UKWA News

Driven by Wind...update

www.drivenbywind.com and www.gps-speedsurfing.com team up to present you the start of this new era. Video and GPS timing will be combined to promote this official WSSRC video timed record hunt, which with the help of GPS can be followed by all interested parties world wide.

Up with the Ray, down with the Trench..

Move over ‘La Trench' - the English have arrived with their very own ‘speed canal' - the Ray at Southend on Sea. Yes, this natural lagoon in sunny Essex is to become the focus for Bjorn Dunkerbeck, Dave White and 28 other invited sailors to try and break the 50knot speed barrier this winter.

Hawaii waves webcam....

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).

2008 calendar confusion? ! ..

Apologies for any confusion caused by recent postings on the website,and on forums, concerning 2008 calendar of events .
The calendar is provisional, pending the finishing touches, hopefully applied before the end of this month. Not much will change -some venues need to be confirmed, some dates finalised.
I am happy to answer any enquiries you have: mail-info@ukwindsurfing.com

UKWA calendar 2008

The 2008 calendar has been particularly difficult to put together, but for good reasons - JP/Pryde have joined forces with the UKWA for the 2008 slalom series. More on than soon, but it has made the slalom venues & dates a tad more complicated than normal so the calendar (148k PDF) is still provisional.

60 MPs slam BA ban......

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 !

A Christmas Story...

From John Fulton's point of view, it sounded like police cars were responding to a nearby accident.
He was floating chest-deep in the icy-cold water of the Niagara River at the time, dressed in a Santa Claus costume, clinging to his board.

Should we bring back "classic freestyle"?

Why is it lost? Is it really an ‘art', and why should I do classic freestyle when I could just be sailing around? More to the point; is it really fun and why is it? Does this mean there is no fun if one doesn't freestyle? ..........

Superheroes hit Weymouth!

Anyone making the most of the conditions in Portland on Sat 8 Dec may have been mildly concerned when they were passed by Batman, maxed out on his 6m, closely followed by Superman and Captain America!!! Don't worry, you were not hallucinating, I will explain.

Martin van Meurs hit 50.7knots!!

10th December 2007...Martin van Meurs hit 50.7knots !!
"The Ray looks amazing. As the tide drops, an incredibly long sandbank gets exposed. It's a long walk to get to the strip, but as soon as I got there I knew this is one of the few places where the record can be set."

Mark Kay Winter Training ....

Mark Kay Winter Training
Next Training Event -This Weekend , West Pennine 15th -16th Dec
For more information please contact mark on:-
07984 176 653 or email: Surfdude365@hotmail.com

UK sailors enjoying epic Maui....

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.....

Race and train day this Saturday at Chasewater

The Midland region will be running a winter race and train day this Saturday at Chasewater in Cannock. At the moment the weather looks good for the weekend but if weather conditions deteriorate we will announce the cancellation of the event on the midlands web site by 10pm on Thursday night, so please be sure to check.

Albeau is FW World champion

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.

Formula Worlds - Last day of practice before competition

"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.