Youth Windsurfing & Windfoiling at Jericho Sailing Center

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The Windsurfing Development Program is back for 2025!

This special program is tailored for youth aged 13-24 who want to be immersed in the sport of windsurfing and have their skills grow and improve so that they can pursue windfoiling for fun or competitively.

This 5 day program takes place at Windsure Adventure Watersports at the Jericho Sailing Center and will focus on developing participants' abilities in a fun, team environment. Instruction will be geared towards taking students from intermediate watersports practitioners to having the skills and knowledge to approach foiling safely. If you are passionate about windsurfing, would like to stretch your skills, and have a driven mindset when it comes to training and (maybe even competing), this is the program for you!

The Windsurfing Youth Development Program runs Monday-Friday in the afternoon, 1:30pm-4:30pm with a maximum of 5 participants per program week. The enrolment fee of $500 includes the use of all the equipment you will need, and instruction.

Skill prerequisites include:

• For Dinghy Sailors: CanSail II, III ~1year of racing experience
• For windsurfers/wingers/kiters: competently tack/gybe, sail upwind/downwind using the harness.
• All: must have willingness to learn racing rules of sailing

Strongly recommended pre-work courses include:

• Discover Windsurfing 1-3 OR
• Discover WingSurfing + Discover WingFoiling OR
• Private Lessons OR
• Windsurfing Youth Camp + time on water OR
• JSCA Rookie Racing Seminar OR

Please be sure to have participated in one these programs or have equivalent experience before registering.

Are finances a barrier to your participation? Full scholarships are available for this special program. Please complete this form to apply, and select the 'Participant (Scholarship)' option when completing your registration - no payment will be charged and your spot will be held while the scholarship application is reviewed.

If you have questions, please e-mail info@windsure.com with Subject Line: WDPY (First Name Last Name). If you are interested but cannot attend the currently scheduled dates, please let us know as we are exploring opportunities to expand the program.