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Hola. I saw this great list and got to thinking about updating the links page. Please add any suggestions to the Comments below. Thanks.

Also, I'm planning a couple more Opinion Polls, so ideas to vote on are appreciated too! Mail 'em in and I'll put 'em on da list.

Also, thanks to all who've posted, hosted or tweeted about the June Windsurfer International Mag - it's much appreciated and would be great if we can all show it to as many non-windsurfers (via facebook etc) as possible during the warm northern hemi summer months and inject some fresh blood into the sport.

Check out WindSwell Magazine - another digital free-to-read mag from Belgium. (Warning - contains kites too!)

Good to see the live GPS tracking from the PWA Costa Brava event.

Mike Burns Windsurfing Spring 2010 from Mike Burns on Vimeo.

Brrr. June but still looking chilly up in Sweden...

Nice summer action from Ho'okipa courtesy of GP though!

South Swell in GC  (Plus Alessio caught it too) - and link to Victor Fernandez's huuuuuge forward.

'Easter Swells' Clip.

OK tune in soon for the first question in the Wizards of Oz DVD giveaway. In the meantime make sure you've read the article in Windsurfer International Mag so you know the potential answers. 5 questions. 5 copies to be won...

What Does it Mean to You?

If you missed it yesterday the June issue of Windsurfer International Magazine's ready to read!

Awesome photo gallery from Francis Brewer.

Puerto Rico Race Series.

PWA Costa Brava gets underway today.

DANY BRUCH & PATRIK DIETHELM POP STARS from IKAN TEREBANG on Vimeo.

Novela Das 8 Maui Part II clip.

Last but not least, I got this amazing message yesterday from Steve and Terri Parker who run Windsurf Ohio. This really puts things in perspective and should serve to make us appreciate our lives and our amazing sport even more than ever...

"Hello Brian 

My wife Terri & I own a shop on Lake Erie called Windsurf Ohio and we've been in business for 25 years. In 1983 my wife’s brother Bruce Maldovan started a windsurfing school on Mentor Headlands State Park, he started the school with the help from Ute Bloom' who was from Germany, where windsurfing was already growing very fast; he bought four Mistral Competitions for teaching and rental' in 1984 he decided to move to Corpus Christy Texas and start a much bigger school but he passed away one week before he was ready to move Texas and left his little boy Chucky behind.

A few months went by and we were at the beach and we saw two windsurfers sailing by and we knew we were going to see a lot more of them as time goes on, so I looked my wife in the eyes and asked her’ So are we going to finish what your brother started or let everything he loved go down the toilet and her answer was no. The next day we called Ute Bloom and asked if she would teach us how to windsurf so we could take over the windsurfing school and she did after that we had to get certified as instructors so we went to Mistrals sailing academy and got our certification so we could open his school once again; after one year in business Mistral had a fiber glass repair clinic which I took so I could fix broken boards and I've fixed quite a few over the last twenty five years.

The following year I decided to quit my job and open Windsurf Ohio in Cleveland Ohio, as the years went by Chucky, Bruce’s son would come to stay with us for the summer and we taught him how to windsurf and he learned very fast because he lived in Florida and knew how to surf.  In 1992 Chucky decided to leave Florida and move in with us and help with the shop and school but that all came to a tragic end a few months later Chucky was hit by a car on his motorcycle and eventually died from his injuries.  

On December 26th 2007 my wife’s cousin Toni lost her battle with cancer but before she passed away she asked us to raise her ten year old boy Richie as our own and we agreed. 

Richie is now thirteen and he’s doing great and loves to windsurf and our lives are complete.  

Steve & Terri Parker"

June 2010 Issue Windsurfer International Magazine

Howdy Folks. Here's the new mag. It was hoped this one would be our first iPad-ready edition but in the end we decided not to go with an App and chose to work a little longer to bring it free to read and in the browser for iPad/iPhone Android and other tablet devices - that should be done in the next couple of months.

Not everyone's got an iPhone or iPad so why make the mobile experience exclusive to them or cost those readers money we thought? What do you reckon? Let us know below! 

Anyways, here's the lineup for June! As it's Summer in the Northern Hemisphere and the sport could do with a lift, if you do like it please 'like' or 'share' it on  Facebook/Twitter or other Social Media to help showcase our great sport to people who don't windsurf - yet! Thanks!

• Gallery Heli Shots, Teahupo'o, and South African Sequences 
• The Mutant Captured on MastMount Video
• Wizards of OZ The New Flick from Down Under
• Island Boy  Multimedia Profile of Francisco Porcella 
• Flexible Friends  Fantastic Plastic Fins 
• Events Morocco, Sardinia and Curacao 
• Beginner to Winner Time to Bust Some Air
• Tricktionary Sail & Body 360
• Sun Sea Sand Environmental News

Enjoy!

Green Light Go

The Epic Sessions / Shadow Box Jump-Off series gets a green light!

This weekend you'll be able to watch the EFPT event at the Lefkada/Vassiliki Watersports Festival live here!

More cool Pistol River Wave Bash Build-Up.

PWA hit Costa Brava tomorrow.

Freestyle Battle clip.

Jochen scored some classic summer Tenerife conditions. Check out travel resource site Windsurfing Tenerife for shots and help to get yourself some action!

Jeff is mad at the Maui windsurfing industry but still snapped some shots of the summer race series' first event.

Giampaulo's Jeff Henderson interview part III.

Margarita Wild Winds.

More mainstream coverage for Philip Koester now that he's signed with Red Bull. (German language.)

Nayra Alonso hit Moulay.

Hanstholm 25.5.2010 from leon on Vimeo.

Cold Water

Agua Fria Boyz (Doug's Beach 2010 section) from Bryan Metcalf-Perez on Vimeo.

Tip Top

Big Salty weather forecasts have launched a green clothing label that complies with the Fair Wear Foundations standards for ethically sourced goods. You can also get a selection of global Big Salty forecasts by mobile now. (No need for app.)

More better Bouoy-Rounding tips.

From Estonia with love.

TV Topu 26mai 2010 from Teamvosa on Vimeo.

Gulp.

GP back in his element.

Road Trip

I know a place from kulingvarning.nu on Vimeo.

Hmmm. Open Class or 7.5?