Windfreaks Season Starts In September
The newly-established Windfreaks Association started, in coordination with Windsurfing Curacao, the new season on Sunday, September 13th with a long distance race on Spanish Waters
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An Antiguan Adventurer Eli Fuller
He learned to windsurf on gear his grandfather bought at a Customs auction, then went to the Seoul Olympics as a schoolboy — trained all year in no wind.
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Windsurfers Come for the 4th Cabarete Classic
It all started in 2006. Native Cabarete windsurfer Pablito Guzman wanted to keep the spirit of windsurfing alive in his home town on the north coast of the DR
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Antoine Questel Wins Big on Intl Windsurfing Circuit
Local St. Barth Windsurfer, Antoine Questel, is setting a high mark throughout the world.
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Highland Springs HIHO Celebrates 25 Years
Junior World Champion Sebastian Kornum of Denmark and Antiguan Eli Fuller won their respective divisions in this years Highland Spring HIHO 2009 event June 28 to July 5
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Slalom Worlds Held in Bonaire
Bonaire was proud to host the premier IFCA Bonaire Slalom World Windsurfing Event July 12-18 in Sorobon. Well known as the windsurf Mecca in the Caribbean
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Ups and Downs at Aruba Hi Winds
All 90 participating windsurfers and 28 kitesurfers found the best wind they could ever imagine on the spot
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Saint Barth’s Tour 2009 Comp for Windsurfers, Cats and Lasers
The first weekend in May, the waters of Saint Barth were busy, not only with the West Indies Regatta, but also with the sixth annual around-the-island competition for windsurfing
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Gordo Rodriguez Promotes 2010 Central American Games
Eddie Rodriguez (Gordo), on the Southwest coast of Puerto Rico embarked on a three day, 45-mile sail from La Parguera, around the Cabo Rojo Lighthouse all the way to Crashboat Beach
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The First Curacao Challenge – A Windsurf Competition for Rookies and Daredevils
The Curaçao Challenge, held over Easter weekend, put Curaçao back on the map as a windsurf destination
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Windsurfer Taty Frans Sets the Bar Higher for Bonaire to Curacao
On March 28, top windsurfer Elton “Taty” Frans from Bonaire sailed from Bonaire to Curaçao in only two hours and fifteen minutes
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The Third Cabarete Classic – the Largest Windsurf Event in the DR
Pablito Guzman has done it again! From July 17th through 20th, Cabarete’s beach in front of Vela was packed with competitors and windsurf lovers alike. For the third consecutive year, the friendly people from Cabarete welcomed windsurfers of all ages, competing in thirteen categories of freestyle heats and slalom and formula races. From the seventy-four…
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Highland Springs HIHO 2008 Results
It’s Thursday morning—midway through the week of windsurfing that is the Highland Spring HIHO—and there are 19 windsurfers out on the water, with winds around 20 knots. They’re all hoping to make it the 22-mile trip from Trellis Bay to Peter Island, but only 12 make it on their own accord. It’s a rough day;…
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Highland Spring HIHO in June: New Classes Sails and Itineraries
The Highland Spring HIHO 2008 is gearing up to take place in the British Virgin Islands June 29 – July 6, when windsurfing racers will compete in class races from one island to the next whilst non-racers follow the route aboard captained Moorings catamarans, which serve as ‘home’ for the week. Introducing a new racing…
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Brian Talma – Windsurf Legend and Beach Culture Guru
Windsurfers and supporters who recently visited windsurf events all over the world had a good chance of running into Brian Talma, the 42 year-old windsurf legend and beach culture guru from Barbados. He simply cannot be ignored. His joy of living and his typical looks immediately catch the eye. It’s his trademark. Born and bred…
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3rd Annual Pro Kids Freestyle Windsurf Worlds in Bonaire – The Biggest The Best
The Pro Kids event held in Bonaire made history August 1 – 5, with 131 participants in this year’s event, organized by the Bonaire Sailing Foundation, making it the world’s biggest freestyle event ever. With 37 participants, Windsurfing Curaçao established another record, being the largest delegation from abroad. The local air carrier Insel Air had…
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Who is Pablito Guzman?
A look into the life of Pablito, the force behind the Cabarete Classic in 2006, founding the event and bringing it to life.
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Cabrete Classic 2007 – What a Few Windsurf Enthusiasts Can Bring About!
The Cabarete Classic was first held in 2006 to keep the spirit of windsurfing alive in the small town by reuniting friends from all over the globe to enjoy the winds of Cabarete together. July 26 – 29, 2007 was the second time Cabarete’s native windsurfer Pablito Guzman stuck his neck out organizing this international…
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Hi-Winds – Fabulous Wind and Kite Surfing in Aruba
Aruba is blessed for windsurfers and kite surfers… during the recent 21st Aruba Hi-Winds competition from June 29 through July 2, the island in the Southern Caribbean proved to have excellent facilities for both water sports, and in fact on the same spot! That spot is the beach at Fisherman’s Huts, a bay just a…
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A Windsurfer’s Week at HIHO
I’ve been wanting to do the HIHO (“Hook In and Hold On”) for over 10 years ever since I learned about it…one of those Top 10 things I needed to check off my list. I came to the British Virgin Islands to challenge and test myself…little did I know how much. The annual Highland Spring…