The first day of the Kia Cold Hawaii PWA Worldcup is complete. The best wavesailors in the world got warmed up with 6 more days to go riding on the now legendatry North Sea in Klittmøller. Winds where on the lighter side, as the riders began to battle in the single elimination. Brunch, Koester and Ferdanaz all impressed as did other riders expected to advance, advancing, with no big upsets or surprises.
Enjoy the video by Fanatic for high lights of Day 1. And check out a full write up of the Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup Day 1 from Chris Yates at the PWA.
A quick update on the AWT. The Hatteras wave Jam wrapped up on September 15th. The final heat came down to an epic battle between Camille Juban, Fabrice Beaux and Morgan Noireaux. It was a super close contest with Juban’s Goiter (photo above) giving him the edge over the smooth sailing Beaux and slashy Noireaux. Over on the women’s side Miho Tanaka took the crown by narrowly defeating Fiona Wylde, Ingrid Larouche and Sam Bittner. After all the action everyone headed over to the Koru Beach Klub for amazing final send-off party. Beer flowed and North Carolina BBQ was enjoyed.
Read the full report and see the gallery on the AWT website.
The next and final AWT to event to take place is the Maui Makani Classic, October 25 to November 3rd.
A recap of the recent Kona North American Windsurfing Championships. All POV and onboard footage captured by the Drift HD by Drift Innovation. Big thanks to Michael Fox and Fleet 8. And to the title Sponsor Lola’s Lakehouse.
It is our pleasure to present to you yet another year of KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup in collaboration with legendary BSP. This is the trailer for this year’s event. Greetings from them and us to you: lean back and enjoy.
The 2012 Bic Techno 293 World Championships have wrapped up on day 5, the numerous competitors had fun and raced fair! Present stars of Techno are future stars of windsurfing. Some of them won their first world title here in Medemblik.
The voting is now open for the AWSI Windsurfer of the year. Head over to Windsport Magazine to watch the videos and vote for your favorite riders. The contenders are Levi Siver, Kai Lenny, Phil Soltysiak, Bernd Roediger, Fiona Wylde, Tyson Poor, Bryan Metcalf Perez, Marcillio Browne, and Camille Juban.
Olympic superstars from past and present met the future stars of windsurfing in Medemblik on Day 4. Gold medalist Stephan van den Berg ( Los Angeles 1984 ) and Dorian van Rijsselberghe (London 2012) enjoyed the friendly atmosphere, signed a lot of autographs and made sure followers are on the right path.
Trying to capture all the action with 450 competitor on 3 courses, can be quite hard, but the producers of the 293 World Championships are trying. On the third day they asked the competitors to describe this place in 3 words.
This one has already made it around on facebook a bit, if you missed it here it is. Watch the Santa Cruz Goya Windsurfing Festival, as produced by Hawaiian Extreme Sports TV and filmed by Maui Nerd Productions.
Record breaking participation from all over the world with almost 350 competitors on BIC Techno 293 and another 100 in Raceboard class.
Racing starts today, check back as we bring you more of the action!
After a few days wait we have the full video from the AWT Quatro Punta San Carlos Desert Showdown 2012. Enjoy the sweet wave riding!
The Red Bull Soulwave originated in Germany and was held every year from 1995 to 2005 in the Danish coastal town of Klitmøller — the ultimate surf spot. Red Bull Denmark revived the SUP/windsurf competition in Denmark in 2012.
WEYMOUTH, England – If this truly was the end of windsurfing in the Olympics, it was definitely memorable.
Dorian Van Rijsselberge of the Netherlands exuberantly validated the men’s gold medal he had clinched days earlier, and Marina Alabau of Spain skimmed across the waves to win the women’s regatta Tuesday.
Windsurfing was removed from the lineup for the 2016 Rio Olympics in a vote in May, replaced by kiteboarding. The International RS:X Class Association filed a legal challenge last week against the International Sailing Federation. So to do your bit head over to change.org and sign the petition, it takes two minutes and could secure the Olympic dreams for many across the world.
Alabau got a regal send-off from her fellow Spanish sailors after coming ashore. As she stood on her board, they hoisted it on their shoulders and paraded her through the boat park. She held a bottle of Spanish sparkling wine in her left hand and waved the Spanish flag with her right. “It was the best of the week, for sure,” she said.
“Yeah, I think this was a mistake,” she said about windsurfing getting blown out of the games. “I think it will come back. This is my hope and this is what I think will be the right thing. I know how to kite and I will kite if they don’t give me another chance, but I love windsurfing.”
Van Rijsselberge agreed. “Of course it’s a sad thing,” he said. “Look at all the people here. Everyone is enjoying themselves. They come off the water with smiles on their faces.”
His gold medal already guaranteed, all Van Rijsselberge had to do was stay on his board and finish the final race.
He did much more than that, winning the medals race to clinch his gold in style.
After winning the race, the 6-foot-3 Van Rijsselberge climbed on top of the console on his coach’s boat and, hanging onto the pole that supports the weather vane, flashed the “hang loose” sign with his right hand. A large Dutch flag flew from the boat.
The Dutchman, who shaved his head just before the games began, said he wanted to do well in the final race.
“It was already in the pocket, but finishing it up like this and seeing everyone on the Nothe Course and them outroaring the British a little bit was a good thing for me, so why not?” he said. “I want to have a good feeling and I want to wrap it up nicely. It’s the medals race and you’ve got to race it. It’s the most important race, pretty much.”
Van Rijsselberge won six of the first nine races. His lead was so big that he sat out the 10th race.
Nick Dempsey of Britain took the silver and Poland’s Przemyslaw Miarczynski got the bronze.
With the race close to shore, Dempsey hopped off his board and greeted friends and family watching from Nothe Fort.
Alabau came into the medals race with a 14-point lead and preserved it by finishing first.
Tuuli Petaja of Finland jumped from third place overall to take the silver medal, thanks to a fourth-place finish in the medals race. Poland’s Zofia Noceti-Klepacka jumped from fifth overall to take the bronze.
Dutch windsurfer Dorian Van Rijsselberge won Gold in London 2012. Watch this interview with him after the medal race.
All the action from the 2012 PWA Fuerteventura Freestyle Worldcup, capture by Josh Willmont and Black Lab. Enjoy the action from the best riders in the World!
