My Surf Videos

One of my old college roommates has spent the past few summers as a windsurfing instructor on Martha’s Vineyard - or as Bostonians call it “the Vineyard”. I informed him about my surfing adventures out here in NorCal and about my blog MySurfVideos.com. Of course, partisan to windsurfers, he recommended that while I have the opportunity of having the Pacific Ocean at my doorstep, that I give windsurfing a chance. Well Kurt, I’ll give it a try. I am always up for a new challenge.

Unfortunately, since I do not have the time right now with work, I thought I could get a head start in learning how to windsurf by watching how-to videos online. I know that you need to get in the water and jump right into it to truly become a windsurfer, but I thought that if you can learn a language or instrument online, I could learn the fundamentals and terminology to windsurf so that when I do get in the water, the methodology is second nature.

One of the first videos I came across that was a how-to windsurf was hilarious. The commentator sounds like a computer, or he is using a voice imodulator.

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Although the commentator is a joker and the music cheesy, it is a good introduction to windsurfing. The video gives you the basics on assembling a windsurf board, how to stand up on the board once in the water, and how to turn in different directions. All in all it’s worth checking out before heading into the ocean. Might even save you a few bucks on a first lesson, if not start you further ahead so you can get into cooler tricks, etc.

Stay tuned for cooler windsurfing how-to videos by professional windsurfers and you can learn how to windsurf along with me. Best of luck!