Less wide begginer board vs narrower ones

[<Begginer>]

Hi i am a beginner windsurfer, i windsurf 2 time last summer on a f2 begginer bord from before the wide era id say it was probably a 98-99 board and at the end of my second session i was able to go back and forth with not that much problem, the guy who bring me windsurfing have been doing it for more then 20 year and said I learned very fast from what eve seen before.

Now i purchased a sail a boom and a mast from North sail its a begginer kit that seem very good quality the sail is a drive 6.5 a carbon mast 30 % and a chinook boom.

I live in quebec (canada), its winter now so i cant windsurf but i am looking forward for spring and summer to windsurf again and i want to purchase my first board.
I dont know wet what to go for but i am pretty interessted in the fanatic board range and i was thinking abouth getting something like a e-ray or maybe the viper. But ive also considered a board more like the start, go , or nova. By reading on some board producer web site some say that the new wide board tend to cut the fun a little bit. If you want to read abouth it go on the fanatic board website in the fanatic viper description... It seem like some compagny jp,fanatic thinks that the new begginer board are just to wide. What do you guys think abouth it ? and what board you think i should considere buying considering i learn pretty fast and dont have that much trouble going back and forth on a more narrow board?

Thank you sry for my english its my second language

[sukhdev]

There seem to be 2 schools of thought were learning windsurfing is concerned, one that says you must pay your dues, learn the hard way, go with trad shapes and the other that says it should be easy from day one. I belong to the 2nd, the first school of thought resulted in the sport totally stagnating for many years.

Fun directly relates to the ability to milk the most out of the conditions you sail in for the given level of expertise you are at. For a beginner fun means going out, not falling in much, being able to make you tacks and gybes and most of all, being able to easily get back to where you started from. If this is fun for a beginner then the wide boards win by a mile.

The saddest thing to see is someone buying equipment either based on misperceptions. People then stagnate and eventually drop out of the sport. Right now you want to get something that will speed your progress forward

Re specific boards, the GO etc are great boards but if you think you are going to progress super fast (it sounds like you are learning really quickly) then perhaps something like a DRAM freeformula 2004 will be great, its a board even an expert will enjoy.

I have boards ranging from 100cm wide down to 49cm wide in my collection. They are all fun. I need the 100cm in light winds or course racing and I need the 49cm for the times i make trips to seriously windy places.

Last weekend I had a choice of boards to take out. On saturday the wind was fluky. I wanted to sail either the 75cm hyper or one of our other smaller supposedly more "fun" boards. Looking at the conditions I went out on the formula 158. I never stopped planing, I could go upwind/downwind and roam anywhere I wanted while many other sailors would drop on and off the plane. Fun? very much so. 2 hours of non stop fast planing.

Lastly, every brand takes a "stand" based on the market perception it wants to generate. Reality is that the new wide boards speed learning at a pace that makes me wish I learnt on one.

[<Beginner>]

Thanks for the answer sukhdev,
Ive post this treath on different forum and ive made myself an idea, i will probably buy a Start board small because they are cheaper and then i could save up money when i progress to buy  something else, and i could also bring friend to windsurf later on. Any information is welcome. I would like to know what you think abouth the fanatic viper i found the design very kool. What kind of new equipement i will have to buy extra to be able to sail alot on that kind of board(start) considering i have a 6.5 north sail drive, 30 % carbon mast and chinook boom. And wich win condition could i cover?
ok
thx again