El Niño and La Niña have joined forces to deliver less quality waves to the Hawaiian Islands, this winter. The result is fewer large weather systems resulting in fewer large ground swells.
The upside of La Niña is more wind and that means two ideas: windsurfing and Jason Polakow. “I have never seen such a windy December in all the years I have been here. With the La Nina taking a strong hold on the Pacific I was happily surprised when  … More
 Johnny Heineken is the 2012 Lord of the Wind. The world kite racing champion has been crowned the best wind rider between kiteboarders and windsurfers, in Los Barriles, Baja Mexico.
The US sailor took the first place in the kiteboarding course race and a second place in the slalom series. Adam Koch kept   … More
Sean O’Brien has conquered the Formula Windsurfing title at the 2012 Asian Windsurfing Championships, in Singapore. The Australian race master dominated the competition, at the NSRCC club along the Changi Coast Walk.
In the Southern hemisphere, the heat is on and the winds are favorable. “The NSRCC windsurfing club is such an amazing piece of infrastructure, purpose built for  … More
Peter Volwater has conquered the 2012 Lancelin Ocean Classic, in Australia. The Dutch windsurfer completed the 26-kilometre windsurfing marathon in 35 minutes and 58 seconds.
Volwater was less than two minutes faster than Jesper Orth, who finished the race in second place. There were 158 windsurfers … More