#437 SEPTEMBER 2024

WINDSURF MAGAZINE #437 SEPTEMBER 2024

Dreams: Fuerteventura PWA Freestyle & Racing; Olympic Heartbreak For Emma Wilson & Sam Sills; Thomas Traversa’s Transition; Duotone Young Guns in South France; Flo Jung Shares his Ultimate Safety Checklist; 25 Years of Harry Nass; Tenerife PWA Report & Peter Hart’s Wave Masterclass.

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Cover Victor Fernandez slicing through a Hookipa lip!

Photo John Carter

 

BIG JUICY READS

 

TRANSITIONING
Big wave guru, Thomas Traversa discusses a potential midlife crisis, winning the PWA Wave World Championship and Red Bull Storm Chase in the same year, and the implications of sailing Nazaré.

 

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES
Candid reflections by Emma Wilson & Sam Sills after two heroic efforts at the Paris Olympic Games, who did themselves and Team GB proud, but narrowly missed out on their dreams.

 

FUERTEVENTURA – MAKING THE SWITCH
Over five days of brutal racing, some of the world’s best sailors tried to conquer switching between Foil Slalom and Slalom X. We hear from a selection of top sailors about how they coped…

 

FUERTEVENTURA FREESTYLE SHOWDOWN
Sotavento provided the world’s best Freestylers with the ultimate all-around test as they had to deal with anywhere from relatively light 20-knot winds to howling 40-knot offshore winds in their opening event of the year. We hear from the men’s and women’s top three.

 

A MEDITERRANEAN STORM CHASE
John Carter joins a crew of Duotone young guns as they chase an epic forecast in the south of France, where the infamous mistral wind was whipping up a storm.

 

TENERIFE PWA WORLD CUP
The Tenerife PWA World Cup returned for the first time in five years and El Médano reinforced its reputation as one of the best wave sailing spots in Europe. We hear from a selection of the top sailors.

 

THE ULTIMATE CHECKLIST
With Europe’s autumn storms just around the corner, German wave sailor Flo Jung draws upon his years of experience to share with us his ‘Ultimate Checklist’ for a safe and successful windsurf session.

 

25 YEARS OF HARRY NASS
John Carter tracked down Harry Nass who has been running world-class windsurfing centers in Dahab, Egypt since 1999, and more recently Hurghada, to find out how it all started, what makes his centers so special, and how he stays passionate after 25 years in the game.

 

EQUIPMENT GARAGE

 

CATCH UP TEST: LOFTSAILS WAVESCAPE 5M
James Hardy shares his thoughts on the Loftsails Wavescape 5m.

 

TEKKERS

 

PETER HART MASTERCLASS – FIRST TIME WAVE HEADS
Of all the steps in the wave sailing journey, the first one is the hardest. With the help of folk who have recently made that journey, Harty answers the key questions and tilts you in the right direction.

 

BOARDSHORTS

 

LATEST & GREATEST
The best and latest selection of windsurfing news and products.

 

UKWA
Scott Harrison looks ahead to the third UKWA Slalom event of the season, which will take place in Weymouth between 5th and 6th October.

SITTIN’ ON THE DUNNY 

 

EDITORIAL – DREAMS
The ed. discusses whether the current Olympic system finds the best sailor.

 

AFFAIRS OF THE HART – 

THE HAPPINESS DELUSION
Olympic windsurfing. Has the desire for jeopardy trumped fairness?

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