I just tell people "I'm going for a sail" 
- they don't need more information than that. If they know me, they know exactly where I'm going
. If they don't how gives a sh!t.
I just call it "surfing, but on a board a bit bigger and thicker than a real surfboard, but also using the wind in a sail to help get around and catch the waves and jump, sailing".
Its a bit long but at least it is the correct terminology and as a bonus most people think i'm hardcore and it helps with chicks and stuff.
it was sailboarding 20 years ago so still is sailboading to me but the one i cant get is a water start when it should be a wind start something to think about
It should be called the Sally start, as in "Lay Down Sally", or alternatively the Robbins start
It should be called the Sally start, as in "Lay Down Sally", or alternatively the Robbins start
- they don't need more information than that. If they know me, they know exactly where I'm going. If they don't how gives a sh!t.
- they don't need more information than that. If they know me, they know exactly where I'm going. If they don't how gives a sh!t.
It's not whats "correct" it's what people say. In 2008, most people refer to IT as WINDSURFING....eg. Where ya going.?A windsurfing Whats that stuff n ya car?? Thats my windsurfin' gear..Are you one of those crazy windsurfing guys?? yes....But then again..when you're "clicking" the sail to the board.
Google is all knowing
Windsurfing
www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=windsurfing&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&gws_rd=ssl
15,300,000 hits
Sailboarding
www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=sailboarding&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
88,600 hits
17 to 1 ratio
Hahaah
Man, this is so sad.
After all these years, poleys still can't agree on a name for their sport.
It's poledancing, isn't it ?
in the late 70's the buzz word was this new sport called "windsurfing"
then the solicitors letters started arriving to anyone who mentioned the word in print or otherwise, unless it was referring to windsurfer (tm) 
then we had to call it sail boarding for fear of prosecution.
long live windsurfing!!!!!!!
don't overanalyse it.
i just say, cheerio chaps, i'm off for a ride on my wind powered water displacement device
The idea that only surf sailing is windsurfing is pretty weird, considering where the term came from.
The term was created by Bert Salisbury, an early customer of Drake and Schweitzer. Originally the sport was called windsurfing, so the term "windsurfing" actually came from the days of light wind and longboards. It's bollocks to say that windsurfing doesn't mean longboards or light wind.
The boardsailing term only came up when Windsurfing Int'l tried to stop the term becoming generic. They failed, so the term is now applied to the whole sport. That doesn't mean that the term no longer applies to the original style of the sport.
Surfing has changed a hell of a lot since its name was crearted, but no one says that Duke Kahanamakou didn't surf, or that Nat Young doesn't surf his mal.
Sailing has changed a lot since the Viking ships or the first America's Cup, but no one says that the 1850s racing schooners were not sailing.
Flying has changed a hell of a lot between the Wright Flyer and the SR72 Blackbird, but no one says the Wrights didn't fly.
So of course a sport can change without the older style losing its right to the name.
If you say "windsurfing is only strong winds and shortboards", then if you put Drake and Schweitzer (who invented the sport as we know it and applied the name) and Salisbury (who created the term) on original Windsurfers (TM) in a Windsurfer One Design (TM) championship, they wouldn't be windsurfing. That's ridiculous and illogical.
Chris 249
rescued a wally from the footpath today.
In excellent condition...you want
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cheers
is there anything better than hearing a surf report end with "there is a SE seabreeze expected later in the day good for the windwankers!".
It's definitely windsurfing - waves or no waves. But I have to admit, I go windsurfing, but I find myself calling my boards 'sailboards' to the uninitiated. Why is that?? To be true to windsurfing, what is the best way to refer to a board but still effectively distinguish it from the 50 other types of board in the shed??
Scenario - Laying in front of you on the ground are several different boards.
1. a kite board
2. a skate board
3. a snow board
4. a wake board
5. a boogie board
6. a sail board
Now describe the sport performed on each board
1. Kiteboarding
2. Skateboarding
3. snowboarding
4. wakeboarding
5. boogieboarding
6. windsurfing
Can you pick the odd one out 
Note: I intentionally left out surf board to avoid controversy because I'm yet to meet anyone who goes surfboarding
