Hello, I returned from Lago di Garda, Italy a week ago where I tried windsurfing for a first time in my life. I absolutely fell in love with the sport so the first thing I did when I returned was buying a gear. After my euphory weared off and my sanity returned, I noticed that this is in my garage:


2001 Fanatic Bee 124 litres

Mistral 5.9 sail

all the rig components I need to get going (everything new, I bought it with the sail and the guy in the shop trimmed it for me and explained everything, so I should be able to set it up properly)

some Rip Curl neoprene


Now the thing is I had something huge under my feet on Lago di Garda and the 124 l Bee looks pretty unstable for my 80 kg (cca 178 lbs) of weight. I tried to get on it last Sunday without sails (just the board on the water) and it didnt feel THAT bad, but I couldnt actually stand on it - I always ended in a water.

Next weekend is the first time Im gonna get all the equipment to my local WS-friendly lake and Im pretty determined to spend hours in water trying to get on the board and rise the sail, but TBH Im also pretty scared that I bought the wrong gear.

Long story short:

Is it possible for basically an absolute newbie with weight of 80 kg (cca 178 lbs) to learn windsurfing on a 124 l freeride board?