With 12 tour stops, 6 wave events, 6 slalom events, and 4 or 5 freestyle events, the PWA Tour is increasing. The biggest additions are Chile and South Africa where we could very well see some awesome down the line sailing. According to Robby Swift active PWA sailor and organizer of the PWA Chile event there is a three year contract set, so we should be seeing a stop in Chile for at least the next few year!
Freestylers should get more chances to compete this year with Holland set to host a freestyle and slalom event in September. Fingers are also crossed for a PWA Vietnam stop for the freestylers, which would bring them the much wanted 5th stop.
With the growth of the PWA and several other professional tours happening around the World, the sport is looking strong!
The MIAMI PRO-AM 2013 is set for January 19 – 20 at the Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida, USA. The event is organized by WINDSURFINGTOUR.COM and SAILBOARDS MIAMI in co-operation with the International Formula Windsurfing Class (IFWC) and is an International Windsurfing Association sanctioned event.
The event is open to anyone wanting to attend, and has 6 classes; Formula, Open Formula, RS:X, Kona, Techno 293 and Open Long Board.
for questions email [email protected].
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN : http://www.miamiproam.com/online-entry/
Hugo who is only 15 years old is probably one of the most talented freestyle windsurfer in the world. The goal of this movie is to show his talents to the world and to bring people to make a donation. Like this we want to try to make Hugo able to start his career as a professional windsurfer by competing for the first time at the PWA 2013 at Fuerteventura.
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It’s in French but here’s a look at the 2013 AHD AFS-1 board. The AFS-1 is a hydrofoil windsurfer (probably the only production hydrofoil windsurfer) that aims to provide speed 3 times faster than the wind speed in greater than 7 knots of wind. If you’re interested you can pick one up for a mear $7450 USD, alternatively you can get a whole new quiver.
Ride with MauiSails and Micah Buzianis as they demo the TR-9 and TR-9xt 2013 MauiSails race sails.
A nice edit from Morgan Noireaux tearing it up on the 2013 Northsails Hero.
The Simmer Competition Race is designed and manufactured for high performance competitive racing- slalom and speed. It presents the cutting edge in race sail design, with the optimal symmetry between aerodynamics, material selection and design. A symmetry defined by our goal, to create the best Competition Race sail in the world.
The Godzilla is a high performance light wind freerace / GPS board designed for the real world rider. The concept is basic: control = speed. Its available in 150L and made for sails from 7.0 – 11 m. This is the kind of board you need in your quiver to get out on those days when your friends are sitting on the beach.
The anual JP product photoshoot for 2013 was blessed with good conditions for all products. Here are the highlights of the action from the all-star international JP team with Jason Polakow KA-1111, Kauli Seadi BRA-253, Steven van Broeckhoven B-72, Ricardo Campello V-111, Robby Swift K-89, Youp Schmit NED-27, Andy “Bubble” Chambers K-540, Shawna Cropas HI-925, Olya Raskina RUS-14, Maxime van Gent NB-22, Bryan Metcalf-Perez US-505, Morgan Noireaux HI-101 and many more
Dany Bruch in the wave and getting some air time. All to show off the new Severne S-1.
Introducing the 2013 JP Australia Freestyle Wave .
Robert Stoj introduces the 2013 NeilPryde sails at The Official Test Centre in El Medano, Tenerife. The OTC has promised us a series of introductory videos to the 2013 gear that the brands have developed
A few months old some how we missed it, but here it is, F2 product guide for 2013.
The 2013 Naish sail rage and new website is now live! You can check out the full sail range at naishsails.com/2013
Starboard has released 84 new models including the wave,freestyle, slalom, speed and freerace boards, plus a new interesting concept for the entry level, the Inflatable WindSUPs. Also check out the new Starboard website which launched today.
