June was a busy month for WIPA, the official US Windsurfing instructor certification program. More than 20 new instructors got their Level I wings this month in Berkeley (CA), Mill Creek (VA), and Avon...
By Stephane Fitch It was a stir that few would have envisioned five years ago. Dozens of windsurfers and their friends gathered on the south shore of Lake Pleasant, Arizona on May 1 to...
We’re stoked to introduce Eduardo Rodrigues as our new director at US Windsurfing for the Southeast region! Eduardo was born in Brazil but now lives in Jacksonville, FL, and he’s been an active one-design...
That title sounds like a Beatles song, doesn’t it? Bill Keitel, VP Emeritus at US Windsurfing, digs into his archives to tell us about the time he traveled to the Midwinters in Florida and...
US Sailing just wrapped up a 1-week training camp for young Olympic hopefuls in the Gorge (capped by a regatta, of course!), and it was en eye-opener for the kids. For those of you...
The 2021 US Nationals will take place in North Carolina and Florida this Fall! Here’s the schedule: 1) SLALOM + FREESTYLE in Avon, NC, Oct 30-Nov 6 The slalom and freestyle nationals will take...
We’re stoked to have Christine O’Connor join us as the new regional director for the Central/Mid-Gulf region of the U.S.! Christine lives near Dallas, Texas, and will be responsible for promoting our sport in...
UPDATE: The 2020 US Nationals are cancelled. The events below are still proceeding as planned, as regional events, but they will not award US Nationals titles. Please support them and attend if you can!...
By Janice Anne Wheeler Last June I was the new girl, and wrote my first-ever US Windsurfing commentary on this same Macintosh watching the Nationals in Worthington, Minnesota. This weekend at the 2020 Midwinters...
The Hawaii Kai Boat Club on O’ahu is a little piece of paradise, and no one would blame the people running the place if they stayed home and raced club races all year. But...