Windsurfing

Windsurfing

Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. Windsurfing gained a popular following across Europe and North America by the late 1970s and had achieved significant global popularity by the 1980s. Windsurfing became an Olympic sport in 1984.

Windsurfing (advertisement)

"Windsurfing" was a political advertisement commissioned by Republican president George W. Bush's campaign during the 2004 United States presidential election. The ad, which shows Democratic nominee John Kerry windsurfing while a voiceover states that his views shift "whichever way the wind blows", criticized Kerry's alternating positions on the Iraq war, a bill that directed supplemental aid to U.S. soldiers, education reform, and the price of Medicare premiums.

windsurfing

Noun

1. A marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail or banking the board. Some windsurfers use large waves to perform jumps and other stunts.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of windsurf