Windsurfing : wind on your sail
July 30th, 2010 | 
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It is unlikely, if your vacation to find a breezy island-specific, the Aegean, not to enjoy the picture of dozen windsurfers who … harness the waves under the hot sun and strong wind. Not excluded, even to envy the fun you seem to enjoy the intense physical exercise and stimulating feeling this adventure that seems to create the popular water sports. Want to make windsurfing-and you can much more easily than we imagine.
Knowing the basics
The board, as they say in Greek, is the simplest form of sailing craft. The basic difference between the equally popular surfing, beyond the cloth, is that to move but does not require a wave of air, which ideally should be within the range 3 to 4 Beaufort. With less air can not stand the sail and move the board, while more must be one very experienced in the sport for not at risk to be dragged into the deep.
Windsurfing is countless friends and fans, and in 1984 became 1985 Olympic and professional sports , who forgets the Gold and Silver Olympic champion Nikos Kaklamanakis (1996 and 2000), the first man who walked 200 km in the Aegean with windsurfing?
A few hours in water enough to learn the basics of windsurfing, ie to stay upright on a board, to turn and keep moving towards a specific point. Certainly, however, even these need to learn from experienced teachers and suitable equipment. The surfboard must be flexible to the sea and easy to transport. It consists of a board (the board) and the rig (of me, sail, boom and link together). Beyond that, it is the athlete wearing a special livery and certainly vest-jacket, bollards in the middle which helps to operate the mast and insure on the surfboard and special non-slip shoes.
Windsurfing for beginners
For those of you who enjoy this sport is going to be a new experience, the purchase of equipment is preferable to delay. Prefer to go to the beach with organized facilities for such activities and necessary rent, paying time and a lesson with the teacher. If after the first course you find that once you find the sport that suits you, then it is worth investing in good equipment, which will cost you less than 1,600 euros for the windsurfing, the clothing and shoes.
The windsurfing equipment consists of various small and big parties. From this it is important that the novice knows the following:
1. The board, the surface on which we stand, comes in various sizes (and colors), depending on the level of the targeted player, and the type of windsurf wants to do, for beginners, of course, established a board “teacher” (photo), which is big enough to stand up without anyone to fall easily and has a soft surface to avoid scratches and scrapes.
2. The cloth “coming out” and that in many brands, designs, colors and sizes are selected depending on the strength of air, the weight of the surfer, etc. For beginners up a fairly small cloth (eg 4.5 m or less if they are children or women or a little higher if it is a robust user).
3. The main accessories are still windsurfing mast and boom. The mast is substantially the mast of the sail and the boom is what keeps the player in hands and use it to steer the sail (and thus the windsurf).
Where to learn windsurfing in Athens, and how much will it cost me
Surfsail (22, P. Faliro – 175 61, tel 6946381204)
Classes are held by experienced trainers faculty Tassos Lourantou and for people of all ages from 10 years upwards. The course takes place at the Bay of Vouliagmeni, small boat escorted the coach and the first time is usually theoretical, so clearly the classification board, tacks, technical and safety rules. The school rents, of course, all necessary equipment, whether beginners or experienced players to windsurf, and to make you a lesson you should first contact Mr. Louranto.
About the cost of the course, this has to do with the package selected by the learner. Thus, a package of six lessons of one hour total costs 120 euros and 240 euros cost package of 12 courses. Of course, if possible, can be two-hour lesson, so to watch a total of three two-hour or six.
Wind Therapy (202 Schinias beach, tel 6977 798 028)
Schinias the beach, windsurfing learning center is open all year with the head office premises Sailing Academy. Students are divided into groups based on their experience and follow their respective courses, with instructors Mr. Antonis Nikolopoulos and Nikos Nikolopoulos. The courses take place on the beach Schinias in a 18 acre site designed specifically for the needs of naftathlismou and beyond the necessary equipment, the sailor can make use of changing rooms, classrooms theory, the beach bar, etc. .
Depending on the experience of learners, they will be divided into respective training courses. So the first part of the beginners course. The cycle is two hour five courses at sea and on land, and the total cost is 250 euros. The second round included an intermediate level learners. The lessons here are five two-hour, at sea and ashore, but figures taught and used more advanced windsurfers. The total cost here is 250 euros. Lastly, the third level part of the advanced students. Here, each lesson lasts 1.5 hours, is basically at sea and on land where they are taught rules and maintenance of the board. The cost of each course is 50 euros, including equipment and isothermal form, or 35 euros for those who have private facilities.
Moraitis Sports Center (Beach Marathon Shinias, tel 22 940 55 965)
The school Moraitis Sports Center is also located on the beach Schinias since 1979 and currently an instructor is Mr. Elias Rokka. The basic tutorial on the windsurfing school is ten hours and is personal. If this is a very beginner student, the first lesson is basically theoretical in table simulator, and immediately after the student transferred to a designated sea area, always in contact with the instructor either directly or through a waterproof handset, which made the practical lessons.
The first training course for beginners, who is up and teaching the use of the trapeze (hook), costing a total of EUR 240. However, Moraitis Sport Center more experienced windsurfers are able to rent a surfboard and just indulge themselves in their favorite sport with 20 euros per hour, while surfing for rent including one-hour lesson cost is 30 euros.
Windsurfing schools outside Attica:
- Naxos: Naxos Surf Club in Laguna St. George (tel. 2285029170)
Unique combination of shallow lagoon and wave-piste, ideal for beginners and experienced windsurfers. The cost of learning is 120 euros for four courses lasting 1.5 hours.
- Limnos: Surf Club Keros (tel. 6942982102) Beach Keros. Thence across windsurf can be served even at kitesurfing, and availability of the necessary equipment.
- Thessaloniki: Anemos Windsurfing Club on Lake bulb. There he delivered training courses for beginners are held races and championships.
- Rhodes: Line Surf Rhodes in Ialyssos (22410 69 507). Ixia on the beautiful beach at the premises of the school where they are delivered and windsurf lessons at a cost of 25 euros per hour.
Still, windsurfing schools in Paros island are the beaches of Gold Coast, Gold Coast News, Santa Maria and Punta. In Mykonos beaches are ideal for windsurf, where courses are delivered and are in Korfos in elm and Kalafatis, where a German school for lessons to beginners. In Skiathos there is a windsurfing school and ski “Stephen” King Beach (tel. 24 270 21 487). In Crete schools windsurfing, respectively, above the perfect beach, you’ll find in Paleochora west, but in Heraklion, Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.
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