New Olympic Hopefuls Training in the Gorge!
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...
Category: juniors
One thing is clear!
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...
Danicka and Mani reporting from Foil Week in New Zealand!
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...
How to get $1,000 to go to the 2020 Techno Worlds!
US Sailing, US Windsurfing, Pensacola Yacht Club and BIC Sport / Tahe Outdoors join hands to offer travel grants and free equipment charters for the 2020 Techno Worlds! For young windsurfers with Olympic aspirations,...
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...
Doing the Transpac on a Board!
Not THAT Transpac, of course. But a 10-mile reach from Koko Head to Waikiki on O’ahu that’s arguably just as fun and reserved to youngsters on dinghies and – for the first time –...
Big breeze at a Junior Event? No Problem!
Words and Pics by Erik Hammarlund It’s become a yearly tradition in early August for the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club to host a Junior Olympic Windsurfing Festival, in the middle of the summer season...
Sibling Rivalry on the Island!
The 2017 Junior Olympic Windsurfing Festival took place last week (Aug 3-4) at Vineyard Haven Yacht Club, on the beautiful island of Martha’s Vineyard, and once again the event empowered junior windsurfers with a...
Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be!
14-yr old Maverick Putnam, from Palm Harbor, FL, traveled with his brother Brett to Corpus Christi last month to compete at the 2017 edition of the US Youth Sailing Championships – a prestigious event that...
Early Spring at Clearwater Midwinters!
By Jerome Samson The Clearwater Midwinters took place this past weekend (March 4-6) and got the 2016 racing season off to a fast start! It’s a springtime tradition – the first weekend in March...