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WINDSURF MAGAZINE: NEWS BULLETIN!

Yes, folks it’s that time again when we shamelessly spill the beans on all the latest windsurfing news and gossip! Yet again our team of critically acclaimed journalists have been working night and day, digging up the dirt to bring you our latest news bulletin. And…it’s all for free!

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TRANSFER WINDOW

ANTOINE MARTIN

Most of the big news seemed to have dropped until Antoine Martin came out of his social media hibernation in Japan and unleashed the news he will be riding for Goya and Quatro in 2025! That Goya wave team looks pretty darn strong this season!

Antoine told the press: “I’m beyond excited to join the Quatro & Goya team! These brands are part of a long-standing legacy in the sport and I’m truly honoured to contribute to its story. I’m committed to giving my absolute best on the water and representing at the highest level possible. Can’t wait for the journey ahead!”

Quatro shaper Keith Teboul commented:

“Antoine has always sparked my interest as a rider. His passion for windsurfing and wave riding his spontaneity and almost reckless abandon when he throws himself into moves and just pulls it off.

I’ve always had it in the back of my mind what if he was on the most progressive wave boards what would happen?

Now it’s happened and we all get to enjoy the show and progression.

Welcome to the Quatro family Antoine!!!!”

GOYA WINDSURFING

QUATRO

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TIM VAN DAM SANCHIDRIÁN JOINS BRUCH

Tim van Dam Sanchidrián is now 100% Bruch as he will now be riding Both Bruch Boards and sails! Bruch announced:” He has been riding with us since 2022 on Bruch Boards, and now he’s taking it to the next level — fully powered by Bruch Sails too! 100% Bruch, 100% commitment.”

Last summer in Tenerife we spotted Ricardo Campello using Bruch Boards….maybe he could be a perfect fit for the team now they are making sails as well? That is pure speculation by the way!!

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COMPETITION TIME

WWT JAPAN WAVES

While we are on the subject of Antoine Martin we may as well mention WWT. We knew Goya were sending a strong contingent to the event, but it was a dream come true for the brand when the final was an all-Goya Quatro affair with Marcilio Browne taking the victory in icy cold conditions, Antoine Martin runner up and Takara Ishii taking third and filling out the podium! Marcilio reckoned it was ‘the coldest weather I ever windsurfed in!’ Maybe we should invite him over to the UK next time we have easterlies in February?

Takara managed to snap one of his front teeth in half during one of the heats so let’s hope he knows a decent dentist. There were also plenty of other notable performances from the likes of Takuma Sugi, Jahdan Tyger and Loick Lesauvage. In the women’s division local legend Motoko Sato won the final ahead of Natsuki Wakasa.

PUERTO RICO

The tour is currently in action on the sun-drenched beaches of Puerto Rico (We are not jealous…honest). The forecast for Shacks doesn’t look epic but they have already scored some light wind action and heats are underway! There are lots of awesome images from the event already, so lets hope they score some results.

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WWT?

In case you were wondering what the new logo WWT stands for, (formerly IWT) we asked Simeon Glasson for the lowdown!

“In the first two years of unification the tour was clumsily named ‘PWA IWT Unified Wave Tour’.

That was a mouthful, and it proved unattractive to sponsors who saw two entities with no one entity being the clear controlling entity with which to do business. The investors and sponsors were interested but because of the perceived and real complexity, they stayed away.

So, we proposed a subtle but important name change to make it easy to present to media for instant name recognition, and easy to present for commercial deals to attract investment and sponsorship for growth.

We changed it to the World Wave Tour, presented by the PWA and IWT.

There is now a formal proposal to restructure the legal entities behind this so that we form a single commercial entity (the WWT) with a single athlete union entity (the PWA). Similar to the very successful Formula 1 management structure.

The final details of this restructure will take time to work through for all stakeholders.

The future of the sport relies significantly on the successful restructure – matching successful sports structures like F1, the NFL, NBA, soccer, cricket and more. The restructure will set the sport on a major growth trajectory by making it an attractive entity to investors and sponsors.”

WORLD WAVE TOUR

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PWA WORLD TOUR

The PWA have updated their calendar on the website: PWA 2025 EVENTS CALENDAR. And five star wave action should be kicking off in Chile later in the month (23rd March to the 6th April) followed by racing in a new exciting destination…Guadeloupe (April 22nd to the 26th).

Meanwhile, Katrine Kock Frandsen has joined the PWA as the new Event Manager. She commented on her social media “This will be fun..! I am looking very much forward to be joining the PWA World Tour; follow the ride!”

Katrine is a vastly experienced event organizer from Hvide Sande, Denmark and has worked with the PWA, GKA, GWA, IFCA and ESF SUP events, as well as being project managed for WATERZ festival and together with a partner run a business collecting and recycling ocean plastic from the Westcoast of Denmark. We wish her luck in her new role!

You can read an interview with Katrine here:

Katrine Kock Frandsen, the interview – Windsurf Journal – 05/03/2025

PWA WORLD TOUR

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CAPE TOWN / FREESTYLE PRO TOUR

Over to Cape Town where the Freestyle Pro Tour saw a crazy forecast looming and gave the green light for a freestyle frenzy, which kicked off on the lake and finished in style in epic conditions on the ocean…how cool is that!

The final boiled down to shoot out between Lennart Neubauer and Jacapo Testa with full power wave action on the Atlantic Ocean in 50 knot gusts. There was some epic drama when Lennart snapped his mast landing a huge back loop, but somehow managed to dump his rig and surf his board back into the beach where his back-up rig was waiting.

Apparently, the whole episode took less than a minute before Lennart was out casually throwing another push loop on his way to victory! Cudos also has to go to Jamie Howard from the UK who fought valiantly to take third place after throwing some monster moves on both side of the highway over the two days. And that ties us in nicely to our next event over in Cornwall in the UK…

RESULTS

1.⁠ ⁠Lennart Neubauer
2.⁠ ⁠⁠Jacopo Testa
3.⁠ ⁠⁠Jamie Howard
4.⁠ ⁠⁠Manolis Chrysopoulos

FREESTYLE PRO TOUR

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CORNISH COLD WATER CLASSIC

Well, we have covered this event comprehensively already on the website but thought we’d mention Jamie Howards efforts to make it to the event on time. He flew in from Cape Town and landed the night before the event, jumped in his camper, made it to Cornwall and slept in a layby forty minutes from the event. He was rewarded by being thrown into the gladiator pit at Gwithian with mast high bone crunching waves and screaming south winds, a far cry from the warm sunshine in Cape Town. Fair play to him. The first day really was mental and the pictures kind of do the talking!

After a day of sunshine and light winds, we were straight back into it on Sunday at Mexico’s in with a fresh pumping ground swell feathered by fresh SSW winds. Every fleet put up a show and there was never a dull moment on the water as big crashes and brave hits were the order of the day.

And of course, head judge, Duncan Coombs saved the best until last with the pro expression session where the riders were allowed to unleash their big manoeuvres in the increasing waves.

If we did have to make a tiny criticism about the weekend, that pesky rain on Sunday was not ideal for the film crew with their expensive cameras. But that is the nature of the beast and once we had made it up the hill and everything had dried out, the beer tasted even better! JC even made his ferry to the Isle of Wight by the skin of his teeth, so it seemed like the Gods were with us that very special weekend!

BWA

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UKWA

The UKWA racing calendar is out now and there are lots of exciting events to look forward too. We will be getting updates from the UKWA as the season progresses.

You can check out the full calendar on their website here:

UKWA – The home of competitive Windsurfing | UK Windsurfing Association

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WANT TO BE A RIDER IN THE EXOCET / LOFT PHOTOSHOOT?

There will be minimal rider egos at the next Exocet / Loftsails photoshoot as they are recruiting ‘passionate windsurfers’ to take part. Apparently, there has been no shortage of applicants with over 160 CV’s already being assessed! Don’t worry you still have until March 15^th to apply! The lucky few will be told their destiny by March 30th and be flown out to the shoot, receive all the glamour and glory of being in the spotlight and also be rewarded with a Loftsails 2026 sail (we are not sure if beer is included).

Application link here

On the subject of photoshoots…we heard through the grapevine Duotone were out shooting their new wave equipment in the epic conditions of Cabo Verde, while Starboard are currently shooting in Fuerteventura! So, there should be plenty of awesome images and new products from those shoots to drool over later in the year!

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PETER HART

Peter tells us he has a couple of spots available on his Tobago clinic 25^th of March to the 2^nd of April so contact Sportif if you want to improve your skills under his excellent guidance in the sunny warm Caribbean!

PETER HART

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SHOPS

WORTHING WATERSPORTS

Worthing Watersports have a lovely Duotone D/LAB Grip 3 in stock, plus Duotone platinum masts, Power XT’s and a selection of used Duotone Sails! They also have the amazing new Skybrid bamboo construction boards, plus Duotone Float wings and the Glide 2 D/LAB foils. The Unit 2023 wings are discounted 30% off!

Plus, the awesome new 2025 ION range also goes live in early March and the stock has already arrived, including some new harnesses! Head to the website www.worthingwatersports.com or give them a call on 01903 247742.

WORTHING WATERSPORTS

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ROBIN HOOD WATERSPORTS

Tell us “As I sit here in the shop, looking out to an absolute blue bird day here in West Yorkshire it feels like spring has arrived! We’re fully stocked for the spring/summer with good levels of 2025 stock at the shop, especially Goya and Quatro. There hasn’t been a better time to refresh your kit with some huge deals on the biggest brands in windsurfing. All NeilPryde booms at 35% off, 25% off last year’s Goya/Quatro kit, over 50% on Dakine harnesses, over 40% on our remaining Fanatic stock, the list goes on! Whether you’re new to the sport or a seasoned professional we also offer a personalised package deal in which we can tailor a package to suit your specific needs. We combine new, used and special offer items to make the most cost effect package possible. Don’t miss out on this free service.”

ROBIN HOOD WATERSPORTS

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4BOARDS

4Boards have a 10% discount across the board with no minimum value for all in-stock items, excluding SALE or USED items. There are great deals to be had on Windsurf and Wing Foiling Boards, Wings, Sails and lots of other Equipment. Use the following code to grab that bargain!!  Discount code for 10% is 4B10.

4BOARDS

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HOLIDAYS

CLUB VASS

We all love a good windsurfing holiday, don’t we? Now is the time to book your spots at Club Vass for the May Half term or any of the summer weeks where the places are being snapped up fast!

CLUB VASS

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HARRY NASS

If you fancy a trip to Egypt, then Harry Nass are open year-round and have excellent centres in Dahab and Hurghada offering amazing conditions for all levels of sailors and we hear they have fresh stock of the latest JP boards being delivered anytime now.

HARRY NASS

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WINDSURF.CO.UK

As normal our team of journalists are working tirelessly to bring you some fun and interesting features! Ben Proffitt is almost done with his ‘BIG FIFTY’ now he is home from Cape Town. We are also planning to run and old feature with Mark Angulo from 2006 (Possibly tomorrow!) and have been chatting to Mark for some updates of any possible plans to return to the water! The Playlists feature is nearing completion (slight delay while we edit a huge in depth play list from Maciek Rutkowski), while we also have some more epic action from the UK, which includes two mental road trips from the Motley Crew…AKA Timo Mullen and JC…Who else would drive 1500 miles there and back for four hours sailing!

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