2013 is the 25th Anniversary of the Gran Canaria Wind and Waves Festival, which takes place form July 9th to 14th. Many of the pros are alreadyt here training and it should be an awesome event. But check out this trailer with some old school footage.
The trip of a lifetime.
Kevin Pritchard had been bugging Keith Teboul about going to the Marshall Islands for some windsurfing and some good times. Finally a message came, “Marshalls are going to be good on Thursday, flight leaves tomorrow, bring your camera, your windsurfer, and plenty of sunscreen. You in?” said Keith.
Well let Kevin’s Story tell the rest:
Excited like a kid on Christmas, I booked my flights, bought some sunscreen and we were off. I think the images speak for themselves. The beauty of the Marshall Islands is amazing. While this video only shows hard core waves, it seems funny to say, but the thought of freeriding around this place had me pretty fired up. I would say this is the most beautiful place I have been on Earth. 4 Million frequent flyer miles, 27 countries, never have I seen a place like it.
Marcilio Browne and Bernd Roediger came along with Keith and I and the trip was a blast. Brawzinho was insane to watch as you will soon see, with some nasty wipeouts. Bernd was even more impressive as he had stayed there for 6 weeks and was really starting to let loose when he was getting barreled by the sea monster and came up with a broken back and some serious time off the water, only allowing us to get a couple clips of him ripping it up.
Keith organizes some amazing trips together with Martin Daly @ marshallwaves.com It is a once in a lifetime opportunity. The water, the beauty, just incredible. Hope you enjoy the clip.
Enjoy the clip, and the Marshal Islands are a place to add to the bucket list of windsurfing destinations!
‘In the Middle’ by Morgan Noireaux documents some of his training and testing this Spring in Maui. Here’s what he had to say about the name, “I forget why I named it what it is, I’m guessing the reason for it was pretty random and of no importance.” Enjoy the clip!
Australia water babe Sarah Delaunay headed to Baja in May for some windsurfing and long SUP rides. When she got back she produced this video with her own song track, enjoy!
A quick clip of Víctor Fernández and Dani Bruch getting ready in Pozo.
Swedish rider Markus Rydberg spent a month on Maui this spring.
Not super windy but still a lot of nice sailing.
Big thanks to everyone who made this a great trip! – Markus
Enjoy the video from his trip!
The wave pro’s are getting ready for the first content of the 2013 Season in Gran Canaria, and there is no doubt that reigning World Champion Philip Koster is a favorite to win, and this video shows why. Over the last two days Philips been training at Pozo, Vargas and the semi-secret spot, La Baja. Watch as he throws flawless backloops, cheese rolls, double backloops and rumor has it he’s been working on Boujmaa Guilloul’s ‘Foubackward’ a cheese roll into a backloop.
Ben Proffitt’s Pozo Training Diaries are back for 2013! Here’s what Ben had to say;
it’s still early days before the comp so not too many riders are here yet but we still have plenty of action for you.
Planning doubles from Koster, Blood from Adam Lewis, mystery crash from Alex Mussolini, Victor floaty jumps… and some nugget huggers of course!!Early days yet and the forecast is looking windy so stay tuned for some full power crashing in the coming weeks!
Also don’t forget to like Ben Proffits Facebook page, its new!
Kevin Pritchard and Graham Ezzy step out of their truck into this swell in Punta San Carlos. A quick clip of them ripping on the first day while staying with Solosports Camp in Baja.
World Wave Champion Philip Koster has a fun day on the water in some small waves.
Nice video by Gunnar Proppe of the pro single elimination finals at the Santa Cruz Goya Windsurfing Festival.
An awesome new video of Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne tearing up Maui this spring. With action from Ho’okipa and Jaws, this clip kicks ass! It definitely makes us want to get out and shred, enjoy!
A few of the big names have been at Cloudbreak, but here’s the first video. Australian windsurfer Thomas Cohen rides the infamous Cloudbreak in Fiji.
Nick Warmuth took a quick trip to Baja, and hit up Punta San Carlos, here’s a quick clip of him catching a sick wave.
A big late for a winter windsurfing clip, but better late then never. A nice high quality clip from Philippe Mesmeur over the winter of 2013 in Le Dossen a spot in the North of Brittany.