Hi , I am new to this forum. I have been windsurfing for over 20 years and still can't carve gybe. I am wondering if I should give up ! It's not that I have never done any carve gybes, I have. I went on a holiday with my husband ( who is also a windsurfer) and managed to stay dry for 6 turns. I thought I had cracked it, and was very pleased with myself.

However I came back from our holiday and since the windsurfing course ( which was 3 years ago) I still can't turn around more than one or two gybes per windsurf session (if I am lucky !) it seems that I am still making the same mistakes and fall in. I think now it's instilled in my muscle memory that I have to fall in !

I do enjoy windsurfing but if i don't learn to carve gybe or do some kind of turn on a short board soon i am not going to have enough energy to continue windsurfing much longer ! I am 52 years old.

By the way I am in the straps and using a harness - I go out in strong winds my smallest sail is a 3.5 metres .

I have a RRD 77 litre board

and a 86 litre board single fin

Any tips for a aging female windsurfer gratefully received