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WINDSURF MAGAZINE #418 OCTOBER 2022

Synergy: Kai Lenny interview; IWT Fiji Pro; 2022 8.0 multi-cam sail test; John Skye’s Maui report; Duck Tack and Slam Gybe technique; IFCA World Slalom Championships; Flo Jung’s night shoot; Oda Johanne and Lena Erdil’s working lives; Simmer ‘Quantex’ lowdown.

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Cover  Antoine Martin leaving the lip at Cloudbreak, Fiji. Photo Fish Bowl Diaries.

BIG JUICY READS

 

CLOUDBREAK CLASSIC
From all-time conditions to kit-destroying wipeouts, a selection of competitors tells us about their experience of the epic IWT Fiji Pro event at Cloudbreak.

KING KAI
Kai Lenny gives us an insight into his life and success, and shaper Keith Teboul shares what it’s like to shape boards for such an amazing athlete!  

PERFECT PAROS
Jenna Gibson, Sarah Jackson, and Jordy Vonk tell us about their winning ways at the 2022 IFCA Slalom World Championships in Paros.

MAUI REPORT
John Skye makes his first trip back to Maui in five years and reflects on the changes that have taken place in the Hawaiian paradise.

NIGHT PATROL
Flo Jung and photographer Sam Tomé tell us about their daring night shoot in the notoriously shark-filled waters of Cape Town, South Africa!  

IN THE BOARDROOM
Alongside competing, professional windsurfers Oda Johanne and Lena Erdil manage Starboard Windsurfing’s marketing. They give us an insight into their working lives.

CHAMPION DAY
World champion and Ho’okipa shredder Marcilio Browne traded Maui’s shores for Cornwall’s beaches in September. He tells us more about his fun session at Gwithian.

GEAR SHED

 

2022 8.0 MULTI-CAM SAILS
The test team gets their speed fix in Portland Harbour with a test of some of the latest multi-cam sail designs. These include;

DUOTONE S_PACE 7.8,
GA SAILS PHANTOM 7.8,
GOYA MARK 2 7.8,
GUNSAILS EXCEED 8.0,
LOFTSAILS SWITCHBLADE 7.8,
NEIL PRYDE V8 7.7,
POINT-7 AC-Z 7.8,
RRD X-WING 7.8,
SEVERNE MACH 5 7.8,
SIMMER STYLE S MAX 7.8.

TEKKERS

 

PETER HART MASTERCLASS – DUCK THAT TACK
Harty leads us through surely the trickiest but most rewarding of the old school tricks – the duck tack.

MOVE ON UP WITH JEM HALL – SLAM IT
Jem Hall talks tight arcs this month as he teaches us the ‘slam gybe’.

BOARDSHORTS

 
LATEST & GREATEST
As the nights draw in, tuck yourself up with the latest press releases right here. 

LOWDOWN – THE QUANTEX
Ola Helenius, Simmer Style Board designer, gives us the lowdown on the ‘Quantex’ wave board. 

SITTIN’ ON THE DUNNY

 

EDITORIAL – SYNERGY
The Ed. muses on how windsurfing is the sum of many parts!

AFFAIRS OF THE HART – LIGHTS, CAMERA, INACTION! 
Harty mulls on that often loving, but sometimes fraught relationship between windsurfer and photographer.

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