For the first time in the ASP World tour, a rookie has won the championship. Stephanie Gilmore, 19 yo, wins the 2007 ranking ahead of Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich and Silvana Lima from Brazil.
Swiss skipper double winner of the round the world race : Bernard Stamm has entered in the legendary history of offshore racing. He has won two solo round the word races with stop-overs as did before him Philippe Jeantot and Christophe Auguin. Stamm is then the SeaSailSurfer of April 2007.
But it is not the end of his programm as Bernard Stamm nevers stops. It was his last competition aboard the famous Pierre Rolland design Open 60. Now he is getting the helm of Jean-Pierre Dick’s first Farr designed Open 60. With this new boat, he will enter in november in the Barcelona World Race, a two-handed round the world race… And one year later, he will make his come-back in the Vendée Globe. Yes, three round the world races in a row ! That’s Bernard Stamm.
689 votes made the SeaSailsurfers of 2010. The male winner is Thomas Ruyant, winner of the Route du Rhum in Class40. He did it one year after his win in the solo Transat 650. And he is so popular he wins the title of SeaSailSurfer of the year ahead of the funboarder Antoine Albeau (Sailor of the year for the french federation) and ahead of (…)
Jeremy Flores has won the Billabong Pipe Master, the last event of the 2010 ASP World Tour. Defaiting Kelly Slater in the semis, is the first European surfer to win this great event, the first french to win an event in the ASP circuit. He is the SeaSailSurfer of December.
Don’t you have a feeling of dejà-vu ? Thomas Ruyant, hands up, with his fetish hat, arriving as a winner in a solo race ? Transat 650 2009 ? Yes. One yer after his win in the Mini-Transat, he has won the Route du Rhum. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
On said kitesurfing is not sailing. Other said the Luderitz Speed Challenge’ spot is not deep enough. But the channel in Namibia is a fixed place with 500 meters marks and is more than 80 cm deep. When kitesurfers and windsurfers sail there, there are truly in the spirit of the original Weymouth and Brest Speed Weekds. Their records are not (…)
Russell Coutts, the boss of the american Defender, BMW Oracle Racing, has made younger the older sport trophy of the world. As the competition will be sailed aboard wingsailed catamarans, he made the trophy, and sport sailing competition, entering the third millenary. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
August 2010 was rich in events and performances. Many SeaSailSurfers made great performances. We will however retain Bertrand Delesne’s run in the second leg of race to the Azores. On his mini, he covered 304,90 miles in 24 hours. He is SeaSailSurfer of the month !
Dennis Conner (left) and Nautica’s David Chu greet the press in front of the New York Yacht Club in New York City, where Team Dennis Conner unveiled its 79-foot America’s Cup challenger Stars & Stripes.
David Chu, founder, chief creative officer and vice-chairman of Nautica, has announced the official apparel sponsorship of Stars & Stripes, the entry of Team Dennis Conner and the New York Yacht Club in the America’s Cup 2003 challenge. Nautica is a leading global fashion and lifestyle company, with products ranging from men’s, women’s and (…)
L’Américain Kelly Slater, six fois champion du monde de Surf, a obtenu une nouvelle wild card de l’ASP, l’Association des Surfers professionnels, pour participer aux épreuves du championnnat du monde 2002. Il fera son retour sur la côte d’Or australienne au mois de mars prochain, lors du Quiksilver Pro.
Steve Fossett, age 57, of Chicago, Ill., and Cory Sertl, age 42, of Rochester, N.Y., today were named 2001 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year, respectively. A panel of sailing journalists selected the two accomplished sailors for this year’s distinction from a short list of six nominees for the Rolex Yachtsman and five nominees for the (…)
On friday 11th, the members of Le Défi, the french team for the America’s Cup 2003 have presented their new main sponsor : the group Areva, which includes Cogema and Framatome, two big nuclear companies.
After ten weeks of polling and 422 votes, the visitors of SeaSailSurf.com have elected Yannick Bestaven as the SeaSailSurfer of the year 2001. He finishes ahead of Bernard Stamm by three votes and Yves Parlier by 111.
Après dix semaines de vote et 422 suffrages exprimés, les visiteurs de SeaSailSurf.com ont élu Yannick Bestaven comme SeaSailSurfer de l’année 2001. Il devance de trois voix Bernard Stamm et de 111 Yves Parlier.
Le Nautor Challenge qui a inscrit deux bateaux dans cette course autour du monde avec Amer Sports One (skipper : Grant Dalton) et Amer Sports Too (skipper : Lisa McDonald – équipage féminin) a annoncé ce matin à Auckland que Paul Cayard embarquait sur Amer Sports One pour la 4e étape, Auckland – Rio, dont le départ sera donné le 27 janvier (…)
Du 13 au 16 juillet, la ville de Brest va vivre au rythme de la Course Cutty Sark des Grands Voiliers. Dès aujourd’hui, plusieurs bateaux ont confirmé leur participation, à l’image du Sedov, du Mutin, de l’Etoile ou bien encore du Rara-Avis.