The ISWC has a poll online in which you can vote who will enter the hall of fame. The winner will be announced on the 1st of March.

The nominees are:

Men (in alphabetical order):

Alex Caizergues, FRA
multiple world record holder kite, currently at 50.98 knots, double kitespeed world champion

Antoine Albeau, FRA
Double ISWC Speed World Champion

Dave White, GBR
Dave was holding the production windsurfing record for more than a decade

Finian Maynard, BVI
4 times WSSRC Outright Speed World Record Holder, 7 time Speed Windsurfing World Champion

Manu Taub, FRA
Pioneer of Speed-Kiting, 2 times WSSRC Kitespeed World Record Holder, first Kiter over 40 knots

Olaf Marting, RSA
Two times WSSRC Kitespeed World Record Holder

Rob Douglas, USA
Took the Outright Record from the Windsurfers to the Kiteboarders, 2 times within 0.3 knots of the world record

Roddy Lewis, USA
Speed Windsurfing Pioneer

Women (in alphabetical order):

Britt Dunkerbeck, ESP
2 time WSSRC World Record Holder, multiple Speed Windsurfing World Champion

Charlotte Consorti, FRA
2 time WSSRC Kite Speed World Record Holder, 4 times Kitespeed World Champion

Valerie Ghibaudo, FRA
2 time Speed Windsurfing World Champion

Jenna de Rosnay, FRA
4 time WSSRC Outright World Record Holder

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Karpathos is getting ready for the speed windsurfing world cup 2009. A lot of big names will be competing for world championship points and eventually the speed world title.

Last Year Björn Dunkerbeck won the ISWC event. This year all the eyes will be focused on Antoine Albeau.  He was ruling the last couple of PWA events and there is a good chance he will go home with the win this year. Currently Anders Bringdal is leading the ISWC tour so we can expect some resistance from him. Some Dutchies will also be present and show how fast “we” are on the water, among them are Peter Volwater and Ben van der Steen.

Dunkerbeck at full speed - ISWC Speed World Championship 2008

The ISWC Speed Windsurfing World Championship will be held from 31-7 till 5-8-2009.

Registered windsurfers:

Alberto Possati
Anders Bringdal
Andrea Baldini
Andrej Kocjan
Anja Kruse
Antoine Albeau
Anton Geesink
Armin Hoefer
Ben van der Steen
Beppe Fortunato
Birgit Hoefer
Björn Dunkerbeck
Cedric Bordes
Chris Lockwood
Christian Bornemann
Christophe Fiorentini
Christophe Richaud
Cyril Moussilmani
Daniel Borgelind
Dieter Gerichhausen
Dirk Jan Knol
Drakopoulos Panagiotis
Erik Beale
Erik Larsson
Finian Maynard
Francesko D’Urso
Hans Kreisel
Jaques van der Hout
John Benamati
Jurjen van der Nord
Magnus Bengtsson
Manfred Fuchs
Marcus Kortas
Marcus Richardsson
Marie‐Paule Geldorf
Marion Raisi
Markus Emanuelsson
Martin Kovac
Martyn Ogier
Morten Knutsen
Nick Vardalachos
Nikoletta Margoni
Orlando Lavandera
Pascal Toselli
Patrick van Hoof
Patrik Diethelm
Pete Davis
Peter Volwater
Philip Adamidis
Robert Sturm
Thomopoulos Konstantinos
Thorsten Luig
Tim Otte
Tobias Hed
Torsten Mallon
Valerie Ghibaudo
Wilfried Vanherweghe
Zara Davis

More info: ISWC

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