David Ezzy owner and founder of Ezzy Sails sits down and tells us a story about how he got into sail making and when he moved to Maui. Stay tuned for more!
Daida and Iballa enjoying a couple good days at their playground in Gran Canaria!
Sophia Regerbis of Double4Production produced this awesome clip of Thomas Traversa on his recent road trip to Brittany, where he scored big wind and waves.
Prepare your van, hit the road and go somewhere… then try to have fun, it usually works.. this time we drove to Brittany ( France ) and to be honest it was pretty cold and rainy at times. but the waves… – Sophia Regerbis
We can expect two more clips from them soon as they travel to Portugal and Iceland.
Check out the epic video with crazy angles, moves and a style of the kid who grew up on Bonaire.
Ben Proffitt had a pretty bad crash while trying to pull off a tweaked pushloop at Coronation Beach, Geraldton Western Australia Yesterday, February 18th. Ben Proffitt is the UK Wave Champion, top PWA windsurfer and in recent year teh announcer for PWA’s live stream. The crash resulted in a pretty serious should separation check out the x-ray below.
Best of luck to Ben, and we hope he has a quick recovery!
Many have called him the next big thing in freestyle. Accomplished Pro windsurfer turned film maker Andre Paskowski produced this short clip to introduce us to the 17-yr old Brazilian freestyle sensation Jose Santos.
On February 5th Thomas Traversa, Thierry Belbeoc’h, Robin Goffinet and Fred Debuire drove from the South of France to Brittany, and joined a group of hard-core locals at the big wave spot I’lle aux Vache. Wind speeds hit 45 knots and waves up to 8 meters hit the spot, and the video is one to watch!
The fourth episode of Starboard’s “Around” series is here. In this episode Sean O’brien leads us to Germany to meet Oliver-Tom Schliemann who shows us around the island of Sylt. Sylt is best know for its long sandy beaches and host the PWA finale for many year.
Adam Sims signs to well know California based headwear company Neff. Neff is well know in the US particularly int he Snowboard industry and is working on making inroads into the watersports sector and the UK market, where Sims is based.
Here is what Adam Sims had to say:
“I’m stoked to sign to Neff, I already loved the gear so it really is awesome to be using it. Not so well known in the water-sports world and less so in the UK, my main focus is to bring it to these peoples attention. The UK team are currently working on a new website which will be launched soon from what I gather and will contain all the stock, in the meantime here are the current collections –www.neffheadwear.com“
Australian Scott McKercher road tripping around the West Australian coastline. Scott missed a good portion of the summer after knee surgery, but looks back in good form despite saying the knee is “Still a little tender but happy to be back on the water.”
Scott McKercher is riding the new Severne Blade.
Kevin Pritchard throws down a nice smooth off the lip Taka at Ho’okipa. From Ezzy sails (he’s riding the Ezzy Legacy if you’re curious) filmed by Joey Sanchez.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Look for some wind, waves and warmth in March? Why not check out Tarifa and the Tarifa Windsuring Festival! The event takes place from March 27th to 31st and ahs been running for a few years, and draws a few of the top Pros from all over the World. More info coming soon, or check out Only SUP Tarifa on Facebook for more info. (Spanish Language)
A nice Kono from Pro freestyler Youp Schmit.
Maui is the epicenter of windsurfing, with Ho’okipa and Jaws going off we’ve got quite a few shots this week from Ho’okipa, including Graham Ezzy going hands free. But there’s also a good handful from around the World, enjoy!
All the pics are after the jump.
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The 3rd episode of Windsurfing into the Unknown is here. Philip Soltysiak and Michael Rossmeier explores more of the spots around Jericoacoara, this time exploring a spot on the downwind side of “The Sun Dune” refered to as “Downwind”.
