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The world’s first sailboard was built on the English south coast 65 years ago. But it was soon followed by a farcical court caseThe birth of windsurfing began 65 years ago, when 12-year-old Peter Chilvers built and sailed the world’s first sailboard off Hayling Island, on the south coast of England, in April 1958.Even at the age of 12, Chilvers was a keen sailor and had made his own small dinghies but wanted something that he could stand on, rather than getting wet sitting down in a sailboat. So he designed a wooden board with a mast attached to the back, with a hook and ring allowing the sail to swivel sideways, steered with a boom across the sail. Continue reading...