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2011 Elvestrom/Zellerbach regatta, San Francisco, CA
70+ dinghies and boards packed the San Francisco city front course for 2 days of racing at the St. Francis Elvestrom/Zellerbach regatta. The 5 fleets saw a building breeze and foggy conditions both days with racing in 15-25k and a raging ebb tide along the San Francisco city front. The lasers saw a big turn out in prep for this season’s masters and 4.7 World Championships in San Francisco. With just 6 board sailors in the formula … Read entire article »
2011 Junior, Youth & Masters Windsurfing World Championship in San Francisco
The St. Francis Yacht Club, in coordination with US Sailing and US Windsurfing, will be host to the 2011 TECHNO 293 Junior, Youth and open class World Championship & Masters raceboard class World Championship from July 17th to July 24th, 2011 NOR LINK CHARTER EQUIPMENT LINK Housing details: There are fourteen nearby hostels, one within walking distance from the St. Francis Yacht Club (located at Fort Mason with beds from $22 and run by Hostelling … Read entire article »
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DoubleTree by Hilton At Berkeley Marina Signs As 2011 Title Sponsor of US Nationals
It’s been a while since Windsurfing has signed up a large out of industry sponsor to support its premiere US racing event, the US Windsurfing National championships but times are a changin’. As companies have come to realize however there is almost no more effective advertising spend than one that truly compliments and supports its patrons. We all know windsurfers are a nomadic bunch crisscrossing the globe in search of the … Read entire article »
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Kona Worlds Wrap-Up
The racing was terrific, the people great, the wind strong and everyone is now exhaustedly on their home. Check out Margot Samson’s report at www.windsurfingtour.com Swedes… I met Adam Holm and Erik Bertilsson in Martigues this past summer at the Bic Techno World Championships. We were waiting for the Mistral winds to die down a bit and came to chat about the Kona Worlds in November. I told my friends that in contrast to the difficult conditions … Read entire article »
Hard Core Kona!
Two days of racing into the 2010 Kona World Championships in Miami – and there are lots of sore muscles, tired bodies and big smiles! Day one saw big winds and bigger swell on the race course. The folks who came from flatwater sailing spots found the shore break and on-shore wind intimidating and the 4-5 foot swells that rolled down the course made the starting line a bit chaotic at times. Three races were completed and it … Read entire article »
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Windsurfing Competition Concludes at Youth Olympic Games
(reprinted from http://youtholympicgames.teamusa.org ) SINGAPORE – U.S. windsurfers Margot Samson (Belleaire, Fla.) and Ian Stokes (Norfolk, Va.) wrapped up competition at the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on Wednesday. After 11 races in the Techno 293 class, Samson finished in 16th place, and Stokes ended 20th. “I thought they learned a lot, and they made improvements,” coach Britt Viehman said. “It’s pretty tough competition, so we’ll do better next time. “The event was awesome,” Viehman … Read entire article »