Mark your calendars. The 2013 AWT Tour Dates have been updated. After a very successful 2010, 2011, and 2012, the American Windsurfing Tour is ready to charge on to year 4 of the tour. Check out the updated schedule and sign up today!
They are even offering a season’s pass for the whole tour at a discounted rate.
Head over t the AWT website to register and pay to secure your 2013 Season Pass.
French rider Nico Caily sponsored by Goya, shows us some nice action in this clip. He has some of Levi Sivers signature style, check it out and let us know what you think.
We’re seeing more and more action comming out of Japan, which is only to be expected as it’s an Island in The Pacific that created the word Tsunami. This latest video features a lot of local riders at the wave spot of Omaezaki. The riders are: Hiromi Satou, Ryouta Kamata, Makoto Higashiyama, Motoko Satou, Masahiro Motohashi, Yoshiaki Nagamatsu, Takuma Fujiwara, Norio Asano, Tomoo Ishihara, Hisataka Ishii, Takahumi Noguchi, Yoshitaka Ikeda and Shigeki Matsui.
In the fall of 2012, Windsurfing Into the Unknown explored around the famous windsurfing and tourist town of Jericoacoara, Brazil, to see what kind of windsurfing spots they can find. They created a 4 episode series showcasing good spots to windsurf that are accessible from Jericoacoara.
In this episode Windsurfing into the Unknow featuring wave sailing at “The Flag”, the main spot in Jeri. A great place to learn and improve your wave sailing, with a nice wind angle, sandy bottom, gentle waves, warm water and a great atmosphere.
Our mission is to discover and explore the world’s coastlines, learn with and through local cultures with an open mind, and respect for the natural environment, guided by our passion and addiction to nature’s elements of wind and water. – Windsurfing into the Unknown
Riders:
Michael Rossmeier (Austria)
Philip Soltysiak (Canada)
Website: http://www.windsurfingintotheunknown.com
FB page: http://www.windsurfingintotheunknown.com/facebook.html
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WINDSURFING_ITU/
The JP-Australia wave team enjoys a great time on Maui. Jason Polakow KA-1111, Kauli Seadi BRA-253, Ricardo Campello V-111, Robby Swift K-89 and Morgan Noireaux HI-101 go wild with their new JP Twinser Quad, Single Thruster and Freestyle Wave boards
The father of Mikey Clancy has released a statement about the sudden death of his son. Mikey took his own life and his father urges anybody who is in a similar situation to seek help and speak out.
RRD rider Jacopo Testa brings us this awesome action packed clip from Brazil, featuring action in Jericoacora and Camocim, two of the many hotspots in North Brazil.
France’s up-and-coming Maui-based star, Morgan Noireaux, published this clip showcasing his developing talent, shot over the last few months.
Fanatic Boards and North Sails proudly announce 3 all new rookie riders to their International team. Joining the Fanatic North team are youngster Arthur Arutkin, his sister Alice Arutkin, and the beautiful Maxime van Gent. North has also announced the signing of an all new light wind master, Caesar Finies.
The Lancelin Ocean Classic has wrapped up its 28th year of competition, the small fishing town of Lancelin. Hundred and competitors flocked here for 3 days from January 10th to the 13th for the biggest and longest running windsurfing event in Australia.
This years event consited of two events, a wave disipline, and a marathon event. The marathon event was a downwind course of approximately 25 kilometers.
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Patrick Fesi put this clip together at his homespot Ras Jbel which is located in the North of Tunisia. Check out as he gets some great conditions POV style.
GlobalShots released this short and kick ass clip of the Neil Pryde Team jumping very close to the heli during there photoshoot in Maui last winter. Some of the riders are Jason Polakow, Kauli Seadi, Robby Swift, and Ricardo Campello.
Forward Loop / Speed Loop from Adam Sims on Vimeo.
The forward loop is one of those classic moves that just about everyone wants to crack and everyone is teaching. To find the basics of the move I would suggest checking in on a clinic with a pro-coach (maybe I will do a clinic in the future if there is any demand), you’ll learn plenty about it from how to grow the balls to get yourself back slapping to landing upright. What you will get from this bit of text and video is how to get height out of nothing and how to land with the same speed you went into it.
There are three key factors that you can learn one at a time. When these are combined you’ll find yourself rotating and landing like never before.
1. THE TAKE-OFF
Two essential parts to this, you want to be well powered up or to the point of being almost over powered. This way you will help yourself when it comes to the next two parts. For the take-off itself you need a small bit of chop, either coming at you or going away and somewhere between across the wind and a broad reach (a bit off the wind), if we are talking clocks where 12 on the clock is pointing into the wind then you want a ramp that is between 3 and 4.30, ideally 4 is the perfect angle. Quite often if I have the choice (when on wind blown chop) to take off a bit of chop into the wind or head off the wind, I’ll choose the back of the chop that is off the wind, when you do this, you must make sure you are going faster than into the wind.
For the actual technique to the take-off it is simple:
2. THE ROTATION (PULL-UP)
This part is simple, really you get this bit right and it’s 70% of the move. To rotate fast you have to…………..
Video and Word by Adam Sims. You cna check out his website at adamsims.com
We’ve got a big selection of Photos for you from all over this week! There were so many good choices for a cover photo, like Ricardo’s wipe, Tatiana Howard looking very sexy, or some great pics from Down Under!
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