Monthly Archives: January 2013

News

Boardseeker Podcast BWA 2012 Highlights

Alfie Hart has been working his magic again, this time releasing a highlights reel from the BWA 2012 action. Watch out for some previously unseen...

Boardseeker Podcast BWA 2012 Highlights
Features

New Blood at Newburgh

It is always fantastic to hear about people and clubs bringing fresh faces into windsurfing and the Windsurf Club, based in Newburgh, are doing just...

New Blood at Newburgh
News

RIP Andy 'Buzz' Buchanan

It is with incredible sadness we recently learnt that Andy ‘Buzz’ Buchanan lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday 29th January. Loved by many in...

RIP Andy 'Buzz' Buchanan
News

ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami

Thursday 31st January Things are hotting up in Miami as the quarter final stage of competition is reached. The top ten from each fleet now go forward...

ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami
News

Seafarer Broaden Their Offering at Nikiana Beach Club

Beach Club and flotilla specialist Seafarer have introduced a fast track RYA Dinghy Instructor course at their Nikiana Beach Club, located in the village of...

Seafarer Broaden Their Offering at Nikiana Beach Club
People

Champions of 2012: Alfie Hart

In 2012 the amateur fleet of the BWA was hotly contested, with an ever improving level of windsurfing on show and a great increase in...

Champions of 2012: Alfie Hart
News

UKSA Instructors in the Making and Job Opportunity

It looks like the latest group of future windsurfing instructors are having a great time, despite the cold, with Sam Ross in Cowes. If you’re...

UKSA Instructors in the Making and Job Opportunity
News

Who Needs Straps?

Point7 catch up with their inspiring team rider, Bart David, who following injury now shreds WITHOUT footstraps! In the 90’s, there was a young wave sailor...

Who Needs Straps?
Product

Video: New North Warp

NorthSails present their race winning slalom sails for 2013.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7PNPF8k7Rs Sails designed to win PWA slalom races have different requirements in the different sizes: 1. Large sizes need to...

Video: New North Warp
News

Coaching with Ross Williams

PWA racing star Ross Williams will be on hand at two coaching weekends, to get you ready for the racing season or just tune up...

Coaching with Ross Williams
News

Zara Davis Celebrates

Zara Davis is, and rightly so, still celebrating her speed world record that she set recently in Luderitz. Innovative ways of marking achievements are always...

Zara Davis Celebrates
Technique

How To Forward Loop by Ant Baker

Following the ‘My First Forward Loop’ feature last week, Ant Baker now joins Boards to give an in-depth video technique for the same move. The...

How To Forward Loop by Ant Baker
News

Video: Ant Baker Slalom Session

Ant Baker steps out in the cold onto his new slalom set up, training for the up coming BSA season the 2012 champ is looking...

Video: Ant Baker Slalom Session
News

SAS Big Spring Beach Clean

SAS present their next event, the Big Spring Beach Clean 2013. Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is calling on coastal communities to get involved with the SAS Big Spring...

SAS Big Spring Beach Clean
News

Video: Valentine Surprise from Point7

Point7 have just introduced a Valentines special offer, where you can use the code: SVCD1302 to get something extra special for your loved one this February...

Video: Valentine Surprise from Point7
Features

What the Tag?

The new look Boards website has now been live for over a year and is filling up fast with news and features about UK windsurfers,...

What the Tag?
News

Videos: Snow and Ice Surfing

Some more ice surfing action! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vcB2RIUknU ______________________________________________________________ We’re not sure if these guys actually made it out, with the sea so icy it could be pretty tricky, but...

Videos: Snow and Ice Surfing
News

Video: Secret Speed

Pierre Mortefon shows us a nice view of this secret speed spot, The Line. We’d love to find out where it is, looks like the...

Video: Secret Speed
News

Video: Max Rowe in Brazil

Produced by Josh Wilmot, this latest video of Max Rowe is definitely worth a watch. A soothing soundtrack, mixed with high adrenaline moves, this video...

Video: Max Rowe in Brazil
News

Top News This Week

We will start this week’s round up with the most recent and possibly most exciting news of the week: Red Bull Storm Chase is coming...

Top News This Week
News

Sportif Infinity Offer

Sportif ‘Infinity’ Board Hire Deal Jeri & 25% OFF hotel prices! Windsurf Board Hire Special Offer to Jericoacoara, Brazil Pay for one day, play as long as you...

Sportif Infinity Offer
Technique

My First Forward Loop

Following  yesterday’s feature ‘My First Carve Gybe’  Boards now present stories of the next mile stone move in many windsurfers lives, the forward loop. Find...

My First Forward Loop
News

SWA: Next Wave Event Hotting Up!

If you hadn’t already heard 2013 kicks of with the 2nd event in the SWA PuraVida wave series hosted by Plymouth University! 8th-10th February Both Plymouth and Exeter University...

SWA: Next Wave Event Hotting Up!
News

Gallery: El Medano Action

The head of Point7, PWA racer Andrea Cucchi, is well known for maximising his time on the water, always working on new developments for his...

Gallery: El Medano Action
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