I was talking with a friend today about how we first started in windsurfing. I was wondering how did others first learn about windsurfing, how did they get into and continue on with the sport.

For me I tried a number of different sports when I was in secondary school. About 25 years ago my school (Clayton Tech in VIC) had a trailer with 10x Wayler beginner long boards and a power boat. When you reached year 9 you had to choose an activity for Wednesday afternoons. Windsurfing was one of those activities. No one really knew how to windsurf, including the teachers. We even did not have wetsuits only life jackets. Most of the time we used the boards as a sit down paddle board. Most students came along to get away from school and the BBQ we always had each trip. A few of us did in the end buy our own setups and continue to try and teach ourselves how to windsurf. Our parents shared the transport down to the beach. During winter we played around with landsailing at school and then at our local ovals.