Shifty winds gusting up to 30 knots greeted RS:X windsurfers of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia, in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. This meant tougher challengers for all.
In the RS:X Women’s fleet, only three girls can truly say they had a good day’s racing. Alessandra Sensini scored a 1st and a 2nd and leads the fleet. Lee Korsitz is second overall having scored  … More
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The 2011 Big Queenstown Downwinder was a great success. Kitesurfers and windsurfers were greeted by very good weather conditions for this long distance sailing event. After several postponements, the mission scheduled from Glenorchy to Pigeon Island on Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, was completed.
Twenty five competitors have set sail. The winds were quite strong and  … More
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The best Central European speed windsurfers have kicked off the Funsport Makkum GPS Challenge Beach 2011, in Makkum Beach, Netherlands.
The windsurfing event will be contested until October 31st and is open to all participants, in the windy and sometimes rough region of Friesland  … Details
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The world’s longest downwind windsurfing race is going to take place between Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands and San Juan, in Puerto Rico. The event is being organized by the Formula Windsurfing World Championships and the Highland Spring HIHO 2011.
“For safety reasons we will ask the racers to keep Culebra to starboard”, explained FW Worlds organizer and HIHO veteran Arturo ‘Tito’ Gallardo.
The drag race will be 160 kilometres (100 miles) long … Details
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