Here is the third episode dedicated to all beginners and girls windsurf: Greta explains how to transport the equipment on the beach!
Attention, the subject seems trivial and obvious a priori, but this article contains interesting and useful details for maximum simplicity’ with minimal effort.

Greta Welcome:
“Sometimes you find yourself out in places where the sea is distant thus becomes very convenient knowing bring Board and sail together and save a trip … eh eh eh.
As you progress: first of all engages the Board sailing, Obviously the Board upwind and downwind sailing, with the table at 90° with the wind while sailing with the base and the tree in the wind.

We position ourselves standing in the corner of the table and the base of the wing

and bending down take the table front straps with hand Windward ( the one facing upward with the cutting table ) and with hand downwind we hold the boom before almost near the tree and then when I start to move to bilanciarmi move your hand toward the center of the boom.

At this point we are ready to lift,

then I lift my legs were unfolded, ground equipment.

We must feel the dinghy sailing and not make too much effort, This happens when we are in the right position as the wind helps to hold the sail. In this position we can walk towards the water always going towards the wind and sometimes moving with side steps almost, because the wind will tend to push back.

For a girl sometimes is heavy transport the material so I often keep the nearby tree as if I wanted to put on the hip and this helps me so much to support the weight of the material, especially when there is little wind and not feel the support of the sail.

Once close to water placed before the Board, still using the bow to the waves, and then take the glider in one hand at the mast and BOOM and you already’ ready for the beach start and for a memorable glide.

In addition to these two methods ( DELIVER THE EQUIPMENT AT THE BEACH (1/2) ) There's also a third that I haven't mentioned for having regard to difficulties of enforcement and at the same time not so imperative. But for those who want to try their hand in difficult jobs here is the explanation. In a nutshell you are carrying Board and sail together but sailing is placed on the head. How to get in this position?

Then lean ground Board and sail with the walls in the direction you want to bring the equipment,

at this point raises the sail from the tree how to make a departure from the beach,

you bring the tree slightly upwind to our head with your hand in front of

( the hand is the one referring to the walls, that is, if I'm going down to the water wall on the left hand is the left, If I am right in front of the hand is the straight walls ).

At this point I just have to stoop, bending your legs, and go and put my head in that part of the sail below the boma,

continuing to hold the shaft with the hand while the hand behind I'll get the straps behind the table or the front strap, as best I can.

At this point I'm ready to "straighten", ovverro return to the upright position with all my gear and here is the hardest part …

I need to find its own balance by raising or lowering the bow of table and always walking into the wind. How does this happen? If the equipment tends to fall backwards ( as if the wind I tore the equipment ) then with the hand holding the straps behind I must raise the stern doing so actually I lower the bow because the table doesn't take wind from below,

If I feel like I'm falling forward with hand behind do lightly trying to lower the stern, that is, raise the bow so that the wind I support equipment.

Once in the water is very easy to place the equipment especially if we go into deep water because we don't even have to bend down, simply lay your table abeam and creep out from under the wing holding the boom. This system of transporting the equipment is very difficult and it is not so necessary to do much that most surfers don't use it. However there are cases where knowing how to carry your gear in the head helps, for example when you leave or you fall into commercials with shortbreak or if you do not want to contaminate the equipment up to the parking lot … from true "pro"!”

text: Greta Welcome – www.RIWmag.com
Photo by Sara Bernardini, rider avenues!