Here's the deal about SUP Windsurf Crossover boards. Stand up and windsurfing are two entirely different sports. Windsurfing is very technical, and compared to SUP very difficult to learn. You can learn to SUP in about 20 minutes. Becoming comfortable on a windsurf board may take an entire summer. To become an accomplished all around windsurfer can take years.

Many of the stand up paddle boards are designed to be windsurfed. You'll know that they are windsurfer SUP crossovers because you'll see a mast track on the center of the deck. It'll look like a 10"-12" slit. The SUP crossover boards we sell  are Mistral Pacifico and Amundson Aquaglide.

If you're buying a standup paddle board as a beginner, and your main interest is windsurfing, then you should buy a Mistral Prodigy windsurfer and add a SUP paddle and fin. Randall can tell you what to buy and how to accessorize your Prodigy windsurfing board to do both sports.

Remember, the Mistral Prodigy will not work in surf as a SUP. Windsurfing, it's the best choice for all wind conditions including windsurf racing on large bodies of water. The Mistral Prodigy is both a beginner and expert windsurfing set-up.

Experienced windsurfers that want to SUP on both flat water and surf along with windsurfing their SUP board will find that the Mistral Pacifico SUP board and Amundson Aquaglide SUP board are perfect for certain conditions:

• Small wave SUP surfing (head-high and below)
• When the winds are too strong for SUP. 
• When the winds get really high you need to be on a short board. The window that these WIndsurf SUP crossover boards work is between approximately 8 to 18 mph.
• The SUP windsurf crossover boards on a lake are good for close reaches, beam reaches and broad reaches.
• Mistral Pacifico SUP stands out as a flatwater (lakes and bays) windsurfer SUP crossover because it has foot strap options and a power-box fin.
• Amundson Aquaglide SUP boards are superior in ocean surf.

When you purchase a stand up paddle board from Randall he will guide you to the gear that suits your needs.

PHOTO: Randall rippin' it up on the Pacifico Mistral on Lake Yellowstone, in Mary's Bay.

      Standup Paddle Flatwater is a family owned business in Bend, Oregon. We personally test everything we sell on ourselves & on our friends. When you purchase from us, Randall Barna will help you choose the SUP gear that is right for you AND the conditions you paddle. We ship SUP boards, paddles & accessories anywhere in the continental U.S.A