Len is a great windsurfer. He learned windfoiling easily. He was a natural as my first wing foiling student!

Amazing neighbour Dianne gets windsurfing properly after a frustrating introduction 3 decades ago!

Rosie comes back for a second lesson and makes it out and back without needing a tow. And she did more jibes too!

A great day for a beginner and a refresher windsurf course.

My 3rd beginner of 2022 was Rosie, a snowboarder and Phillip’s girlfriend. I was a bit worried as it was another 15 knot day. We started...

While the Launch Pad Windsurf Academy is new, I've been enjoying teaching windsurfing for many years. Here is a photo with my niece...

My former work colleague Marc had bid on a family weekend windsurf lesson last year to raise funds for the ScotiaMcLeod Charitable...

I gratefully received two boxes of swag from Fanatic and Duotone as part of a sponsorship. It is great that parent company Boards and...

My first Launch Pad Windsurf Academy student of 2022 was pretty keen to learn windsurfing. Richard is a long time sailor and wakeboarder,...

I'm excited to announce that the amazing gear manufacturers Fanatic and Duotone are official sponsors of the Launch Pad Windsurf academy....

Today I connected our website to google and will begin our 2022 season with a few lessons already being scheduled. As we begin the...

Now with two wings, the Launch Pad is adding WING foiling to our wind sports adventures!

The Launch Pad has its own weather station here in the windy corner of Georgian Bay!

Learning to use the wing on snow is highly recommended

For the last 11 years, my windsurfing blog has been at: windsurfing-en-provence.blogspot.ca. There you can find a lot of my past...