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1300 windsurfers at the biggest windsurfing race worldwide, including 1 tandem with Raphaël FILIPPI, Régis BOURON & Matthieu VINCENEUX.
Is there more to windsurfing than what we might have expected? Can windsurfing prevent mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and stress? Can we even ask our physician to prescribe windsurfing as medication?
Henrik Beyer, health promoter and author of “Health & Fitness for Windsurfing,” considers the mental health aspects of windsurfing and what it can do for our lives.
“In life and windsurfing, great changes are preceded by storms. If we can consider the storms as a source for … More
Over the last 16 years, the Défi Wind has become the biggest windsurfing event worldwide. Thanks to the famous Tramontana wind blowing many times over 40 knots and the commitment of Philippe Bru’s team, many extreme races have been written into the history books here in Gruissan.
Unfortunately this year the Tramontana didn’t cooperate with the 1,300 windsurfers registered in the event. Anyway, every windsurfer knows it’s part of the game and the friendly atmosphere didn’t suffer from the lack of wind. On the second day, some onshore winds came to allow a short funny race with the perfect inverted course compared to a regular Défi Wind day. And this race was kind of extreme as well.