Disciplines
Windsurfing is a highly diversified sport, and several competition disciplines have materialized throughout the years. It all started with one-design course racing on the original windsurfer, but freestyle and (parallel) slalom were soon invented. As soon as footstraps were introduced, Wave competitions quickly developed, as well as high wind course racing, initially only on "long boards" with centreboards, but a new trend of wider and shorter course racing boards emerged in the late 90's.
Today's modern wide race boards do not have centreboards, but are equipped with long tail fins to aid upwind performance. Despite slightly less pointing abilities, they are significantly faster around a given course.
The new combination- discipline, the SuperX was introduced in 2003. Being very media friendly with compulsory freestyle moves built into a slalom type of course, it calls for spectacular racing.
Speed sailing has been around since the late 70's, but has materialized into a standard format of racing courses and rules. The GPS system has also injected more opportunities and precision into this particular discipline.
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