Features
CORNWALL | ‘FOMO’
John Carter muses over the dilemma that many of us face when weighing up weather forecasts. Do you go out searching for that pot of gold, or (…)
BJORN DUNKERBECK | 50 @ 50 WITH BJORN
Bjorn Dunkerbeck was born on July 16th 1969 and during his illustrious career has achieved legendary status as one of the greatest windsurf competitors of all time, (…)
TENERIFE | THE BIG STUFF
Tenerife has become the winter go-to spot for slalom sailors, but let’s not forget Tenerife in winter can also offer huge Atlantic surf on more exposed parts (…)
THE ONE HOUR CLASSIC | LAKE GARDA
The ‘One Hour Classic’ is a unique windsurfing race held in Lake Garda and 2019 marked its 30th anniversary. The aim of the race is to reach in (…)
VICTOR FERNANDEZ
Victor Fernandez is one of windsurfing’s good guys. His third PWA wave world title may have come in strange circumstances in 2018, but it was thoroughly deserved (…)
PORTUGAL | THE SIMPLE BEAUTY OF SAGRES
One sail, one windSUP and the simple beauty of Sagres – Franz Orsi gives us a guide to this beautiful corner of the southern Algarve in Portugal (…)
DÉFI DIARIES | DÉFI GRUISSAN 2019
‘Défi Wind de Gruissan’, is the original ‘Défi Wind’ event and doing a ‘Défi’ has become a must do on windsurfing bucket lists. Seasoned ‘Défi’ dude John (…)
KIMMERIDGE | A SWELL SOU’EASTER
Southeast winds and south coast swell prove the perfect ingredients to fire up Dorset’s finest wave, Kimmeridge, for some rare port tack down the line action. On (…)
FLYING ON THE EDGE | PWA FOIL RACING
High wind foiling with big sails is not for the faint hearted. The 2019 Catalunya Costa Brava PWA World Cup saw some of the wildest professional wind (…)
WATER ACADEMY | KIDS RULE
Whatever sport you look at, there is no doubt youths are the future. They will ensure the survival and the development of a discipline, especially in windsurfing. (…)
BURNING MAN | THE BLACK ROCK YACHT CLUB
Summer is here and festival season is well underway, and if you like your festivals eccentric, few come weirder than ‘Burning Man’ in northwest Nevada. So what (…)
RED BULL STORM CHASE | THE MAGHEROARTY MISSION
The Red Bull Storm Chase is the most extreme windsurfing contest in the world and its 2019 edition certainly cemented its reputation. We rewind back to March 2019 (…)
MIRIAM RASMUSSEN | OTHER VOICES
Norwegian racer Miriam Rasmussen was a late starter to windsurfing, but that hasn’t held her back. From competing around the world to setting national speed records, Miriam (…)
EXPLORING ISRAEL’S WINDSURFING
Boasting 275 km of coastline with access to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, Israel enjoys solid wind statistics all year round and offers everything from flat (…)
FRANCESCO CAPPUZZO
Italian windsurfer Francesco Cappuzzo has a few strings to his boom. He competes on both the PWA freestyle and wave tours, no surprises there, plenty of sailors (…)