WindsurfingUK issue 5 October 2017 | Page 51

49 FINDING THE RIGHT COURSE FOR YOU AND THE WINDSURFING YOU DO WORDS: SAM ROSS PICS: RYA WHETHER YOU ARE JUST STARTING OUT YOURSELF, LOOKING TO INTRODUCE A FRIEND, WANT TO GET OVER A PLATEAU, OR WOULD LIKE TO GAIN SOME INDEPENDENCE THERE’S A COURSE FOR YOU, SAYS RYA WINDSURFING TRAINER SAM ROSS. To succeed in any sport, practice makes perfect, but there’s nothing wrong with getting a leg-up here and there. That’s where professional training comes in. Perhaps you want to perfect your planing technique or maybe you would like to know how to gybe? Or perhaps windsurfing is just an idea germinating in the back of your mind? Either way, some expert training will make it a breeze, giving you the confidence to progress on your own. Here are options on offer from the RYA’s leading windsurfing training programme, widely available in the UK and abroad. uk WIND SURFING