Some video highlights this year’s Women’s World Championship and European Men’s Windsurfing Slalom Championships. This years event is taking place in Roses, Catalunya, Spain.
100 nautical Miles – 3 sports – one name: Kai Lenny.
Stay tuned for the action starting in June.
This video takes us over to Japan and it looks like the JPWA (Japanese Professional Windsurfing Association) is creating some strong talent. This video is from there recent freestyle event the 2012 JPWA Trick’N Try congratulations to the winner, Hiroumi Yoshida(JP/Neilpryde). Video features clips from the event including crashing, unfortunately it doesn’t include subtitles for the Japanese, and the editing is slim, but enjoy anyways!!
Press Release
The Columbia Gorge Windsurfing Association is hosting their annual Windfest Weekend fundraising event – the only windsurfing demo event in the Pacific Northwest, USA – on July 7 and 8 in Hood River, Oregon.
The event will consist of unlimited windsurfing and SUP gear demos, free clinics from local Pros, free beginner lessons, raffles and prizes, food, beer and wine and a Saturday evening free outdoor concert.
It is great for first-time to expert windsurfers as well as the whole family. More information can also be found at: gorgewindsurfing.org or their facebook page.
Adam Sims freestyling in South Africa during the winter of 2011/2012. Enjoy the sick video short!
The Red Bull storm chase isn’t the only storm event happing, Just perhaps the biggest and most extreme! Lots of windsurfers ride storms all the time, looking for big wind and big waves.
I don’t know tons about this event in Israel, but here is what Vimeo had to say:
The 10th annual Storm Rider, in memory of Muli Gruber.
Windsurfers & Kitesurfers join forces for the biggest storm of the year, along with French windsurfing champion Jules Danel, at Bat Galim beach, Haifa, Israel.
This year, the storm was really the biggest…
Enjoy the awesome and Gnarly wave action in this clip as windsurfers and kiters battle in side shore conditions and big waves.
You can expect to see a new Gollito movie in the Future, Andre Pawkowski started shooting yesterday in El Yaque. It sounds like we are going to get more of a personal view and insigt into the lifestyle of one of the top Freestylers in the World.
Continue reading to find out what Gollito and Andre had to say on The Fanatic facebook page.
A few Dates have just been confirmed for the PWA World Tour. The Wave event in Pozo Gran Canaria is confirmed for July 2nd to 8th, and the Freestyle and Slalom Gran Slam in Fuerteventura is confirmed for July 20th – 30th. Although the Gran Canaria event is still not fully confirmed as well as the Tenrife World Cup.
In a test of mental fitness and physical stamina against the whims of open water, 19-year-old Red Bull Athlete Kai Lenny made Lake Michigan his next conquest by crossing the lake by wind surfing, starting at Sturgeon Bay, WI and landing in Frankfort, MI, this past Friday, May 18, 2012. Lake Michigan has seen its array of boats, jet skis, swimmers and sailors through the years, but this was the first time anyone has windsurfed from the west to east coast of Lake Michigan, in a seemingly impossible water craft challenge.
Defi Wind is the biggest windsurfing event ever. Unforunatley 2012 didn’t deliver the strong winds Defi Wind in know for. Despite the lack of strong wind, it looks like it was a great event, with everyone enjoying the fun racing.
Antoine Martin (F-193) is a 19 year old wavesailor from Guadelopue and Overall and Wavechampion 2012. Enjoy this portrait video of Antoine, riding the gnarly waves in Guadelopue.
Pierre Mortefon and Pascal Toselli put in some serious training before the Defi Wind event. Powering through some super fast gybes, drag racing and even throwing some loops. Enjoy the super exciting slalom action in this clip.
This project is supporting 10 upcoming windsurf talents in the age between 12-23 years to give them a chance to get one step closer of being a windsurf pro.
One week of training, photo-shooting and coaching, guided by an expert crew including windsurf pros like Flo Jung, Boujma Guilloul or snowboarding Olympic gold medalist Nicola Thost . It is a unique opportunity to learn from them and to get important advises for a successful windsurf career.
This camp is set up for freestyle- and wavesailors in order to give them a chance to present themself beside competitions. Every participant gets a specific coaching in terms of training, media work and dealing with sponsors.
EBA… it´s the Sardinian word for WATER. Three friends, Demetrio, Nadir and Dario travel along the shore in search of beaches, wind and the windsurfing lifestyle, in this windsurfing video. What it lack in hardcore action it makes up for in atmosphere. watch as the three travel around the island of Sardinia, Italy
Austrian ripper Mauricio Alvarex and UK Freestyle Champ Adam Sims have a new video project in the works. It looks like its gonna have some cool effects and big moves, so be sure to watch for the full feature.
