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...
Category: juniors
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...
Viva Rio Vista!
By DEN-111/ Jesper Vesterstroem Rio Vista Grand Slam – 10-12 July, 2015 I had never been here before, no idea where it was, but did remember some stories from the place when I was...
On the Podium at the European Championships: Geronimo!
Those of you who are following the progress of our young windsurfers in the US have heard of the Nores brothers from Miami. Big brother Maximo, the reigning Techno 293 North American champion, is turning...
Skill level goes UP at the 2014 US Techno Nationals!
Youth and talent were on display this weekend in the Sunshine State: nearly 30 young racers converged to Miami, Florida for the 2014 US Techno Nationals and RS:X Spring Festival. It was a great...
Steven Max reports from the 2013 Open Orange Bowl
Against a backdrop of more than five hundred Opti, Laser and 420 white sails dotting the horizon, a good size fleet of youth windsurfers took to the waters of Biscayne Bay in Miami between Christmas and...