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  • James' Blog: Something Big and Amazing
    I think there's something big and amazing going on with the sport of windsurfing now. It has to do with good competitions and events being organized at all levels around the world, and the collective stoke of the windsurfers involved being creatively channeled and magnified through a maturing "new media" network of photographers and filmmakers, bloggers, websites, etc...
    2010-07-28 16:30:20 | 43 views | 0 Comments
  • Hudson Windsurfer: The River Has Other Plans
    Today was going to be my first return to the Hudson after my foray into beach sailing in Cape Cod. Cape Cod had been pretty good to me. I had sailed out in the swells of Corn Hill beach pretty successfully, with not too many spills, so I was ready to go back to my home front and conquer the Hudson yet again...
    2010-07-26 07:28:03 | 82 views | 1 Comments
  • James' Blog: Brush with Bonnie
    Tropical storm Bonnie was pretty mellow as far as tropical storms go, but it brought some fun windsurfing conditions to Fort Pierce, Florida on July 23rd. I caught a session in the morning when the wind was from the Northeast...
    2010-07-25 19:49:47 | 67 views | 0 Comments
  • Help us pick the next WINDSURFING cover!
    Want to weigh in on what’s going to be on the next cover of WINDSURFING? Head on over to WINDSURFING's Facebook page to register your vote!
    2010-07-23 16:41:19 | 97 views | 0 Comments
  • Lost In Hatteras: !!!!
    Oh, Man, Oh Man! !!!!! What a whirlwind couple of weeks! I'm so stoked, I can barely contain myself! First, I need to apologize for not updating the blog, and not sending out those free Weather Alert Emails that I usually stay pretty on top of...
    2010-07-23 11:35:59 | 353 views | 10 Comments
  • Still classsic after all these years
    Normal 0 What can be said about the San Francisco Classic and Ultra Nectar Challenge that hasn’t been said before? The longest running long distance windsurfing race in some of the toughest conditions imaginable! A 40+ mile trek taking the formula boards and kiters (for the past 5 years) out the golden gate and 8 times across the SF Bay, down to the bottom of the Berkeley pier for the SF Classic and back the the StFYC for the UN Challenge...
    2010-07-22 10:44:51 | 18 views | 0 Comments
  • Peconic Puffin: Windsurfing on TV Tonight
    Tonight on USA, if you should turn on the dippy "Royal Pains" (which follows the exploits of a doctor serving the uber-rich in in the Hamptons) you can catch some of the Long Island fleet in the background (catch a few seconds in the video promo...
    2010-07-22 10:39:41 | 188 views | 0 Comments
  • Hudson Windsurfer: A Family Vacation, With Windsurfing
    One of the toughest things to balance sometimes is windsurfing with the rest of your family life
    2010-07-20 07:12:43 | 29 views | 1 Comments
  • Peconic Puffin: My Wife's Latest Speed Sailing Accessory
    Ladies love their new shoes. My wife Sally grabbed some brand new Pro Limit booties (the "Global Series") fresh from the windsurfing store and took them for their maiden stompage at Napeague last Sunday, as a gang of us (Lili, Wilson, Dana, Andy, Sally and I) made the most of an afternoon thermal...
    2010-07-19 17:11:40 | 173 views | 0 Comments
  • 2010 Canadian Masters Windsurfing Championships
    Be part of the action and bring the entire family when the 2010 Canadian Masters Windsurfing Championships kick off August 6-8, 2010, on Wabigoon Lake in Dryden, Ontario.
    2010-07-16 16:26:59 | 157 views | 0 Comments
  • Best Overall Light-Air Windsurf Boards 2010
    Find out which four windsurfing boards scored best overall in WINDSURFING's 2010 Light-Air Windsurf Board Tests.
    2010-07-16 15:55:48 | 1337 views | 3 Comments
  • What It's Like To Sail 60 Knots
    Think 60 knots is too much to sail? Not for 140-pound Hawaiian waterman Kai Lenny. Despite the fact that he’s still in the welterweight class, he charged a nuking south shore Maui day and not only survived but thrived...
    2010-07-16 15:43:52 | 348 views | 2 Comments
  • Are Sailors Safe From Sharks?
    Sharks are out there almost any time we’re sailing in salt water. And just because you’re not dangling your feet like a prone surfer doesn’t mean you’re not at risk.
    2010-07-16 15:36:18 | 985 views | 7 Comments
  • 6 Fundamental Freestyle Windsurfing How Tos
    Freestyle windsurfing is impressive, but for many recreational sailors the idea of trying it is intimidating. Get started on the basics with these fundamental freestyle windsurfing how tos...
    2010-07-16 13:54:54 | 1703 views | 0 Comments
  • How To Do A Vulcan
    In this windsurfing how to, learn how to do a Vulcan, which is the gateway to a number of freestyle windsurfing tricks. In essence, you are stalling the sail so that body and rig can go around 180 degrees and the sail is now technically out in front of you...
    2010-07-16 13:13:00 | 231 views | 0 Comments