New Starboard Slalom star Bobbi-Lynn at PWA Fuerteventura World Cup » Starboard Windsurfing
How does it feel to be part of the Starboard Dream Team? Super cool! I was completely blown away when I was asked to join the Starboard team. I had already met Sarah-Quita and Oda and later during a photo shoot also other team riders and people from Starboard. Of course, I was very nervous to meet all these idols, but everyone was so nice that I immediately felt at ease. Just like hockey,...Read More
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2020 US Nationals Cancelled! – US WINDSURFING
UPDATE: The 2020 US Nationals are cancelled. The events below are still proceeding as planned, as regional events, but they will not award US Nationals titles. Please support them and attend if you can! In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, the 2020 US Windsurfing Nationals have been rescheduled as follows: Oct 24-31: FREESTYLE and SLALOM in Hatteras (NC) during the...Read More
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US Windsurfing welcomes Christine O’Connor as new director for the Central region of the U.S.! – US WINDSURFING
Christine O’Connor at the 2018 Kona Worlds in Clearwater! Yes, it was Halloween that day, but she’s Wonder Woman the rest of the time too! (photo: Magi Foster) We’re stoked to have Christine O’Connor join us as the new regional director for the Central/Mid-Gulf region of the U.S.! Christine lives near Dallas, Texas, and will be responsible for promoting our sport in the Central states,...Read More
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LIVE STREAM Re-Watch FUERTEVENTURA WORLD CUP 2023 – Day 5
Sotavento saved it’s best until last as the final day of racing at the 2023 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam saw hardcore slalom conditions with winds over 35 knots and extremely choppy waters providing the best racers in the world with the ultimate test of their mettle. In the end though, there was nothing anyone could do to stop Sarah-Quita Offringa and Nicolas Goyard from...Read More
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NC and FL bound! – US WINDSURFING
The 2021 US Nationals will take place in North Carolina and Florida this Fall! Here’s the schedule: 1) SLALOM + FREESTYLE in Avon, NC, Oct 30-Nov 6 The slalom and freestyle nationals will take place during the 2021 OBX-Wind event on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the largest and badass-est windsurfing event on the continent! With hundreds of riders in town for the long distance...Read More
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New Olympic Hopefuls Training in the Gorge! – US WINDSURFING
Group Picture at the ODP Camp in Stevenson, WA (credit: Lyrah Colvin) US Sailing just wrapped up a 1-week training camp for young Olympic hopefuls in the Gorge (capped by a regatta, of course!), and it was en eye-opener for the kids. For those of you lucky enough to have sailed in the Gorge, you remember your first time, don’t you? The camp ended last weekend, but we hear that the kids...Read More
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It Was 20 Years Ago Today, the Bonaire Kids Taught the World to Play! – US WINDSURFING
The Bonaire Kids, circa 2002! (photo: Bill Keitel) That title sounds like a Beatles song, doesn’t it? Bill Keitel, VP Emeritus at US Windsurfing, digs into his archives to tell us about the time he traveled to the Midwinters in Florida and saw the Bonaire Kids in action for the first time. Twenty years went by in a flash, didn’t they? By Bill Keitel The year was 2002. Race director Tinho...Read More
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Eduardo Rodrigues Joins the Board of US Windsurfing! – US WINDSURFING
Eduardo Rodrigues, new US Windsurfing director for the Southeast region! We’re stoked to introduce Eduardo Rodrigues as our new director at US Windsurfing for the Southeast region! Eduardo was born in Brazil but now lives in Jacksonville, FL, and he’s been an active one-design racer on the national stage for years, on a Kona at first, and most recently on the IQ Foil. He’s taking up the...Read More
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Arizona’s Windsurfing Scene, Rising Like a Phoenix, Celebrates Its Resurgence! – US WINDSURFING
Reviving the local AZ windsurfing scene with flying colors! (photo credit: Peter Kirschner) By Stephane Fitch It was a stir that few would have envisioned five years ago. Dozens of windsurfers and their friends gathered on the south shore of Lake Pleasant, Arizona on May 1 to socialize, sail and celebrate the revival of windsurfing in the Sonoran Desert. The occasion, dubbed the Spring...Read More
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Endless Instructors Guarantee Endless Summers!
Dave Gadarian shows and tells at CSC (photo: Randi Shapiro) June was a busy month for WIPA, the official US Windsurfing instructor certification program. More than 20 new instructors got their Level I wings this month in Berkeley (CA), Mill Creek (VA), and Avon (NC), bringing the total of WIPA-certified instructors around the country to 83! No matter where you live in the US, there’s...Read More
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Mike and Chrissy Burns Are the 2022 Recipients of the Rick Randall Trophy!
Left to right: Chrissy Burns, Brian Klauser, Mike Burns, Britt Viehman and Ned Crossley (photo: Ned Crossley/Wojtek Bajho) Every year, US Windsurfing recognizes the best event organizers in our sport, and we’re delighted to announce that the 2022 recipients of the Rick Randall Trophy for Contributions to the Sport of Windsurfing are Mike and Chrissy Burns! Along with Ocean Air...Read More
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An Event of Uncommon Merit! – US WINDSURFING
Lining up for the start of the race (credit: Jeff Hegwer) By Bill Keitel, VP Emeritus, US Windsurfing So ends the 2023 Worthington Windsurfing Regatta and Music Festival. It was the most pleasant weekend to be found in any upper Midwest community. The newly purchased sound stage took a full day to assemble and was up and running for a spectacular evening performance. Hats off to the City...Read More
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Chasing Surazo with Marc Pare – The Magic Ep.3
Marc Paré is chasing the Surazo wind in Chile. The first video of the three part series “Chasing Suazo” brought the windsurfing pro to the beaches of Matanzas and Topocalma. In the second episode windsurfing pro Marc Pare and his friends from Chile set out to explore the coast between Matanzas and Tirua. In the final episode Marc and his friends find the perfect wind and waves. We had chased...Read More
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Contest Training Freestyle 2023 – Video
Sarah-Quita Offringa, Oda Johanna and Lennart Neubauer show and explain, how they train on and off the water. The footage is from Aruba, the home turf of Sarah-Quita. Enjoy watching the Dream Team series!! Dream team freestyle contest training 2023 in Aruba featuring Sarah-Quita Offringa, Oda Johanna & Lennart Neubauer This might also interest...Read More
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IWT/PWA Fiji Surf Pro 2023 – Finals Live Stream & Results
Sarah Hauser & Baptiste Cloarec are the winners of the IWT/PWA Fiji Surf Pro 2023. Re-watch the final heats and witness stunning action in world class down the line conditions. In total 8 ladies and 30 men travelled to Fiji to battle for this prestigious win. For many a dream came true in gathering the world’s best female and male wave riders at this unique spot in the...Read More
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EFPT Vieste 2023 – Yentel Caers wins Foilstyle
Yentel Caers won the first ever Foilstyle competition at the EFPT event in Vieste. The Belgian managed to defend his first position from the Single Elimination also in the Double Elimination. In this new competition format, two moves per tack were counting, one less than in a standard Fin Freestyle competition. Yentel also put in the highest scoring move of the competition,...Read More
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EFPT Vieste 2023 – Maaike Huvermann wins
The final and 5th day of the EFPT event in Vieste started with thunder, lightning and loads of rain in the morning. But in the afternoon the wind started to fill in and the freestyle competition got kicked off. The decision to run 4-man heats in order to speed up the progression of the rounds was a good idea but unfortunately the competition had to be abandoned halfway...Read More
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LIVE STREAM GRAN CANARIA – 2023 PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP
The 2023 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing Grand Slam has seen non stop competition on every single day of the 9 day event. Congratulations to the Wave event champions – Daida Moreno & Marcilio Browne – and also to the Slalom event champions – Enrico Marotti and Blanca Alabau and of course the the Youth’s; Liam Dunkerbeck and Alexia Kiefer Quintana, who win the U20s Boy’s and Girl’s, Carlos...Read More
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LIVE STREAM Re-Watch GRAN CANARIA Day 1 – 2023 PWA WINDSURF WORLD CUP
It was a windy and wavy start to the 2023 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup, which saw the entire Men’s Single Elimination completed in nuking wind conditions on day 1. Congratulations to Marcilio Browne, who won the Single Elimination in front of Gran Canaria local Marino Gil. Also congrats to Ricardo Campello and Marc Paré for their respective 3rd and 4th places....Read More
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Stand out Moments from Pozo – Day 1 | 2023 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup
Marcilio Browne won the men’s single elimination at the 2023 Gran Canaria PWA Windsurfing World Cup. But the Brazilian only won by 0.04 points in front of Gran Canaria local Marino Gil. Ricardo Campello finished in 3rd and Marc Paré in 4th place. Windsurfing.tv produced a very good short summary what happened on day 1. Stand out Moments from Pozo – Day 1 | 2023 Gran Canaria...Read More
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