Steven Allen successfully defended his title at the Lancelin Ocean Classiz winning the 29th edition of the Australian windsurfing marathon.
The race featured 118 athletes competing in 15-20 knots of wind from Ledge Point to Lancelin covering 25 kilometers down wind.
10 time World Champion Steven Allen won after despite a false start, and finishing in a time of 29 minutes and 59 seconds, only 13 seconds ahead of Isaac Devries in second.
Check out the Le-Mans style start as the competitors rush towards the water above.
10 time World Champion Steven Allen
The 2014 Lancelin Ocean Classic was Philip Koester’s first event with his new sail sponsor Severne. Koester won the event in front of (2nd)Glenn Alexander, (3rd)Graham Wood and(4th) Ben Severne. Will this set the tone for Koester’s PWA season, as he will no doubt be looking to regain his World Title?
Ho’okipa in Slowmo featuring Klaas Voget. It only gets better!
footage from the archives of andré paskowski, shot by basti doerr during the making of BELOW THE SURFACE on maui, mixed with some mounts i took myself. all images shot in slow motion mode. it’s full 1080p HD, so might take a little load, but i think it’s worth waiting. enjoy! – Klaas
Adam Gaveriel and friends break out the GoPro for a evening freestyle session.
13 year old Loick Lesauvage is someone to keep an eye on. Check out the impressive young rider in his latest clip as he tears up La Caudouliere, France.
The latest episode of Tourists of the Sea featuring Kevin Pritchard and Graham Ezzy is here! This time they hit up Punta San Carlos for a perfect setup!
I had just booked my ticket to go to Park City to visit my girlfriend when I happened to check the forecast for Tahiti and saw an 18 second interval pop into the forecast window. With the south swells you can get a pretty good idea at least a week in advance, so I saw this massive swell coming. I talked with “Mr. Baja” Brian Caserio and said looks like there is another swell hitting, you want to go. We both grimaced at the thought of organizing, preparing and rearranging our schedules. The desire to get one of the big south swells, made us excited and craving to man up for the adventure. I called up Graham Ezzy and he started looking into it as well.
We kept tossing the idea around over the Santa Cruz AWT event, going back and forth, if we can do it, what is our time frame, how is the swell going to hit and so on. I had just won the single elimination and was pretty happy with that so I was like lets do it. It was a mission. My ticket to Park City was non refundable. So I might as well go see my girlfriend for one day. Hoped on the plane, said hi on Tuesday, then back on the plane on Wednesday, Brian picked me up at LAX, drove to San Diego, slept and hit the road at 5am. Some lack of sleep, some anxiety, and some hints of south swell along the drive, made the drive seem to fly by. Graham had to hook up with another way down as we were full in Brian’s Tundra. We didn’t see them on the road or when we arrived so, they had to be behind us. We arrived to Punta San Carlos to mast high waves and 4.2 wind. It was blasting. One problem, I didn’t bring my 4.2. Shoot. Well lucky for me, the guys at SoloSports carry the new Ezzy Elite sails, and bam I was out on the water. Fully overpowered, mast high, insane conditions. This is just what the doctor ordered. Wave after wave, it was insane.
Growing up in Southern California, Baja is where my brother and I learned to windsurf in the waves. It is the best spot in the world in my opinion to learn to wave sail. This was it, this is what we had dreamed of all our lives, wind, waves, and the biggest south swell of the summer hitting Baja. I had waited 20 years, I know that dates me, but I really had waited 20 years to get this place like with the waves like we had. It sounds cliche but it was a dream come true. I mean for the last 15 years of my professional career, to be able to take time to jet down for a swell when you are competing on the PWA world tour, is pretty tough to pull off. The worlds aligned, it came together and for the next three days, we had all we could handle. Wave after wave, set after set, it was just awesome. I am still glowing from the trip and can’t wait for the next surgical strike.
~ Kevin Pritchard
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Camera: Kevin Pritchard // Brian Caserio // Graham Ezzy
Graphics & Editing: Johannes Neumann
Supported by: Ezzy Sails // Dakine // solosports.net “You just don’t know, until you go!”
Jaeger Stone brings us this great wavesailing clip wrapping up his session from December testing out his 2014 Severne’s and his own custom quads and thrusters.
Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne won his first PWA Wave World Championship sealing his victory at the Aloha Classic. Check out the incredible action in this clip produced by Goya and dedicated to there World Champion.
“It’s my childhood dream, it’s what I’ve been working towards for my whole life and it’s finally come true, it’s unbelievable. It’s been a long week and as much as you try to think about it, it’s always there in the back of your mind, and now that it’s actually over and it’s done, it’s not a load off my back but I can relax.”
Brawzinho
Robby Swift brings us this action packed wave sailing clip from Chile during November, while the PWA event should have been taking place. Scoring great conditions, big waves and Robby’s talent makes this a great clip. Fingers crossed we’ll see this stop on the tour in 2014.
After three years being in Jericoacoara, Julian Mas craved a change and decided to explore the area around Sao Miguel do Gostoso for some freestyle action. He traveled friend Bastien Rama who put the clip together, and windsurfed with many other friends along the way.
Pro freestyler Steven Van Broeckhoven wrapped up the 2013 PWA season in 3rd place, what did he do afterwards? He tore up Dahab.
Clip brought to us by Ivan Popretinskiy.
SoloSports in Punta San Carlos had an action packed 2013 including an the epic AWT Dessert Showdown plus all the usual windsurfing, Sup, surfing and mountain biking.
2013 was a great year down in Punta San Carlos. The talented riders and guest that came and enjoyed Solosports through out the year all left with smiles at the end of their stay. There was fun to be had every week between Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, Mountain Biking, SUPing and Surfing in one of the most desolated and beautiful spots along the Pacific Coast of Baja. There was non stop action from all the different coaching clinics through the year. the AWT contest, Holidays and everything between. Just can’t wait to see what next year holds for us!! solosports.net
Check out the latest video from Gustav Haggstrom on Maui on Sweden.
This year i took the next step to reach my dreams! In the beginning of the year I got sponsored by RRD and just one week later i went to Maui and did my first ever Photoshoot.
Came third in the national Swedish championships! and i learned much new stuff. I have never had so fun on the water like i did this year.
Yann Rifflet brings us this tranquillo clip from Ibiraquera, Brazil
Pro PWA freestyler Max Rowe brings us some clips from the cutting room floor… from Brazil in 2012. A bit old but definitely worth the watch, full power freestyle action with some Gnarly wipeouts!