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Hi Luiz, sorry for the late reply, I didn't check this topic anymore. I have to disappoint you, there are no good spots near Brussels. Probably some lakes but you won't get a lot of wind there. The closest for you must be the Belgian North Sea e.g. Oostende (about 1h10) from Brussel. But in Belgium ...

Today was fantastic !! I honoustly didn't expect a lot when I originally posted my message yesterday evening but what finally happened is almost to good to be true. Over 90 °F, approx 25 knots and above all having a whole bunch of locals willing to loan their windsurf material to a complete stranger...

You are great people!
I'll come to Cannon (Fairibault) which is the closest one for me.
Steve, I'll look for your white toyota (and I'll call you if I don't find it).
Tallinn, thanks a lot for the offer ... maybe White Bear Lake is for another day as I'm still here for a few weekends.

-Rik-

Twin Cities is certainly close enough. I'm 1,78 meter (=5,8 feet) and 75kg. Is it correct we expect approx 20 miles/hour (18knots) ? I don't really know the conditions at your lakes but for 18 knots a 5,5m sail with 85-90 liter board should do. That's only a suggestion, of course any other stuff tha...

Hi, I'm from Belgium and windsurfing a lot on the Belgian North Sea but currently I'm staying in Rochester for 4 weeks . I didn't realize that there was a possibility for windsurfing in Minnesota as you don't have a sea, but as it was rather windy today I search on the web and found this forum. If I...