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Fred Debuire. At home...and in Maui.

Maui Ultra Fins, who are now official partners with Mistral, are pretty proud of their riders' results at Sylt last week. Not a bad team effort...

Waste no-wind no wave time and send your buddies windsurfing action gifts on Facebook...

Got this Press Release from Angulo Travel:

Current World Champion as your instructor?

Experience Cape Verde with personal coaching from Josh Angulo this Winter!

Josh Angulo, who has just clinched the 2009 PWA wave title, is running a series of wavesailing clinics this winter on his home island of Sal, Cape Verde.

There is no person on the planet who is better qualified to be your instructor and guide in Cape Verde. Josh needs no introduction. He is one of the names engrained into the history of our sport through his tremendous talent and passion. Josh has made Sal his home for years and has an intimate knowledge of the island and its secrets. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to train with the best at the best winter wavesailing spot in the world.

A clinic will give you 6 days of group, individual and video coaching with Josh for 5 hours per day.

Josh and his team will take you, your kit and your lunch to the best locations on the island daily according to conditions and the requirements of the group.

The skills covered will depend on individual requirements and level.  Since you will be learning from the best, the following could be covered:

§    Improved bottom & top turns

§    Giving your riding more style

§    Aerials and advanced wave moves – ever wondered how Josh makes one-handed aerials look so easy?

§    Floating your jumps

§    Forwards, Back loops and Push Loops. 

If the wind doesn’t blow, Sal offers some of the best spots for surfing and SUP in the world.  We will take you to wherever the surf is and provide the best surf tuition available.

Emile Kott, Board Magazine tester and advanced instructor will act as Josh’s backup, providing safety cover and making sure no move goes un-filmed!

Every day will start with an optional yoga warm up session and end with an evening stretch, run by Jen, our yoga instructor.

Price

§    6 nights at the Sab Sab Hotel, Sal

§    Breakfast and dinner at the Sab Sab Hotel (including BBQs)

§    Daily packed lunch from the Angulo Centre

§    Tuition with Josh

§    Equipment rental: Angulo boards, surfboards and SUP, Maui Sails rigged on 75% carbon skinny masts

€1195

OR

§    6 nights at Sab Sab Hotel, Sal

§    Breakfast and dinner at the Sab Sab Hotel (including BBQs)

§    Daily packed lunch from the Angulo Centre

§    Tuition with Josh

§    Kit storage at the Angulo Centre

§    Angulo SUP/surfboard rental

€995

Dates

Clinic 1: 8th-13th December 2009

Clinic 2: 12th-17th January 2010

Clinic 3: 26th-31st January 2010

Clinic 4: 2nd-7th March 2010

For further information or to book, please email jen@angulotravel.com

Pic JC/PWA

Show us a Sign

The “DWC – German Windsurfcup” tour has scored a lucrative sponsorship deal with Aussie brand Roadsign.

This is great to hear during a time of cut budgets. (Click here for details in German.)

Steve Gibson's spent 14 years living and teaching windsurfing in Fuerteventura and is available for tailor-made video clinics.

Check out his page for details and great technique sections.

Josh Angulo's Center Manager's get some water time at Ponta Preta.

A nice Chile movie from Continent Seven.

C7 also report that the Podersdorf Slalom event entry list was over-subscribed and has been raised from 64-man to a mammoth 80-man fleet.

There are still 5 or so wild cards available via long-distance race qualification.

Boujmaa Guiloll's 'Bouj Adventures' center in Morocco is open for the 2009 season.

Yoli de Brendt says there are also still places available on the Fanatic 'Windsurf Labor Wave Special' camps in Morocco.

Taty Frans' pre-season Slalom preparation is off on the right track.

The Four Dimension movie team posted an interview with 'Brawzinho' on their Blog.

Nice shot from Vandal.

PWA wavesailor Phil Horrocks has signed with Plasma.

Backwash

Yikes. Bit of a news backlog over the weekend. Here we go in no particular order. Oh Yeah. The shot's from the Campello Wind Center on Margarita, Venezuela. More shots and news below.

Firstly, remember this is the last day of the 'Air Taka or Goiter' Poll to the right. Here's the clip before you vote. Thanks.

GP hit da harbor and sailed a light Maui Kona wind too.

Kev Pritchard confirmed that with such sketchy Konas it all didn't quite go to plan.

Tatiana Howard clicked-off a couple of snaps of that surf for you too.

Watersports Photographer Dani Miguel's on-fire and has re-discovered FUN. Check out his other [Spanish language] great photo Blog too.

My head's swelling from the fact that my Blog's read by Celebs. Check out Josh Angulo's comment and official confirmation on the 'Goiter issue'.

Speaking of the innovative older Angulo brother, check out Makani's 'Mutant' video.

Snaps of Starboard 2010 Protos getting a good once-over in Vietnam.

Jimbo got caught in a spin with some sharks.

U-Ride - you rule! Check out the link to two movies from Ezzy and JP under the link 'Hawaiin Party'!

Surferworld pubished news on Taka Kamaguchi signing with Naish and an interview with 2008 PWA Wavesailing World Champion Kauli Seadi.

There are a few last places available for a Peter Hart clinic in Cabo Verde.

Yeeaaaah niiiiice one! (Quicktime player.)

Jeroen posted some pics of the new 'Big Boyz' Hot Sails low-end sail - the 'Firepower'. Thanks Jeroen.

More snaps of the 'Secret Spot' as featured on GP's Blog recently. This time it's got Starboard 'ProKids' Rider Zane Schweitzer's take.

An interview with Jimmy Diaz (English) on Turkish language website Ruzgarvmi. Thanks to Berky for the link.

I got this Press release from the newly opened Campello Wind Center in Venezuela. Their website is under construction but there are contact details at the end.

Thanks to CWC for sending the news and some snaps. Here it is:

Press Release

RICARDO CAMPELLO OPENS “CAMPELLO WIND CENTER” IN EL YAQUE, MARGARITA 

As promised the “Campello Wind Center” is now open! Everything is set up in El Yaque to start welcoming new guests. It’s been a lot of work but I’m satisfied with the results. All is focused to give the best service and most enjoyable experience for windsurfing and kitesurfing.                       

The center is equipped with the latest JP Neilpryde kit, from beginner until freestyle/wave boards and a variety of sails that will satisfy clients demands. We offer daily instruction for complete beginners to advanced and also I will be organizing clinics throughout the year. Where clients will receive pro training from myself and other pro windsurfers. 

El Yaque is windy most of the time but if you fancy taking a day off we have a number of options. These include kayaking, mountain biking, surfing, trekking, horse riding, island tours, snorkeling, swimming with dolphins, go-karting and trips to the beautiful island of Coche and Cubagua. We also  host ”WINDSURFING NIGHT SUPER SESSION” at Ipanema Beach Bar, where you can see all the pros in action at night while enjoying a BBQ and live bands as well as all kind of international food. Once a week we’ll also have a competition with all the guests and prizes!

We can arrange accommodation within El Yaque to suit all needs, check the list below. 

Windsurf Paradise

El Yaque Paradise

Coche Paradise

Atti Hotel

Casa Rita

Casa Viento

El Yaque Beach

California Hotel

Jump n´ jibe
 

So if you fancy a windsurfing/kitesurfing holyday I invite you to come to El Yaque, a great beach on the north of Margarita Island in the Caribbean. This is the right place to come and we are the right team to satisfy your requirements and much more! 

The Campello Wind Center website is under construction but feel free to contact us through email for any further information or reservation.

campellowindcenter@gmail.com       0058 2954167747 office

Ricardo Campello
x3 Fresstyle Worldchampion

Crikey if you've got this far you'd agree that's enough for now. It's St. Patricks Day tomorrow which is a Public Holiday here in Ireland, so I might not be online :) Thanks for reading.

Short 'n Sweet

Runnin' late today so it's a high-speed roundup for now.

Angulo sent this video 'In the Gap' for your enjoyment.

Another Cabo Verde flick, this time from Robby Swift, available at the JP Australia website.

Cloudy Maui.

What is it with all the angry Sharks this year? Maybe they're finding the water too dirty?

Perhaps with that in mind former PWA racing Champ Allison Shreeve is making a mammoth crossing in aid of the 'Coast Care' charity.

Steve Bodner's also being a Friend of the Water.

And if you're a Face-booker you can help Robert Masters of Maui's  Stableroad by joining his I Care About Water group - please help him reach 1000 members by tonight! Thanks. (There's also a Stable Road Facebook Group...)

A snap of a 5-fin RRD Prototype.

Don't forget the Fuerte Wave Classic comp's on still and to view their galleries.

Good work and well done for the Beach Clean guys.

Irish Red Bull Rider Oisin Van Gelderen sent these shots from the Irish Intervarsities Windsurfing Comp this past weekend on Achill Island.

Oisin said " I was there to judge the student wave Expression Session, and I used a unique new technique called 'judging from the water'. 

We went sailing all day and mid push loops I kept one eye on what everyone else was doing !"

I bet those stranded-in-a-tower PWA judges wish they could do that too...

Thanks once again to Oisin for the heads-up and shots.

Have a nice day. Hopefully more later...

Cutting Lines

Another video of wavesailing in Chile with Fanatic Team Riders Klaas Voget and 08 PWA Tour runner-up Victor Fernandez.

Doh! Hope that mends soon Matt.

Here's a movie made in South Africa by Czech PWA rider Tom Malina.

Tom said "Sorry about the interviews in Czech language but that was part of the deal with the sponsors."

The PWA's negotiated a special offer on insurance for pro windsurfers. You can find out more via info(at)pwaworldtour.com or see more at www.sportsinsurance.com

Coaching guru Jem Hall's posted a trailer to his soon-to-be-released 'Winner to Wavesailor' DVD. (See list on right-hand side of page.)

Have a look at this vintage footage from Ho'okipa of Dave Ezzy and many other 'back in the day'. Classic.

I thought it was interesting in this interview that Kauli Sead doesn't think that the judges are 'ready' for the sailing style his Quad fins might lead to.

What do you think about the surfing style vs. traditional windsurfing style? Is a surfing line for surfing and windsurfing a different turning approach?

Why should windsurfing always copy surfing? Maybe surfers should take a more aggressive line by watching Angulo or Polakow on a wave at Ponta Preta? Please leave any comments below. Thanks.

Also, if you haven't voted in the new PWA World Tour Webcast Poll I'd be grateful for your views.

Sunrise to Sunset

GP gets up early and enjoys Pro-less Ho'okipa. I'm glad he liked yesterday's weather link too...

Windsurf Journal put Kauli And Victor Head-to-Head.

Freestyle film wizard Andre Paskowski announces another new release due March 9th - including 5 new moves from Gollito.

An interview with Josh Angulo at Maui.ee

Some good fun had in Asia with Chris Pressler and the Starboard crew.

Various pics from a heavy session at the 'Isle of Cows' in France including Thomas Traversa, Thierry Belbe'och and Erwan Jauffroy at U-Ride and WIND. (And in another post at WIND.)

Gollito went racing.

Hot Sails have signed a new Speed Sailor.

I see the Starboard Futura Charity Auction has crossed the 2 Thousand bucks mark. I don't know what the charity or cause is? I'll ask them. I wonder if it's something environmental like Surfrider as mentioned in our Poll?

An event to mark something important for Italian readers.

Someone lucky's off to Maui.

Quadimoso

Here's some news from Kauli Seadi in Cabo Verde.

And here's what Josh Angulo says about Kauli and those much talked about Quatro/JP Quad-Fin boards. "Kauli showed up early in Cabo Verde. His hunger to win here again is evident and his sailing is looking up to the task.

Just  as most people are striving to try and mimic his unique style by riding similiar twin fins, Kauli has been sailing here on a  little Quad.

He's shown some clear moments of brilliance on it and looks as though, when he gets them in the groove, that he's got great drive to propel him to where he wants to be on the wave.

All in all , I'd say Kauli is definitely on the extreme edge of R&D, and here in Cabo Verde he will be the main challenger for the title."

Windsurf Journal (French language) have a great story on a great achievement by a great man. (Google translated version here.)

Some nice pics of Chile on the Ezzy Blog.

Nayra Alonso's still in WA on the Starboard shoot. Is McKercher letting one rip in that underwater shot?

Phew. It's hot in here.

Gulp. These'll cool you down.

Hee's some information on the 2009 Raceboard and Mistral One-design World Championships.

Please check back in for more later - and who knows? Maybe I'll announce the first winner of the Fanatic T-Shirt quiz?

Tuesday Late Edition

GP mounted the Go Pro on his mast. What do you think?

There's swell headed towards Hawaii - but not enough to run The Eddie. I'm sure our Maui Bloggers will capture all the action at Ho'okipa for us though.

Josh Angulo took some time to talk you through his new Magnum Slalom board range. (I wonder if he'll launch any Higgins, Rick, TC or even any Zeus and Apollo models?)

C7 interview Jonas Ceballos.

WIND are showing a clip of Levi Siver on his new Goya sails with English text from Levi, sail designer Jason Diffin, shaper Keith Teboul and the Snr. Goya himself.

Here's a Press Release I got from the Fanatic Boarders Center in Fuerteventura about some girls camps.

FBC Fuerteventura (Flag Beach) will be offering exclusive GIRLS ONLY KITE and SURF CAMPS this summer. Held over 7 days the camps will include all instruction and equipment, self-catering accommodation, all transfers, beach parties, yoga, daily lunches, girlies goodie bags with lycra, t-shirt, Aloe Vera beauty packs and more..! Camps will be held over various dates in June, July and September and are suited to beginners and intermediates. Book early to avoid disappointment!

For more info and bookings travel@fanatic-boarderscenter.com