Strong winds and blue skies provided the perfect staging grounds for the first day of the US Windsurfing Nationals Freestyle Championships. With consistent 20 MPH winds by noon, all riders were able to head to the water for what turned out to be an epic contest pulling off a full double elimination contest with Wyatt Miller taking home first place in men and Ingrid Larouche for the women.
Day 5 is currently on stand by as Slalom competitors play wait for the wind. Well wrap up the action to this point which so far has only seen two days of sailing.
Watch the TeamFranceWindsurf waveridersstart their World Tour 2012 campaign in Pozo /Gran Canaria, on July 1st.
It was pretty much all about big jumps, and Antoine finished 25th, Jules 13th and Thomas 9th after 4 days of hard competition in stormy conditions. A decent start of the year for them, before moving on to Tenerife a few days later for the 2nd leg of the PWA Wave World Tour…
Some nice freestyle windsurfing from Perth, Western Australia. The video was mostly shot at Woodmans Pt along with some other locations.
Featuring rider Al Bentley, Piotr Peter Staszczynski, Maeli Cherel, James McCarty Price, Max Polumis, Kevin LeMeur, and Laure Treboux.
Edited by Al Bentley.
The Dutch freestyle sailor Maarten van Ochten finished shares this video with a variety of clips from 2010 and starting of 2012. The footage was captured at several locations in the world: Maui Hawaii, Brazil, South-Africa, Bonaire, Fuerteventura and Holland.
Alastair McLeod showecases a windsurfing holiday on the Great Barrier reef. A bit more of a holiday video than hardcore action – still it showcases some of the great windsurfing conditions found on the Great Barrier Reef during Australia’s winter. Warm water and strong tradewinds are typical from May through to September.
You can find more photos and more from the trip at wavesnwind.com
The Severne team riders during the 2012 PWA Pozo Izquierdo Wave Worldcup. Featuring riders Daniel Bruch, Karin Jaggi, Daida Moreno and Iballa Moreno.
Marcilio Browne one of the best wave sailors in the world brings us the Clip from the PWA Gran Canaries event. Enjoy the action packed clip.
2013 MauiSails Wave and Freestyle range preview from MauiSails.com on Vimeo.
Its that time of year when manufactures are rolling out the 2013 product line up. Today Maui Sails would like to introduce you to 2013 MauiSails Wave and Freestyle range. This product group includes six sails :
Go to mauisails.com/2013 and find out all details about each sail line presented in the video.
The WITU team Philip Soltysiak from Canada and Michael Rossmeier from Austria visit this unknown windsurfing terretory, enjoy the hospitality of Kenyan people and meet the Big Five.
Andre Paskowski sharing some previously unseen footage of Kauli ripping at Alibaba Cabo Verde.
Phillip Koster introduces us to the new 2013 Starboard Kode, with some nice wave action! Enjoy.
The 2012 PWA Tenerife World Cup saw the completion of the event as epic conditions had allowed for double elimination to be completed by the early afternoon. In the end Philip Köster (Starboard / NeilPryde / Maui Ultra Fins) defended his single elimination victory to be crowned the overall champion of Tenerife, after a mind blowing jumping display. Meanwhile, Iballa Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne), dug deep to come back and beat her sister, Daida Ruano Moreno (Starboard / Severne) and in doing so she ensured she kept her perfect start to the season intact.
Continue reading for more including the video from day 4 and quotes from the winners.
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Some down the line action as Klaas Voget and Fransico Porcella demonstrate the 2013 Simmer Blacktip.
The Blacktip is an ultra light, soft and compact outline four batten wave sail, designed for ideal performance with multi-fin boards. Its low aspect ratio keeps the power where it easily can be controlled and two kevlar stretch control tendons secure the profile stability. Equipped with large panels of 2 MIL Q-ply for super light and smooth handling. Designed and developed by Tomas Persson in close collaboration with Klaas Voget, the 2013 Blacktip presents the best drive and maneuverability in our wave sail range. – Simmer
NeilPryde is has attempted to recreate the legendary Jenna de Rosnay advertisement. Not to thrilled about there choice to use a kiteboarder, especially when there are so many sexy female windsurfers. But check it out in this behind the scenes sneak peak.
