Keeping you up-to-speed and on-the-pace...
Irish Pro Oisin Van Gelderen sent this scenic shot of a 5 deg Celsius session on Wednesday in Brandon Bay, Ireland, during an 8.6 meter swell and 30 knots of wind. Thanks Oisin. Brrr.
The Maui crew get a break from the old routine. (I bet those shots are flipped from port tack...)
News and pics from the Fuerte Wave Classic.
A Total Wind reader has also posted some nice shots from the contest in their forum too. Here and here.
PWA Slalom Champion Antoine Albeau's re-launched his website.
News, pics and audio [French language] interviews from the AFF event in Almanarre, France.
You can follow more live throughout the day also at Windsurf Journal.
A [German language] interview of filmmaker and PWA Freestyler Andre Paskowski.
The new RRD 11 SUP.
Mad Maarten suggests some no-wind reading material.
A video of a hot Danish lady showing off in Bonaire.
More old-skool windsurfing action video.
Have a nice day.
Another windsurfing MC. This time Bonaire PWA Freestyler Ruben Petrisie is laying down tracks and has dedicated a tune to top lady competitor Sarah-Quita Offringa from the neighbouring island of Aruba.
You can listen to Ruben's music at his MySpace page.
Here's a great new [Spanish language] website for Chilean windsurfers and visitors to Chile.
Speaking of windsurfing in Chile, Tine Slabe has some nice pics of his time there so far at the RRD Insider Blog.
Tatiana Howard's been filming for Conde Nast Video magazine.
If 9 World Titles aren't enough, now Kelly Slater's pushing for a 10th on boards he's shaped himself.
Imagine Seadi or Fernandez sweating over some blocks of foam? Angulo and McKercher have board-building skills though I guess.
U-Ride have clips of Angulo vs. Pritchard and Angulo vs. Seadi on their front page, as well as PWA wavesailor Klaas Voget's latest movie from Cape Town.
WSJ check out AHD's new Concept Wave multi-fin board line. (Google translated page link.)
Planche Magazine's March special test issue is on newsstands now.
I'm out on a training course all day but please check out the Links Page for more or leave any hot URLs in the Comments section below. Thanks.
Maybe I should've put these boards inside before it snowed and froze over? I guess it's that cold in the cargo hold of a plane right?
Good news. The waves on Maui will be a little less crowded around photoshoot time this Spring.
The Bad news. Starboard and Severne won't be there to gather images of their new equipment. It's OK. There's more good news. WIND mag report that the two brands have more or less already completed their shoot in Western Australia and plan another in Bonaire.
WooHoo. (Hope there's more of the same from the 14th onwards...)
Spanish PWA rider Rafael Cervero wants you to check out his Freestyle video. Thanks Rafa.
Isn't she a beauty? And not a Quad-fin in sight.
I agree. Winter Rocks. Apart from when you gotta dust snow off your gear.
More clinics in the sun -this time with Boards magazine's Simon Bornhoft.
Someone else warming-up for Ponta Preta.
If you can't stop thinking about Cabo Verde then here's some more to fuel your addiction.
We've got another T-Shirt winner too. Congratulations Rob Hennessy who correctly answered that Fanatic's shaper Seb Wenzel has been using CAD since 2004.
Rob said "I'm a student so I've run out of clean Ts and I can't be bothered to do my laundry".
Great reason Rob - you've got yourself another days wear. I'll be in contact about the details.
