Hiking through the trees.

Pristine Snow

Posted Posted in Travel

A break from turquoise waters to pristine snow! Life is good! Last week I had a chance to join a group of 12 friends on a ski trip in the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area in the Wallowa Mountains. We camped at 2300m in yurts and skied pristine powder. The trip started with a 3km tow […]

Windsurfing on Aruba. Hard to beat Aruba's water colours! Photo by Armando Goedgedrag.

Mexico, Avalanches and Aruba

Posted Posted in Latest News, Training, Travel

After a few days of resting, hanging out with the family and eating Christmas food at home in Canada I flew to windsurf a popular winter destination for North Americans; La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico. I’ve never seen as many kitesurfers in my life as in La Ventana! Turns out it’s such a popular place […]

Tapioca for breakfast

The Jeri Routine

Posted Posted in Training, Travel

***Don’t forget to scroll below the galleries to see a few video clips! Over 24 months of my life has been spent in Jericoacoara. Why so much? I love both the daily routine Jeri life, and the other attractions the town and surrounding area offer. A routine day is wake-up, breakfast, windsurf, lunch, windsurf, dinner, […]

Phil Soltysiak windsurfing mid-heat in Sylt, Germany. Photo by John Carter

Cappuccinoed in Sylt

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I got “Cappuccinoed” in Sylt, and it was fun 99% of the time. The fun times started in the 2nd round of the single elimination, the round of 32. I was up against long time friend Max Rowe from England – we roomed together on Isla Margarita a couple winters. He’s a solid sailor and […]

Phil Soltysiak slalom windsurfing in the Gorge - Photo by Bob Stawicki

Storms and Fires

Posted Posted in Equipment, Travel

It’s not due to lack of content that I haven’t had a blog update for a month now. So what’s been keeping me away from sitting down and and opening the laptop? Firing winds, forest fires, coast trips, sick days, mountain biking, chasing Jose, flying to Germany and forgetting my password. …just kidding about the […]

Phil Soltysiak jibing in front of San Francisco. Photo by Lyrah Colvin.

2017 US Nationals

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After the Fuerteventura PWA World Cup I flew into Portland, somehow getting away with checking in all my board bags for free, and drove down for the US Nationals which were held on the East side of San Francisco Bay, at a launch called Berkeley Marina. The US Nationals consist of 3 disciplines, course racing, […]

Soltysiak Shaka coming into the beach. Photo by PWA/Carter

13th at PWA Fuerte

Posted Posted in Competition, Latest News

After 5 days of competition and a full double elimination I managed to finish the PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam in 13th place. This past week Fuerte delivered some of the best conditions we’ve ever had. The wind was blowing over 30 knots side to side-off. The tides were extreme, flooding the lagoon and even the […]