START WINDSURFING - learn the basics in just 60 minutes.

Watch our short video which shows what you will learn in your first windsurfing lesson

In 1999 Starboard, re-invented Windsurfing as an "Easy to Learn" sport with the original Start Windsurfing Board. Many of its features continue in today’s Start Board:

• Super wide shape: therefore ultra-stable, necessary for teaching on Beaches where the water can have waves. Even small waves make the extra volume and width of the Large Start Board a must have for any serious Windsurfing School or Resort.
• Full EVA deck: makes the Start comfortable and fun to ride on. The EVA, "rubber" deck provides good grip and is friendly to your skin. Especially in Asia where we do not need to wear wet-suits.
• Convenient carry handles, The Starboard Start Board, has front and back carry handles.
• Beginner footstrap positions, the shape of the board is contoured to help beginners stand in the best place and learn to control the board quickly. Multiple Footstrap positions are provided so you can use the one board for advancing all the way to Intermediate level Windsurfing with Harness and Footstraps.

In over 30 years of Teaching, no other board has made windsurfing easier to learn and teach than the Starboard Start "L". 

Ultra-stable but also fun
•   More glide thanks to longer shapes with a low, slender rocker  that makes getting on to the plane smooth and easy.
•  Early planing: the extra-wide tail of the new Starts allows them  to plane early and easy. The quicker you get planing, the quicker  you  get hooked.

Smart deck design
•   Contour deck: Normally, a deck is mostly curved towards the outside edges. This means that the strap positions need to be out
on the edges to be comfortable, but then getting into the  footstraps is very difficult. If the straps are positioned closer to 
the board’s centre line, the deck will be flat and uncomfortable. With Starboard’s Contour Deck, specially shaped recess makes
the deck comfortable when the straps are positioned inboard. This makes it easy and natural but also comfortable use the more
advanced footstrap positions.
•   The extra thick rail section in the middle of the board adds  extra stability. The deck is totally flat in the area where entry
level sailors will walk around the first hours onboard.
•   Colour coded deck: different colours on the deck indicates both ideal foot positions and sail positions: for uphauling, for
medium-power-zone and for more-power-zone. Makes learning and teaching much simpler. Smart details
•   The third generation Clipperbox system is the easiest and most functional daggerboard system ever. Its clip system is
super smooth and easy to operate, it’s totally sand-proof, strong and reliable.
•   The rubber lips on the bottom are back-plated with L-shaped plastic strips. This totally prevents any water from gushing   
through the daggerboard case when the daggerboard is retracted and board is planing. For the first time, you can feel
the efficiency of a non-daggerboard board in a board with a daggerboard system, so learning to plane becomes easier
than ever.
•   The new Clipperbox daggerboard 570 also features a stronger handle fitting and a new rake angle that is less up
right than before, providing a more forgiving and directional ride. Moulded in a more flexible plastic, the new daggerboard
is lighter and provides more lift making the board livelier upwind.
•   Integrated nose protector to protect the board from mast  impacts.

Starboard Start Board Product Video