PWA News

Teenage Kicks

September 5, 2006

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…

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A Breath of Swiss Air

September 4, 2006

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…

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Cool Contender

September 1, 2006

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…

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Running Elephant

August 30, 2006

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…

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Missing in Action?

August 29, 2006

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…

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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.

 

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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…

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A Swift Word

August 22, 2006

After a 3rd overall finish in wavesailing in 2005, Robby Swift (K-89 JP / NeilPryde), sustained a serious foot injury whilst tow-surfing in Maui. An intense recovery over the winter break saw him place an impressive 5th at this years Guincho wave event.…

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Wild Birds

August 21, 2006

Wild Birds is another excellent new movie release out this week, which takes the viewer on a journey with PWA all-stars, Peter Volwater (F2 / North), Kauli Seadi (Quatro / Naish), Robby Naish (Naish / Naish), and Tonky Frans (F2 / Gaastra).

 

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The sequel of the Addicted to Ride Promo DVD is full of the hottest action featuring the Fanatic International Windsurfing Team in multiple locations worldwide

 

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Supreme sisters of the sea’s, Daida and Iballa Ruano Moreno, (Mistral / North) have in the past couple of seasons, made a massive, selfless contribution to the women’s sport with their famous girl’s training camps.

 

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On Top of the World

August 16, 2006

Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU-91 Starboard / MauiSails) is just 15 years old, and in her second season on tour, is ranked number 2 in the women’s world freestyle championship. It was no mean feat that she recently beat long-reigning multiple world champion…

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To be Frank…

August 14, 2006

In a series profiling PWA People we talk to Senior Judge, Frenchman, Franck Roguet. Franky ‘Froguet’ has been working on the PWA World Tour as a crewmember since 1994, when he was a timing official and boat driver, before making his judging debut in 1995…

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Finian Maynard (KV-11 F2 / NeilPryde) has just won his second ever PWA event, and as with his first win in the Bosphorous event in 2000, it seems that Turkey is favourite location! I want to know what it is with this country and winning for the massive…

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Meet Roberto Hofman

August 13, 2006

One of the most common sights on the beach scene at PWA events, is regular MC and commentator Roberto Hofmann. Roberto, being an ex-competitor is no stranger to the professional scene, and has a large bank of knowledge on all the sailors’ strengths and…

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Laure Treboux (SUI-4 Naish / Naish) has made a huge splash in her debut year on the PWA. Her high standard of Freestyle performance has really helped to shake the women’s scene up, so we thought we’d better ask her how she feels to be ranked 2nd in the…

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