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Racing inshore | Persico 69F
Youth Foiling Gold Cup: Team Argentina wins first act of four
The 69F swapped the cool mountain water of Lake Garda for the sultry seas of Miami’s Biscayne Bay with the opening act of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup last week, and by all accounts it was a brilliant success. The first act of four in the 2022 season that splits events between the United States and Europe saw a mix of American, European (...) -
Racing | Kitefoil
KiteFoil World Series : Axel Mazella and Poema Newland crowned champions of the 2021 season
Axel Mazella and Poema Newland have become champions of Gran Canaria, the fifth and final event of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series. Both French riders have also been crowned champions of the 2021 season. For Mazella, this is his third World Series title to go with his victories in 2017 and 2019. For Newland, her maiden victory in the Series is (...) -
Racing | Windsurfing
PWA World Cup: Offringa, Mortefon, Goyard and Vrieswijk crowned 2021 world champions
The 2021 SOMWR Movement 10 x Marignane PWA Grand Slam, presented by Greentech Festival, saw the best windsurfers in the world congregate in Le Jaï & Carro for the world title showdowns. Unfortunately the wind God’s weren’t really on our side over the last 10 days, which meant that results weren’t gained in racing or the (...) -
World Surf League
WSL 2021 Championship Tour: Gabriel Medina (BRA) and Carissa Moore (HAW) are the undisputed 2021 WSL Champions
Carissa Moore (HAW) and Gabriel Medina (BRA) are the undisputed 2021 World Surf Surf #Surf League (WSL) Champions after defeating Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) and Filipe Toledo (BRA) today in their respective Title Matches at the Rip Curl WSL Finals. It was an exhilarating day of surfing at the first-ever, one-day winner-take-all event in (...) -
Racing | Windsurfing
2021 Slalom Worlds : Great Britain’s Jenna Gibson and the Croatian Enrico Marotti crowned in Paros
With almost no slalom events this season and the not so easy traveling circumstances, Paros has now made its stamp as a world class slalom destination after producing outstanding racing conditions throughout the entire event from light to medium to strong and super strong winds. All of this with thanks to the great sponsors such as to Excelon, (...) -
Racing | GWA
Wingfoil Race European Championship 2021 : Olivia Piana (FRA) and Francesco Cappuzzo (ITA) took main titles
With the promise of finishing two more rounds, it was still all to play for on the last day of the GWA Wingfoil Wingfoil Race European Championship. In the morning, Lake St. Moritz greeted us with the usual reflection of its beautiful surroundings. This may well have gone unnoticed by our competitors however, who with the end of the event (...) -
Inshore Racing | Olympics
Tokyo 2020 : China wins gold in Women’s Windsurfer, France silver, Great Britain bronze
With the Medal Race counting for double points, the gap between these three athletes was negligible. Lu went into the Medal Race wearing the gold bib, holding a four point edge over Emma Wilson (GBR), who was just two points in front of Charline Picon (FRA). -
Olympics | Tokyo 2020
Carissa Moore, Italo Ferreira Earn Historic First Olympic Gold Medals in Surfing
After three days of fierce competition in everything from waist-high wedges to overhead typhoon surf Surf #Surf , reigning World Surf Surf #Surf League (WSL) Champions Carissa Moore and Italo Ferreira have won the first-ever Olympic gold medals for surfing. -
Imoca Medallia
Vendée Globe 2020: Pip Hare first British skipper crossed the line in 19th place
British solo skipper Pip Hare, 47, fulfilled the dream that she has held since she was a teenage sailor in her native East Anglia, England when she crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race at 00:57:30 hrs UTC on the 12th February, emerging from a bitterly cold Bay of Biscay night off Les Sables (...) -
Windsurfing
PWA Announces Equal Prize Money Structure for Men and Women
The Professional Windsurfers Association is pleased to announce that the PWA World Tour will become the latest sporting arena to introduce equal amounts for prize winners in the men’s and women’s fleets at its events. Building on the achievements of events like the Gran Canaria PWA World Cup, which has provided fully equal prize (...)
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