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PIERRE MORTEFON | TOP GUN F11
Pierre Mortefon has proved himself to be one of the PWA slalom tour’s most consistent podium placers, ranking in the top 3 for the last 5 years. (…)
PETER HART | THE GENTLE ART OF BEING COACHED
PETER HART MASTERCLASS | THE GENTLE ART OF BEING COACHED There are good and bad teachers. But there are also good and bad pupils. Peter Hart, with a few thousand (…)
BALZ MÜLLER | RADICULO
25 year old Balz Müller from Switzerland goes by the handle ‘radiculo’ on Instagram, and if you follow any of his antics you’ll know why. Pushing the (…)
BIGBURY | DEVON DREAMS
Huge southwest swells pound UK shores a few times a year, but lining them up with sailable easterly winds is more of a once in a decade (…)
UK WAVESAILING | BWA CONTEST QUIVERS
From cross-off to dead onshore, competing on the British Wavesailing Association tour can take in all the conditions a UK wavesailor can expect to face on home (…)
ETHAN WESTERA | PERSPECTIVE
WIND ENERGY Aruban sailor, Ethan Westera, taps into the abundant supply of wind energy on Maui’s south shore. The turbines visible on the ridge behind him are (…)
ANDY KING | PERSPECTIVE
IN THE AIR The crisp light of a dreamy south Devon day provides the perfect frame to capture Andy King in action as an angry Atlantic lip (…)
SOLENT SAILING | OPERATION BARZAN!
Sharp eyed readers of Windsurf magazine may have noticed that our intrepid correspondent John Carter has a mild obsession with shooting windsurfing next to large ships, well (…)
PERSPECTIVE | LIP WORK
LIP WORK The unsung hero of any water shoot is the humble photographer who puts his head and housing in harm’s way to nail the shot. JC (…)
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 (…)
PERSPECTIVE | BIG BIGBURY
BIG BIGBURY Ben Page launches at Bigbury with a huge aerial at the infamous south Devon spot. John Carter captures perfectly the rugged beauty of this idyllic (…)
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 (…)
GOLLITO ESTREDO | FREESTYLE KING
Born in 1989 in Porlamar, the largest city on Isla Margarita, Venezuela, “Gollito“ Jose Estredo grew up in the windsurfing playground of El Yaque, home to fellow (…)
ROSS WILLIAMS | PERSPECTIVE
UP NORTH Ross Williams enjoys the updraught from a Hebridean lip in Tiree while John Carter captures the stunning Scottish scenery in all its glory. Photo John (…)
REDCAR WIND POWER | NORTH SEA
The northeast coast of England on its day has some of the best surfing and windsurfing conditions in the UK, but many of the spots are a (…)