PWA President and Chairman of the PWA Management Board

Nico Prien

Combining industry and media experience beyond his years, with exceptional talent on the water, Nico will provide the steady hand on the tiller to take the PWA forwards. With years of pro level competition experience under his belt already, as well as significant industry experience and one of the most successful windsurfing athlete channels in the sport, Nico has all the tools to lead the important work that the PWA does within the sport.

PWA Industry Representative and Vice President

Robert Stroj

Robert Stroj has been the head NeilPryde designer for over 20 years and under his stewardship, NeilPryde riders have collectively earned more world titles, speed records and event wins than  any other brand.

Robert's design ethos is to leave no stone unturned, which has allowed the brand to achieve new milestones in windsurf sail and rig technology time and time again, and is a perfect foundation to help lead the PWA forwards.

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PWA Industry Representative and Secretary

Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya, Former Wave World Champion, originally from Argentina and a Maui resident since 1989, brings a lifetime of dedication to our sport and the 2024 PWA Board of Directors for its second term, with a vision of building the sport of windsurfing one event at a time.

Our commitment is to advance and celebrate the most extreme watersport.

Today's riders of the PWA are the kids from the second and third generations of champions and pioneers who have spent nothing less than their entire lives being nurtured by our culture and continue expanding the boundaries of what is possible. The association continues to push our sport across its non-profit status, driven by the most talented and selfless group of leaders and champions on the Board of Directors I have ever come across, with complete transparency and purpose for all of our stakeholders, and with its sole mission to unite and grow all of our disciplines and sport. We are excited about the future as we continue growing our membership and events in synergy with other tours and events organizers, and we look forward to watching the extraordinary talent of our pro athletes and youth  as they showcase the pinnacle of Windsurfing.

PWA Sailor Representative

Jordy Vonk

An accomplished racer and one of the most friendly faces on the beach, Jordy has seen great allround success in slalom and course racing, as well as being an integral part of the Doutone development team. With an open and progressive approach to windsurfing and life, Jordy brings great enthusiam and a creative mind to the PWA Board, and is an integral part of the progressive evolution of racing discplines within the PWA.

PWA Industry Representative

Arnon Dagan

Arnon has been practicing windsurfing for over 30 years in every way and style, and in countless locations around the world.

He has competed and developed windsurfing equipment for over 15 years, won world class competitions, and continues to work for some of the best windsurfing brands as a team rider and as head tester/developer.

Despite its young age, Arnon's Future Fly brand has consistently been high in the PWA rankings including the Freestyle World Championship which they won in 2021.

PWA Board Member

Svein Rasmussen


Born 5.6 1963 in Norway.
10 years on the PWA tour,
Previous sailors representative on the PWA board.
12 years as Managing director of Starboard and Severne sails.
Participant in the first Olympic games of windsurfing in Los Angeles, 1984.
4 times World champion in windsurfing.

PWA Board Member

Craig Gertenbach

Fanatic Windsurfing Industry Representative to the PWA. I am the brand manager for Fanatic, have been with the brand since 1995 as PWA racer, then later as tester and finally in the office working in Marketing, product management, sales and brand management since 2000. I work closely with our shaper and team riders on the R&D of the boards, testing almost all final protos with the team. So I know the complete business of our company and industry from a few different perspectives, which helps and keeps it interesting.

I am really looking forward to working together with the rest of the Management board on promoting the PWA and our sport. I believe the PWA is actually in a really good position at the moment, with a lot of potential to grow the number of events. Hopefully the industry, media and riders can work together to keep growing the Tour for the benefit of the sport.
 

PWA Board Member

Werner Gnigler

For 15 years I worked for F2 and shaped many popular boards like the Comet Slalom or the Xantos ranges. Since 2000 I am with JP and am responsible for the whole board and fin range.

Windsurfing since: 1976
Professional board shaper: 1985