RS:X

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title: "RS:X" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rs:x", "classes-of-world-sailing", "windsurfing-boards", "olympic-sailing-classes", "windsurfing-world-championships", "world-championships-in-sailing", "recurring-sporting-events-established-in-2007", "recurring-sporting-events-disestablished-in-2019"] description: "Windsurfing class" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS:X" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Windsurfing class ::

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Field	Value
name	RS:X
image boat	RS-X linedrawing.svg
insignia	RS-X insigna.png
insignia caption	Insignia
hull type	Sailboard
design	One Design
Neil Pryde
crew	1
loa	2.86 m
beam	.93 m
sailarea main	male: 9.5 m2
female: 8.5 m2
hull weight	15.5 kg
Volume 231 l
construction	GRP & Carbon
mastheight	male: 5.2 m
female: 4.9 m
designer	Jean Bouldoires & Robert Stroj
year	2004
<!--	updated
olympic	former --
previous	Mistral One Design
successor	iQFoil
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RS:X is a windsurfing class selected by the ISAF to replace the Mistral One Design Class for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The discipline has similarities to Formula Windsurfing - mainly in that the equipment used was designed to allow windsurfing in low and moderate wind conditions with good performance.

RS:X equipment includes a board with a daggerboard, and a sail of a specified size. The board measures 286 cm in length and 93 cm in width. Unlike formula boards, it is quite heavy at 15.5 kg, which is almost twice that of regular competition formula boards, but is very similar to the weight of raceboards such as the previous Olympic board, Mistral One Design Class. The Mistral board has a weight of 17 kg ready to sail, while the RS:X board weighs more than 19 kg.

The RS:X seems to be a compromise between traditional raceboards which work well in 3 to, and Formula boards which go fast in 12 to, and has shown itself to be competitive with past raceboards in the medium wind range.

The shape and design of the RS:X sail is based on that of the Neil Pryde windsurfing sail V8.

Starting with the 2024 Summer Olympics the IQFoil class has been selected to replace RS:X.

Events

The RS:X was the windsurfing equipment used in the Olympics from 2008 to 2020. The class during this period had two annual World Championships international sailing regatta the RS:X World Championships and the RS:X Youth World Championships, these were organized by the host club on behalf of the International RS:X Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. In addition the RS:X was used for Youth Sailing World Championships which is run entirely by World Sailing this unlike the class youth world championship is limited to one competitor per country.

Olympics

Men

Women

World Championships

RS:X World Championships

Main article: RS:X World Championships

World Sailing - Youth Sailing World Championships

Main article: Youth Sailing World Championships#RS:X

The RS:X has been used as equipment in the World Sailing own Youth Sailing World Championships which is for sailors under 19 but unlike the class Youth Worlds limited to one competitor per nations and is a multi class regatta.

Continental Championships

Main article: RS:X European Championships

Class Youth World Championships

Main article: RS:X Youth World Championships

The RS:X Class hold its own Youth World Championships the age limit used was either 19 or 21 depending on the event.

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Event	Host	Fleet	Sailors	Ref.	Ed.	Date	Year	Host club	City	Country	Nat.	Cont.
1	27Jul -5Aug	2007		Sopot		Male	65	13	2	id=POL200707OHI	let=POL200707OHI	rid=9172
Female	29	9	3	id=POL200707OHI	let=POL200707OHI	rid=9172	eid=16781	name= WS Regatta Page - 2008 Youth - Female}}
2	10-19 Jan	2008		Pattaya		Male	36	16	4	id=THA200901FIT	let=THA200901FIT	rid=18104
Female	13	7	2	id=THA200901FIT	let=THA200901FIT	rid=18104	eid=34584	name= WS Regatta Page - 2008 Youth - Female }}
3	25Jul -1Aug	2009		Bodrum		Male		13	3	id=TUR200907FOV	let=TUR200907FOV	rid=10462
Female		11	2	id=TUR200907FOV	let=TUR200907FOV	rid=10462	eid=33579	name= WS Regatta Page - 2009 Youth - Female}}
4	23-31 Oct	2010		Limassol		Male	70	14	3	id=CYP201010OMU	let=CYP201010OMU	rid=11304
Female	38	13	2	id=CYP201010OMU	let=CYP201010OMU	rid=11304	eid=22079	name= WS Regatta Page - 2011 Youth - Female}}
5	20-26 Oct	2011		Cagliari		Male	86	19	3	id=IITA201110BON	rid=13358	eid=25970
Female	28	10	4	id=IITA201110BON	rid=13358	eid=29892	name= WS Regatta Page - 2011 Youth - Female}}
6	20-27 Oct	2012		Pengu Island		Male	42	17	5	id=ITA201210FUW	let=ITA201210FUW	rid=14501
Female	23	12	5	id=ITA201210FUW	let=ITA201210FUW	rid=14501	eid=29893	name= WS Regatta Page - 2012 Youth - Female}}
7	20-26 Oct	2013		Civitavecchia		Male	79	17	5	id=ITA201310HIJ	let=ITA201310HIJ	rid=17458
Female	41	13	3	id=ITA201310HIJ	let=ITA201310HIJ	rid=17458	eid=33417	name= WS Regatta Page - 2013 Youth - Female}}
N/A	18-25 Oct	2014		Herzliya		CANCELLED DUE TO POLITICS
8	18-25 Oct	2014		Clearwater, Florida		U19 - Male	54	16	4	id=ISR201410VIJ	let=ISR201410VIJ	rid=17894
U19 - Female	28	14	4	id=ISR201410VIJ	let=ISR201410VIJ	rid=17894	eid=34268	name= WS Regatta Page - 2014 Youth - Female}}
9	11-18 Jul	2015		Gdynia		U19 - Male	98	28	5	id=USA201510ZEL	let=USA201510ZEL }}
U19 - Female	38	17	4
10	19-26 Nov	2016		Limassol		Male	72	16	3	id=CYP201611DAL	let=CYP201611DAL }}
Female	25	11	3	url=http://www.rsxclass.org/youthworlds2016/index.php/results/women/}}
11	22Jun -1Jul	2017		Nago–Torbole, Lake Garda		Male	97	22	4	id=ITA201706FAT	let=ITA201706FAT	rid=19984
Female	40	14	4	url=https://www.sailwave.com/results/RSX/2017%20Youth%20Worlds/results-women.htm}}
12	1-8 Jul	2018		Plage du Steir, Penmarch		Male	95	17	4	id=FRA201807EBO	let=FRA201807EBO }}
Female	35	10	2	url=https://www.sailwave.com/results/RSX/2018%20Youth%20Worlds/women.htm	title=Sailwave - 2018 Results Female}}
13	4-11 Aug	2019				Male	69	16	5	id=RUS201908IVO	let=RUS201908IVO }}
Female	35	12	3
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Medallists - Male

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2019	Eyal Yohay Zror	Daniel Basik Tashtash	Ruven Hillel
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Medallists - Female

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2019	Yana Reznikova	Manon Pianazza	Naama Greenberg
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Others

• Sailing World Cup

References

References

1. "Olympic sailing report (International Sailing Federation/ISAF)".
2. (31 January 2019). "The list of official windsurfing classes". Surfer Today.
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12. "2010 RSX Worlds Official Event Website".
13. {{World Sailing regatta
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17. "RS-X Youth Worlds - Title claimed at the last gasp + Video".
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21. (21 Oct 2013 ). "RS:X Youth World Championships at Lega Navale Civitavecchia opens".
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24. "2014 RSX Worlds Official Event Website".
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27. "2015 RSX Worlds Official Event Website".
28. {{World Sailing regatta
29. "2016 RSX Worlds Official Event Website".
30. "RS:X Youth World Championship at Limassol, Cyprus - Overall".
31. link
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34. "2017 RSX Worlds Official Event Website".
35. link
36. link
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38. "2018 RSX Worlds Official Event Website".
39. "Sailwave - 2018 Results Male".
40. "Sailwave - 2018 Results Female".
41. {{World Sailing regatta
42. "2019 RSX Worlds Official Event Website".
43. Alexey Zhirov. (11 Aug 2019 ). "2019 RS:X Youth World Championship at St. Petersburg, Russia - Overall".
44. "2019 Event Website - Results Page".

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