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World in Motion

Motion Magazine #5 is out now. (Dutch language link.)

From Monday Til Sunday - the best 20Euros you're going to spend this year.

WindsurfReview.net gear test updates.

Summertime Freestyle vid from Tilo Erber and Andy Lachauer.

Shark.

Visit the FourDimensions Movie website to hear the soundtrack!

New Calender anyone?

Universal Speed Meet.

Sharking

Severne Sails can't believe their luck in signing the previously unattached and recent Formula World Champion Steve Allen.

Some nice, errr, surfing shots on GP's Blog.

Store's impression from Starboard US dealer meet.

Italian language MUFC X-Twin test. (Use Google translate.) Great to hear MUFC are also now supplying Mistral.

And of course you can read all about MUFC in Windsurfer International mag this month!

Something unusual washed-up on UK shores.

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...

Kicking Off

Let's push-start the what's hopefully going to be a big-action week online and on the water.

The Fuerteventura Wave Classic holding period has begun. The teams have been announced and so far the conditions look good for Tuesday onwards, and even better for the weekend.

Check out the event website for updates and interviews et cetera.

Here's some updates on event dates from the PWA:

The planned Indoor in Madrid will now not take place in April. The event is now expected to take place towards the end of 2009.
 
The Austria Slalom World Cup will now run from the 5th May until the 10th.
 
The Korean Slalom World Cup will take place from the 16th May until the 22nd.
 
The proposed Guincho Wave World Cup is now provisionally scheduled for the 16th to 21st June.

WSJ interview a super-philosophical Francisco Goya after his comeback appearance at The PWA Cabo Verde World Cup. Here's the Google Translated page.

Simmer report that their PWA Slalom star Ben Van Der Steen is in Chile filming a documentary.

Shark!

Jellyfish!

GP Cammaro needs a day off but he stuck a little Go Pro video of sideshore Kanaha online for you.

Tatiana Howard scored Honolua Bay with just a couple of mates.

Boards posted news of 2009 Pro Clinics with European windsurfing tour operator Club Sportif.

CaboVerdeWorldCup.com  posted a video interview with runner-up Kauli Seadi.

It's windsurfing movie night on Friday in Wellington, New Zealand.

Ola left an interesting comment and link after reading about Kelly Slater's event-winning 'self-shaped' board in a post here last week.

Can you imagine what would happen if we left GP alone with the shaping software?

More later. Please leave any links to good stuff in the Comments section below - no sign-in required. Thanks.

Shark Eat Seal World

What a marathon. Well done to this guy in Western Oz. I wonder if he saw any Sharks?

Miami Windsurfing interview Formula and PWA Slalom Racer Wilhelm Schurmann who just sharked his way to victory at the North American Championships. "Shark takes out Miami Dolphins"

David sailed over a Tiger Shark. It's at the end of the clip. David said "On the day that GP had the "seal" incident on the rocks, I sailed right over a 8-10 foot Tiger shark - and caught my "oh shit" on the GoPro on my boom.

When GP picked me up that night to drop me off at the airport to depart Maui, we were both "Dude! You wouldn't believe my encounter with mother nature today!" Yikes.

Sounds like the Sharks got plenty of Seals to eat anyway. And Sea Lions...

More from the Quick Interview Blog. Todays it's Brawzinho's turn.

RRD have launched an 'insider's' Blog. It's a bit K*^&surfy for me though. Hopefully Sharks prefer those guys dangling in the water.

Here's some crazy board re-cycling project. A lesson to us all perhaps?

GP Cammaro's been slicing and dicing his old boards and enjoying the results so why not? A fair few PWA riders have 'adjusted' their boards fairly crudely too...but never on the strict production-only Racing tour of course...

Anyone else got any good re-shaping success or diaster stories?

Fins and Spins

Surfer Today announced this great looking contest down in gnarly, sharky, Tasmania.

UK board builders Moo suggested you take a look at their Super Moo.

The Peconic Puffin got caught in a [Sharky] spin.

I noticed on WSJ that Seadi is trying out Quad fins at Cabo Verde. It's funny 'cos today I was going to ask if anyone had read the 'Naked Ambition' profile I wrote [last year] of Kauli in the latest Boards Magazine?

In that feature Kauli says he'll not be playing with Thrusters or Quads, but sticking with Twinzers.

We also talked about how he likes to wear those Speedos and stay in the buff around the house. Anyone read that piece? What do you think? (About the article and the Quads - not the nudity. Well you can talk about that too if you really want.)

I got a mail from George who's suffering from serious Maui withdrawal symptoms. Hang in there and get well soon George.

Maui Ultra Fins have welcomed Florian Jung onto their team.

I was thinking. Let's hustle the industry and get you guys some stash. How about some free T-shirts or bags or something?

I can post questions here, you answer, I choose the winners and the brands send you the booty? Sound good?

Let's see who's reading and what they've got. No easy questions mind you. You've got to deserve this gear and know your stuff. Please leave any suggestions in the Comments section below. Thanks.

Brand Managers - please drop me a line and let's tee it up.

PS. I just got this PR from the Fuerteventura Wave Classic with the confirmed entries. Nice event poster too.

Hi all,

Please find enclosed the final entry list of the confirmed riders we will welcome on the first edition of the Fuerteventura Wave Classic, Feb. 28th to March 10th 2009.

16 riders : 4 locals and 12 of the world top waveriders, which makes 8 teams of 2 riders (very certainly drawn lots)

International guests
_Jonas CEBALLOS
_Klaas VOGET
_Marcilio BROWNE
_John SKYE
_Alex MUSSOLINI
_Boujmaa GUILLOUL
_Francisco PORCELLA
_Philip KÖSTER
_Anthony RUENES
_Dario OJEDA
_Thomas TRAVERSA
_JB CASTE

Local guests
_Yannick ANTON
_Will WARD
_Stéphane ETIENNE
_Ilya ESCARIO

You can find all the informations, poster, logos, pictures, portraits and details of the Fuerteventura Wave Classic on our "blogsite" www.fuertewaveclassic.com ! Stay tuned!

Shaka Sir

U-Ride are showing some clips and videos of the recent storms in France on their homepage.

Windsurfing Democrat John Kerry didn't make it into the White House but someone else shows-off their Hawaiian upbringing here. (Remember his bodysurfing skills too?)

Robby Swift finished editing his footage of Lanes from last week.

World Freestyle Windsurfing Champ Gollito enjoyed a special day out. Congratulations Gollito.

No wind in Cape Town means chaos for up-and-coming young British Pro Chris Murray.

Here's some sadder news from South Africa though.

Steve Bodner has some photos to share from the Alex Caviglia Blue Water Classic in Miami. Thanks Steve.

Here's those Irish Speedsailing event dates mentioned yesterday.

Check back for more later. Please paste any interesting links in the Comments section below. Thanks.