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en : PWA Irish Wave Grand Prix
Californian Kevin Pritchard was crowned World Wavesailing Champion 2002 this afternoon (Thursday 10th October) in Brandon Bay, Co. Kerry. The PWA Irish Wave Grand Prix event, presented by Bord Fáilte, has been the climax of a hectic world wave tour where windsurfing’s elite athletes have fought for the world champion title and a prize fund of (…)
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en : PWA Irish Wave Grand Prix
While competition judges, organizers and spectators hoped to get The Irish Wave Grand Prix off to a start, another day without wind forced competitors to head off in search of some different sporting action. Kevin Pritchard (Gaastra, Bic) and brother Matt (Gaastra, AHD) headed off to the local surf break "Garywilliam", where they got in some (…)
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en : PWA Irish Wave Grand Prix
Following a positive forecast for today, Tuesday, judges had high hopes of finally kicking off The Irish Wave Grand Prix, which is presented by Bord Fáilte. It had been expected that if winds reached a predicted force 4 in a south/ southwesterly direction, the final leg of the Wave World Tour would go ahead today. However, it just wasn’t to be.
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en : PWA Irish Wave Grand Prix
"Too close to call" is how many of the competitors are viewing this year’s Wave World Tour. The final event of the season, The Irish Wave Grand Prix, has yet to kick off with any of the heats, but weather forecasters are expecting an improvement in windsurfing conditions over the next couple of days. Today light southerly winds prevailed with (…)
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en : PWA Irish Wave Grand Prix
Brandon Bay became a sea of color today as 67 contestants for this year’s PWA Irish Wave Grand Prix, which is presented by Bord Fáilte, descended upon the beach to check out conditions for today’s windsurfing competition. Following mixed weather forecasts, the judges were out early surveying wind levels and direction. As it was, everyone was (…)
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en : Sylt PWA Grand Slam
The weathermen must be in conspiracy with Kevin Pritchard (Bic/Gaastra) ! Antoine Albeau (AHD/Neil Pryde) must be thinking, "What else do I have to do, make a sacrifice to the wind gods ?" Antoine sailed an impeccable regatta with no premature starts, no disqualifications, three first places, one second, third and fourth, and two fifths. His (…)
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en : Sylt PWA Grand Slam
A Light and variable breeze teased the racers this morning as we waited for it to settle down to the northwest direction and build to suitable conditions. The situation remained the same until 2 O’clock this afternoon when a steadier 7 to 14 knots was registering at the start boat drawing the men out first to catch up with the women’s race (…)
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en : Sylt PWA Grand Slam
Frenchman Antoine Albeau (AHD/Neil Pryde) banked yet another victory here in Westerland after coming from behind with a little gamesmanship from countryman Xavier Huart (Mistral/North) over a second placed Kevin Ponichtera (F2/Arrows) and Levi Siver (F2/North). Dutchmen Peter Bijl (JP/Neil Pryde) and big Ben van der Steen (Fanatic/Neil Pryde) (…)
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en : Sylt PWA Grand Slam
Rain was the alarm call this morning but by the time skippers meeting was underway for the wave sailors at 10 a.m. the skies had cleared. The swell was similar to yesterday, so almost enough for wave competition were it not for a distinct lack of wind. All hold again for the wave sailors, time to take up positions in the dunes and get ready to (…)
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en : Sylt PWA Grand Slam
Another different picture greeted the sailors on Wednesday morning at the 8.30 skippers meeting. The swell has increased but last nights strong winds have backed off just too much to put the wave sailors on the water. Some of the keener competitors did however manage a little dawn patrol action to stretch the muscles and clear the head.
