PWA News

Gran Canaria based double –loop legend Vidar Jensen loves to make trips that allow him to explore his Nordic roots. These quests provide stark contrast to the warm water and trade winds of his adopted home in the Canary Islands. Armed with some top…

The Professional Windsurfers Associations home in Maui saw a sad day on September 16th. This day marked the end of an era for the Stable Road community, at the famous Camp One sailing spot, when at 11:45 Rope Tree fell to its death.

Destined for Big Screen mainstream theatre release, The Windsurfing Movie is poised to be windsurfing’s defining film. Directed by award winning cinematographer Johnny DeCesare of Poor Boyz Productions, and featuring perhaps the best riders in windsurfing…

Taty Frans (Starboard / MauiSails) is one of the veteran Bonaire style masters leading the way in cutting edge freestyle. A known innovator, and always seen out sailing with a big smile on his face, Taty and his brother Tonky are national hero’s in their…

Another exciting new DVD release comes out at the end of September courtesy of Tonix and F2. With over 40 minutes plus bonus material the film takes the best action from F2’s 11 PWA team riders on an epic 5000 km road trip through Western Australia.

2005 Joint Slalom 42 World Champion Micah Buzianis (JP / NeilPryde) changed sponsors for this season, and goes into the final racing event at Sylt in fourth place. The 35 year old, who apparently used to flip burgers before turning Pro and moving to Maui,…

22 yr old Antxon Otaegui (JP / NeilPryde) is only in his second year on tour, and already sits in 3rd place going into the last event. Renowned for being radical, the young Canarian has lived up to his reputation, especially when he took his first ever…

Now available in newstands Europe-wide is the first issue of 'Windsurf Europe', featuring a brand new windsurf DVD magazine, 'Windsurf Television'. Windsurf Europe is a hard-core, new generation publication full of action, interviews, riders profiles,…

Cutting edge performer Daida Ruano Moreno (Mistral /North) sent this sequence of her first ever Push Loop Table Top combo. This is the first ever women's PTT and represents a massive step forward for her and the women's sport - especially considering…

Teen Freestyle Sensation Jose ‘Gollito’ Estredo (Fanatic / North) is leading the 2006 Freestyle Tour with one event to go in Sylt. The 16-year-old Venezuelan justified the hype his outstanding freesailing created when he won the Sotavento event hands…

12 times PWA world champion Karin Jaggi (F2 / North) is probably the best all-round women’s windsurfer ever, and has more trophies than most pro's can even dream of winning to prove it. The 34yr-old Swiss legend is also a key member of the PWA’s…

Kevin Pritchard (Starboard / MauiSails) leads the wave tour, sits in second place on the Slalom 42 leader board, and came second overall in Super-X – not a bad season so far then! Another world title (Or two?) would certainly be good for business for this…

2006 Super-X Champion, and Slalom 42 tour leader Antoine Albeau (Starboard / NeilPryde) has demonstrated amazing speed and racing pedigree this year, and right from the first event it was clear his targets were for nothing less than total domination of…

2005 World wavesailing Champion Kauli Seadi (Quatro / Naish) was hard to get hold of. He’d promised us an update on tour life so far this season. There must have been some major action happening somewhere for him to stay under the radar for so long. No…

JP-Australia is one of the very first windsurfing brands to release a podcast.

Filmed during their most recent photo shoot on Maui, the podcast features JP’s finest PWA riders ripping on their new 2007 toys.

2003 World Wavesailing Champion, and windsurfing legend Josh Angulo has progressed from being one of the sports most dynamic young guns, into one of its elder statesmen. Born and bred on Maui, Angulo now represents his adopted home of Cape Verde on the…