When I read my first Windsurf magazine there was a shot of Ross mid back loop on an old blue board and yellow Gaastra sail beautifully shot from the water by John Carter. There was this stunning steep backdrop and I remember not being able to work out in my head how you could be jumping so close to a cliff and that England even had places like this. It was basically where my obsession with windsurfing all started. That picture was cut out and stayed on my bedroom wall for years.
A couple of days ago I went over as a foot passenger on the hover craft from my home town Portsmouth with one board bag, a tripod and my camera stuff to score a day at Niton. I filmed for 2 hours with one battery then went for a sail. The conditions aren’t exactly classic Niton and was a bit onshore, but nevertheless I like the clip and is one that’s a bit special to me.
Fabrice Beaux put together this nice video from the 2013 AWT Hatteras Wave Jam event that took place mid September. Check out Fabrice’s write up on the event and of course the clip.
I put this video together after our contest-trip in Cape Hatteras. I like that place and that event: the conditions, the people and the landscape make it a unique place to go windsurf. I have been there 4 times for contest and I always did well. The locals and the windsurfing visitors are always super excited to have the pros on their local spots and we always get a warm welcome there.
The AWT organizers did a great job again this year, and invited Miho and me to stay in the staff house. It was a huge house with a pool, Jacuzzi, and small movie theater. This way we were always in the center of the action and it was so much fun to hang out with everyone.
I also took advantage of being there to present and premier our latest film, “New Hawaii”. I was so stoked to hear all the positive responses that people had to say about it and asking me question about our killer spot in the North Philippines.
Cape Hatteras is perhaps the best windsurfing spot on the East Coast of the US, and I hope that this video might inspire you to go on windsurfing trip there.
~ Fabrice Beaux ~
It’s never been a matter to us that windsurfing was dead, hell no it’s not dead.
Check out this awesome wavesailing clip featuring Jérôme Pajaud at Reunion Island.
Ummmm…next time maybe we can do without the old dude in a speedo.
The Gaastra and Tabou Windsurfing team including Alex Mussolini, Thomas Traversa and team manager Matt Pritchard charged at the 2013 JP Aloha Classic. At the end of the event and end of the PWA season two team riders Alex Mussolini and Thomas Traversa both finished in the top four of the 2013 PWA rankings.
Check out this sick clip from Scott McKercher shot in NW Australia. It just won the Severne Sails rider video competition.
Check out this little clip of Philip windsurfing during our photo shoots in Cape Town and Maui.
This years Camille Juban successfully defended his American Windsurfing Tour Title for two in a row, and finished third in the recent JP Aloha Classic. Check out this sick action clip summarizing his 2013 season as he heads to all the AWT events.
Some insane wave action from former PWA World Champion Kauli Seadi on the new Hot Sails Maui 3-batten wave sail the KS3.
Omar Sanchez is a windsurfer we love to watch, and we see lots of great shots of him throwing radical moves around social media. Here he is sailing at his home spot in a great session, at Mosca Point in Pozo Izquierdo.
“We’ll remember the KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup 2013 because the warm-hearted people of Cold Hawaii welcomed the (wind)surfing world to the small fishing village of Klitmoeller. Over 100 volunteers, mostly from the local surf club, together with a small team of hard-working professionals made the Cold Hawaii wheel spin for the fourth year in a row.
We’ll remember the KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup 2013 as the year when His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik was the patron of the event.
We’ll remember Sunday, September 15, when the Crown Prince paid the event a visit. On that occasion the Crown Prince took up the challenge of windsurfing against 10 local young guns. Later, the Crown Prince watched the pro sailors up close from a jet ski at the famous spot, The Reef, in Klitmoeller.
We’ll remember the KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup 2013 as the year when the Cold Hawaii wind made us wait. This, however, gave us a different impression of Cold Hawaii, as a place that is much more than just Klitmoeller. In reality, Cold Hawaii consists of 29 registered sports. This means that no matter where the wind and waves come from, you can find somewhere ideal for windsurfing, kitesurfing or surfing.
We remember Sunday, September 22, as the day the wind finally kicked in. Cold Hawaii came back to life with a vengeance, as howling winds and big, powerful waves arrived just in time to make it a good competition for the fourth successive year. That day will live long in the memory of Marcilio ‘Brawzinho’ Browne, who managed to tame the ferocious North Sea by beating Philip Köster in front of a big crowd, to secure his first ever event victory on the PWA World Tour.
KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup presentred by City Lift A/S and Thy-Mors HF & VUC in collaboration with Thisted Municipality, The North Denmark Region, Sport Event Denmark, LAG Thy-Mors, Visit North Jutland, Feriepartner Thy, Sparekassen Thy, Gripsign og Spar Klitmøller. The event is recurring and has existed since 2010.”
The JP team had a number of rider at the 2013 JP Aloha Classic including, Robby Swift K-89, Kauli Seadi BRA-253, Ricardo Campello V-111, Jules Denel FRA-41, Antoine Martin F-193, and the Maui Young Gun Morgan Noireaux HI-101. Check out the action video put together by Swift.
Check out the Ezzy Sails Team at this years 2013 Aloha Classic. Graham Ezzy, Kevin Pritchard, Jessie Brown, Ruben Lemmons and Yoshi Hasumi rip it up at Hookipa Beach Park.
An amazing clip (from last year) shot and edited by Giora Koren of www.mauiwatershoot.com, featuring with Mark Angulo and Leo Ray.
A new edit coming from RRD Team rider Fabrice Beaux. This time Fabrice bring us a taste of real windsurfing Hawai’i, with the usual display of radical waveriding action and the Aloha lifestyle. This is certainly something to dream about especially in face of the incoming winter time…
Enjoy the laid back action!
It’s not often that sailors get Ho’okipa nearly to them selves, but when a contest is on only 4 sailors are on the water, so everyone else is warming and sailing lanes. Here’s a quick clip from Kauli Seadi shot at Lanes during the 2013 Aloha Classic.