Equipment

All the latest 2013 windsurfing equipment will be unwrapped this spring at the Poole Windsurfing School. Each year we take delivery of brand new windsurfing equipment from Goya Windsurfing, RRD, Amex, Billabong and Pat Love. This year is no exception, with the latest 2013 windsurfing boards and sails from Goya Windsurfing & RRD being prepared for you.

Learning to windsurf is a lot about having the right equipment and here at the Poole Windsurfing School we pride ourselves on having the latest windsurfing boards & windsurfing sails for our students.

Its early days at the moment, so we don’t have pictures of the rigged kit but thought everyone would be keen to get a sneak preview of some of the brand new windsurf boards & sails that we will have this summer season:

Goya Windsurfing
2013 Goya Surf 202lt Beginners Windsurf Board:

The Goya Surf is such a great beginners windsurfing board that can take every rider through the early stages of windsurfing and into learning the intermediate skills. A balanced board for beginners that can also be turned into one of the most used boards in the quiver of advanced riders. Not to forget the Stand Up Paddle qualities of this wonderful platform.

A wide & short fin helps first time water starts in shallow sections while still maintaining enough fin area once you are planing. Additionally, the all new fully retractable Allgaier® dagger board brings the best of both worlds. You can choose to either have it hidden away, tucked inside the board while riding around, or have it down for first time riders or for trimming upwind on the lighter wind days. Having the daggerboard down maximizes stability while learning to uphaul.


The board features a full EVA deck. Added foam thickness in the nose area keeps the board safe from potential boom front and mast hits. A harder and denser EVA around the whole perimeter of the board helps keeping the rails looking like new after a full season.

2013 Goya Surf Beginners Windsurf Sails:

The 2013 Goya Surf is a perfect windsurf sail for all those taking beginners windsurfing lessons. With full dacron panels, reinforced perimeter, integrated mast pad, and indestructible Ever Clear window, it is a sail that will last for years. Lightweight and durable make for easy windsurfing for those learning to windsurf.

A full head batten and a short leech batten provide stability in both light and strong winds. Adjustable head webbing allows compatibility with any RDM mast, which are used exclusively throughout the Poole Windsurfing School. A large viewing window provides clear and durable sight through the sail. Bright colors make it safe and easy to spot on the water, and fun to look at.

The Goya Surf is the perfect choice for learning to up haul and for learning the basic principals of sailing.


Jason Diffin: “The 2013 SURF is the classic Dacron trainer sail for beginning windsurfers. The SURF is the perfect choice for learning to up haul and for learning the basic principals of sailing.”

2013 Goya Guru Improver to Advanced Windsurf Sails:

The 2013 Goya Guru offers unbeatable high wind comfort and control, flexible feeling and smooth, forward driving power delivery. Finger tip handling and and easily neutralized in transitions. We will be using these sails when teaching improver to advanced windsurfing lessons and will be available in our fleet of advanced windsurf hire equipment.

It comes with an Ever Clear window and all scrim and x-ply construction, resulting in incredible strength and light weight, great power and unbeatable high wind control. New for 2013 are a much lighter construction weight, due to a scrim panel coverage of about 70%, resulting in a stronger and lighter feeling on the water.

Jason Diffin: “The GURU is the ultimate wave and high wind performance sail. Major advancements in materials and component technology create a new GURU model that has better low end, is lighter, and is more tunable than ever. The sail is easy incredibly easy to handle and depower even in the most radical conditions, and the GURU still offers the trademark flexible and comfortable feeling it has become famous for.”

2013 Goya Nexus Improver to Advanced Windsurf Sails:

The 2013 Goya Nexus is a No-Cam Freeride & Freerace sail that supplies the maximum of power, speed and control in the Goya Sail range. The Goya Nexus is pure performance and will be ready for your use on windsurfing courses and advanced windsurf equipment rental at the Poole Windsurfing School.

While cut for power, speed and control in all sizes, the focus is on maneuverability in sizes 4.3 to 6.9 and lift and control in sizes 7.5 to 9.0. Forward and focused drive and crisp, easy handling make Goya Nexus the “go to” sail for maximum performance in bump and jump and flat water conditions.

Sizes 4.3 to 6.9 come as a six batten design, while sizes 7.5 to 9.0 come with seven battens, offering maximum drive while sharing the same built and features.

Jason Diffin: “The 2013 NEXUS is pure freeride and freerace performance. While cut for power, speed and control in all sizes, the focus is on maneuverability in 4.3-6.9 and lift and control in sizes 7.5, 8.2 and 9.0. Forward and focused drive and crisp, easy handling make NEXUS the “go to” sail for maximum performance in bump and jump and flat water conditions.”

RRD Windsurfing
2013 RRD Easyride 180lt Beginners Windsurf Board:

The RRD Easyride windsurf boards give you the right feeling of security through stability and soft touch under your feet. The short length and the wide outline allow to use a small sail to steer the board wherever you want even after 10 minutes of riding. They are a result of a long research and development process in making windsurfing easy for everyone!

Technology includes EPS/HD Glass/Wood sandwich skin on stepping area with a combination of Glass fibers laminated in Single Shot moulding process. Deck covered with Softskin™.

2013 RRD Evolution 145lt & 158lt Improver to Advanced Windsurf Boards:

The balanced mix between floatation and performance makes the RRD 360 Evolution Duratech V3 S 145lt and RRD 360 Evolution Softskin V3 L 158lt the perfect boards to progress in your gybes and even allows you basic freestyle manoeuvres potential! These are THE windsurf board to learn how to carve gybe on, being super easy to initiate and hold a carve on. We will be using the brand new 2013 RRD Evolution windsurf boards at Poole Windsurfing to teach students everything from faster tacks & gybes, beach starts, harness, planing, footstraps & the ultimate carve gybes. The boards will also be a part of our improver to advanced windsurf hire fleet.

Technology includes EPS/ HD Glass Epoxy skin on top and bottom with a Glass crossed fibers laminated in AST moulding process. Covered by a full layer of 3 mm moulded EVA skin.

Billabong Intruder Wetsuits

Billabong is a market leader in wetsuits and we have been using them at the Poole Windsurfing School since day one. For 2013 we will be taking delivery of a fleet of brand new Billabong Intruder Wetsuits for both men and women. These wetsuits are built to last, still have amazing amounts of flexibility & have a feature list to be proud of…

AirLite SuperFlex G3 undersleeve panels
Flatlock construction
Lycra collar facing
Contour collar
Key loop

These features give the wetsuits excellent performance & using them at Poole Windsurfing we are setting a new standard for other windsurfing schools to follow!

The windsurf season is drawing to a close here at the Poole Windsurfing School and we are selling much of our used windsurfing equipment from 2012. Things are being snapped up fast so if you want to grab an absolute bargain you really should check out our used windsurfing equipment webpage. It lists everything that is for sale and shows how much you will be saving! There are even some pictures of the actual kit rigged & on the water.

It’s been a great season and everyone taking lessons & renting equipment from us has loved the new 2012 Goya Windsurfing, RRD, Amex, Billabong and Helly Hanson equipment. So much so, that lots of our windsurf customers have already bought themselves a setup from our secondhand windsurfing equipment list – take a look to the left at a snapshot of part of the used windsurf equipment list.

We only use the best equipment and it is replaced every season, so the secondhand windsurf kit is always in great condition and will save you £100′s compared to buying from new!

Checkout our Windsurfing Equipment Needed? A Buyers Guide for some great tips on how to go about buying your beginners, improvers or advanced windsurfing equipment. We also have a great blog post all about The Secrets to Choosing Beginners Windsurfing Equipment. This is a great article, giving step by step, independent advice on what to look for when buying windsurfing equipment. Reading it could save a big mistake when it comes to getting your first set of secondhand windsurfing equipment!

The windsurf season is off to a great start, you can now check out all the on-water action by going to our Poole Windsurfing Photo Gallery page.

Preview of Photo Gallery page:

Poole Windsurfing Photo Gallery Preview

Our windsurfing students can now use this gallery to find shots of themselves & their friends that were taken out on the water during their lessons with us at Poole Windsurfing. If you have been on a windsurfing lesson with us, why not have a scan through the photo gallery and show your family and friends what you have been getting up to!

All the action is split into Beginners, Improvers & Advanced windsurf courses & albums made for each month of the season to make it easy to find what you are looking for. You can even hover over the images to be shown what month it was taken in, making it even easier to find photos from your lessons.

We also have the following albums for you to look through:

• The Poole Windsurfing School – setup, equipment & teaching venue
• Poole Harbour Sunsets – it may be in the UK but the sunsets here are amazing!
• Poole Harbour & Sandbanks Area Photography – to showcase what is some of the best coastline in the UK
• Poole Windsurfing Holiday Locations – Location & action shots from planned holiday destinations




Keep checking back to the Poole Windsurfing Photo Gallery for up to the minute windsurfing pictures!

Enjoy – Poole Windsurfing.

The windsurf season is now under way at the Poole Windsurfing school and we have lots of shiny new 2012 windsurfing equipment from Goya, RRD & Amex. Our windsurf students have been enjoying all this new windsurfing equipment on their windsurfing courses. People hiring windsurfing boards & sails have been loving the new kit!

All types of courses will be running throughout the season from beginner and improver windsurfing courses through to advanced lessons and private windsurf tuition. Also, Poole Windsurfing offers a superb windsurf hire scheme where you can pay by the hour or take advantage of a discounted 10 hour hire card that you use during the summer season.

The latest fleet of 2012 equipment includes extra sizes of boards in the beginners windsurfing range from both RRD & Goya, so there is exactly the right size for everyone. The advanced windsurfing sail range includes 2012 ‘Guru’ & the new ‘Nexus’ windsurfing sails that will give improver to advanced windsurfers an even greater choice of sail size & type.

RDM (Reduced Diameter Masts) are still being used exclusively throughout our windsurf school. You rarely go to a windsurf school that uses these masts for their students, they are normally only reserved for the instructors! At Poole Windsurfing we use RDM’s for everything from advanced sails right through to using them on our beginners windsurfing courses!

“They may be more expensive but we really feel the benefit to the students is worth it!” – Terril Winters, Senior Windsurfing Instructor – Poole Windsurfing

Take a look at our Windsurfing Equipment Page to see more from the Poole Windsurfing School setup. This page showcases our windsurfing equipment and is being updated with shots of all the 2012 windsurfing kit.

If you are thinking of taking up windsurfing, or getting back into the sport this summer then you really should come and try out the latest kit here at the Poole Windsurfing School!

All the latest 2012 windsurfing equipment will be unwrapped this spring at the Poole Windsurfing School. Each year we take delivery of brand new windsurfing equipment from Goya Windsurfing, RRD, Amex, Billabong and Pat Love. This year is no exception, with the latest 2012 windsurfing boards and sails from Goya Windsurfing & RRD being prepared for you.

Learning to windsurf is a lot about having the right equipment and here at the Poole Windsurfing School we pride ourselves on having the latest windsurfing boards & windsurfing sails for our students.

Its early days at the moment, so we don’t have pictures of the rigged kit but thought everyone would be keen to get a sneak preview of some of the brand new windsurf boards & sails that we will have this summer season:

Goya WIndsurfing
2012 Goya Surf 202lt Beginners Windsurf Board:

The Goya Surf is such a great beginners windsurfing board that can take every rider through the early stages of windsurfing and into learning the intermediate skills. A balanced board for beginners that can also be turned into one of the most used boards in the quiver of advanced riders. Not to forget the Stand Up Paddle qualities of this wonderful platform.

A wide & short fin helps first time water starts in shallow sections while still maintaining enough fin area once you are planing. Additionally, the all new fully retractable Allgaier® dagger board brings the best of both worlds. You can choose to either have it hidden away, tucked inside the board while riding around, or have it down for first time riders or for trimming upwind on the lighter wind days. Having the daggerboard down maximizes stability while learning to uphaul.


The board features a full EVA deck. Added foam thickness in the nose area keeps the board safe from potential boom front and mast hits. A harder and denser EVA around the whole perimeter of the board helps keeping the rails looking like new after a full season.

2012 Goya Surf Beginners Windsurf Sails:

The 2012 Goya Surf is a perfect windsurf sail for all those taking beginners windsurfing lessons. With full dacron panels, reinforced perimeter, integrated mast pad, and indestructible Ever Clear window, it is a sail that will last for years. Lightweight and durable make for easy windsurfing for those learning to windsurf.

A full head batten and a short leech batten provide stability in both light and strong winds. Adjustable head webbing allows compatibility with any RDM mast, which are used exclusively throughout the Poole Windsurfing School. A large viewing window provides clear and durable sight through the sail. Bright colors make it safe and easy to spot on the water, and fun to look at.

The Goya Surf is the perfect choice for learning to up haul and for learning the basic principals of sailing.


Jason Diffin: “The 2012 SURF is the classic Dacron trainer sail for beginning windsurfers. The SURF is the perfect choice for learning to up haul and for learning the basic principals of sailing.”

2012 Goya Guru Improver to Advanced Windsurf Sails:

The 2012 Goya Guru offers unbeatable high wind comfort and control, flexible feeling and smooth, forward driving power delivery. Finger tip handling and and easily neutralized in transitions. We will be using these sails when teaching improver to advanced windsurfing lessons and will be available in our fleet of advanced windsurf hire equipment.

It comes with an Ever Clear window and all scrim and x-ply construction, resulting in incredible strength and light weight, great power and unbeatable high wind control. New for 2012 are a much lighter construction weight, due to a scrim panel coverage of about 70%, resulting in a stronger and lighter feeling on the water.

Jason Diffin: “The GURU is the ultimate wave and high wind performance sail. Major advancements in materials and component technology create a new GURU model that has better low end, is lighter, and is more tunable than ever. The sail is easy incredibly easy to handle and depower even in the most radical conditions, and the GURU still offers the trademark flexible and comfortable feeling it has become famous for.”

2012 Goya Nexus Improver to Advanced Windsurf Sails:

The 2012 Goya Nexus is a No-Cam Freeride & Freerace sail that supplies the maximum of power, speed and control in the Goya Sail range. The Goya Nexus is pure performance and will be ready for your use on windsurfing courses and advanced windsurf equipment rental at the Poole Windsurfing School.

While cut for power, speed and control in all sizes, the focus is on maneuverability in sizes 4.3 to 6.9 and lift and control in sizes 7.5 to 9.0. Forward and focused drive and crisp, easy handling make Goya Nexus the “go to” sail for maximum performance in bump and jump and flat water conditions.

Sizes 4.3 to 6.9 come as a six batten design, while sizes 7.5 to 9.0 come with seven battens, offering maximum drive while sharing the same built and features.

Jason Diffin: “The 2012 NEXUS is pure freeride and freerace performance. While cut for power, speed and control in all sizes, the focus is on maneuverability in 4.3-6.9 and lift and control in sizes 7.5, 8.2 and 9.0. Forward and focused drive and crisp, easy handling make NEXUS the “go to” sail for maximum performance in bump and jump and flat water conditions.”

RRD Windsurfing
2012 RRD Easyride 180lt Beginners Windsurf Board:

The RRD Easyride windsurf boards give you the right feeling of security through stability and soft touch under your feet. The short length and the wide outline allow to use a small sail to steer the board wherever you want even after 10 minutes of riding. They are a result of a long research and development process in making windsurfing easy for everyone!

Technology includes EPS/HD Glass/Wood sandwich skin on stepping area with a combination of Glass fibers laminated in Single Shot moulding process. Deck covered with Softskin™.

2012 RRD Evolution 148lt & 158lt Improver to Advanced Windsurf Boards:

The balanced mix between floatation and performance makes the RRD Evolution M 148lt and L 158lt 360 Duratech line the perfect boards to progress in your gybes and even allows you basic freestyle manoeuvres potential! These are THE windsurf board to learn how to carve gybe on, being super easy to initiate and hold a carve on. We will be using the brand new 2012 RRD Evolution windsurf boards at Poole Windsurfing to teach students everything from faster tacks & gybes, beach starts, harness, planing, footstraps & the ultimate carve gybes. The boards will also be a part of our improver to advanced windsurf hire fleet.

2012 DIRECT DRIVE SERIES™
INCORPORATING DIAGONAL FLEX™

Diagonal Flex™
The main difference between Goya masts and those of all competition is Diagonal Flex™. No other mast brand offers this technology.

Diagonal Flex™ does not only allow Goya masts to bend to amazing curves, just like all those laboratory photos you know, but while in that shape, they are also enabled to twist extremely lively, working in close synergy with the Goya sails.

The difference resulting from this feature is expressed by a very simple number: Last winter, also know as the big wave season, between all Goya Team Riders, shops and distributors, we broke a total of three (3) masts. This was only possible through the Diagonal Flex™ technology developed by Goya Windsurfing.

90% Carbon
Another essential building block of our masts is the use of an all new Goya exclusive Carbon lay up that makes our extreme bend and twist curves possible in the first place. 90% Pre-Preg. 33 million pounds per square inch.

Wall Thickness
The equation is very simple. Our wall thickness is at least 50% thicker than the rest of the market, while still being among the lightest weights.

How is that possible? Again, it’s no magic, everything starts with the most advance materials available, built with the same technology that is used in the aerospace industry.

Bend and Reflex like SDM
That sounds impossible but when you see that we offer our RDM masts at 490, doesn’t that make you curious how quick and stable our 400 is?

The Goya mast layup gradually adapts to each sizing, enabling us to go from 12 IMCS on our 310 all the way up to 30 IMCS on the 490, while still keeping the same bending percentages or even getting a stiffer bottom section on the larger masts.

Repairing a damaged windsurf board is no easy task unless you have the right tools & know how. One website that really goes into all the detail you would ever need is www.boardlady.com.

The best place to start with learning how to repair a windsurf board is to understand how they are constructed, that way you know what it is you will be dealing with before you actually start digging around a repair. Get to know everything from the “EPS” expanded polystyrene cores right through to the reinforcements of either fiberglass, Carbon, Kevlar® or combinations thereof. The ‘board lady’ has a page dedicated to board construction right here: Windsurf Board Construction.

You can get a menu to access information about everything from the tools required to adding non-skid to your finished product…Windsurf Board Repair Menu.

A good example of the basic steps involved in repairing a damaged windsurf board can be seen in this visual YouTube clip:

Happy repairing and happy windsurfing!

We have just released our 2011 Used Windsurfing Equipment price list and pretty much everything is for sale at 50% of normal retail price! Every season the Poole Windsurfing school takes delivery of the latest windsurfing equipment, so at the end of this current summer season we can sell on all the used 2011 kit. Having only been with us for a few months the used windsurf equipment is in great condition.

We have everything from used beginners windsurf boards & sails through to top of the range advanced used windsurf sails. We have some of the leading brands in windsurfing, RRD & Goya Windsurfing. Both these companies are market leaders in quality, innovation & regularly win the magazine tests for best windsurf board or best windsurf sail.

We also have some great used windsurf booms from Amex & used windsurf harnesses from Pat Love. Basically, if you want the cheapest yet best quality used windsurfing equipment available then we can help!

Buying second hand windsurfing equipment can be a real mine field, due to the technical nature of the sport. At Poole Windsurfing, we can offer retail independent advice about what second hand windsurfing equipment will be right for you. Have a look at our article on Windsurfing Equipment Needed? A Buyers Guide to learn all about how to choose your windsurfing equipment.

Also, we have a specific article aimed at those new to the sport, who may have just finished their beginners windsurfing lessons and are looking to buy some used beginners windsurfing equipment.

Lots of our regular windsurfing students have already been reserving their used windsurf equipment, so check out our new used windsurfing equipment page and grab yourself a bargain before its all gone!

So, Sunday 10th July was the big windsurfing demo day held by Poole Windsurfing & Francisco Goya. All the latest 2012 goya windsurfing equipment was rigged & ready to go. Lucky windsurfers met the man himself, Francisco Goya & then got to test out some of the latest 2012 Goya Windsurfing equipment in some quite nice marginal planing conditions down here at the Poole Windsurfing School.

Goya Windsurfing Equipment Demo Day at the Poole Windsurfing school

Francisco Goya was on hand to answer questions about the latest 2012 goya windsurfing equipment, giving advice about how to rig sails & chat about the new equipment in the 2012 line up, such as the new Banzai sails which enable you to use a smaller size than normal yet still give some good early planing power!

Most of the Goya Windsurfing equipment was on display & ready to be tested by eager windsurfers! The list of demo equipment included boards such as the Goya Custom Quads, Goya Ones, Goya FXR’s and for windsurf sails there were 2012 Eclipse, Guru and Banzai Sails!

Francisco was helping setup boards & sails along with UK Importer, Rick of Zero Gravity Distribution & Terril from Poole Windsurfing. Francisco was super enthusiastic, telling all about how the Goya windsurfing equipment works and what changes have been made for the coming 2012 season. He is a super nice, genuine guy who clearly has a big passion for everything windsurfing and it was a pleasure to have him take the time to come down to the Poole Windsurfing school and share his knowledge with us!

Poole Windsurfing provided some of their Billabong wetsuits, wetsuit shoes & some beginners Goya Surf boards & Goya Surf sails for people to get out on the water at Poole Harbour and enjoy the afternoon. With an incoming tide, sun & a steadily increasing breeze, Francisco was a busy man rigging sails for those keen to get out there and do some product testing!

The location used by Poole Windsurfing is perfect for all levels of windsurfer, from beginners just getting their balance, people practicing their carve gybes and even those getting into the world of windsurf freestyle. The gently shelving, shallow water & steady onshore breeze make for great conditions for progress with your windsurfing.

Throughout the day Francisco Goya was on hand to sign autographs and general inspire the local windsurfers to get out there and enjoy the sport of windsurfing to the full.

We already look forward to getting some of the new 2012 goya windsurfing equipment into the Poole Windsurfing school for next season.

Ex world champion windsurfer, Francisco Goya based on Maui, Hawaii will be at the Poole Windsurfing school on Sunday 10th July to run a free windsurfing equipment demo day!

Join Francisco Goya at Poole Windsurfing for a free
demo day!

Here at Poole Windsurfing we pride ourselves on the quality of the windsurfing equipment we use in the school. Much of our equipment comes from Goya Windsurfing, which is owned & run by windsurfing legend & all round nice guy, Francisco Goya.

From 1pm to 4pm the Goya Windsurfing crew will be down at Poole Windsurfing, showcasing all the latest boards & sails.

There will be free equipment demo sessions, where you can take out Goya windsurfing equipment on the water. Demo kit will include the 2011 ‘Just Launched’ spring collection of FXR & FXRS, plus the TEST WINNING benchmark Goya Quad and Goya One/ X1 Freestyle. Goya windsurfing sails will include the Eclipse, Guru, Nexus and Freesurf. If that’s not enough, ex PWA world champion Francisco Goya will be on hand to talk you through the features of the kit you are trying out!

Test out the latest Goya Windsurfing equipment free at the Poole Windsurfing Demo Day!

Lots of next season’s 2012 Goya Windsurfing boards & sails will be on display. As one of the few brands in windsurfing that produce both their own boards & sails the cross-pollination is immense and translates into seamless interaction of Goya sails and boards. The photo’s here give a sneak preview of the new 2012 Goya Windsurfing equipment and you can read more about what makes these windsurf boards & windsurfing sails so great on the official Goya Windsurfing website.

Francisco Goya will also be there to give some free windsurfing clinics. Clinics will be run on topics that are in demand on the day. If you need help tuning your kit, cracking those carve gybes or want to learn to forward loop, he is the man who has been there & done that when it comes to anything windsurfing!

Come on down to the Poole Windsurfing school to test all the latest Goya Windsurfing equipment out on the water for free & chat with the man himself, Francisco Goya!

Have a look at the map opposite to see where Poole Windsurfing is based, right at the harbour edge, opposite Brudenell Avenue (where there is free parking). Go to the How To Find Us page of the Poole Windsurfing website for Door to Door directions.

Event: Francisco Goya Windsurfing Free Demo Day
Place: Poole Windsurfing School (Door to Door Directions)
Date: Sunday 10th July 2011
Time: 1pm-4pm