Josh Angulo, multiple time World Champion in windsurfing, joined the Point-7 Black Team in 2012 for the slalom tour. In this short video, Josh talks about finding his passion again for windsurfing and his motivation to climb the rankings once again.
Shot on location during the PWA World Cup events in Ulsan, South Korea and Costa Brava, Spain.
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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“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 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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Watch this interview with Micah Buzianis the winner of the second PWA Slalom tourstop at Jinha Beach in South Korea.
On April 19th the first event of 2012 PWA Slalom Tour will take place in Italy. All racers been training hard all winter and spring, getting their gear tuned and set for specific conditions of each event. Micah Buzianis joined MauiSails team in January this year and been training hard with Phil McGain here on Maui. They spent many hours on the water, testing various gear settings and spending time on race simulation.
An interview with six-time Australian and Oceanic windsurf Champion Sean O’Brien.
Fanatic shaper Sebastian Wenzel and Fanatic team riders Peter Volwater, Kurosh Kiani & Pierre Mortefon give some tips and tricks about tuning slalom gear.
Looks like more bad new and cancellations from the PWA. The PWA just released news, that the Slalom event at Marseille, France will not happen in 2012. Head over to Continent Seven for the full details.
This clip has been making its rounds on the windsurfing Interwebs. ‘Hold your Breath’ features some of the best windsurfing action from freestyle, wave, slalom, and freeride, from all over the globe. Check it!!
Micah Buzianis is a Pro-Slalom and Formula sailor from the US, living in Maui. Check out this video recorded from 6Am to 9Pm.
