The Point-7 team continues to gain strength in all disciplines. They 3 of Black Team riders inside the Top 10 overall PWA World Rankings. Josh Angulo and Pascal Toselli in the slalom and Nicolas Akgazcyian in the freestyle.
Enjoy this wrap-up video they shot in Fuerteventura during the PWA World Cup featuring all of their riders.
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.
Team Fanatic’s Maui Webisode with Victor Fernandez, Klaas Voget, Sebastian Wenzel & Nik Baker on 2013 Fanatic wave gear!
More new moves, it seems like its happening again and again recently. This time while training in Pozo Victor Fernandez nailed this clew first goiter.
More 2013 gear coming out, this time the NeilPryde Sail range.
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.
Follow the Loft Sails international team during the PWA Slalom event in Fuerteventura 2012 – Ben Van Der Steen, Patrick Diethelm, Antoine Questel, Maciek Rutwoski and Ludo Jossin. Ben Van Der Steen took second place.
Showcasing the starboard team in action at the two PWA Canaries events.
Daida Moreno goes for a session in Pozo with the Backy Mount.
Watch as the racing heated up on Day 3 at the US Windsurfing Nationals presented by the AWT.
Some footage of the July 2012 PWA World Cup that was held on the Canary Islands in “El Medano”.
It’s the “Wylde Life”…Hood River Oregon style. Tim Becker reports on a father-daughter combo compete at the 2012 U.S. windsurfing nationals in their own back yard in Hood River. Fiona’s a 15 year old firecracker who started riding on the front end of her dad’s boards when she was just a little kid.
Kai Lenny is up for the AWSI Windsurfer of the Year Award. The AWSI (Association of Wind & Watersport Industries) is a non-profit association that represents the manufacturers, retailers, and schools in kiteboarding, windsurfing, and stand-up paddle surfing (SUP). Check out his 90 Second submission here.
Seen for the first time in competition…. gollito’s air flaka into shaka.
Andy McKinney of Wind-NC brings us this clip of lassic summer windsurfing conditions on Cape Hatteras- Southwest winds in the mid 20 mph range and some fun windswell to play with, every afternoon! This video was shot at Ramp 30, just a few miles north of Avon.