Pull the mast toward you and the board’s center. Then, with the hand closest to the board’s back, gently grab the boom. The sail will begin to fill, and you’ll be under way.

Light winds make the Seattle area an ideal spot to learn windsurfing. Our reporter took a lesson and shares tips on getting started.

Women can do it as good as men.” Windsurfing has been around since the early 1980s, but equipment advances have made the sport an easy activity for both genders and all ages.

Our lesson begins on land, where Johnson positions a relatively short, 9-foot-6-inch beginner’s board on the ground and tugs on a line to hoist the mast and sail. Performance boards are thinner ...

How to set up your windsurf board and sail There’s essentially three parts to setting up the board: setting up the mast and sail, installing the fin, and attaching the mast to the board.

Windsurfing`s a fun sport, dude. You climb on this modified surfboard, stand up and grab hold of a sail, lean back some and let the breeze take you away. It`s cool, a good way to kill an afternoon ...