Posted: 21st March 2008, in International.
The RS:X windsurfing fleets fulfilled their scheduled two races with Nick Dempsey firing in 2,1 to extend his lead to 15 points at the top of the table heading into Good Friday’s final showdown. Full story on skandiateamgbr.com.
Posted: 6th March 2008, in International.
TeamPryde’s Antoine Albeau (FRA 192) has broken the world speed sailing record by 0.4 knots to set a new world record speed of 49.09 knots.
After months of waiting for the big mistral winds, the speed canal at the shores of the Mediterranean Sea came to life again ……..
Posted: 14th February 2008, in International.
Lots of things have changed since the International Speed Windsurfing Class (ISWC) has become an official ISAF international class in May 2007.
The ISWC board wants to inform you about the changes that we implemented over the winter break, giving you more service, more sailing, more fun on the water !
Posted: 12th February 2008, in International, Upcoming.
from Fernando Sanz, president of Club Windsurf Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca.
“We are organizing the next Formla Spanish Cup, from the 19 / 22 of March. There are a few groups from countries like Portugal, Estonia, Italy, Germany, who are coming to the Cup, as an early season training preparation.”
Posted: 10th February 2008, in International.
The Youth Olympic Games aim to bring together talented young athletes from around the world; and will feature 100 sailors in 4 events-including windsurfing boy and girl. Good news for our Techno 7.8 kids. Final decision on venue -February 21st.
Posted: 27th January 2008, in International, Upcoming.
The international BIC Techno 293OD Class have selected BIC as the supplier of the new one design rig for International Competition commencing from the 2008 Worlds onwards
Read the full statement issued by the RYA……
Posted: 12th January 2008, in International.
www.mauiwindcam.com/streaming - Catch the waves on the reef in the North Shore of Maui. Two webcams capture the Uppers Kanaha and Camp One, famous windsurfing spots. Professional windsurfers launch right in front of the camera and train in the winter months before starting the Professional Windsurfers Association tour. (Note: The camera runs from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. HST but replays the previous 12 hours during dark hours).
Posted: 30th December 2007, in International, Reports.
Almost 60 MPs have signed an early day motion in the House of Commons urging British Airways to change its decision to ban surfboards on flights……. we urge you to keep the pressure on !
Posted: 7th December 2007, in International, Sailors.
Christmas comes early as December opens with big surf worldwide, starting out at epic Kona wind Lanes on Maui.
The excellent Hawaiin winter season continued with a powerful north swell and Kona winds to treat all the locals and pros in town to Lanes at its best. Check out video action of Nik, Robby, Rosco and Skye-boy…..
Posted: 3rd December 2007, in International.
We had good wind everyday and were able to keep exactly to the planned schedule for races.
A different couse everyday; 5 courses to test the all round ability of this formula fleet from 17 countries, representing 4 continents.
Posted: 2nd December 2007, in International, Sailors.
"With Ross Williams in Maui, I ended up the only rider to represent the UKWA at the FW Worlds in Brazil - a big responsability! Everybody else is there though…" Xavier reports from the event.
Posted: 9th November 2007, in International, Reports, UKWA.
The ten sailing events for the 2012 Olympic Games have been decided by the ISAF Council during the 2007 ISAF Annual Conference. Today in Estoril, Portugal, ISAF President Göran Petersson led the ISAF Council in over two hours of debate and discussion before the ten events were decided………
