Cape Hatteras has always been a “family” destination for me. My parents use to take my brothers and I down for a week every October. A 14 hour drive from Toronto, it was a perfect way to get together and take a week off school to do some windsurfing. Although I was only accompanied by […]
After the Sylt PWA event I had a 2 day break at my friend Steven’s house in Belgium, then we went straight to Holland to probably the coolest windsurfing center ever, and the European Freestyle Pro Tour Dam X contest. Brouwersdam is probably the coolest windsurfing center I’ve ever seen. It’s October, between 7 and […]
1 drive, 3 flights, and 2 trains is all I needed to get myself and my life packed in a suitcase and board bags to Sylt, Germany. All that effort paid off as I boosted my world ranking to a career high 5th place, and finished the Sylt Windsurf World Cup PWA Grand Slam in […]
The PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam opened up with a bang as gusts to 40 knots greeted us riders on the first day. Classic Playa Sotavento conditions continued into days 2 and 3 in which we completed the first single elimination where I placed 4th, followed by the double elimination where I dropped down to 5th. […]
The lead up to the PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam. What’s it gonna take to win? Who’s hot? And live scoring. 2 weeks of warming up in Fuerteventura, and 2 weeks of sailing 4.5 or smaller. Sotavento has been delivering strong winds, but also very difficult conditions. This is nothing new, as the competition here at […]
The Gorge Beach Bash sponsored by Sailworks was held June 24th – 26th in Hood River, OR. The event featured freestyle, slalom racing, tandem racing and freeride. Friday and Saturday saw good conditions to run all disciplines, and the awards were held on Sunday morning when it was obvious no wind would materialize. I participated in […]
The beauty of windsurfing competitions is no matter how you finish, at least you were on the water windsurfing. Well, as long as it’s windy. Lucky for me I arrived early for both the Pistol River and Rio Vista events and got some great days before the events started. I’m glad I arrived 2 days […]
Everything truly is bigger in Texas. Big sails, big boards, big fins, big gear bags and a big event. The 2016 US Windsurfing Nationals held down in Corpus Christi was a great event with 50+ competitors. Not only were the best US windsurfers there, but also top racers representing Turkey, France (Martinique), England and of course […]
112kgs it said on my luggage sticker. That should be enough to cover any wind and weather Podersdorf throws at me I thought. Podersdorf is a small town on Lake Neusiedl, not far from the capital Vienna, and host of the annual “Surf World Cup”; the first PWA World Tour event of 2016. I windsurfed well […]
The lightest wind of the winter plagued the 2016 El Yaque Freestyle Crown. Thankfully that didn’t stop either the Freestyle or SuperX competition from taking place. With 12 freestyle competitors, half of them being PWA World Tour riders, it was clear the competition was tough. In the elimination ladder I was in the same heat as […]