“This movie features my 8 year old son Alex Halank freestyling and flowstyling in beautiful Bonaire (including competing in the Starboard Prokids IFCA Freestyle World Championships where he won first place in the under 11 division). He was immersed in the influences of Bonaire: windsurfing with the Bonaire kids, being mesmerised by watching and learning from Caesar Finies (flowstyle) and being instructed by Ro Mayer. This is THE place for kids to learn and love to windsurf”
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The windsurfing teams from The Army, the Royal Navy and the RAF have completed the challenge they set out to achieve by windsurfing round the Isle of Wight. A combination of relay teams and solo windsurfers took up the challenge, in all 20 services personnel.
Starting at 0830 on Thursday 16 September it was always going to be a tough day whatever the conditions so a force 4 wind from the West promised to test the fleet’s sailing skills to the limit. The beat to the first stopover at Colwell Bay was, as expected, difficult with the added pressure that the teams knew they had to get round the Needles before the tide turned against them.
As a windsurfer cannot … Details
I’ve looked for adventure my whole life. I’m driven by the thrill of the unknown and am in constant pursuit of the next rush of adrenaline, so I didn’t surprise anyone when I announced that I, along with my best friend Emmanuel De Rosnay, had plans to drive from San Francisco, California, to Rio de Janerio, Brazil.
Emmanuel and I are childhood friends from the island of Mauritius, where we grew up together like brothers. When it was time for us to head to college, I ended up studying in Paris and then found a job in San Francisco while Emmanuel went to Australia. We began planning this trip years ago, and we were finally able to make it happen last fall. Both of us put a halt to our current jobs and relationships and focused on what would become one of the greatest adventures of our lifetimes … Details & Pictures