Learning to windsurf all too often comes down to not learning to windsurf. A friend gives you five minutes of the basics of balance, uphauling, and tacking and then, at the first puff, sails for the ...

SPLASH! I’ve just landed in the water on a hot, breezy day at Snohomish County’s Lake Ballinger. I’m learning to windsurf, a sport that combines sailing and surfing — neither of which I’d ever done ...