PWA News

Ever wondered what the top pro riders do to focus themselves before a vital heat or race? Try to compare the pressure of sailing in front of crowds, cameras, critical judges, and sponsors, with your average fun sailing session, and you’d understand the…

Continuing our series of where the pro’s become the judges, we get to the bottom of the world finest sailors opinions on some crucial issues you might hear discussed at the beach.

Competitive windsurfing has two sides. First over the line wins the race, or whoever impresses the judges the most wins. But what do the top pro’s think about certain styles and approaches? For a series intended to be a bit of fun, we polled a handful of…

The notorious Team MPG have bagged more than their fair share of titles in recent years, highlighting their success at windsurfing’s highest level. The cornerstone to the program is founder and mentor Scott Sanchez, who trains and prepares a host of top…

The PWA is pleased to announce its end of year wavesailing event, the 21st Aloha Classic, will be produced in association with JP Australia at the Mecca of world windsurfing, Ho’okipa beach Park, Maui.

Today the Professional Windsurfers association presented their long awaited constructors championship rankings. These are based on results from PWA competition so far in 2006 in the Wave, Slalom 42, Freestyle and Super-X disciplines.

You probably couldn’t get much more contrast between PWA members in terms of size than teammates Kai Lenny (Naish / Naish) and Tom Hartmann (Naish / Naish). Kai, being probably the smallest and lightest PWA member, and Tom one of the heaviest,(Certainly…

Ever wondered how the top pros setup their equipment for high performance? In a series asking elite performers their advice on tuning-up, we start with reigning world wavesailing champion, and top freestyle innovator Kauli Seadi (BRA-253 Quatro/Naish),…

Victor Fernandez (E-42 Fanatic / Simmer) is one of the most respected young talents on the PWA wave sailing and freestyle scenes. The young Spaniard matched the massive expectation on him earlier this year, when he convincingly won in the waves at Pozo.…

If there’s ever a time you can guarantee awesome windsurfing conditions, then it’s either the day after a contest, or on a Monday morning. An excellent forecast meant that few of the world’s elite were making the usual scramble to the airport the day…

Micah Buzianis (US-34 JP / NeilPryde) takes the event win delivering a gutsy performance in testing conditions. Runner up Antoine Albeau (F192 Starboard / NeilPryde) is crowned Slalom 42 world champion after a spectacularly dominant season. Jose…

You can cut the atmosphere with a knife here in Sylt, as the clock runs down to the final day. The wavesailors are on edge like never before as promising forecasts give hope for their last chance to perform tomorrow. An impromptu Super Session saw the…

Fluky conditions measure the technical skill of the PWA’s elite racers as a testing fifth race is held. Event leader Micah Buzianis (US-34 JP / NeilPryde) glides effortlessly through his qualifying heat, while tour leader Antoine Albeau (F-192 Starboard /…

Micah Buzianis (US-34 JP / NeilPryde) stamps his authority on the Slalom 42 here in Sylt, with an awesome example of determination during today’s three exciting races. Meanwhile tour leader Antoine Albeau (F192 Starboard / NeilPryde) profits from the…

Micah Buzianis (US-34 JP / NeilPryde) keeps pole position in the Slalom 42 after another windless day denies the fleet the chance to race.

Micah Buzianis (US-34 JP / NeilPryde) stays top dog for another day in the Slalom 42 as the wind fails to materialise.