Although generally the fall is decent for windsurfing in Southern Ontario, these last couple weeks have been below average. I still managed to squeeze in 5 days of windsurfing at some of the classic spots around here including: Sherkston Shores on Lake Erie, the Toronto Windsurfing Club at Cherry Beach on Lake Ontario, and both […]
Or is it?… I just got home to Toronto from 4 weeks of chasing wind up and down the Columbia River Gorge and it’s probably the hottest day I’ve experienced all summer – 42 degrees here in Canada! That’s 107.6 Fahrenheit in American 😉 Four weeks is my record for how long I stayed in Hood […]
Checking in my windsurf gear for free has become a norm for me! This was my 2nd check-in in a row with a ton of gear and taking it all for free. Leaving Fuerteventura I lucked out and the employee working the ticket desk didn’t show up for work, so the airline was not charging […]
The PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam opened up with a bang as gusts to 40 knots greeted us riders on the first day. Classic Playa Sotavento conditions continued into days 2 and 3 in which we completed the first single elimination where I placed 4th, followed by the double elimination where I dropped down to 5th. […]
The lead up to the PWA Fuerteventura Grand Slam. What’s it gonna take to win? Who’s hot? And live scoring. 2 weeks of warming up in Fuerteventura, and 2 weeks of sailing 4.5 or smaller. Sotavento has been delivering strong winds, but also very difficult conditions. This is nothing new, as the competition here at […]
The Gorge Beach Bash sponsored by Sailworks was held June 24th – 26th in Hood River, OR. The event featured freestyle, slalom racing, tandem racing and freeride. Friday and Saturday saw good conditions to run all disciplines, and the awards were held on Sunday morning when it was obvious no wind would materialize. I participated in […]
The beauty of windsurfing competitions is no matter how you finish, at least you were on the water windsurfing. Well, as long as it’s windy. Lucky for me I arrived early for both the Pistol River and Rio Vista events and got some great days before the events started. I’m glad I arrived 2 days […]
Sorry I can’t fill you in on the big project I’ve been working on the last 2 weeks with Max Matissek, you’ll have to check our your local windsurfing magazine in the next few months to see that… Besides those secret adventures, I’ve been cruising in my rented Escape Campervan and windsurfing a lot. I […]
Everything truly is bigger in Texas. Big sails, big boards, big fins, big gear bags and a big event. The 2016 US Windsurfing Nationals held down in Corpus Christi was a great event with 50+ competitors. Not only were the best US windsurfers there, but also top racers representing Turkey, France (Martinique), England and of course […]
112kgs it said on my luggage sticker. That should be enough to cover any wind and weather Podersdorf throws at me I thought. Podersdorf is a small town on Lake Neusiedl, not far from the capital Vienna, and host of the annual “Surf World Cup”; the first PWA World Tour event of 2016. I windsurfed well […]