Enjoy some highlights from the final day at the 2012 PWA Freestyle Grand Slam in Fuerteventura, with interview with some of the pros, and some action.
Aruba Hi-Winds 2012 has come to an end. After six days of races with good wind conditions, all categories in the windsurfing discipline have completed 15 slalom races and 4 long distance races. The overall winners in their respective categories are: in the Pro/Men Diony Guadagnino (VEN) who just ended ahead of Josh Angulo with 0.1 point in slalom. Miguel Bruggeman (VEN) in the Juniors, Carolina Comino (VEN) in the Women and Hender Acosta (VEN) in Sports class. In Grandmasters Ricardo Albisu (ARG), in Masters Nathaniel McFarlane (ARU), in Big Kids Mark Tjon (ARU). For more information about winners and standings, please check out the Results page.
In the Freestyle Kiri Thode (BON) won in King-of-the-Huts, Ethan Westera (ARU) in the Prince-of-the-Huts and Steven Max(ARU) in Kid-of-the-Huts.
At Boca Grandi meanwhile, kiters have been busy with their Freestyle competition as well; after the three days of jumping, the winners are: Sergio Coello (VEN) in Pro/Open, Hernan Arends (VEN) in Men and Janka Madrzykowska (SVK) in Women.
During the weekend, Long Distance Races were held for both windsurfers and kiters. Overall winners in long distance are Josh Angulo in windsurfing and in kiting Hernan Arends in Men and Nicole v/d Velden in Women.
The evenings were filled with live music performances by bands like Honeypot, Mystical Connection, Datapanik and Orange Grove.
At the Awards Ceremony at Paseo Herencia, awards were given out, nice prizes were raffled and there was the first showing of the traditional Event Film,which can be seen on the Home page of this website.
Finally some figures: there are a total of 78 participants in windsurfing, 55 in kiting. There were 23 non-sailing participants who registered to share meals and parties. The total registrations amounted to 156, a figure comparable to that of last year.
Organizers are already planning ahead to the next Aruba Hi-Winds which will be held in the first week of July 2013.
The Starboard freestyle team walks us through the Starboard Flare, and more. Enjoy this nearly 18 minute video, with action and interviews with top Rider like Kiri Thode, and Taty Frans.
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.
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.
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.
Freestyle action with the new 2013 Skate – Gollito Estredo, Yoli De Brendt, Laure Treboux & Max Rowe on Fanatic & NorthSails 2013
Andre Paskowski recently produced a new short clip with Gollito sailing in Fehmarn, Germany. Andre also released the name for his next movie, a film about Gollito.
Freestyle action featuring the Belgian freestyle windsurfer Dieter van der Eyken. The spots you see in the clips are Brouwersdam and Oostvoorne, in Holand.
Some freestyle from Bonaire featuring Erik Håkman and Kiri Thode.
A great freestyle clip featuring the Venezuelan freestyler Deivis Paternina at his homespot around El Yaque. He is training and getting ready for the PWA freestyle event coming up in Fuerteventura.
Current freestyle World Champion Steven Van Broeckhoven tearing it up in Sardinia. Enjoy!
Looks like Italian freestyler Mattia Pedrani has created a new move. Its basically a bob and a clew first willy skipper combined.
Mattia: “Necessity is the mother of invention. So what do you do when you’re bored cause the wind is too light to go for big tricks…well, you improvise. That’s what this is. Mix a Bob and a Clew First willy skipper and that’s what you get. The BRAND NEW BOBBY SKIPPER. I had this idea by myself, I started trying it from scratch, crashed the first 8 times and then got it on film. So I claim it as mine. For sure some smartass is gonna pop up sayin his cousin did it planing 10 years ago, but I don’t really care…whatever, keep talkin, just like Germany is doin with Balotelli =).”
A short freestyle teaser clip from Bonaire’s Florian Wegerer, who promises the full video will be here soon!