UKWA News

Racing and Slalom at Farmoor this weekend

Course Racing (Saturday) and Fun Slalom (Sunday) at Farmoor this weekend. Oxford Sailing Club is the place to be this weekend. The London Windsurfing Association are running course racing for all course racing fleets on Saturday. Dan Simpson is running Fun Slalom on Sunday at Farmoor.

MWA Frostbite event this weekend Cancelled

Due to a zone training event this weekend of which I was not aware this Sundays Frostbite series race at Rutland is cancelled. You can be assured that the 2, two day events will proceed as planned.

Crew songs

From the end of year party, the crew's outstanding performance on stage drew a lot of attention and lots of people wanted to get a hold of the lyrics.
Well, there's a taster below, or download all the songs! Pics hopefully coming soon.

ISAF chooses RS:X as windsurf class for London 2012

From the RS:X Class website: The ISAF Council has just voted to select the RS:X for both men's and women's events at the 2012 Olympic Regatta. The chairman of the ISAF ...

GPS Speed 9th November

The wind was strong throughout the day. With the strongest wind later in the afternoon. The course was running pretty much perfect. Gusts at the weather station were hitting 50 mph.

Pete young achieved the ...

GPS-Speed Meeting Sunday

The speed sailors are getting in on the action this weekend, Simon Hinkley emailed around earlier, so for all those who would like to try out a GPS and see how fast you can go ...

Slalom and looping this weekend

There's a great forecast for the weekend, and if the inland events don't appeal there are two on the south coast this weekend as well: Poole slalom are running tomorrow (Saturday), with a ...

Ice Breakers and Frost Biters

For those with a little enthusiasm and a lot of anti-freeze in their blood, there's plenty of racing left in the regions this year, two Icebreaker events (Bewl and Oxford), not to mention the ...

Charity Channel Crossing

"There must be easier ways to get windsurfing on the TV" I thought as I was bounced high out of the water and twisted round in mid air off the hellish chop, on the verge of a catapult for about 5 hours, with cramps almost everywhere!
Guy Cribb's full story and the charity.

RS:X at Whitwell

With typical attitude the RS:X fleet lumbered onto the water but they were soon cheered up as they sat on the beach by the techno fleet all five of them having an awsome start ...

Raceboard fleet at Whitwell

There were 16 Raceboard entries at Whitwell, the average for the entire Inland Series being 17. The weekend started off with Race One taking place in an agreeable 10 knots or so and although the ...

Whitwell - UKWA Inland 5

With a fantastic turn out of 9 Juniors, 16 Raceboards, 20 Formula, 23 Technos and 13 RS:X, you could tell that the weekend was going to be a good event and with the wind forecast on the Saturday a challenging one as well. A good onshore breeze blowing on Saturday morning proved tricky for competitors. Despite this fact, everyone was out there giving it a good go.

UKWA Wave Final: West Wittering 1-2 Nov

Please find below the UKWA wave rankings going into the West Wittering event. Here's looking forward to a nail biting finish to the UKWA Wave Tour. One thing is for sure - it's going to be cold in those north-east winds on Saturday so bring or buy a neoprene hat!! The wind is forecast to be windy over lunchtime so we want to get on with the competition. Please be on time for registration and rigged up and ready for competition at 10:00.
Due to the forecast REGISTRATION WILL OPEN FROM 8AM on the Saturday down at the Club on the beach.

Dakine Weymouth Speed Week

Update: ITV coverage added. Weymouth speed week was superb this year, with the harbour record being broken on the 1st day by Anders Bringdal at 38.52 knots. Three great counting rounds in the week which gave us our speed champions for 2008 Pete Young with 37.29 knots and Zara Davis with 30.89 knots. Prizes and Trophy were donated by Spartan wetsuits.

Annual Prizegiving Party

Apologies for the late info, but it is: Saturday, November 15th 2008 at 7pm, with Masterblaster and GPS Challenge Sessions. Dress for the evening is smart casual / buffet & band included. PRIZES and FUN all day long! Download the form