In the seventies, windsurfing ushered in a new era in popular sports with an accent on speed and thrilling sensations. By the eighties technical innovations in the making of sailboards enabled experienced windsurfers to hit ever higher records of speed: the boards were lighter and more stable, the fabric used for sails more modern. There has been considerable progress in equipment development in recent years, catering in particular to different practices of windsurfing from a leisure activity to a competitive sport. High-performance composite materials have been produced that enhance the sailboard’s capacity to steer with the wind and play with the waves.
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