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It’s always great to see a gathering of windsurfers coming together to enjoy our great sport and it’s a bigger to see them all take sail as one community of like minded individuals.  Seeing hundreds of students take to the waves together during the BUCS Windsurf Nationals is quite the sight to see.  The annual event is held Calshot Activities Centre in Southamphton, UK and is the culmination of a years worth of windsurfing events that have close to 300 universities competing from around the United Kingdom.

The collegiate sports event was held April 30th-May 2nd and consisted of conetestants that ranged from amateurs to experts and was focused mainly on freestyle discipline of windsurfing.  Thankfully the weather throughout the windsurf event was almost perfect and made for some great actions throughout the weekend.  For more details on the event and the results of the races check out this link or check out the video below.

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The 2010 PWA Slalom South Korea windsurfing event is currently being held off of Jinha Beach in the heart of South Korea and so far it has been a great success.  The week long event has pulled in professional windsurfers from around the globe all  fighting for top honors at the event.

So far the past 6 days have been filled with fluctuating weather for all the different windsurf races that have been held and we’re still a few more days from the event’s end.  Each windsurfer has been forced to utilize all their skills to fight the elements but also to properly prepare for all possibilities before hand.  Thankfully the folks at Continent Seven have put in a lot of work to cover the whole week’s worth of windsurfing races including windsurf videos, articles, and competitor bios.  For more information about the results of the event please check out this link and one of the videos from the 2010 PWA Slalom South Korea.

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The BWA’s event being held at Brandon Bay in the United Kingdom is almost to a close but the event still has plenty of  windsurfing action to come over the next few days.  Mother nature has tried her best to defeat the dozen of windsurfers that made their way to Brandon Bay for the British Windsailing Association sanctioned event but thankfully the event has gone well thus far.  The event’s races have ranged from professional wind sailors to amateur windsurfers, an all women heat, and even included a race specifically geared towards older windsurfers.  For more details please check out this link.

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Finding a good teacher when first starting to learn how to windsurf can sometimes be a difficult task. You first have to find windsurfing teacher and/or windsurf school that is near your home and a windsurfing teacher that takes your windsurfing skill level into mind when teaching you how to windsurf. Thankfully the folks at ABK Boardsports make the process easier than ever because they’re actually a traveling windsurfing school.

ABK Boardsports uses their over 28 years of experience with windsurfing to hold clinics all across America. Their next event will be held in none other than Long Island, New York on May 21 – May 23 2010. So whether you’re a inexperienced amateur windsurfer looking for windsurf pointers or a seasoned veteran looking to hang around with fellow windsurfers and are in the NY area, please check out this link for full details about the windsurfing clinic event.

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We reported on the Essaouria Wave Classic some time ago and we are happy to say the event just opened its doors to windsurfers from around the world.  The UMI Pictures and Open Ocean Media sponsored event just featured a clip of the windsurfing event on their site and we know this just the tip of the wave of video and pictures that will be relased from the Morocco based event.  Please stay tuned to the Essaouria Wave Classic Invitational homepage for all the details being released from this fantastic windsurfing event.  Below you’ll find the first of many videos that will be coming from UMI and Open Ocean over the next few days.

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As our prior windsurfing blog post spoke about, the 2010 PWA World Tour was kicked off officially with the Podersdorf Event which was held in Australia last week.  The lack of sufficient winds beached windsurfers for almost 5 days straight and they were forced to participate in beach games to pass the time.  Thankfully by day 5 the winds finally picked up and the sailors got up on their windsurf boards and headed out onto the waves to compete for top honors at the event.  Thankfully the folks at the PWA homesite were kind enough to take plenty of action photos from the week long event and they’re all posted here, so please check them out.

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The 2010 UKWA (United Kingdom Windsurfing Association) Freestyle Tour kicked off with a small but great event early last week.  The event was held at Branksome Dene, Poole and pulled in dozens of the UK’s hottest professional, amateur, and youth windsurfers.  Events ranged from slalom to freestyle and unfortunately mother nature chose to put a damper during the start of the races but eventually allowed all the windsurfers to finally get out on the waves and compete for top honors and the huge variety of prizes that were provided by the event’s sponsors.  For more details about the results of the windsurf event please check out this link from the UK Windsurfing Association’s homepage.

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The PWA Tour has official started with the Podersdorf Windsurf World Cup that is currently being held in Australia.  This windsurfing event will bring together the best windsurfers from around the world to compete in kickoff to the 2010 Freestyle Tour.  The event was kicked off on May 1st and will be going on over the next few days and will feature a large variety wind surfing events that will include freestyle, races, and plenty of other activities to keep the spectators busy.  Please check out this link on the Fanatic homepage for more information about the event as well as a great interview with champion windsurfer Jose Estredo.

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I for one have always been a fan of Summer Camps and the great value they have in providing experiences that a child wouldn’t ordinarily have in their day to day lives.  Needless to say I was quite happy when I came across the Shake-A-Leg Miami organization and their Water Sports Summer Camp which gives a great focus on kayaks, snorkeling, and windsurfing.  The Summer Camp will focus on proper technique as well as enjoyment in an effort to promote more sports activity in kids across Miami, Florida.

The Shake-A-Leg Miami Water Sports Summer Camp works as an invaluable tool to get kids active and to hone any skills they already have.  The classes are set to mix experience windsurfers, kayakers, and snorkerers with beginners to emphasize teamwork and unity amongst the different skill levels and age groups.  For more details about the organization or how to sign up for any of the many Summer Camps they have to offer please check out this link.

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It is always good to see big names in the windsurfing industry join together for events that look to use their influence to make events that celebrate how great our sport can be.  We recently heard that none other than umi and Open Ocean Media have joined forced to sponser the Essaouira Wave Classic Invitational which will be held off the coast of Essaouira, Morocco on May 10th-20th.  The event will gather some of the best windsurfers and wave riders from around the world and will feature races that will vary across all windsurf disciplines.

Umi will have their cameras recording every bit of the action that will happen to the event and we can’t wait to see all the great footage that’s sure to come out of the event.  For more information please check out this link for the Wave Classic Invitational’s homepage.

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