Many larger Stand Up Paddleboards (both rigid and inflatable) have the option of letting you add a Windsurfing rig onto your board. This offers amazing opportunities to still get out on your paddleboard if the wind picks up or is forecast in advance to blow. 

Windsurf magazines are extolling the virtues of WindSUPing, indeed advising their readers to beg, borrow or steal a SUP to learn how to wavesail in lighter winds.

For a paddleboarder with a sail, mast and boom in your car, Perthshire and the Tayside region has some incredible locations to get out and WindSUP.

The brand new sport of Wingsurfing offers you the same freedom to add wind fun onto your Paddleboarding adventures. It is a handheld inflatable Kite-like structure, that is safe, easy to learn and set up. Paddle Surf Scotland is proud to offer One on One lessons in Perthshire, Contact us for more details or to book in.

Highland Perthshire has many large, majestic loch's which are ideal for this new addition to the paddleboarding family. Loch Tay has excellent access to the water on both its north and south sides and 17 miles of open water mean it really can get some good wind. Dalerb, a forestry commission area, a mile or two out of Kenmore has excellent access in a stunning location, as does Fearnan, a couple of miles further on. The wind usually blows from Killin towards Kenmore, so expect less wind and calmer conditions the nearer to Killin you get.

Loch's Rannoch and Tummel offer similar conditions to Loch Tay. Kinloch Rannoch beach on Rannoch is a good place to get out, as is the south Loch Tummel road.

Loch Freuchie (a huge SUP favourite with the Paddle Surf Scotland crew) at its eastern end offers great access and, due to the prevailing winds, can offer strong wind in pretty glassy water. Its a real WindSUP jewel in the Perthshire crown.

By the coast and we find plenty of great WindSUP locations. Near Dundee, and in the mouth of the Tay estuary, Monifieth is the most popular Windsurf and Kitesurf spot. It offers (usually) cross shore conditions in which to blast into the Tay estuary. The water can be only waist high so real good fun can be had, remember though, it is the mouth of Scotland's biggest river so be aware of the currents.

Carnoustie, just north of Dundee, and St Andrews in Fife, offer beautiful beaches and miles of sands to get out and charge alongside. The coastal opportunities are endless in this area, so when the wind blows, the paddleboard really does not need to go away!.