A great event with good cross section of winds. The event had been changed in June to incorporate the possibility of including the new RSX board and sails and therefore our world raceboard category had suddenly been upped in sail size to 9.5m for the men and 9m for the ladies, as well as the Open Europeans Champs adding many youths to the field.
UKWA News
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World Youth and Masters Championships - Poland
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Whiteair Slalom - date change
The Whiteair Slalom, the final leg of the 2005 Slalom Championships, is confirmed for the last weekend of October. Originally scheduled for 22/23, the final now takes place over 29/30th. The Whiteair Festival has been shortened to 4 action packed days, and we have re scheduled accordingly. Full details will be published shortly - including a pre entry form for a Friday 'special'.
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Slalom rankings 2005
The main course racing events are done for the year (except the inland at Bewl), but there are still three slalom events starting with Poole. The Slalom Rankings show Xavier leading, but Dan Ellis is only a couple of points behind.
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Ullswater Inland National Event
After Bridlington this weekend, the next course racing event is the popular (northern) location of Ullswater. It should make a nice change for the nothern racers for once!
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Welsh Hi-ho - Directions
The whole idea is to come and relax, there are no prizes, only fun racing, no clocks, no timetables and no plans-just alot of options and things for you to do-if you choose! These are the (comprehensive!) directions...
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Keith Atkinson WINS Euro Cup
Over 120 competitors from 23 countries create a great international atmosphere The quality is even more breathtaking. All top racers of the Racing and Slalom scene made their way to Switzerland, including the current double World Champion Micah Buzianis, making Keiths victory all the more impressive.
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Christchurch Formula Report.
The green grass of Christchurch is always a welcome venue for the travel weary UKWA road show and this year's event was to prove just as eagerly anticipated. The UKWA Southern cup was to act as a prelude event to the Youth and Master World Championships that were to follow the week after, but it was clear to all in the know that the Southern cup was clearly the place to be.
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End of Season Ball
It might seem a long way off, but now is the time to get your entries in for the end of season ball. If you can't see the image in the page, you can download the acrobat entry form.
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Keith Atkinson wins Euro-Cup event
On the final day of the Windsurfing Euro-Cup Silvaplana the Maloja wind finally blew in its famous way. Keith Atkinson from Great Britain was the man of the day and snapped away the victory in the fourth tour stop of the Windsurfing Euro-Cup. Dan Ellis came in 16th, and Richard Jones was 2nd Junior.
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New Sponsor - Salt Monkey
The UKWA warmly welcomes a new sponsor - Salt Monkey, a brand new company established in 2005 with the intention of introducing unique brands from all other world to deepen the variety of apparel available within the surf culture.
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Under 15 World Championship double
At the Windsurfing Junior World Championships in Poland this weekend, British boys took the U15 Gold and Silver. After a week of extremely close racing in a wide range of conditions ending on Saturday 13 August, Ali Masters came first and Dave Woods came second after holding their nerve and moving ahead of the top German, French and other contenders. Aloha/Techno One Design Class Association, Boards article.
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Speed event at West Kirby
Kangaroo Poo in conjunction with West Kirby sailing club are holding a speed weekend open to all windsurfers. There will be tuition available from are team riders, demo equipment from the leading brands and lots of friendly people. The event is on the 24th and 25th September.
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Dan Simpson - Vice World Champion.
Dan Simpson was 2nd U15 Formula racer in the junior fleet last year in Dranske, Germany and has been training hard since then. The winter training was run by Mark Kay at Rutland Water and West Pennine Reservoir. Dan recently took part in the Formula Junior, Youth and Masters World Championships at Christchurch, Dorset.
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Eastbourne Extreme - race report
Eastbourne Extreme certainly turned up the heat over the weekend of 16th-17th July with reports of 25,000 visitors all enjoying soaring temperatures at the FREE extreme sports festival, held on Eastbourne seafront.
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Freewave Events 2005
It's the quiet time for events at the moment so we should all start thinking about upcoming events and the windy Autumn we are bound to have this year (fingers crossed!). Trevor summaries the upcoming Freewave events and links to the entry forms.