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Web 99customboards.comWeb99CustomBoards

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

Earlier this summer we mentioned this new board manufacturing enterprise set up by Cesare Cantagalli and Gianni Valdambrini, 99 Custom Boards… This September sees the Italian company launching itself for real, and with it its first edition of its website !Somewhere between custom and production boards, 99 Custom Boards site is another dark and classy production, with plentiful board shape possibilities to study, there being no less than 5 separate ranges of between 5 and 10 boards each !After choosing your preferred model, you can choose the colourway/decoration from a range on offer, then place your order, on line if you wish and if our limited Italian understood properly what was being offered !Another really well constructed and interesting site, 99 Custom Boards is another that’s well worth a visit ! More information : www.99customboards.com
Web RRD 2009RRD2009(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

It’s definitely the season for it, one by one the windsurf manufacturers are launching their new, updated websites and now it’s time for RRD to unveil their 2009 site…Sober and clean, the site retains many similarities in terms of graphics with this year’s with similar, detailed and illustrated product files.A veritable mine of information in fact, the RRD 2009 site allows you to download all the relevant files in Pdf format, same goes for the promo action videos for their board range !As complete a site as you could wish to find, the RRD 2009 site is well worth spending the time to visit and exploring all its features and subtleties… More information : www.robertoriccidesigns.com
People Take Rob Douglas…Luderitz20083(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

By setting a new American sail speed record on the very first day of racing over in Luderitz, Namibia, with 47.639 knots, Rob Douglas also became the 4th fastest all-category sail racing man in the world…Aged 37, Douglas isn’t exactly an unknown in the speedsailing roll of honour, with good reason, seeing as he’s a windsurfer at heart who’s only been converted kitespeeding a few months ago.He was heavily involved, with his brother Jimmy with who he regularly organised events and competitions in the Boston area, in the windsurf world until a couple of years ago, and like a lot of people got involved in kitesurfing too, but had never set feet on a speed sailing board until this June.After encountering Mike Gebhardt last May, who has since become his personal coach, the pair of them have come up with an ambitious plan to beat the world speed sailing record, and have developed an impressive training and development to match. Twice an Olympic windsurf medal winner, Gebhardt goes everywhere with his man and, on his competitive speed sailing debut in July at Fuerteventura in the Canaries, Douglas quickly made his mark with an excellent second place, that’s before the action yesterday over in Namibia that we’ve just heard about today…Clearly a very serious contender for the new absolute record, Douglas should be much in the news over the coming weeks, and if he IS the first to break 50 knots, we’ll console ourselves with the thought that in fact it was a pair of ex-windsurfers that did it…
Web Kauliseadi.brazil.comWebKauliSeadi

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

PWA World Waves Champion 2005 and 2007 and very recently signed up to the NeilPryde/JP Australia team, Brazilian superstar Kauli Seadi has been long overdue a website of his own that measured up to the level of his talent on the water… And now that’s a done deal, since just a few days ago !A bit slow, nut nonetheless well designed, the new site tells you much more about BRA-253, what he’s up to at the moment of course, but also about his work helping young Brazilians by getting them into windsurfing, not forgetting his plans for a windsurfing club… More information : www.kauliseadi.com.br
Transfer Daniel Bruch moves to MFCDanielBruchMFC(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

3rd in the last PWA waves competition at Pozo Izquierdo in the Canaries this summer, Daniel Bruch has just joined the Maui Fin Company (MFC) rider team !Currently lying 8th in the provisional standings before the final wave round in Sylt, Germany, Bruch will be riding with the latest range of harnesses, but will also now be working on the development of their new wave fin range…A great piece of recruitment for the Hawaiian manufacturer, giving them one of the up and coming riders of the year !
People Zubari gets the nod from RenaultShaharZubariRenault(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

Israel’s only medal winner at the recent Olympics, windsurfer Shahar Zubari flew home as soon as the games were over and since, like Gal Fridman 4 years earlier, has become a major star in his country…Only a Bronze perhaps, but his medal is beginning to rub off gold with the young Israeli having been signed up for a forthcoming publicity campaign for Renault in Israel ! Quite apart from the fee of 80,000 Shekels (about 15,000 Euros) he got from the Israeli sailing federation for his great performance, Zubari will be very happy with the 130,000 Shekels he’ll be getting on top from Renault, about 25,000 Euros extra…
The eye of... Boujmaa GuilloulOeilBoujmaaGuilloul(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

With his Black Shot Trick, the new move invented by Moroccan wave riding star Boujmaa Guilloul that we brought you footage of yesterday, the latest wave riding trend is clearly towards double or composite jumps, such as the push loop to front loop invented by Kauli Seadi… Here’s M-3’s explanation of his new trick he’s been working in through the summer."In fact this is a move I’ve been dreaming of since the day I landed my first ever Crazy Pete, but up until this summer I’d never had the courage to really try it. I’m sure I’m not the first one to have had the idea for the move, others must surely have thought of it, but on the day itself photographer Jean Souville was on the beach and there were fantastic waves making great jump ramps !It’s actually not that difficult and you don’t get scared jumping so high because that’s what makes it happen all by itself… No question, there will be other riders doing this move very soon."
WJ TV DVD Wind Legends trailerWJTVWindLegends(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

The Wind Legends DVD - The history of windsurfing, is the latest production from Jonathan Weston, capturing on film from the early period right to the present day the development of windsurfing over the last 30 years...
The end product is a film that is haflway between an official history and a documentary, as you'll see when you check out this excellent and very promising trailer film ! Watch the "DVD Wind Legends" trailer on WJ TV Subscribe to WJ TV flux - The Windsurf Channel on iTunes Store
Competition Great runs in Lüderitz !Luderitz20081(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST

Tuesday was a phenomenal day in Lüderitz/Namibia for the second day of the Lüderitz Speed Challenge. Kitesurfer Rob Douglas (US) goes smoking into the lead, and shatters the previous US speed sailing record with a 47.639 knots run. Once teething troubles were sorted out with equipment on this first day of the Lüderitz Speed Challenge, and everyone had settled into the relentless blast of the wind, there was no end to the high speed runs. Rob Douglas had a great result for a relative newcomer to the international speed sailing scene, although Frenchman Alexandre Caizergues and Sebastien Cattelan are hot on his heels only .33 and .46 knots slower. Windsurfing great Bjorn Dunkerbeck set a personal best times of 44.78 knots, even in slightly broad conditions not perfectly suited to windsurfers.
The Lüderitz Speed Challenge is only into its second day out of a whole month’s sailing, so there will be more records personal, national and international to be broken. Results day 1 (WSSRC ratified)
Rob Douglas : 47,639 knots (kitesurfer)
Alex Caizergues : 47,313 knots (kitesurfer)
Sebastien Cattelan : 47,175 knots (kitesurfer)
Manu Taub : 45,196 knots (kitesurfer)
Christophe Prin-Guenon : 45,112 knots (kitesurfer)
Bjorn Dunkerbeck : 44,779 knots (windsurfer)
Jerome Bila : 43,986 knots (kitesurfer)
Hennie Bredenkamp : 43,807 knots (kitesurfer)
Taro Niehaus : 43,279 knots (kitesurfer)
Benoit Moussilmani : 43,183 knots (windsurfer)

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Web 99customboards.comWeb99CustomBoards

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Web RRD 2009RRD2009(1)

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People Take Rob Douglas…Luderitz20083(1)

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Web Kauliseadi.brazil.comWebKauliSeadi

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Transfer Daniel Bruch moves to MFCDanielBruchMFC(1)

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People Zubari gets the nod from RenaultShaharZubariRenault(1)

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The eye of... Boujmaa GuilloulOeilBoujmaaGuilloul(1)

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WJ TV DVD Wind Legends trailerWJTVWindLegends(1)

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Competition Great runs in Lüderitz !Luderitz20081(1)

Fetched: September 19th, 2008, 2:42pm CEST