Table of Contents
Places to Paddle and Downwind
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Capt. Jack Sparrow: “Not All Treasure Is Silver And Gold, Mate.”
Aruba, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands
Fr. Polynesia
Hawaii
Indonesia
Macaronesia
USA
World's Best Downwind Runs?
- World Class Downwinders we're talking surfski and outrigger here, the criteria for “best” for others like kiters can be quite a bit different, though there clearly can be overlap.
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Other Downwind Location References
- Alphabetized List of Downwind Runs Worldwide from Downwind.Fun website
- Somewhat Seated-Paddler Favorable?
- Downwindable downwinders around the world plus a good event calendar for races
- Downwind.Fun worldwide downwinding website
- More Oriented Towards Standing Up (you may get good beta about locales from these but certain types of wind boarders may favor flat water with wind over setups that have good downwind surfing runs)
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- DWFoil Map
- StandupZone Downwind Forum Board (SUP, kite, foil, etc.) oriented website, but this forum often discusses downwinding locations
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More Potential Wave Paddling
Global Wind
- Global Wind Atlas Interactive Wind Map (darkest color = 10 m/s or above which is approximately 22.4 mph and above or 36 km/h and above). When you zoom in and out with map, be patient and let it redraw the wind speed colors.
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Training Locations
Surfski Rental
Boat/Ship Traffic
Videos
Videos from Around the World
Welcome to Surfski, Welcome to Adventure
Worldwide Paddling Video Samples (Mostly Downwinding)
each page of videos from around the world has approximately 12 entries (some have double ups for the same location or for the same downwinder). Although newer videos generally get added to the highest numbered tab list, these videos are not organized entirely chronologically - they get rearranged occasionally to maintain/improve variety within the lists.