John carter
NITON | WIGHT CHRISTMAS
Niton on the Isle of Wight offered a feast of cross-shore wavesailing to gorge on just before Christmas. John Carter reports.. (Originally published in the March edition (…)
PWA SLALOM | SIZE MATTERS
The size of successful slalom sailors in the modern era has moved away from the giants of old. Advances in equipment have levelled the playing field and (…)
ADAM LEWIS | PERSPECTIVE
OCEAN HUES John Carter captures the natural beauty of the colours of a breaking North Pacific wave in Maui as Adam Lewis slices off the top. Photo (…)
JAWS SEASON | PE’AHI
After a relatively inactive period last winter, Maui’s famed big wave break – Pe’ahi – a.k.a. Jaws, has been on overdrive for the 2018/19 season, breaking multiple (…)
ANDY KING | PERSPECTIVE
KERNOW KING Andy King has been settled in Cornwall for a while now and with conditions like this on his doorstep we don’t think he will be (…)
TRAVEL TIPS | AIR MILES
PWA Slalom racers spend more time travelling than any other sailors on tour, it can seem a lifestyle of international jet-setting but is the reality less glamorous? (…)
PETER HART MASTERCLASS | EMBRACING THE CHANGES
PETER HART MASTERCLASS | EMBRACING THE CHANGES It’s been a while since our sport has seen quite so many groundbreaking changes. Peter Hart, with comments from his peers, (…)
BROAD BENCH – FIRING RANGE
‘Broad Bench’ in Kimmeridge Bay is one of the south coast of England’s wave sailing gems, but extremely rare to catch, not least because access to it (…)
LATE CALL | PE’AHI
Pe’ahi / Jaws on Maui had a slow start in 2018 for wave sailing, but a late season swell in spring gave a skilled group of sailors (…)
EURO TRIP – 108 HOURS
Norwegian windsurfers, Oda Johanne Stokstad Brødholt and Håkon Skorge hit the road in continental Europe, following forecasts and checking out new spots in their self-converted camper van. (…)
FREESTYLE SKILLS – POP TIPS
Aerial freestyle windsurfing is now at a staggeringly high level, but whether you’re doing a double culo in the PWA or a cheeky chop hop at the (…)
AMAZING AMADO
AMADO VRIESWIJK Words John Carter & Amado Vrieswijk // Photos John Carter. Jack of all windsurfing trades and master of them all, Amado Vrieswijk is (…)
VICTOR FERNANDEZ | PERSPECTIVE
UNDER THE RAINBOW This spring in Maui was not the typical weather you associate with Hawaii, rain and clouds were frequent, but had the bonus of increasing (…)
ONSHORE SPEED
WAVE SKILLS Unless you’re blessed with consistent down the line conditions, for most of us wave sailing is about generating speed in less than ideal wind and (…)
CHOP TIPS | SLALOM SKILLS
SLALOM SKILLS Words John Carter, Finn Mullen, Matteo Iachino, Ross Williams, Peter Munzlinger, Cedric Bordes, John Skye, Arnon Dagan, Antoine Albeau, Jordy Vonk, Kurosh Kiani, Pierre Mortefon, (…)