Prasonisi on the Island of Rhodes offers amazing freestyle condition all year. Check out Greek rider Stefanos Damianos as he grabs a session there with his new sails. Stefanos was recently sponsored by Challenger Sails.
For all you gear junkies here is Keith Teboul introduces you to the 2013 Thruster LS which replaced the Single Fin from last year. The LS stands for Levi Siver, but that doesn’t mean you have to be pro to ride it, a v bottom helps make it fast and smooth absorbing chop, combined with a fast rocker and pulled in tail to help turning. If you’re looking for your first multi-fin board this would be a great choice.
Find out more on the Quatro Website.
Here is a quick teaser from the Next Episode of Starboard Around, This time it’ll feature Slalom windsurfer Steve Allen.
Sailworks team rider Patrick Bergeron demonstrates a push loop while being followed.
JP-Australia team rider and Egyptian Freestyle pro Ahmed Omar (EGY 23) shows off his skills at the Tommy Friedl ProCenter in this clip.
We wish the video quality was better, but the skill from Brazilian legend Kauli Seadi is amazing as he hits up Ho’okipa, Jaws and Kanaha.
Latvian freestyle Jevgenijs Gavrilovs made 3 trips to Greece over the last year and a half. Here is the result as he edited all the best footage into one clip. The spots are El Tor and El Nabq in Greece.
Peter Voltwater testing the new 2013 Avanti Race Sail, the Machine M-1X in the waters off Perth, Western Australia. Stunning heli shots, and speed brought to us by Windsurf Australia.
Andrea Cucchi demonstrates a nice power jibe.
Greece saw a massive swell hit recently. The Great Boardriders Team were there to capture the down the line mast high wave action. The Great Boardriders team is made up of, Nikos Athanasiou, Manolis Vardakis, Kostas Kostopoulos, Floral and Michalis Farsaris.
Windsurfing action staring Moroccan Boujmaa Guilloul at Ho’okipa Beach Park and Lanes during the end of 2012.
A nice clip of Dany Brunch at home in Tenerife during the early part of 2013.
Marcilio “Brawzinho” Browne is deffinitley one of the big names in modern wave riding. Check out this clip where he launches massive doubles, powers through his bottom turns and hits the lip hard. At the end of the clip watch some footage from Peahi, Jaws where he almost lands a massive backloop off the lip.
Italian Pro Mattia Pedrani brings us the 5th episode of his “Mediterranean Diet” series. This time he hits up Porto Pollo, Sardinia. The clip is composed of just 2 freestyle sessions, whiche he describes as “per gusty and the wind was switching around like crazy.”.
Sirgri is a small fishing village with the nearby windsurf centre “SigriSURF”. Sirgi just showed up on the radar after hosting a EFPT event this year, that drew some of the Worlds finest freestyle talent. The SigriSURF centre has produced this video highlighting the skills of some of these freestyle stars mixed scenic shots and clips of the surrounding area and town.