PWA News

Kevin Pritchard the current PWA wave champion and Formula worlds Champion has ended his seven-year relationship with BIC and signed a new sponsorship deal with Thailand based board brand Starboard.

The 2003 PWA world tour calendar opens up with a €25,000 freestyle qualifier on the south coast of France. The Mondial du Vent is a huge well-organized event, which will run this year from the 19th –24th of April with the 19th as registration day.

Q: What have you been up to over the winter months?

VJ: Got back to Gran Canaria from Bonaire on the 20th of December. Had a nice Christmas at home with family and friends. So pretty much relaxing at home the last 2 months, but of course also spending…

Q: Now the news has had time to sink in how does it feel to be a PWA overall champion?

MP: It is the best feeling! I have always dreamed of being the world champ. This year was a long and tough battle right to the end- I'm super stoked

New Years Resolutions!

Believe in them or not. Make them and stick to them or not. Everyone has at one point made at least one! John Carter asks twelve sailors what their resolutions are for 2003!

After a grueling year on the men?s PWA freestyle tour with four incredible events in Gran Canaria, Fuertevntura, Canada, and Bonaire Matt Pritchard (Gaastra, AHD) has taken the PWA overall freestyle title. Pritchard has been battling away on the PWA…

The PWA freestyle finals concluded in spectacular fashion yesterday afternoon after Tonki Frans (Gaastra, AHD) closed out the event with his final move the Chacho in the men’s third round final. The move ensured the King of the Caribbean title for the…

It’s official…Tonki Frans is King of the Caribbean…Matt Pritchard takes overall world title!…Karin Jaggi is Queen of the Caribbean and women’s PWA overall freestyle champion!

The Bonaire PWA freestyle championships concluded today in dramatic fashion.…

Nineteen-year-old local sailor Tonki Frans (Gaastra, AHD) has won the opening single elimination of the third round here at Sorobon Beach, the headquarters of the PWA freestyle finals. In light winds blowing between 12 and 15 knots Tonki defeated…

Ricardo Campello (JP, Neil Pryde) has won the second double elimination here today at the PWA freestyle finals. The seventeen-year-old Venezuelan freestyle maestro took victory after defeating local sailor Tonki Frans (Gaastra, AHD) in the second of two…

Douglas Diaz (Mistral, North) has taken victory in the first double elimination here at the PWA Bonaire freestyle finals. In a riveting final against hardcore American freestyler Matt Pritchard (Gaastra, AHD) this morning, Diaz managed to pull out all the…

It’s been a dramatic day of insane freestyle action here at the Bonaire PWA freestyle finals. As the light finally faded at 6.30 pm Matt Pritchard (Gaastra, AHD) and Douglas Diaz (North, Fanatic) finished the day neck and neck in the men’s double…

The newest event in the PWA’s ever-growing tour is the aptly titled King of the Caribbean.

Although added late in the season, organizers have worked tirelessly to stage what is expected to be a new classic in the PWA Freestyle Championship.

We…

The waiting is finally over! The PWA Freestyle men’s and women’s tour finals are all set to roll here on the sun drenched beaches of Bonaire in the Caribbean. Crystal clear water, wall-to-wall sunshine and 15- 20-knot trades are the order of the day down…

Between December 11th-18th the battle for the PWA overall freestyle champion will be decided at the closing event of the year on the sun drenched beaches of Bonaire in the Caribbean. As it stands the race for the title is incredibly close with the top…

Q: How has 2002 been for you so far?

JS: 2002 has been a great year for our tour. The freestyle has had tons of energy and big events added to the schedule. We have seen a much needed influx of youth to our tour, and it has been a really exciting…