Ouch. How are your Quiksilver shares doing? I wonder if Nike 6.0 will snap them all up in a takeover bid?
WSJ offered a clarification of earlier rumors that Mistral have discontinued their relationship with board shaper Mark Nelson. With a successful factory in Maui, Nelson is set to continue shaping boards under his own name. Here's the Google translated page.
There's also an interview with Gonzalo Costa Hoevel on their homepage (French).
GP posted Part 4 of his Kona wind footage for you.
U-Ride have got a [Platboom] Cape Town video on their front page.
Boardseeker published a short interview with Team Fanatic new boy Brawzinho about his first visit to see shaper Seb Wenzel in Portugal.
The UK's innovative Wave Jam format posted news from Wave Jam V.
Pete Volwater checked-in from Western Oz at his new sponsor, MauiSails' website.
Top Ladies wave sailor Nayra Alonso's also in WA.
Back in Maui, Tatiana Howard rips either on a surfboard or a windsurfer.
More later. Please any links to other interesting news in the Comments section below. Thanks!
Can you please post the link for the WSJ.
Posted by: Mat | January 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Hi Mat - the translated page link is http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.windsurfjournal.com%2Ffrontblocks%2Fnews%2Fnews.asp%3FID_BB_LANGUAGES%3D1%26cat%3D1%26qbeid_news%3D16732&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 or else go to http://windsurfjournal.com/ for the home page. Thanks. Brian
Posted by: Beej | January 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM