WindsurfingUK issue 10 March 2019 | Page 35

35 COST EFFECTIVE LIP HITZ WAVE SAILING ON THE CHEAP WORDS: WSUK PICS: JAMES JAGGER WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, BRAND NEW WINDSURFING GEAR IS A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF CASH TO PART WITH. SOME ARE IN A POSITION TO COUGH UP THE READIES WHEREAS MANY AREN’T, INSTEAD RELYING ON THE SECOND-HAND MARKET TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT. Windy gear has come on leaps and bounds since the 80s, 90s and early noughties. Equipment is now lighter, more robust and boasts so much more user-friendly performance than yesteryear. Therefore anyone in the market for used kit is going to find something applicable from the last few years. To test this theory further we got involved to see what’s out there and investigate wave sailing on a budget. uk WIND SURFING