Sailboarding at the Summer Olympics Sailboarding at the Summer Olympics Sailboarding or Windsurfing has been one of the Olympic sailing events at the Summer Olympics since 1984 for men and 1992 for women. All sailors use the same One Design boards, daggerboards, fins and sails. The equipment is chosen to allow racing in a wide range of sailing conditions, as during the Olympic Games events must take place as scheduled whether or not there is enough wind for planing. Multiple medal winners include Alessandra Sensini and Barbara Kendall with three medals; and Bruce Kendall (brother of Barbara Kendall) and Dorian van Rijsselberghe with two medals.
Leading activity seen as generating human development. Because of its attention to causal dynamics, the neo-Vygotskian theory has been called "the most comprehensive approach to the problem of determinants and mechanisms of child development (Karpov 2003: 138)." A leading activity is conceptualized as joint, social action with adults and/or peers that is oriented toward the external world. In the course of the leading activity, children develop new mental processes and motivations, which "outgrow" their current activity and provide the basis for transition to a new leading activity (Kozulin, Gindis, Ageyev, & Miller 2003: 7). In most cases, the emergence of an activity