Family boards

Buying a family windsurfboard

Are you looking for a windsurfboard for beginners or for the whole family? Then a family windsurfboard might be the right thing for you. The biggest advantage of a beginner windsurfboard is the stability, which is of course very nice when you want to learn how to windsurf. Besides that, these beginner windsurfboards are very popular because of the possibilities of growth. They give you the confidence to take the first steps towards sailing with a harness or getting into the footstraps.

At Telstar Surf we have a wide range of beginner and family windsurfboards from top brands like Fanatic and Starboard. We are happy to help you in making your choice!

Features of a windsurfboard for beginners 

Center fin vs. Daggerboard

A beginner windsurfboard is designed to help you learn to windsurf as best as possible. Beginner windsurf boards have a daggerboard or center fin. This provides stability and keeps your windsurfboard better on course. When your windsurfing skills gets better, you can fold the daggerboard and continue surfing without a daggerboard. An intermediate solution for this daggerboard is a so called center fin. A center fin is a fin that is placed in a box in the middle of the beginner surfboard. This construction has a number of advantages over a daggerboard. The construction is cheaper, lighter and more solid. Furthermore, at an advanced stage, the box can be covered to create a board without a daggerboard.

Quality family windsurfboard

Windsurfboards nowadays have to be produced faster and lighter but because of this these windsurfboards are also vulnerable. Because the nose of the board is reinforced, the boards are stronger and will stay in one piece when a sail or mast falls on them. 

Volume of a beginner windsurfboard

A big advantage of beginner boards is that they have a lot of volume. This means that they have a lot of buoyancy and don't sink fast. During windsurfing a beginner windsurfboard stays stable and you can learn safely. Of course it is also great to stand together with your parent on a family windsurfboard, and this is fine with the high volume. When you get better at windsurfing you can get into the planing faster in strong winds and continue to grow in this beautiful sport.

Specifications beginner windsurfboard 

A beginner windsurfboard is unique compared to other windsurfboards, below we explain the specifications in short:

• A beginner windsurf board is firm because of the use of epoxy and carbon
• A beginner windsurfboard is very stable which makes it easier to learn how to windsurf
• The beginner boards have in most cases a daggerboard or a center fin which makes sure you don't drift too much.
• Because the family windsurfboards are wide the windsurfing feels very comfortable
• A beginner windsurfboard glides easily through the water, especially on days with little wind
• Because of the big volume, the beginner windsurfboards are allround usable for both parents and kids
• A beginner windsurfboard will plan faster on good wind days

Need advice?

Do you still have questions? No problem at all! Come and visit us in the store. We are happy to help you so you can make the right choice!