The Official Olympic Windsurfing Class, RS:X, are holding the Asian Championships in Penghu from the 1st to the 10th of October 2010. This being an International event with no less than 7 Olympic athletes should serve as a great attraction.
The equipment is standard, so the athletes are the ones to make the difference.
The event in Penghu has attracted probably the biggest turnout of countries for an Asian Continental, with teams booked to come from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Phillippines, Australia, Malaysia, Iran, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Taiwan … Details
Last day was great, wind started early at 11am so all sailors had their first start at 11.55am with about 11-15 knots in all the race area. Then came the second race with 13-18 knots so all guys were going really fast and the starting line looked awesome. All this action happened in the middle of Paracas bay.
The first sailor, as in all races before, to lead the races was Nicolas Schreier (Peru) that won everything. With this conditions also Eduardo Herman from Chile started to … Details
More than 340 windsurfers descended on Beachlands, Hayling, for the famous National Windsurfing Festival 2010.
This is the largest windsurfing event in the UK and attracted thousands of spectators.
Morocco’s Boujmaa Guilloul  … Details
Andre Volant, a 70-year-old windsurfer, survived a five hour night swim, in the San Francisco Bay region.
Volant was celebrating the Labor Day with quick windsurf session, when his mast broke four miles north of the Coyote Point.
As the sun went down, the brave windsurfer kept swimming past the San Mateo Bridge … Details