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People have practiced using a flat platform and an attached sail for movement across water for millennia. Centuries ago, Polynesians were known to use these sailed boards for day trips across the open seas [1].

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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1920 W 1st Street, Suite #3, Winston Salem, NC, 27104, USA

    Daryl A. Rosenbaum M.D.

  2. Sports Medicine, St. Vincent Health, Joshua Max Simon Primary Care Center, 8414 Naab Rd, Suite 160, Indianapolis, IN, 46260, USA

    Bree Simmons M.D.

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Rosenbaum, D.A., Simmons, B. (2013). Windsurfing. In: Mei-Dan, O., Carmont, M. (eds) Adventure and Extreme Sports Injuries. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4363-5_9

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