The North Sea Cup 2010 will be held between 11–12 September and will be sailed in front of the beach club VVW Outside, in Oostende.
The event is organized by VVW Inside under the supervision of the Flemisch Yachting Federatie (VYF), the Belgian Association 4 Boardriding Competitors and the Koninklijk Belgisch Yachting Verbond (KBYV).
The North Sea Cup is a series of international windsurfing events, organised in different countries around the North Sea coast … Details
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The year 2010 has been again great for the Midwest Speed Quest on Lake Okabena, Worthington Minnesota. This Windsurfing GPS Speed Sailing Event runs through October 15th. The Racing Schedule is open during this time, and the racer may choose the day he wishes to Speed Sail.
Each year, the Midwest Speed Quest pays over $3000 in cash prizes, yet there are no fees of any kind. The racer may enter as many times as they wish. This has been a popular format.
The racer with the Best Ten Second Speed will win … Details
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Wave sailing is back to New South Wales, Australia.
The 2010-11 NWS Wave Sailing Series promise an evolving competition structure, exciting changes and prizes.
The first stage will be … Details
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Another frustrating day on standby leaves the PWA’s hottest female racers eagerly anticipating the return of the wind!
With glorious blue skies and a light offshore breeze, sunbathing and swimming were the main activities in Almanarre today. A slight fluttering of the flags late in the afternoon caused the sailors to leap into action, but it wasn’t long before they resumed their positions, and lay in hope for racing another day.
After an entire day spent on standby, we took the opportunity to talk to long standing PWA racer and current tour leader, Karin Jaggi (Patrik, Severne) about the world famous destination of Almanarre. Having entered her first ever world cup here, returning to this beach brings back many special memories … Details
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Women’s Slalom World Tour 2010 - Gentle winds halt the proceedings on day two of the women’s slalom final leaving the sailors to bask in the glorious Mediterranean sunshine on the beautiful beach of Almanarre.
Patience proves key in world cup windsurfing, and today was a fine example, with a light offshore breeze simply teasing the competitors and therefore forcing them to endure an entire day on standby.
What Women Want
Whilst the sailors were on standby, we took the opportunity to find out what the world’s most elite female race force think of women’s only events.
Verena Fauster (Patrik, Gaastra) – ITA 31
‘It’s really special having a women’s only event, and I think it should happen more often because it … Details
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Rollercoaster ride was the best description of today’s two final races of the RS:X World Championships in Kerteminde, Denmark with victory going to Poland ’s Piotr Myszka in the Men’s class and to Blancha Manchon from Spain in the Women.
Despite the short medal race courses for the top 10 competitors, there were dramatic place changes in both fleets with the final podium positions fluctuating by the minute as each race progressed. Ultimately the winner in each class ended up claiming their title, just a point ahead of second.
The Women’s race was … Details
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It was all smiles at registration as the sun beamed down on a beautiful day over the glorious cote d’azur creating an extremely relaxed vibe to the morning. This didn’t last for long though as bang on schedule the wind filled in making way for the fast and furious females to hit the water at two o’clock and lock into some fierce competition.
A four buoy downwind slalom course was set by race director, Juan Antonio Aragon and his team allowing three full races to be completed by the twenty women that had turned up to battle it out for glory in Almanarre.
The wind varied between 8 and 15 knots throughout the afternoon which made … Details
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RS:X Windsurfing World Championships - She may have missed out on the podium spots by the narrowest of margins, but Beijing bronze medallist Bryony Shaw drew huge confidence from her best ever World Championship finish as the event came to a close in Kerteminde, Denmark, on Saturday (4 September).
Shaw, who picked up a bronze on the 2012 waters at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta last month, ended her Worlds campaign in a personal best of fourth place, tied on points with French rival Charlene Picon after the medal race but missing out on bronze due to Picon’s higher placing in the 10-boat finale … Details
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