Former PWA Wave World Champion, Victor Fernandez, SUPing and SUPsailling in Klitmoller.
Dany Bruch charges hard at the breaking barrel on Tenerife know as El Confital, well known to bodyboards as a heavy wave, Bruch charged hard and has some big wipeouts!
Antoine Albeau just arrived in Luderitz and already broke 50 knots reaching a speed of 50.07 kts. Check out the video above and head to http://luderitz-speed.com/ for more details.
The AWT is proud to announce the confirmation of the PWAs involvement in the 2013 JP Aloha Classic. For the first time in 7 years, the PWA World Tour will be back on Maui to put the world’s best windsurfers against some of the world’s best conditions. Taking off where it left off in 2006, the Aloha Classic will once again be supported by JP Australia, highlighting the unbreakable bond between the JP name and the world famous surf of Ho’okipa Beach Park.
Top Pros ranking from the AWT brackets will advance as wildcards to the PWA brackets. We are happy to also welcome Duncan Coombs as confirmed Head Judge for the 2013 JP Aloha Classic.
The contest window for the Aloha Classic is October 24th-November 6th. Permits allow us to run 11 of the 14 days. We will hold our awards party on Saturday, November 2nd. All completed divisions up to that point will be awarded then. Any final awards will be presented at the beach Sunday the 3rd through Wednesday the 6th of November, condition dependent.
TeamFranceWindsurf via Sophia Regerbis brings us this action packed video from the 2013 PWA Sylt world Cup.
Sylt (Sep 26th-Oct 5th) was the fourth and last event of the 2013 world tour for the freestylers, and delivered consistent conditions to end the season with a complete double elimination.
The riders had to deal with offshore and gusty wind, choppy waters and very cold winds during the 2 days of competitions, and even in those tricky conditions everyone showed some good sailing.
There is no doubt the Aloha Classic is going to be an epic event, legends, former World Champions and the hottest PWA stars will be there.
Former wavesailing World Champion Kauli Seadi’s been enjoying a year off, hunting waves from his yacht, but was caught on film at home in Ibiraquera, Brazil getting ready for the upcoming PWA/AWT Aloha Classic at Ho’okipa, Maui.
Flo Jung put together this nice clip from his recent windsurf trips including Maui, Brazil and Tenerife. Enjoy!
Another amazing Video from Boujmaa Guilloul, check out the this one from a few weeks ago if you missed it. Boujmaa tears up some amazing waves in Morocco.
The AWT and PWA will soon be bringing us the JP Aloha Classic Presented by Kuau Store. Read the press release and details from the AWT below, 92 competitors are already registered.
The AWT is happy to welcome the PWA to Maui for the JP Aloha Classic at Ho’okipa October 24th-November 6th. AWT divisions will run as usual. Top 2 AWT ranked riders automatically advance to the PWA bracket as well as top 6 ranked riders from the AWT Pro division at Ho’okipa.
We have a great crew lined up to run the event including PWA Head Judge Duncan Coombs. The judges panel will consist of many local knowledgeable and trained judges such as Pascal Hardy, Chris Freeman, Alex Bitoun, Michael Archer, Griffin Freysinger and Neil Turpin.
Kai Katchadourian will once again be entertaining the world commentating for the live cast. He joined by several guests throughout the contest.
Local comedian Chris Seeley will be joined by Pietro Porchella announcing on the beach for spectators at Ho’okipa. Porchella has been present at all wave contests on Maui since the Maui Grand Prix in 1981. He has worked all 21 previous editions of the Aloha Classic. We are looking forward to his knowledge on the beach.
Our fearless Beach Marshal Dane Dingerson will be at the beach the entire contest keeping all competitors in check for their heats.
Red Bull is the official sponsor of water safety and rescue which will be led by DK Walsh.
Maui Nerd Productions led by Kevin Pritchard will be producing quality short video clips of the action throughout the contest.
Professional Photographer Si Crowther is the official photographer for the entire event.
And for all of you who can not attend the event, Stephan Boeker from Live Maui Webcasts will be producing a live cast for the world to watch all AWT Pro, and PWA heats from home. Tune in on the action at AmericanWindsurfingTour.com and post your comments on twitter and facebook to stay in the loop.
We have a great list of 92 AWT riders registered as of today. If you have not registered yet, please do so at AmericanWindsurfingTour.com. Encourage your friends to sign up as well!
Contest Window: October 24th-November 6th
8pm: Notice for next day’s possibility of running contest based on forecast
9am: Skippers meeting at lifeguard tower with a first possible start of 10am
11am: Final call if contest will run for the day
This spring Jamie Hancock travelled with Ross Williams, Jack Hunt and Timo Mullen to the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish outer hebrides.
In Spring this year I travelled with Ross, Jack and Timo to the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish outer hebrides. We camped, it was cold, and the sailing was tricky. The swell was too big for the bay forecasting 22 -25 foot, providing some pretty gnarly rips and closeout sets. We also had nobody to film so amongst the sleeping bags and campfires I did my best to get the camera out and capture most of the trip. Fortunately Jack filmed me on the final day for 30 minutes or so which luckily turned out to be the best 30 minutes of the trip.
The surreal part of the trip was when the BBC came to interview us for BBC Scotland. We had just come in from sailing as the wind had unfortunately dropped. Then on the journey home in the lounge of the Ferry it went out live on the TV. We were temporarily mega stars! (in the lounge on the Calmac ferry)
Enjoy!
A short and sweet clip of Robby Swift on Maui this past winter. Enjoy some sick wavesailing action!
Check out João Henrique BRA 291 freestyling along the Coast of Ceara, Brazil. We like it, and hope you do to, well done Joao!
Check out professional windsurfer Dario Ojeda at his homespot Pozo Izquierdo. Some really sick action in this clip as Dario lands double Forwards, Pushloop Forwards, massively tweaked Pushloops or high Backloops.
Slalom sailor Antoine Questel finished an impressive 7th overall on the PWA Slalom World Tour. Earlier this year Antoine was training in Leucate along with Pierre Mortefon, Tristan Algret and Nicolas Warembourg.
Severne Team rider Dany Bruch brings us this wavesailing clip showcasing his 2014 Severne Blade wave sails in action this summer.
