Improve your waterstarts, make them quicker and less stressful, and ALL parts of your windsurfing game will improve – because 1. You’ll save energy 2. You won’t lose ground downwind 3. You won’t dread falling in so will GO FOR YOUR MOVES!

A lot of people can waterstart fine but when it comes to the rig recovery, they’re often a bit short of ideas when everything is the wrong way round. Here are a couple of tips and shortcuts that can really speed up the process from tricky situations.