Stoked News – News, Videos, surf, skateboard, snowboard, motorsports, action sports » Windsurf & Sailboard
buy tb-500

Archive for the ‘Windsurf & Sailboard’ Category

Do you remember the world’s longest windsurf board record day? It’s time to get in the time capsule and relive one of the strangest and most exciting days in the history of windsurfing.

Let’s travel back to the 1980s. Mistral was ruling the world of windsurfing. Coca-Cola was spreading its worldwide domination as the most popular drink in the planet.

Windsurfing was growing fast in Europe. Holland’s first windsurfer, Toen Joop Nederpelt, wanted a new record for the longest windsurf board ever made and sailed   …  More

www.stokednews.com

It’s been considered France’s brand new nautical arena. Salin-de-Giraud, located in the Bouches-du-Rhône region, is the new capital of European speed sailing.

The kiteboard and windsurf spot gets the best out of the strong, cold and usually dry regional Mistral wind currents that affects the Mediterranean coasts. It’s one of the most famous winds of the world   …  More

www.stokednews.com

Brett Goodwin has taken out the Big Air Windang, second event of the 2013/2013 NSW Wavesailing season, hosted at one of the best southerly big wave locations on the east coast of Australia.

Over two days, competitors scored over eight hours of sailable conditions, with the finals held in the best waves of the weekend   …  More

www.stokednews.com

Gonzalo Costa Hoevel has been crowned the 2013 Formula Experience world champion, in Araruama, Brazil.

After a couple of days of intensive racing on the water, Gonzalo is happy that he could throw out both “OCS” scores of 66 points, which kept him out of the running, until the last day of racing when two discards came into play    …  More

www.stokednews.com