"Windsurfing is a surface water sport using windsurf board usually two to five meters long and powered by a single sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating flexible joint called the U-Joint."
Windsurfing is always known as a young sport due to the history which says, there was a young man called Newman Darby first came up the idea of windsurfing structure in 1948 and in a twenty years time, sailor Jim Drake and surfer Holy Schweitzer got together and showed us the naissance of windsurfing.
Windsurfing can be played either in light-wind sailing or high-wind sailing. Based on its function and size, there are 4 types of windsurfing, race sails, slalom sails and wave sails. Usually, people use a big windsurfing sail in lighter winds while a small windsurfing sail is used when the wind is strong.
Singapore as an island country consists of the main island and some 63 islets within its territorial waters is a decent place to windsurf. Though the wind here is not as good as that in other renowned destinations in the world, Singapore is still considered as a good location for windsurfing, especially during the two monsoon seasons where the wind picks up to about 12 knots.(the SW monsoon is from July-Oct & the NE monsoon is in end of Dec-Feb)
If you are a big fan of windsurfing or a beginner, windsurfing clubs must be a great place for you. There are three windsurfing bars on East Coast in Singapore. They are Pasta Fresca sailing club, People's Association Sea Sports Club, SAFRA Sea Sports Club.
Windsurfing is always known as a young sport due to the history which says, there was a young man called Newman Darby first came up the idea of windsurfing structure in 1948 and in a twenty years time, sailor Jim Drake and surfer Holy Schweitzer got together and showed us the naissance of windsurfing.
Windsurfing can be played either in light-wind sailing or high-wind sailing. Based on its function and size, there are 4 types of windsurfing, race sails, slalom sails and wave sails. Usually, people use a big windsurfing sail in lighter winds while a small windsurfing sail is used when the wind is strong.
Singapore as an island country consists of the main island and some 63 islets within its territorial waters is a decent place to windsurf. Though the wind here is not as good as that in other renowned destinations in the world, Singapore is still considered as a good location for windsurfing, especially during the two monsoon seasons where the wind picks up to about 12 knots.(the SW monsoon is from July-Oct & the NE monsoon is in end of Dec-Feb)
If you are a big fan of windsurfing or a beginner, windsurfing clubs must be a great place for you. There are three windsurfing bars on East Coast in Singapore. They are Pasta Fresca sailing club, People's Association Sea Sports Club, SAFRA Sea Sports Club.
*People’s Association Sea Sports Club provides beginners courses, windsurfer hire (Mistral Prodigy & Fanatic ~245Litre wide style boards), and has storage facilities (boards S$30 per month, sail w/o boom S$5 per month.
by XIE SHIRU
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