wind: real time forecast
UP COMMING EVENTS: Wednesday nigtht racing ( at skake leg every wednesday ---------Thurday nite racing at US SAILING CENTER MIAMI every thurday nite ---------Miami Slalom Series race # 2 stay tune-------- ,Miami Slalom Series october 16-18 . stay tune for daily new and interviews.
Inside view with starboard's product designer Duncan Milne
First thank you for your time, we know that you are a product designer and marketing editor for starboard. Can you tell us more about yourself?
Well design is always something I have really enjoyed doing, whether it be designing furniture when I was back at school or more product orientated design work when I was studying at university. I like the fact that design presents many challenges and at any time you can be working on many different projects here for more
2009 Starboard Freestyle Prokids World
Mitical weather conditions today in Porto Pollo, Sardinia Italy, on Wednesday June 24th, for third competition day of Junior and Youth Freestyle World Championships.Since mi–morning the wind blew as well as possibile and the sea were the best for Freestyle contest. More than eight hours of competition with wind over 20–25 knots all day round. As scheduled it was time for Under 20 Youth Division, till now not yet racing. here for more
Countdown to US Windsurfing Nationals
A large contingent of junior racers is expected in the gorge next month for the US Windsurfing National Championships. The local Gorge crew (that includes Jay Watermeyer, Alex Nielson and Alyson Fromm) will be joined by racers from Florida and San Francisco. You only have 4 weeks left to get ready! You can pre-register at www.vmgevents.com and there is a small amount of charter gear available - both the Starboard Formula one-design kit and Bic Techno 293's. You can almost always count on wind in Hood River, so we will likely be racing course and slalom - bring all your gear! Karen, Britt and a bunch of the Florida kids will be arriving about five days before racing starts to get tuned up - if you are coming early let us know so we can all get some training time together.
Long distance race organized by Windfreaks Curacao
Last Week Sunday my father and I raced a long distance race on the spanish water (salt water lake) in Curacao. Two starts were planned with between 12 and 18 knots of wind. There were two categories: 16 and younger and 17+ . Funboards had to do 1 round and the formula boards had a huge handicap and they had to do 2 rounds. I had chosen my dad's Isonic 111 with a 6.6 KA Koncept sail. My dad had picked his formula board with his 7.5 KA Koncept sail. here for more
Well finally some wind in miami after 4 weeks of raining and glassy waters
yes that is rigth , difficult time in miami after 4 weeks of raining .. well we finally got some sea brease and we hit to South Beach ocean side to check the ligth brease and the atmosphere of summer's beach goers...... the scene is South Beach is really pretty and I think we will be windsurfing there more often... here for more
Kiel Olympic Week , June, 2009 by FARRAH HALL USA-3
Training has never been more exciting for me than it is now. A few days ago, I arrived in Kiel, Germany in preparation for Kiel Week, a major ISAF Grade 1 regatta on the World Cup circuit. Attendance is a bit low because of a conflict with the RS:X European Championships in Israel, but competition is at a high a level as always. The full Polish youth fleet will be in attendance, and several other international sailors are here already training.
picture of Farrah and Gevi training and tunning in miami
I am working with Christoph Sieber again and we are having some intensive sessions on the water with two other sailors, Carolina from Brazil, and Arne from Belgium. Our sessions have been technique-oriented and Christoph is taking video. After training, we debrief and discuss the video. We are focusing on cleaning up tacks, jibes, and pumping. We are also working on upwind speed and technique in breeze and big chop. Our racecourse is on the outside of the Kiel Ford, and the conditions out there are usually quite different than on the inside. Kiel is known for crazy chop and waves, and lots of boat traffic. On the outside, the waves are big and steep, and the wind is very gusty. We have been sailing there a good bit, and I'm happy to say that my technique in those conditions is coming along quite well. I am enjoying the training very much.
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Costa Brava 2009 report by Gabriel Browne BRA-50
I started very motivated to go to Costa Brava. I bought my tickets to arrive three days before the event so I had time to practice and get ready to race. As soon I got there I was feeling tired, but that is normal. I had a good night and the next day I was ready to start tuning my equipment for the event. I remember this day the wind came around 5 pm. I was sailing alone for 40 minutes. As soon as I finished the session... started the nightmare. Something was really wrong with me and my body. I started to feel very strong shakes and that was the first signal of fever and problems coming. here for more
2009 Slalom Worlds IFCA . Netherlands
The WC windsurfing of 2009 was a succesful edition. The event took place during the Zwitserleven Zeilweek on the Island of Texel. During the registration at Monday a bright sun warmed up the beach. With the good forecast we had a promising event to come. It was a shot in the hole on day one. Bernd Flessner (G16), top favorite was delighted: "It is years ago, when we had such condition during a slalom competition. Side shore winds and marks in the break. Unbelievable." here for more
PWA Catalunya World Cup .Day 1: Three heats completed as the PWA kick start the action here in Costa Brava. Why is Antoine so hard to beat? by PWA live tiket
Josh: He is the best! Most tuned. Fittest. Good gear. He is 100% professional and has a lot of experience. He has been racing for years.
Robby: He is confident too.
Finian: He is also a really good size and weight.
Robby: He sails so much on all his sails. Big and small. He is always sailing!
Arnon: He is really consistent too. Micah is the same, but he started late this year with injury. Basically everyone else makes a few too many mistakes.
Robby: He has so much confidence. He know he has the speed to get out of trouble.
Finian: Hang on though. We know he is going fast in light winds now, but we dont know how he is going in strong winds.
Josh: Normally he goes every better in strong winds! :-))
Finian: Hang on everyone. I am not ready to throw in the towel yet!
Robby: I think we all want to win, but you have to give the guy credit.
Josh: The same in the waves, Kauli wins because he is the best. I still try to beat him when it comes to the heat.
Finian: But I think everyone gives up too early.
Josh: I learnt a long time ago to not get stressed about it. In the heat you go full power, the rest of the time it doesn't matter.
Arnon: I think its really good that Finian is fired up. He wants to spritz!
Finian: I am just not ready to throw in the towel!
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The first day of the Catalunya Costa Brava PWA World Cup saw a relaxed start as light morning winds allowed competitors time to prepare for the week ahead. With a skippers meeting at 1pm and a first possible start at 2pm, the race crew were ready and waiting for the sea breeze to kick in.
On cue at around 2pm a light 10-15kt thermal wind switched on, giving the PWA elite their first chance to test the waters. The spectators were treated to an incredible show as the worlds best hit the ocean and went head to head to check their speed. www.pwaworldtour.com
Baltic cup Ventaine event was held in medium/strong winds and flat water conditions. 
Ventaine surprised us with a nice nature and super conditions for windsurfing. After strong fighting between top three guys the event was won by Martin Ervin (EST-202) with 10 points ; Second was Janis Preis(Lat- 23) 12 points and third one Toomas Mölder(EST-44) 13 pts.
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AMERICA IS TAKING THE POWER BACK!
American windsurfing legend Micah Buzianis talk about the importance of keep focus and overcome obstacles. First of all congratulation of your great result in Korea. 
After 2 major injuries on the beginning of the 2009 season , can you tell us the mental and physical challenges to get back on the PWA tour ? How was your family and friends support during the tough time on your recovery ?
It has been a very tough and frustrating last 9 months with what seemed like back to back serious injuries. Just to recap the first was a broken left fibula after being run into during a slalom heat in Gran Canaria and the second was three avulsion fractures of the right first metatarsal and first cuneiform. I think the first one was the toughest mentally because I was in a good position in the race with a chance to win and I knew that it would be a season ending injury. So it was tough to see that I had good speed and good gear and I wasn’t going to be able to race anymore. The second injury was tough as well it happened on the last day of the Neil Pryde photo shoot at Ho’okipa. It was a here for more
DELTA LLOYD REGATTA , MEDEMBLIK, THE NETHERLANDS 27-31
May 2009
Another first place Blanca Manchon in RS:X Women Blanca Manchon again first place for second time. Second place is for the second time for Laura Linares. Following Flavia Tartaglini at third place.Dutch victory for Casper Bouman in RS:X Men. After the third race he got 23 points, but he made a comeback. As second there is Piotr Myszka and following in third place, Julien Bontemps. here for more
Prowind.it A new boom , mast and fin windsurfing company on a market 
a fixed size boom for slalom and formula with 24 sizes to chose from. for those who are looking for the maximun stifness this may be the answer . they also carry slalom and formula mast that can exchange 3 different tops in order to achive differen sizes using the same bottom.. more info here
Wind Challenge Gruissan 2009 France With the traditional giant bbq on the beach and live concerts to follow (and Rinoceros Sporto Kantes club dj set fire to the beach). Everything has been tried to avert the light wind which has struck again Saturday and could well destroy any hope of race for this Sunday (small wind and Tram was announced for next Tuesday ...).
Before the concert, the 900 Défieurs once again hailed the beautiful array of stars windsurfing (Naish, Teriitehau, Belbeoc'h and Anders Bringdal) interviewed by Loic, the official speaker and Francky - Nelson Monfort - Roguet. Then the head of redac Wind magazine has attempted to call Antoine Albeau phone in Korea.
The connection is bad, the champion of the world has moved closer and appeared above the stage, ovation by his fans delirious. After a few words on his victory in Korea, Super Tonio was launched into the crowd like the rock stars followed by Anders Bringdal, Patrice Belbeoc'h then Stuntman Bob and Robby The duo ... The evening was beautiful and well established .
This Sunday, a freestyle contest should be launched. Follow live on
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PWA korea..... windsurfing at its best
Following the PWA Tour this sprint is no question that racing is getting harder and more excited than ever, the no rule aproach for the jibes makes it a more interesting and excited . here a NASCAR style crash Gonzalo, Angulo and ross williams. Gonzalo says : " Is diffenelly getting harder on the slalom course this days "... Also Finniam took down Bjorn on a super hard crash... Well for all of you who live in the USA,,, stay awake at 2;00 am to follow the live tiket and follow windsurfing at its best at
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Miami Slalom Series 2009 race #1 
The forecast sure looked great for the first race in the Miami Slalom Series, with the know it all's calling for 20 from the east. There was a decent bit of breeze as we all arrived at the beach, but the storm clouds all around made everyone wonder if it would come true. here for more
Wednesday nite race, this week with special participation of Farrah Hall USA-3 who is in Miami for some olympic training with Coach Super Star Mike Gerbhard
From the a week and a half of fog to regular thermals again...that's more like it! The weather system finally switched around so that we are getting a regular sea breeze again with 15-25k in the middle of the bay but the inside has been sketchy and shutting down early. That was the case for last Friday night's twilight series @ the StFYC. here for more
PWA AUSTRIA REPORT by Gabriel Browne BRA-50
We finished today the first PWA event in Austria. The event was very well organized and lots of people watching everyday. The conditions most of the time were light winds,around 9 to 13 knots. Here is different from any place I've been because the wind changes very quick. I was using my TR5 XT 9,2 in almost every race. I had good board speed in light winds with my TR5’s/Isonic’s combo. I liked it because I could use this sail in strong winds too during some heats, so my range with this sail was very good.
The general level of all the competitors during this event was very high. Everybody is sailing good and if you make any mistake probably you wont advance to next heat. I'm happy with my result. I finished 13th and did
my first winners final.The Mauisails team was going fast here and I'm happy for Gonza for his 3rd place. Now I'm going back to Brasil and in the end of May I'm going to Venezuela to compete on the Margarita Wild Winds. pwa website for
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Corpus Christi Classic Windsurfing Regatta
Corpus Christi, Texas - Racing began today in windy Corpus Christi. Long known for the warn breezes and friendly faces of the US Open, Texas delivered the goods again. At the 10am skipper's meeting, sailors were greeted with 20 knots of wind that they knew would only pick up as they made their way to the water for formula racing. After three grueling races, the sailors skipped over the breakwater into a flatwater speed sailing course using GPS to monitor their average speed over 10 sec and max speed. Maui Sails rider Jon Jay Earnst climbed his way to the top of the standings in both disciplines with his TeamRace sails. Earst is being challenged by PWA racer Enes Yilmazer from Turkey for the top spot in both disciplines as well. Maui Sails riders Charles Allen and Chad Allen claim the third spots in Formula and speed respectively. here for more
Steve Allen, multiple World champion and Australian champion in the racing disciplines of Slalom and Formula windsurfing, has influenced the sport of professional windsurfing a lot. 
He invented a combi wave move, the tabletop forward. After a more than 17-years long career, a very successful participation in a dancing show in Poland, the Aussie, who lives in Poland, came to a conclusion for this season: "I will buy my windsurfing gear." here for more
2009 Dwarf8 PWA Surf World Cup, Podersdorf, Austria – Day One There were no signs of nerves from slalom’s newest addition to the World Tour, as the opening day of competition in Austria delivered sun and wind in equal measure to start proceedings in style. After a morning spent registering just shy of 400 sails and 200 boards, the 66 man slalom fleet took to the water to mark the official start of competition on Lake Neusiedl. here for more
Into the white... by Steve Bodner 
Sometimes it doesn't blow 15-25k out of the west in San Francisco. It's rare- but with a clearing wind, the regular thermals shut down and instead we had a southerly 5-14k, oscillating breeze with some ripe tides and plenty of fog for the 2009 Elvstrom-Zellerbach regatta at the StFYC this past w-end. 2 days of tactical light wind racing was the call for the 5 dinghy and boardsailing fleets taking part in this w-ends regatta..... here for more
US Wind and Water Open 2009 may 5-9 corpus cristy texas
Windsurfers rule at the Orange Clash By Shelley Shepherd Klaner
It’s called the Orange Speed Crossing or the Clash. Six of the best windsurfers in the world and six of the best kite boarders in the world race to see which is the best! Of course, the windsurfers came out on top at the event held April 18 to 21, 2009 at Leucate in the south of France.
Participating windsurfers included world champion Antoine Albeau as well as the famous Moussilmani brothers: Sylvain, Cyril, and Benoit, and Nicolas Reynes (all from France) as well as Andres Bringdal of Sweden. here for more
Remi Vila Racing for beginners
As windsurfing is still such a great big part of Remi’s life, he finds himself traveling between Thailand, the Martinique and all around Europe all windsurf related trips. Whilst Remi is in the Martinique he coaches the Martinique team, we wanted to catch up with him to see the best way to get into racing.
Remi with your experience as a coach, what is the best way for someone that hasn’t raced to get into racing, what class for example?I start to be a coach in 1991 and at this time I was coaching the Martinique Team in Aloha, Mistral, Race–Board. The young racers I have coached like
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Stuart Spring Fling is no joke………….By Rick Randall 
But everyone was laughing and having a good time anyway! Conditions were perfect for the downwind slalom 2 jibe course that was set. The wind was from the East at 15 to 20 and the water was nice and smooth on the upper part of the course. On the bottom half there was some challenging chop that added a bit of excitement. Four heats were enjoyed by as many as 17 racers who came from as far as Miami and Daytona Beach as well as France and Texas. here for more
During this week our new windsurfing talent JUAN PABLO MONTOYA enjoy some seabrease and the beautifull view of Biscayne bay in Miami. stay tuned for upcomming interview.
2009 Florida Windfest Recap – By Ron Kern here for more pictures Windfest is always a great event and this year was no exception. It’s a low key event run in tandem by Steve & Marty Gottlieb of Aerotech Sails & Tinho Dornellas of Calema Windsurfing. It’s a demo day and a race so there are plenty of people on the water enjoying the Kelly Park, Cocoa Beach, environment. It’s a great deal, $30 for the two day event, includes gear demo, racing, & lunch both days! If you didn’t show up you missed it.
So what do I mean by low key? It’s not really run any different than a major regatta, we use the same marks as Mid-Winters, similar race courses, but the event has a different attitude. It’s more of a local event, not listed on the US Windsurfing National Race Tour or the Kona rankings or Formula World rankings so I think the pressure is off on a bunch of different levels. It’s more about having fun talking gear, racing, hanging out, sailing, riding demo gear, and renewing friendships of people from all over that you don’t get to see so often at your local spot. It’s about giving more emphasis on keeping everybody happy racing, not just the top racers, but embracing the beginners and the intermediates. If the wind comes up chances are good that there will be a format change to a forgiving slalom format for everybody to bring out high wind gear. It’s just fun. I think that participants enjoy a non-ranked event for the here for more
Loic Legallois FRA-55 is in miami now and toke some time of to answer some of this questions * We know you are from France but were in particular region?
Je viens de Bretagne North West coast in France
* when do you start windsurfing and what motivates you ?.. What was the biggest and more difficult race in your windsurfing career ? ....
I start really the windsurf at 16 years old, I have many sailing on the boat before the windsurf and my motivation is the speed, the boat is very slow and the windsurf is very fast, I like that.
* we first see you at the midwinter’s in calema, now in Miami for the 48 hours were here for more
Curacao Challenge 2009
Jean Patrick van der Wolde (KA sails) very successful during the first Curacao Challenge slalom races The first Curaçao Challenge was a big success due to a nice combination of the great organisation, nice temperture, sun and a lot of wind. There were races for 5 classes: rookies, mini juniors, juniors, sport and open.
A total of 85 competitors were surfing in the weekend from the 10th to the 13th of April for the first Curaçao Challenge Slalom titles. Big names were surfing in the open class. Guys like Tati Frans, Kiri Thode, Constantino Saragoza, Ingmar Schnitzel and Victor Wedervoort found it a great challenge to surf the Caribbean sea with around 20 knots and 6-7 foot waves. here for more
2009 has been a windy year so far in the San Francisco Bay.
It looked a whole lot windier Friday as we were rigging our 10.0's while the city front was full of white caps and bump and jump sailors wound on the 5.0's. Nonetheless, a group of 10 or so sailors took part in the first twilight series of the 2009 season. The series is run of the deck of the St. Francis Yacht Club along the San Francisco city front. Unlike most formula races, this regatta is more of a sprint than a marathon.
5 races are run each night around a short course with sailors navigating their way through several buoys, commercial traffic and the famous SF fog. There is big emphasis on starts, board handling and calling your lay-lines as each race last only here for more
Gabriel Browne BRA-50 won the " 48 hours on the causeway 2009 " winning 8 out of 8 races.
Formula fleet: 1- Gabriel Brown BRA-50 2- Loic legallois FRA-55 3 - Fernando Martinez 42
Day 1- Great day in Miami !! The forecast for today wasnt looking good , but in Miami you never know what is going to happen.Around 2pm the wind started to pick up and at 3pm we did the first race of the day.The wind was perfect for 11's here for more pictures , reults and reports
Here some pictures from yesterday training sesion at Wednite Race. stay tuned for more and see you this weekend at " 48 hours on the causeway 2009 "
GABRIEL BROWNE BRA-50 , will arrive this friday to get prepare and test the waters and wind conditions of miami before this weekend " 48 HOURS ON THE CAUSEWAY " race . Gabriel is the youngest and one of the most talented formula sailors on the world ,jjust sign up with STARBOARD and this weekend will be his first time on the formula 162 . Gabriel is confidet to win this race after extensive training in Maui for the upcomming 2009 PWA TOUR. stay tuned for more on Gabriel this weekend.
Allison Shreeve pulled out due to mild hypothermia and cramps about 80km off the Victorian coast.
Shreeve pulled out due to mild hypothermia and cramps about 80km off the Victorian coast late today after leaving Tasmania just after 7.30am. She had to contend with strong winds soon after leaving Stanley on Tasmania's north-west coast and suffered cramps early in the crossing. The world's No.1 female windsurfer was on course to shatter the record of 17 hours as she neared Inverloch on Victoria's south-east coast but leg spasms made it impossible to carry on. here for more
Interview with Calos Reyes " The Tomate King " director of " THE TOMATO LEAGUE"
Who are the TOMATE LEAGUE members ? What are their goals in the windsurfing world ?
We are a small group of Windsurfers, actually 4: Carlos, Raul, Alberto and Harry. We are taking the Windsurfing sport as a hobby but every day we are getting deeper into this fabulous sport… is amazing how you get involved more and more and when you realize you left everything aside just to go and hit the water. here for more
WILHELM SCHURMANN BRA 999 , now the 2009 South American Champion
PAULAO DOS REIS BRA -3333 finish ( 2) GONZALO COSTA HOEVEL ARG -3 in ( 3 )rd and MATHIAS PINHEIRO BRA -05 , (4th ) here for more
JESPER VESTERSTROM DEN-111 , Pro Formula Sailor Champion and top 3 on the world raking , talks about the Starboard Formula 162
"When I first got the new 162 in Australia and used it for the Oceanic´s I liked the board straight away. Again it was a big improvement. It didn´t take long to tune the board in for the event and I was quickly going fast.here for more
