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Miami Racing This Weekend!
It’s only one week away from the Miami Pro Am event held at the Rickenbacker Causeway. It’s a great location for the event with easy launching and access. US Windsurfing hopes everybody is in and will help make it the biggest Pro Am yet. Race organizer Alex reported that 3 Brazilian windsurfers are registered along with many of the local sailors so the competition will be tough. CLASSES : FORMULA CLASS ( international class rules ) OPEN FORMULA … Read entire article »
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Florida Events Coming Up
It may be snowing and cold in much of the US – but it is warm and windy in Florida! Kona racers can head to the Clearwater Community Sailing Center on November 17 & 18 for the Carlisle Classic. You don’t want to miss 2 days of racing at this great location on the west coast of Florida. There will also be racing for Opti, 420, Laser, O’pen Bic, Windmill and Hobie Wave classes. More information … Read entire article »
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Red Bull Storm Chase not chasing Hurricane Sandy
With the formation of a late season tropical storm turned hurrican Sandy in the Carribean, it seemed like a sure thing that the first event of the 2012 Red Bull Storm Chase would be in Cape Hatteras this weekend. The convergence of high winds and big waves from a hurricane just off shore 0n a weekend seemed too perfect to be true. With the potential track of Sandy coming very close to Cape Hatteras, the Storm Chase organizers are … Read entire article »
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In Memory of Norman Preibatsch
The Boston windsurfing community lost an avid, enthusiastic windsurfer, outdoorsman and businessman this spring when Norman Preibatsch died in a tragic hiking accident in Tuckerman’s Ravine, NH. His obituary can be found at http://normanpriebatsch.com/ Community Boating is honored to announce that the Friends and Family of Norman Priebatsch have established an endowment in his memory to support the Community Boating Windsurfing Program. If you previously made a Donation to CBI in Norman’s honor and would like it designated … Read entire article »
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Ronstan Bridge to Bridge race- San Francisco, Ca
I tried to run the course a few days earlier in the week and develop a strategy based on the winds and tides along the city front and in the southern shipping channel. My goal was to stay in the breeze, gybe early if needed to and stay upright at all cost in the voodoo chop. Max ebb was a 4:54 with a 3.65k outgoing tide I was becoming comfortable with my custom double chicken strap … Read entire article »
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Windsurfing in Waves and on Lakes in August
The Pacasmayo Classic wave event (the Peru stop on the AWT) and the Kona North American Championships in Minnesota both took place the last weekend of August. Two very different disciplines of windsurfing in two very different locations – but the same fun and windsurfing stoke at both! The Kona North American’s were held on Lake Waconia, just outside of Minneapolis, MN. Kona is a one-design class with everyone racing on the Kona One board and … Read entire article »
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