Old Windsurf Boards Find New Life as Electric Surfboards

Remember windsurfing? The very first of those noble but menacing wind-driven “surf” craft that infiltrated mere stick-and-skeg surfgoing lineups way back when? Yes, politics aside, they were pretty cool contrivances.

The modern windsurfer dates back at least to the 1960s, but for the millions of them manufactured over the decades, many have ended up neglected. Why? Well, if you yourself ever tried the sport, there’s a good chance you’re among the majority of us who found it too damned hard...