Beach Telegraph

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Some thoughts on Twin Fins from Ola Helenius.

Congratulations to Stephane Etiene's winning team involving Boujmaa Guillol and Robin Goffinet for winning the Fuerteventura Wave Classic, and to Thomas Traversa for taking the vote on 'Best Rider of the Contest'.

 Photos, videos and write-ups all at the event website.

New Zealand Freestylers get an event to showcase their skills at.

A guide to Front Loops for Dummies.

More success for MauiSails racing.

Grey & gloomy Maui footage. But hey - it's still Hawaii!

Some new talent on the Ezzy Sails team. Looks like some nice sessions been going down on Sardinia...

Following a successful and popular feature at Boards magazine it's time to take the test and see if you're a 'Claimer or a Flamer?'

A guide to another potential Cabo Verde Goldmine. (German Language.)

Watch out for a new mini-poll later...

Fuerte Wave Classic News

I'm not into 're-cycling' Press Releases, so below is the latest news from from the FWC organizers.

It's particularly pleasing to see that they'll be making an effort to clean the beaches and leave them tidier than when they arrived. Well done guys.

Press Release

After a 2 weeks shortbreak, here are the latest news of the next wave contest to come, the Fuerteventura Wave Classic which will take place from February 28th to March 10th on Fuerte's North Shore...

- All our organization is now ready from today to welcome all the riders invited by Thomas Traversa & JB Caste. Regarding the latest entry list, are just missing Köster and Skye, injured. Last guest to join is french waverider Robin Goffinet (Ezzy/7th Wave/Soöruz). He's been invited after Thomas Traversa was stoked by his incredible surfing style during a big wave session in Bretagne, just before Thomas flew to Cape Verde...

- "Teams" will be done by drawing lots during the opening party which will take place on Saturday evening, February 28th at the hotel " Oasis Dunas " in Corralejo.

- By speaking about hotel, a new partner of choice joins the event: hotels " Oasis Fuerteventura ". The chain will so propose to the riders some quality accommodations in Corralejo, at just a few minutes from the best North Shore spots and the hotel " Oasis Dunas " will welcome on February 28th and March 10th both opening and closing ceremonies of the FWC.

 - On Friday morning will be the opportunity for the organization to officialize the competition and introduce it to the local medias during a press conference organized by the City hall of La Oliva in Cotillo.

- Sensitive to the environment, the organization of the FWC will take advantage of the presence and the fame of the riders to organize one afternoon during the event, a beach cleaning in association with the " Clean Ocean Project " organization which districts are established in Fuerteventura.

 - Thanks to the good care of the Sun7 workshop, a service of "express" repair will be set up from Saturday, to offer to the riders who would need it the possibility of repairing their equipment having suffered in the waves of Cape Verde. This service will be available during all the duration of the contest.

That's it for today. We make an appointment with you on Sunday morning for the announcement of the teams composition and, as fast as possible, via the "live" which will be set up as soon as a swell hits the island's North Shore...

Keep in touch on www.fuertewaveclassic.com!

Back in Effect

Many wave-crammed days and a training course later and Beach Telegraph is back in action.

With the dust settling from the Cabo Verde event it's time to get back up-to-speed with everything going on.

So much has happened that I gotta draw a line in the sand and just start from here instead of catching-up.

Actually, just sticking in Cabo Verde for a minute, you'll see that Graham Ezzy won the Super Session.

www.Windinfo.eu sent the flyer above for the Boardshort Picnic Windsurfing Camp (German language) in Gargano Italy.

Continent Seven editor and PWA racer Chris Pressler's been enjoying himself and winning in Vietnam.

Epic Sessions has been giving great webcast service in Maui during the past week. And GP thinks it's about time the PWA offered even a low budget version themselves. What do you think? Should they wait until they get a high-quality rig and the extra budget to staff it and host it, or should they just give us action in any way possible?

Just bear in mind though that although it's easy to park at Ho'okipa and do this, but other competition areas are harder to capture as the contest areas are huge and you'd need extra people to film edit and commentate, plus all the additional radios and someone to coordinate - which all costs money even on a low budget scale.

Don't forget to check GP out on the Flowrider at Kihei too.

Hotsails have been enjoying some Tandem action.

Before the 'line in the sand' WIND mag sent these links to videos of  Thomas Traversa and friends in Big Wave action in France and the consequences.

Boujmaa Guillol is now Blogging.

I saw this Reggae outfit on Twitter thanks to Ms. Porter. I wonder if he inhaled?

Let's not forget 'The Hustle Project' where I hassle the industry for free gear for you guys. Although I've been offline for a week I'm still holding the Fanatic T-Shirt comp open for at least today.

Here's a reminder of the question and details:

How many PWA Events were won by Fanatic Riders in 2008?

Please leave your answer in the Comments section below AND mail me at [email protected] stating why you want the shirt and like the brand for when I choose the winners. Thanks.

Rules: 1. No pros or sponsored riders or dealers are allowed to answer. We will know who you are! 2. I'll think up more rules as I go along.

More soon. Please leave links to anything you think I've missed in the Comments section below.

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.

I Just can't Get Enough

Check out Mad Maarten's Windsurfing Wallpaper collection.

A little present from WIND mag and the Traversa family.

It's not quite Windguru but...(Thanks to Hugo for the link.)

SimmerStyle are showing video from Cape Town, plus an interview with Cyril Moussilmani and some Maui snaps from Kai Katchdourian.

Boardseeker are also showing a movie of the Big Bay Classic wavesailing event.

Windsurfing Magazine have their latest board test videos online.

I can't get enough of this Air Funnel. While you're at Continent Seven why not read their interview with Peter Volwater?

Carbon Art shaper James Dinnis won the New Zealand Slalom nationals.

Next year the organizer's want to attract racers from all over the planet to join the fun in their beautiful country.

You can read a more detailed summary of this year's event at Surfer Today.

Time to visit Dr. Schmock.

www.MauiWindcam.com has tons of fans, but if you're not one yet you can become a groupie and tell your friends about it at Facebook.

German PWA Freestyler and filmaker Andre Paskowski's entered the Blogosphere.

No news yet from Normen Günzlein, but I'll post something as soon as Normen or perhaps his sponsors are in contact.