WINDSURF MAGAZINE #425 JULY 2023
Tribe: Défi Wind, Fiji Pro World Cup and Lake Garda PWA reports; Tested: 2023 8.5 Multi-Cam Sails; XXL Cloudbreak; ISWC Speed Champs; Marcilio Browne’s Diamond Head mission; Oda Johanne profile; Harty’s Go Faster Technique; Jem Hall on Light Wind Transitions.
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Cover Baptiste Cloarec flying high on his way to the win at the 2023 Fiji Pro at Cloudbreak. Photo Maleen Hoekstra.
BIG JUICY READS
EARLY SCORE
A solid swell prior to the 2023 Fiji Pro World Cup tempted a team of early arrivals; they tell us how they scored big!
ISLAND HOP
Marcilio Browne island hops to Oahu to get his port tack fix at the famed break of Diamond Head; he tells us more about the session.
GARDA GAMES
The PWA’s slalom elite kicked off their year with a tense waiting game for wind in Lake Garda, a selection of racers recount the event.
ODA JOHANNE
The Norwegian two-time PWA Freestyle vice world champion, Oda Johanne Stokstad Brødholt, talks success, injury, being competitive and why she is an all or nothing person.
FULL DÉFI
The 2023 Défi Wind was a classic full on Défi! A selection of racers talk us through one of the most hardcore races on the planet.
CLOUDBREAK CONTEST
The Fiji Pro world cup wave event at Cloudbreak showcased windsurf wave riding at its best. Some of the top finishers give us their thoughts.
SPEED CHAMPS
Fin winners Antoine Albeau and Heidi Ulrich give us their take on their title battles for the ISWC (International Speed Windsurfing Class) world championships.
GEAR SHED
2023 8.5 MULTI-CAM SAILS
The test team gets their big sail boots on to test some of the latest light wind weapons. These include;
Duotone S_Pace 8.3,
GA Cosmic 8.3,
Goya Mark 2 8.5,
Gunsails Vector 8.6,
Loftsails Switchblade HD 8.5,
North Free Race 8.6,
Point-7 AC-Z 8.5,
Simmer S-Max 8.5
TEKKERS
PETER HART MASTERCLASS – SPEEDIER SKILLS
In the concluding chapter of his ‘sail faster’ seminar, Harty turns his attention from speedy tuning to speedier techniques and tactics.
MOVE ON UP WITH JEM HALL – LIGHT WIND TRANSITIONS
Jem Hall gives tips for light wind tacks and gybes.
BOARDSHORTS
LATEST & GREATEST
They write them, and we print ‘em, right here where press releases come to be released.
CATCH-UP TEST
The test team review the AV Boards Nuvolari Foil 128 foil board and Point-7 Spy 5.0 all-round wave sail.
SITTIN’ ON THE DUNNY
EDITORIAL – TRIBE
You know you’re a windsurfer when…. the Ed. celebrates our glorious tribe of happy souls.
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – TRIBAL LOVE
Harty explains why he thinks the world could learn much from the windsurfing tribe.
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