Being myself a windsurfer since 1978, I have built several windsurfing sleds prototypes. Through my experiments, I have acquiered the knowledge and expertise to solve the problems of building a windsurfing sled that can safely sail on both ice and snow.
The modern windsurfing boards requier only one fin to get its directional stability. The inclination of the windsurfing board and the mast combined with the displacement of the windsurfer is used to manover. However, a windsurfing sled evolves in a totally different environment than water: solid ice, bumpy surface hard like rock and without fluidity, or snow, which offers no flotation, compaction only and. Hence, to obtain manovrability similar to a windsurfing board, a major technical break-through was requiered in the design of windsurfing sleds.
Video of my first rigid windsurfing sled
Video of my second rigid windsurfing sled
Picture of my first windsurfing sled with alpine ski
Picture of my second windsurfing sled with alpine skis
Picture of my 5th prototype of windsurfing-sled with windsurfing ski
This new concept of windsurfing sled with single winsdurfing ski received the World Ice and Snow Sailing Association's (W.I.S.S.A.) prize for best design in 2006. (Best Design 2006) .
This new kind of ski togheter with an optimized low drag platform allows you to windsurf easely and safely on ice and snow without any parts to install or remove.
In winter, ice and snow conditions vary quite often but you will be free to windsurf on any kind of surface as long as there is sufficient wind... and the ice or snow is thick enough!