Where the Wild Things Are!
By Frank Messina / Photos by Andy Craig (Heckscher session – June 15, 2019) So, I’m in my office, and two of my colleagues are complaining about the lack of sunny days this Spring....
Quick Recap from the Inaugural Capitol Cup!
By Brad Wilson | Photos: George Biery Longboarding is back on the West Coast! We had a great event at Lake Washington Sailing Club in West Sacramento for the inaugural Capitol Cup this past...
Speedy Returns to Worthington!
By Craig Bergh My name is Craig Bergh, and I’m a committee member for the World GPS Speed Sailing Records Council, an outfit responsible for validating GPS speed records for riders around the world....
Kindred Souls!
Thoughts from the 2019 US Nationals in Worthington, MN The 2019 US Course Racing Nationals took place this past weekend (June 6-8, 2019) in beautiful Worthington, Minnesota. The Worthington community in southwestern Minnesota has...
A View from the Committee Boat in Annapolis!
This is the time of year when we’re starting to have windsurfing events coast to coast every week, and while most of the attention goes to the action on the water, it’s important to...
The Day I Became an Instructor!
By Anna Vasta This past weekend, instructor trainer extraordinaire Britt Viehman held a two-day WIPA certification session in Clearwater for a few aspiring instructors. If you’re not yet familiar with it, WIPA is the...
My First Windfoil Race!
By Danicka Sailer My name is Danicka Sailer, I live in Hawaii and I’m 14 years old. Two years ago, when I started windsurfing at the Hawaii Kai Boat Club, I knew I had...
Windsurfing on Snow: a Brief History!
By Will Tuthill, Photos by Enda Pärisma and WISSA archives What? Windsurfing on snow? Perhaps one out of a hundred windsurfers have ever even heard of this, yet there it is: people use their...
2019 US Windsurfing Nationals to be held in Hatteras, Worthington and Maui!
For the first time in many years, the US Windsurfing National Championships will not be a single event at a single venue for all disciplines, but three separate events at three different venues picked...
Thirty years and still searching for that lost salt shaker at the Margarita Run!
Every year in late October, the crew from Fleet 18 (over in Foster City, California) gets together for the Margarita Run. You must have heard of it: it’s one of the country’s most unusual...