Current tour leader Victor Fernandez fights his way back to the final and takes first blood, but it’s three times former world champion, Kauli Seadi who claims the Klitmoller wave crown after a spectacular second showdown!
With the forecast calling for nuclear bolt onshore winds and pumping swells – which would make it near on impossible to run a world-class contest – it came as a relief to the sailors when they arrived early in the morning to find the wind blowing cross onshore with head high waves. During the first few heats the guys were on 4.7s, but the wind quickly backed off making 5.3s and 5.7s more the norm … Details
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The Florida Wave Challenge is a series of judged windsurfing events held on Florida’s coasts when wind and waves allow. The next contest is to be determined on the first windy weekend day beginning November 6th, 2010.
There are three locations: Jetty Park (Port Canaveral), Beachside Park (“Picnic Tables”, Patrick Air Force Base) and Cherie Down Beach Park (Cocoa Beach).Â
The wavesailing contest will be a one day event on the first windy day of the days scheduled.
A decision to compete will be posted on this website the day before the event if the conditions are promising … Details
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KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup lives up to its name on the third day of competition delivering down the line perfection for the double elimination!
The brutal North Sea greeted the sailors with some epic conditions this morning allowing the world’s most radical wave riders to strut their stuff in conditions that they would normally scour the globe for. Unfortunately, the hallowed cross-off perfection didn’t last all day, leaving the contest at a standstill for the top 16.
When it was going off the set waves were extremely chunky, and pushing on for mast high on occasions. Couple this with 25-30 knots of wind, and you’ve got the ultimate wavesailing playground. With rainsqualls battering the coast, sail sizes ranged from 4.0s to 5.3s, and the boards were even more diverse. Masts were getting snapped, and  … Details
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