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Water Ladies – The movie

Maarten — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:24:13 +0000

The PWA released a video report from the ladies only event in Almanare. During this final event Karin Jaggi secured the PWA World Championship title for 2010. Valérie Arrighetti was breathing in her neck and managed to win the event. She became second in the overall rankings.

Check out the video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

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New Angulo Magnum slalom boards

Maarten — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:55:08 +0000

Josh Angulo has a great presentation about his new windsurfing boards. He is explaining three main concepts which make these boards different from other slalom boards on the market.

The boards are developed by Josh Angulo and Jean Bouldoires. Three models will be released with a width of 60, 72 and 83 cm. Obviously these designs are focused on the new slalom 63 formula that will be used in the PWA World tour slalom discipline. Riders are allowed to register only 3 boards and 6 sails for the whole season instead of 2 boards and 4 sails for each event.

Angulo Boards Magnum 60

Three main concepts make the Angulo Magnum boards unique:

Reduced Tail Area (RTA)
The tail has a bigger, gradual cut out more up to the rail. Because of the RTA the board will have:
- A better consistent release of water of the tail.
- No unwanted lift as seen with they older style cut outs
- Improved riding through chop, with more grip and a smoother feel.

The boards can still have the width to get planing in an early stage. This is very important during a race. In general, wider boards start planing earlier than slimmer boards. But when the boards get to wide, the board will become slow or the handling will be decreased.

When you are planing over the water, the tail is the only area of the board in contact with the water. Cut outs in the boards reduce the surface in the water and make the boards faster because there is less resistance (in theory ).

Reduced Nose Area (RNA)
the RNA looks kind of strange compared to other boards but it has a purpose. The RNA will make the boards:
- Less vulnerable for wind lift because there is little surface to get grip on.
- Less vulnerable for chop and small side waves.

Starboard is also trying to fix this problem by reducing the thickness of the nose.

Extended water line
The extended water line introduces the these advantages:
- better planing in the beginning and this feature will give you more acceleration
- It will improve the planing through wind holes and gust.

The extended water line will go hand in hand with the RNA. In the earlier years light wind boards were very long and slim boards like the F2 Thommen 305. These boards worked really well with light winds but when the wind became stronger the handling decreased (and because of that, the speed).

In my opinion Angulo is answering common design problems and creates nice compromises with these concept. We will have to see how good they work in the PWA World Tour.

Check out the video yourself:

What is your view on the new Angulo Magnun slalom boards?

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10 golden slalom tuning tips

Maarten — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:40:39 +0000

It doesn’t matter if it’s wave, freestyle, race or slalom, when you go out windsurfing your sail trim is important. Especially when speed is a big factor, then it’s even more important. Point-7 published 10 golden slalom tuning tips to get your trim right.

Do you have great tuning tips to get your windsurfing sails ready? Share it with us in the comments!

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Maui Sails on track!

Maarten — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:51:25 +0000

Josh Angulo has won the second slalom round during the PWA World Tour in Sylt. The wave windsurfer is actively involved in the slalom discipline since this year and he already shows what he is capable of. Here is a video report from the Maui Sails team.

Josh Angulo winning 2nd round of Slalom on PWA World Cup Sylt from MauiSails.com on Vimeo.

Maui Sails was also kicking ass at the Dutch Nationals. All windsurfers in the top 4 were using the Maui Sails TR-4. Here are the results:

1.Dennis Littel (F2 FX Z / Maui Sails)
2.Marc de Jong (F2 FX Z / Maui Sails)
3.Dirk Doppenberg (F2 FX Z / Maui Sails)
4.Markus Bouwman (F2 FX IV / Maui Sails)

Source: mauisails.com

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