France is fun, even without crêpes

This video is pretty fucking entertaining! Here is the blurb from Vimeo, and enjoy,

this video is about windsurfing at your homespots, with your friends… it is about training, or maybe not…? this is actually about what Thomas Traversa, ranked 7th in the port tack waveriding world tour, does when he´s in France: having fun in the friendly mediterranean ( starboard tack ) conditions.
“Training is useless unless you have a purpose ” …

Muzza Maui Movie 2012

Deep thoughts and gnarly action on Maui from Chris Murray is this windsurfing short.

PWA Aruba cancelled

More disappointing news from the PWA, coming just a few weeks after announcing the cancellation of the Aruba Slalom event, the PWA has now cancelled the entire event.  The following is the statement from the PWA, citing the financial situation for cancellations.

“The present economic situation, brought about by the closing of the Valero Refinery, has greatly affected Aruba. As a consequence sponsors for the event recently informed us that they are forced to cut down funding support for events and projects on the Island because of the present insecure financial situation. Government budgets have been cut drastically and as such the needed budget for the PWA event cannot be supplemented from that source either.”

Hopefully this trend does not continue, and events return in the following years.

AWT Rider of the Week – Fiona Wylde

Fiona Wylde is a fifteen year old totally hooked on windsurfing!  She lives in Hood River Oregon and Los Barriles Mexico, and loves wave and formula.   Check out the full article on the AWT website.

This Is Action (freestyle)

A nice clip of some freestyle action!

This Is Action (Wave)

A nice clip of some wave action!

Camille Juban Ho’okipa

Two wave 360’s on one wave by Camille Juban.

Bonairean Freestyle Symphonie

Adrian Beholz put together a small action clip from his first time in Bonaire where he was blessed with great wind, and good fun.

Positively Kai 4 Sports at Jaws in 1 Day – Episode 2

Apparently paddling into 25 foot waves at Jaws isn’t daring enough for Kai Lenny. With his relentless desire to do more, Kai decided to conquer Jaws by windsurfing, tow-in surfing, and kite surfing, all in the same day. Watch Kai do it all in this week’s episode of “Positively Kai.”

Windsurf Maui with Tatiana

A sweet clip from Butterfly effect founder Tatiana Howard playing in her home of Maui.

Danielle Lucas Dahab 2012

A short video from British sailor Danielle Lucas training in Dahab over the winter

Bernd Roediger Ho’okipa

Young Maui young gun Bernd Roediger doing what he does best, carving wave faces at Ho’okipa.  Keith Teboul and Junko Nagoshi also make an appearance in the latter half of the video.

Interview with Marcilio Browne

Fish Bowl Diaries latest interview is with Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne.  A good read and some awesome action shots of Brawzhino.  Head over to Fish Bowl Diaries for the full story.

hot sails on a cold day

Aleksy Gayda an up and coming Wavesailor from the UK has a new video.He scored a cold sessions at home in the English Channel, on his new sponsor Maui sails.