THe 5th mission will be held on the 23th & 24th of august in collaboration with the foundation called Project44. Fanatic, F2, Maui Sails, Choco Fins and Ion are the main sponsors for the event. Most of the team riders are present for all your questions about surfing and tuning your windsurfing equipment.
I can write a complete essay about what is so great about this event but just watch these two videos and you will know why!
Fanatic Brand Manager Craig Gertenbach announced the new 2009 product line. The new windsurfing equipment will be innovative shapes that are created by doing lots of research and testing.
At Fanatic they really know how to shape a boards. Their second position in the PWA Constructors Championships ranking is prove of that. The constructors ranking is comparable to the Formula 1 where the team or brand is getting points when one of the team riders is winning in an event. The brand with the most points is getting the title.
Mistral Windsurf has put a fresh website online with all the new windsurf gear for 2009. They also released a promotional video with all there talented team riders.
The movie Mistral Committed Reloaded is featuring PWA World Champion Marcilio Brawzinho Browne (BRA-105), Diony Guadagnino (V-69), Francisco Porcella (I-69) and windsurf legend Nik Baker (K-66). Those riders show how windsurfing has to be done.
Lifestyle magazine Bright has created a top 5 of mobiles phones best rugged for the beach. And since windsurfers are trying to be on the beach as often as they can, these mobile phones must be suited for you. The casing must be at least water- and dust proof. Currently I own a Nokia N95. One sand grain between the slider and the phone starts producing a crunching sound already.
There were really good windsurfing conditions on November 21 st. I was windsurfing at Muiderzand, the Netherlands. The wind was blowing with 22 knots. Unfortunately I was forced to swim back to the beach because my brand new Neilpryde X6 mast broke. After 30 minutes I was back on land again. Luckily I was wearing my winter steamer because it was very cold!
Last Saturday I returned the mast to the windsurfing shop. They couldn’t tell me if I would get a new mast. Probably this is just a warranty case otherwise I will be pissed. My mast broke low in the base. If your mast breaks at boom height people will think you put on the boom to tight. But that is not possible in my case…let’s see what happens.
Update: After a few weeks I received a brand new base without any costs.
When you go windsurfing being in a good physical condition is essential. There are a lot of ways to get your physical fitness to a good level. One of the easiest and cheapest ways to do this are push ups. You don’t have to buy anything or have to go somewhere. Every place is suitable for push ups. The NY Times had written an article about push ups and how they serve as an indicator for your overall fitness. As a man you should be able to do 27 push ups with out trouble. As a woman should be able to do 16 push ups.
When searching for some fitness info I stumbled upon hundredpushups.com. This site is promoting that everybody will be able to do 100 push ups in six weeks, no matter what level you are on right now. That sounds to good to be true! Everybody wants to do 100 push ups with ease. I will start with this program and see if I can reach the 100 push ups in 6 weeks. The gained fitness and strength will come in handy with windsurfing!
The initial test resulted in 23 push ups and now I am at week 1 day 3. Lets see if I can reach that goal of 100 push ups.
Top windsurfer Micah Buzianis (US-34) has broken his lake during the PWA World cup on Fuerteventura.
Martin Brandner reports: We toke him to the hospital to find out what is wrong and after 30 minutes we get the shocking news. His leg is broken (fibula) and probably was at least partly broken since he crashed with another rider ten days ago in Gran Canaria where he was hit by a fin right on top of his ankle where his foot is broken now. Back then he got 5 stitches because he had a pretty bad cut – but otherwise he thought he was fine – even though the pain in his leg never really went away.
This is a big setback for every athlete. Especially now, when Micah was closing the gap with Antoine Albeau (FRA-192). Bjorn Dunkerbeck is now third and has the possibility to get even higher because of this incident.
A windsurfing enthusiast that was at the latest PWA Worldcup at Pozo created a nice video report with highlights from the heats. Neilpryde showed some good results again! They also posted a report for this event on their website. Check out the Pozo windsurfing action!
Windsurfing website GPS-Speedsurfing.com has renewed their layout. On this site you have the possibility to upload your windsurfing sessions and compete with fellow GPS windsurfers. The only thing you need is a GPS device. As you can see, the new layout is a big improvement .
Old layout:
The new website has a few bugs. But don’t be to harsh on them because the site is build by volunteers. They did a remarkable job!
Last Thursday I have written an announcement about the Dutch planet Reef Party. Here is another short update. I found a short movie on the Planet Reef site which looked cool.
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