Francisco Goya is confirmed as a Wildcard entrant for the PWA World Cup in Cabo Verde. In a Press release, event spokesman Josh Angulo said “Seeing all the requests for wildcards coming in from abroad both to the organizers and the PWA, I certainly wouldn’t want to be in the position of the PWA board members in having to choose the 4 remaining slots. On our side the decision was relatively easy as Djo, Mitu and Titik are the 3 hottest local guys and we by all means will continue to invest in and push our local youth.
The decision to issue Francisco a wildcard was also an easy choice. Francisco, a World Champion, proven Ponta Preta ripper and windsurf legend, he was the first international sailor on our wildcard list and as a country and event team we eagerly await his presence and look forward to him once again bringing his incomparable style to Ponta Preta - Welcome Francisco !”
You can read more and see further updates at the official Event Website.
The January Podcast from Boardseeker is now available. You can either view it on their home page or download it from iTunes. There are also previous compilations to view in their player.
The Downwind Dash debacle was finally resoved with Ross Williams declared the winner ahead of fellow PWA Racer Benoit Moussilmani. You can see pics of Ross' new Technora Race Sails at WSJ.
GP published his 5th episode of Kona action including a HUGE Aeriel from Polakow.
Andy sent a link to a great piece on coping with cold water from his 'Lost in Hatteras' Blog. Thanks Andy. I'm going to check out those DaKine and Glacier gloves too. Hope they still work when covered in Vaseline...
Bill's Outer Banks Blog looks at how to handle gnarly [winter] shore dumps and whitewater.
Does KP need a bigger truck? By the way, you can enter a prize draw for a sails at the Pritchard Bros Pro Shop. Details of that and Baja clinic dates at the PWA news pages.
Vandal sails are dropping hints. What are they on?
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Could you maybe join twitter.com and start Twittering links to these posts? You're always fast with news and twitter reaches me faster and more often than I check my RSS feeds.
Keep it up!!
Rudie
Posted by: Rudie | January 23, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Ow and to get you to cross the line, Tatiana Howard just joined Twitter!!! :P
http://www.twitter.com/tatianahoward
Posted by: Rudie | January 23, 2009 at 11:34 AM