If you’re not familiar with the NeilPryde Ø-Grandprix competition, let me quickly break it down for you: it is a windsurfing and kiteboarding series of long distance races that take place around the Danish Islands. Anyone, on any type of gear can participate. So kiterboarders and windsurfers gather and take part in a fun competition.
A total of 47 riders enjoyed 18-24 knots of wind and blue skies, during the fantastic 25-kilometre race around the beautiful island Venø. Winner Sebastian Kornum has beaten the record with an incredible 25 knots of average speed on his JP Formula and Neil Pryde EVO 4. He was followed by Danni Jakobsen and another JP/NeilPryde teamrider Christian Justesen on third.
The event also allowed time and perfect conditions for a full freestyle competition and a speed trial measured with a true police detector. In freestyle Rasmus Øgelund won the competition with Jonas Knudsen in second and Sebastian Kornum in third. In speed, Danni Jakobsen made the fastest ahead of Justesen.
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The Pistol River Wave Bash takes place June 13th to June 17th. And it’s sure to be an awesome event. The AWT has just announced prize money as follows, Pro Men, 1st Place $1100, 2nd Place $500, and 3rd Place $300. For the Women it is, 1st Place $600, 2nd Place $300, and 3rd Place $200.
More info by on the AWT site by Clicking Here! And registration is open for all the events Here.
Sam Bittner (organizer of the AWT wave tour), the CGWA and a group of Hood River locals have launched operation “Rescue the Nationals”! and…
The US Nationals take place at the Event Site in Hood River, Oregon from July 23rd-26th. Classes for the event include Slalom, Formula and the Freestyle Nationals. Entry fees are $100 before July 1st, and $150 after, a second discipline is $50. So pay now and you’ll have a few extra bucks to buy a little something extra from the sponsor Big Winds.
It is presented by the American Windsurfing Tour with sponsorship from Big Winds, Columbia Gorge Windsurfing Association, and Sailworks.
Registration is now open at http://americanwindsurfingtour.com/windsurfing-nationals/
The South Caribbean is gearing up in full swing for the Aruba Hi-Winds 2012, to be sailed from 3rd-9th July. The 26th anual edition of the Aruba Hi-Winds will be bigger than ever.
There will be a week full of windsurfsurf disciplines like the usual Slalom, Long Distance and Freestyle competitions. All this is split into several divisions: Pro/Open, Women, Masters, Grand Masters, Juniors, Sports, Big Kids, Super Kids and New Kids.
For more info check out hiwindsaruba.com/
The Red Bull Soulwave 2012 will take place June 22-24th in Klitmoller, Denmark. The event is a mixed SUP and windsurf event. It hasn’t run since 2005 but is making it legendary return for 2012. Found out more at redbull.dk/soulwave
Catch the very latest news from RRD by following Jem Hall as he walks us round the RRD importers meeting in Cyprus, see what’s new and whats staying the same.
The first event of the 2012 Maui race Series the North Sails Slalom took place on July 2nd at Kanaha. A total of four races where held, with USA-34 Micah Buzianis taking first place followed by Peter Slate, and Pieter Bijl, respectively, in Pro Division. The top 3 women were Tamara Bockius, Argentina Jimenez Bonilla, and Sam Bittner. The next event the DaKine Classic takes place on June 16th.
Photo gallery after the jump.
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The Following was posted on the US Windsurfing Facebook page under an hour ago:
US Windsurfing regrets to inform you that the 2012 US Windsurfing Nationals in Hood River will NOT be taking place. A variety of organizational issues has lead us to make this difficult decision. Rather than continuing to struggle to pull together a poorly organized event, we decided that it would be best to cancel the event far enough in advance for travel plans to be adjusted. We deeply regret the inconvenience and trouble that this will cause to the people who have already made unchangeable arrangements to attend. At least you still be in a fantastic place for windsurfing at a great time of year. The Formula windsurfing National champion will instead be crowned during the Formula Windsurfing North American Championships that are being held in San Francisco from July 19-22. We also encourage you to attend the American Windsurfing Tour San Carlos Cactus Cup wave event which will be held from July 28-August 4 in Baja, Mexico. Planning is underway for the 2013 US Windsurfing Nationals, we will announce the location soon. Thank you all for your membership and support of windsurfing events in the United States.
Lake Garda and JP are hosting a few exciting events over the summer. The events include the now legendary Young Gun Camp, July 2nd – 3rd, and the Shaka Bump & Jump Contest July 7 – 8. Both events will be hosted at Shaka! The famous windsurf centre in Torbole, Lake Garda, is not only one of the biggest in Italy or the world, but its owner Mikel Slijk is also very active organizing both events for 2012.
* YOUNG GUN CAMP – 2-6. July
* BUMP & JUMP – 7-8. July
Robby Naish is the patron of Red Bull Storm Chase. He coined the tagline for the event, which still holds true: “Windsurfing in storm surf separates the men from the boys.” And he’s still one of the best riders out there.
Will he face the storms himself? Find out more in this Q&A from the Red Bull Storm Chase.
Follow the french riders on the PWA Freestyle World Tour, in this video they visit Podersdorf, Austria, in April, for the first PWA Freestyle event of 2012 .
Only one day of competition, in light conditions, and a good start of the year for the french riders : 5th place for Antony and Nicolas, 9th place for Julien, and 17th place for Adrien Bosson who had to withdraw from the contest after his 1st round victory, due to an ankle injury.
The team also entered the first ever European Tow-in championship: 30 riders, 3 evenings of qualifications, and a 10 rider’s final on the last evening, with Julien and Nicolas in 10th and 7th places.
The next event for the french team will be the Bonifacio Freestyle Project in Corsica, June 13th -17th.
“This event was sponsored by the ONA (National Office Anti Drugs) main focus are for our future kids in supporting, educating and directing them threw the right path in life without drugs and alcohol, this was the first time in a great while all the champs where all together and it was great to see every athlete putting their effort to improve our El Yaque which is ranked top 3 destinations in the world for Windsurf and Kite!
During the first two days of the slalom pro it was a battle between Master Alexis Carache (who tought me how to windsurf) Ricardo Campello and I, we all 3 had an equal tie! When it came down to the 3rd day of competition I gained more confidance and was more in tuned with my equipment, with winds gusting up to 28 knots using my 92L SL2 AHD and my 7.3 GPS Hot Sails Maui, I secured 1st place after the 3rd day but still with a tight score together with Ricardo and Alexis! They were both sailing unbalevable
I don’t know what happened on the 4th and last day! The conditions where great, my starts where perfect exiting with hi speed I managed to win all 5 rounds that day with a great lead of almost a half a bouy ahead of everyone! I was very happy with my performance and most of all that the whole event brought every one closer and with the positive energy of all to keep our El Yaque progressing and giving the best example we can to our future kids! And keep on being a World Champion destination!”
Diony Gaudagnino
The 2012 Pistol River Wave Bash presented by Naish is fast approaching, you better get plans in order to attend the third annual running of the Pistol River Wave Bash on June 14-17, 2012, or at least follow all the news on WindsurfPress. This year Naish has stepped up as the presenting sponsor and with 60 competitors already registered we’re expecting it to be the best one yet, also a good chance Robby will be in attendance. Click here to register online so you can be a part of all the fun. It’s sure to be a great Event!
Jordan Reid is a 19 year old windsurfer from the San Francisco Bay Area . This will be his second year competing on the AWT tour. Head over to the AWT website to read the full interview here.
The 2012 IFCA Slalom World Championships for women and the European Championships for men 2012 are now concluded, it took place over the last several days in Roses, Catalyunya, Spain.. On the women’s side Karin Jaggi was able to defend her IFCA Wold Slalom Title. Matteo Iachino was also able to defend his lead on the last day and win IFCA Men European Slalom Championship.
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