HEY GUYS
im new this forum and new this sport but ive always wanted to get into wind or kite surfing since i found the real fun in sailing --> hiking with the boat vertical above rough seas going at an incredible speed
I hope to move away from sailing(with its big, bulky gear) though and focus more on windsurfing and kitesurfing! hopfully i can learn from this forum
of what i hope to be an amazing sport!
Any way today I found a wind surfing board on the street but it had no sail so I was wondering weather you guys could point me in the right direction to preferably make one(come on how hard could it be, hurry hard rubbish collection only larsts for 2 more days!) or buy one.
my weight is 75kg, 17 years old and i am 6'7" tall, i surf so i exspect no problems staying up(right?) and sail so should get a good idea for where the sail has to be in relation to the wind.
heres a pic of my newly scabed
board
i guss its about 2.5m
Thankyou
Regards Sam
Sorry but that board isn't suitable for beginners at all.
It was made in the 1990s for experts to race on.
If you do give it a go I'd recommend you do three things with the board.
Firstly remove the footstraps. Footstraps will get in the way
Secondly improve the non stick on the board by sugercoating it or something like that. Otherwise the board will be very slippery.
Thirdly, fix some sort of centre fin the the middle of the board, somewhere close to the mast track. Just make something out of plywood and then try and glue it or fix it somehow to the board without putting a hole in the board.
These three mods should not cost you much and will make learning on the board a easier.
A question. Does the board come with a fin? If not its going to be a pain to source and its probably not worth using this board. I think Tiga used its own fin system, the Conic box.
Thanks a million for the support and advice.
no it dint come with a fin and it looks like the fin attaches to the back 
(why not the center??) is it to allow easier turning, and so you recon i should make em out of plywood and put on on the back where it is ment to go and another on the middle.
I recon i could make a muck around sail out of a surf rod (flexible and strong), attach a boom to one of the surf rod's guides and then there's the sail what do you guys recon-tarpolen or curtain/blind???
, i would imagie the tarp would be better, but this is just for a muck around when it gets windy enough to push this make shirft rig around
but i suppose i will have to buy something on ebay
and maybe turn this board into a kayak with alot of eproxy putty
and decrepit i would'nt say that im a good sailor and surfer as i only sail single sail boats and could never learn to cut across on a surf board because coolangatta has toooo many surfers stealling your wave and i was too afraid i would be unable to control the board cutting across and run over someone
--> which gave me alot of time to perfect standing up and balance.
thankyou
You could check out the tip shop that's between Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads, if you're really lucky my old Bombora with two sails will still be there... That's what I learnt on, it worked for me
A surf rod will be way, way too flexy.
Keep an eye out on gumtree and here, also have a chat to the boys in Surf FX -- they might know of somewhere you can get some old gear to get started on.
Sam
Not sure if you're fully set up now but if you have problems with the TIGA board (which might be difficult to learn on, especially in the Tweed) and you can't afford more modern gear (which really would be better for you) then I have an older Bic board which might be a better board for you to learn on. It's wider and possibly more buoyant and stable than the TIGA but should go fast in the right hands as well. Comes with adjustable centreboard, adjustable mast track, two piece fibreglass mast, replacement (stainless) mast step fitting as well as all the original fittings including footstraps. No sail I'm afraid but I have added a European pin fitting to the mast step set up which will now fit a more modern mast extension as well.
The fin is the original so no need to mess about adapting anything. I also glued some rubber surfboard mat on to make up for the slippery deck and it works well.
You can have the lot for $100 if the TIGA doesn't work for you. I also have a more modern, 460cm, 25% carbon mast (two piece) which I'll throw in for an extra $50.
I live in Kingscliff so respond to this post if you're interested - maybe some of the other more experienced sailors who responded to your original post can let you know what they think of the board, price etc before you commit.
