dressage is a french word. wind surfing is english. and the french language is the most hoity-toity language on earth. it is now, it always will be. and dressage is a french word, because dressage was invented in europe centuries ago. the great pioneers of dressage include the likes of antwan deplouffeno, michael cavendish, first duke of newcastle, and francois robichon de la guerineiere. the inventor of wind surfing was jim drake. he patented his invention in 1970, and created the company, wind surfing international, based a couple miles down the road in marina del rey,