any tips on who and where I could get lessons in Adelaide?
cheers

jn1
SA, 2501 posts
26 Jan 2017 9:42AM
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Hi French, unfortunately there are no schools in Adelaide. Locally, you can ask people to loan equipment (the big board will be the difficult find). I've got a boom and a mast you can lend. Other than that, contact an interstate school, Interstate flights are cheap and I'm sure the school could arrange some cheap accommodation for your circumstance (it only needs to be a weekend trip).

french
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27 Jan 2017 8:24AM
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Thanks for the reply, appreciate it. Organising a trip interstate is pretty full on even though it's probably a good idea. I might just buy second hand gear and figured it out my self, I did one week of intense lessons few years ago, so I should get the hang of it quickly.
What I don't know is what to get, my understanding is get a board that's wide and quite heavy (160-190 litres) and a sail about 5.5 but don't know brands and stuff so any tips would be really useful??
Thanks for offering to lend though, could be an option too.

jn1
SA, 2501 posts
27 Jan 2017 4:19PM
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What's your weight, height, strength, age etc ?

french
3 posts
28 Jan 2017 6:43AM
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I'm 186 cm, 82 kgs, 32 years old and quite fit and strong as i have been playing rugby on a regular basis for a number of years.
Thanks

jn1
SA, 2501 posts
28 Jan 2017 11:08AM
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If you were young, I would say you could go directly to 2nd hand intermittent gear (90-100L wave board and 5.3 sail). It's cheap, available and the kid has lots of time to spare. Somebody in their 40's- fitness and balance not so good, not so much time, but more money. So, for them I would recommend getting learner equipment (200L board, 6m freeride sail). You're in between these ages. The beginner gear does hold it's retail value and can be sold easily again, so that's a plus.

I still think going interstate isn't a bad idea. I did a day trip to a Melbourne dealer a few months ago to enquire about some sails. It cost $300 for me to do with cheap fares. I went there, decided the sails weren't for me, and then returned. It was a very niche brand sail. If I had brought the sail, and decided they weren't for me, I would have struggled to sell them, and get $100 for them. So the trip saved me money. If you could do a few lessons, get some equipment vocabulary, get to the stage where you can beach start and learning to water start, you could determine that you can short circuit the beginner phase altogether and buy intermediate gear. It's an idea anyway.

Von
SA, 104 posts
30 Jan 2017 12:12AM
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Check gumtree, a starboard go with 4 sails and all the bits to go with it was just put on, it's a big beginner board that you will outgrow quickly but that is a good thing, you will have the rigs and can pass on the board without loosing much money and progress to a faster smaller board



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