Lord of the Winds- Los Barriles, Baja
The windsurfers were killing it- displaying great form as the mark roundings were several sailors deep and the passing opportunities plentiful around the 6 buoy slalom course
Miami Racing This Weekend!
It’s only one week away from the Miami Pro Am event held at the Rickenbacker Causeway. It’s a great location for the event with easy launching and access. US Windsurfing hopes everybody is in...
Florida Events Coming Up
It may be snowing and cold in much of the US – but it is warm and windy in Florida! Kona racers can head to the Clearwater Community Sailing Center on November 17 &...
Red Bull Storm Chase not chasing Hurricane Sandy
With the formation of a late season tropical storm turned hurrican Sandy in the Carribean, it seemed like a sure thing that the first event of the 2012 Red Bull Storm Chase would be...
In Memory of Norman Preibatsch
The Boston windsurfing community lost an avid, enthusiastic windsurfer, outdoorsman and businessman this spring when Norman Preibatsch died in a tragic hiking accident in Tuckerman’s Ravine, NH. His obituary can be found at http://normanpriebatsch.com/...
Ronstan Bridge to Bridge race- San Francisco, Ca
I tried lining up with the hydropture earlier in the week and got spat out like a water melon seed in the turbulence of wind and water wake as they passed me like I was standing still.
Windsurfing in Waves and on Lakes in August
The Pacasmayo Classic wave event (the Peru stop on the AWT) and the Kona North American Championships in Minnesota both took place the last weekend of August. Two very different disciplines of windsurfing in...
Techno 293 Nationals & Kona New England Champs
Forty-two windsurfers from as far as Mexico, Canada, California, and Florida attended the Techno 293 National and the Kona One Design New England Championships at Vineyard Haven Yacht Club August 1 & 2. The...
Olympic Windsurfing
The windsurfing competition of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games is drawing to a close, with the medal race to be run on Tueday, August 7. In the men’s fleet, Dorian Van Rijsselberge has locked...
Pure stoke- an 8 day windsurfing bender from SF to the Gorge
32 races packed into 2 regattas over 8 days. That’s about as much windsurfing as one can possible get without overdosing on pure stoke. My body was on auto pilot the last few days...