When it comes to windsurfing, all you really need is wind and water. Which might explain why so many places claim to be the "Windsurfing Capital" of the world. But it takes more than a rental shop and ...

Saturday featured the medal races for the women’s and men’s windsurfers with the wind blowing 14-16 knots out of the northwest. So far, four classes have presented medals to their top three finishers.

With the introduction of products like a self-inflating electric board and paddleboard-tent, the inflatable stand-up paddleboard (SUP) market has seen its fair share of innovation. Now the inflatable ...

Everyone knows what ‘surfing’ means – it’s deceptive in the straighforwardness. Take a board, grab a wave. We all know it’s not actually that easy, but the idea of it is. That seemingly simple act – ...

It is well-known that birds can fly, swim and walk, but now there is scientific evidence that birds also can windsurf. Olle Terenius from the Department of Ecology at the Swedish University of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s a slow, relaxed rush, and perhaps the closest thing to walking on water. Windsurfing is personal water-riding without waves. “There’s nothing like ...

Windsurfing had been knocked out of the Olympics by a 19-to-17 majority during an ISAF council vote during back in May, but Spain, as well as a few other countries, claimed that “language difficulties ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

There was a time, decades ago, when Frank Floyd could step outside his Corpus Christi surf shop, on South Padre Island Drive, and witness a water-sports revolution. “If you looked out for ten minutes, ...

Whenever I tell people how I learned to windsurf on Israel's Sea of Galilee, I'm usually met with a bemused pause, as if a Bible-themed punchline should come next. Some zinger about Jesus walking on ...