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Laurence Carey has been crowned champion at the 2016 New Zealand Slalom Windsurfing Nationals, held at Naval Point, Canterbury. The gods of the wind only allowed two days of racing, but it was enough to decide the season winners. And with temperatures as high as 31°C (87.8°F), windsurfers were eager to get to the water […]

A group of Swedish windsurfers is showing the way forward in how to support fellow sailors, get more money into the windsurfing business and increase the social capital within the community. From where we stand, it is merely a seven-hour drive to the Arctic Circle. In the horizon, you can clearly spot snowy mountains that

He is one of the windsurfing veterans on the PWA World Tour. Lars Petersen, 46, is still fired up. The Danish has had a fulfilling career. In the past three decades, he participated in more than 50 world cup events, countless national competitions, and tested over 400 windsurf boards. The road to professional windsurfing has

Malaysia might be banned from World Sailing after prohibiting two Israeli windsurfers from competing at the Youth Sailing World Championships held in Langkawi. The world governing body for the sport of sailing, with the full co-operation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), investigated the incidents in which two top-ranked RS:X windsurfers from Israel – Yoav

Matteo Iachino has signed with Starboard and Point-7. The Italian windsurfer makes a strategic move for 2016, after finishing third in the 2015 PWA Slalom World Tour with Fanatic and North Sails. He is probably the best Transalpine slalom windsurfer in the world right now. Iachino only needed 67 points to clinch the maiden world

Sarah Hauser is the star of “Girl On Wave,” a documentary that reveals how the New Caledonian conquered the 2015 American Windsurfing Tour (AWT). Hauser is more than a highly skilled wave windsurfer. She is a force of Nature, and an inspiring athlete. Sarah has braved stormy seas in uber-windy conditions, and her first appearance

Kevin Greenslade has been named the UKWA’s Windsurfer of the Year 2015. The UK Windsurfing Association (UKWA) announced that Greensdale, one of the fastest speed windsurfers in the British Isles, earned the most votes from the public. “I am absolutely blown away to have received the news that I have been voted the UKWA Windsurfer of

Adrien Bosson and Riccardo Marca have been named “Sailor and Rookie of the Year 2015” by the European Freestyle Pro Tour (EFPT). It was a tight battle. After picking eight finalists, the EFPT handed the verdict to the fans. In the decisive week, Amado Vrieswijk, Sarah-Quita Offringa, and Bosson took the lead, but a last-minute heroics

Two Israeli windsurfers were refused immigration visas and were unable to compete in the 45th Youth Sailing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia. Yoav Omer and Noy Drihan had won the Men’s Under 19 and Women’s Under 17 and Under 19 divisions at the RS:X Youth World Championships, in July 2015, but the Malaysian Government decided

Ricardo Campello has announced that he will not compete on the 2016 Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) World Tour. The Brazilian wave and freestyle windsurfing master made an unexpected decision, after finishing the 2015 season in fifth place. Campello will be out of the circuit for an unspecified period. “I’m gladly and sadly going to tell