The Pistol River Wave bash kicked off yesterday. The contest was once again blessed with good wind and waves as the Junior started things off. Conditions continued to build and were just blasting for the Pro class!
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From the 12th to the 17th June, Costa Brava shall once again play host to the stars of the windsurfing world, as the third event of the men’s PWA Slalom World Tour takes place. The rankings remain unbelievably tight at the top after the close fought encounter of Korea, ensuring that the PWA Catalunya World Cup will be another mesmerizing event, packed with highs, lows and non-stop drama.
If you’re not familiar with the NeilPryde Ø-Grandprix competition, let me quickly break it down for you: it is a windsurfing and kiteboarding series of long distance races that take place around the Danish Islands. Anyone, on any type of gear can participate. So kiterboarders and windsurfers gather and take part in a fun competition.
A total of 47 riders enjoyed 18-24 knots of wind and blue skies, during the fantastic 25-kilometre race around the beautiful island Venø. Winner Sebastian Kornum has beaten the record with an incredible 25 knots of average speed on his JP Formula and Neil Pryde EVO 4. He was followed by Danni Jakobsen and another JP/NeilPryde teamrider Christian Justesen on third.
The event also allowed time and perfect conditions for a full freestyle competition and a speed trial measured with a true police detector. In freestyle Rasmus Øgelund won the competition with Jonas Knudsen in second and Sebastian Kornum in third. In speed, Danni Jakobsen made the fastest ahead of Justesen.
A few more pics and full results after the jump.
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Sam Bittner (organizer of the AWT wave tour), the CGWA and a group of Hood River locals have launched operation “Rescue the Nationals”! and…
The US Nationals take place at the Event Site in Hood River, Oregon from July 23rd-26th. Classes for the event include Slalom, Formula and the Freestyle Nationals. Entry fees are $100 before July 1st, and $150 after, a second discipline is $50. So pay now and you’ll have a few extra bucks to buy a little something extra from the sponsor Big Winds.
It is presented by the American Windsurfing Tour with sponsorship from Big Winds, Columbia Gorge Windsurfing Association, and Sailworks.
Registration is now open at http://americanwindsurfingtour.com/windsurfing-nationals/
A very successful 2012 North Sea Cup series comes to a conclusion. The series spanned 4 countries where competitors competed in Techno 293 Class, Formula and Formula Experience.
The 2012 North Sea Cup Series finished last weekend with the fourth, and final, round held at Herne Bay in the UK. One hundred and forty eight (148) young racers participated in the Series – which spanned 4 countries: Netherlands, Belgium, France and UK.
Full results after the jump
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The first event of the 2012 Maui race Series the North Sails Slalom took place on July 2nd at Kanaha. A total of four races where held, with USA-34 Micah Buzianis taking first place followed by Peter Slate, and Pieter Bijl, respectively, in Pro Division. The top 3 women were Tamara Bockius, Argentina Jimenez Bonilla, and Sam Bittner. The next event the DaKine Classic takes place on June 16th.
Photo gallery after the jump.
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The Following was posted on the US Windsurfing Facebook page under an hour ago:
US Windsurfing regrets to inform you that the 2012 US Windsurfing Nationals in Hood River will NOT be taking place. A variety of organizational issues has lead us to make this difficult decision. Rather than continuing to struggle to pull together a poorly organized event, we decided that it would be best to cancel the event far enough in advance for travel plans to be adjusted. We deeply regret the inconvenience and trouble that this will cause to the people who have already made unchangeable arrangements to attend. At least you still be in a fantastic place for windsurfing at a great time of year. The Formula windsurfing National champion will instead be crowned during the Formula Windsurfing North American Championships that are being held in San Francisco from July 19-22. We also encourage you to attend the American Windsurfing Tour San Carlos Cactus Cup wave event which will be held from July 28-August 4 in Baja, Mexico. Planning is underway for the 2013 US Windsurfing Nationals, we will announce the location soon. Thank you all for your membership and support of windsurfing events in the United States.
Martin Ervin has claimed the 2012 NeilPryde Baltic Cup, which took place over from 25-27th May on the Curonian Lagoon, in Kintai, Lithuania. The event is a worldwide Formula Windsurfing cup consisting of three stages. The points gathered at the 2012 NeilPryde Baltic Cup are added into the Formula Windsurfing world rankings. In total 47 participants took part in the event from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia.
After further study of ISAG regulations and submissions regarding the decision by council determining windsurfing and kiteboarding, I have conclusions and recommended actions for ISAF. I’ll first state that I believe kiting has a very good future in the Olympics and this shouldn’t be intended to take away any of the great qualities of Kiteboarding. Herein lies in what I believe was an error in ISAF to correctly situate both windsurfing and kiting in the new regulations that it had just adopted.
Robby Naish is the patron of Red Bull Storm Chase. He coined the tagline for the event, which still holds true: “Windsurfing in storm surf separates the men from the boys.” And he’s still one of the best riders out there.
Will he face the storms himself? Find out more in this Q&A from the Red Bull Storm Chase.
A special ONE OFF Freestyle Clinic with 4 x British Freestyle Champion Bubble will run in Vass from the 24th – 30th June. This week will run separately from the normal week at Club Vass. We will eat, sleep and breathe freestyle!!
All aspects of freestyle will be covered from the pop, all the way through to the most advanced freestyle moves known to man!! As well as freestyle kit set up and competitions. Chats from the legendary Jay Haysey from Globalshot Pictures about getting the right shot and marketing yourself. He’ll also be getting awesome pictures and video of everyone.
WARNING!! This week is not for the faint hearted with lots of adrenaline pumping activities, such as mountain biking and wakeboarding. Also, some Suping and Yoga for the chillout sessions too! But mainly the week is about having fun, learning lots and windsurfing as much as possible.
Social evenings will include meals out in the awesome town of Vassiliki and not forgetting the world renowned Club Vass BBQ and social evenings.
Video and on the water coaching will be done everyday and debriefed around the bar in the evenings (depending on wind and other social activities!) All of the video footage will be edited into an awesome action pumping movie for you to take home!
There are only 10 places available at the ridiculously low price of £599!!! If you snooze you loose!!
Phone the Club Vass office on 0844 4630191 and book on “Bubble’s Freestyle Week”
Any questions please email Bubble [email protected] 07909868356
Probably the best week you’ll ever go on!!
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A FREESTYLE WEEK ONLY, NO GYBERS OR FREERIDERS PLEASE!!
“This event was sponsored by the ONA (National Office Anti Drugs) main focus are for our future kids in supporting, educating and directing them threw the right path in life without drugs and alcohol, this was the first time in a great while all the champs where all together and it was great to see every athlete putting their effort to improve our El Yaque which is ranked top 3 destinations in the world for Windsurf and Kite!
During the first two days of the slalom pro it was a battle between Master Alexis Carache (who tought me how to windsurf) Ricardo Campello and I, we all 3 had an equal tie! When it came down to the 3rd day of competition I gained more confidance and was more in tuned with my equipment, with winds gusting up to 28 knots using my 92L SL2 AHD and my 7.3 GPS Hot Sails Maui, I secured 1st place after the 3rd day but still with a tight score together with Ricardo and Alexis! They were both sailing unbalevable
I don’t know what happened on the 4th and last day! The conditions where great, my starts where perfect exiting with hi speed I managed to win all 5 rounds that day with a great lead of almost a half a bouy ahead of everyone! I was very happy with my performance and most of all that the whole event brought every one closer and with the positive energy of all to keep our El Yaque progressing and giving the best example we can to our future kids! And keep on being a World Champion destination!”
Diony Gaudagnino
The 2012 Pistol River Wave Bash presented by Naish is fast approaching, you better get plans in order to attend the third annual running of the Pistol River Wave Bash on June 14-17, 2012, or at least follow all the news on WindsurfPress. This year Naish has stepped up as the presenting sponsor and with 60 competitors already registered we’re expecting it to be the best one yet, also a good chance Robby will be in attendance. Click here to register online so you can be a part of all the fun. It’s sure to be a great Event!
The 2012 IFCA Slalom World Championships for women and the European Championships for men 2012 are now concluded, it took place over the last several days in Roses, Catalyunya, Spain.. On the women’s side Karin Jaggi was able to defend her IFCA Wold Slalom Title. Matteo Iachino was also able to defend his lead on the last day and win IFCA Men European Slalom Championship.
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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.
