Archive for the ‘Board Sports’ Category

Aug

Liepaja crowns best Formula windsurfers

Przemek Miarczynski and Olga Maslevits are the 2011 Formula Windsurfing European Champions. The competition was held in Liepaja, Latvia, and 18 countries were represented. The venue lived up to its reputation of “the city where wind is born”. especially on the last day. Plenty of sun and wind was on offer throughout the championship.

The average wind speed on the course for the first Gold Fleet start wasÂ Â …Â More

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Aug

Bodyboarding action pumps Praia Grande

The Ladies and Drop Knee division saw a rich mix of nationalities and high performance riding in tricky 2-3 foot peaky waves at Praia Grande, Sintra.

In Round 1 of the Drop Knee, Nuno Leitao scored a near perfect 8.5 and managed to back it up with a 7.5 to hold the highest individual wave score and highest combined heat score of the day. Unfortunately Leitao was unable to keep his momentum throughout Round 2, finishing third behind Raul Reguera in second and Mason Rose taking outÂ … More

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Aug