Monday, 21 May 2012

Vasco Ribeiro has conquered the Gran Canaria Santa Pro Junior, at Playa de la Cicer, Las Palmas. The defending champion re-claimed his crown today in fantastic fashion, dominating the final against Vicente Romero from Spain. Last year's ASP Europe ranked 3rd surfer takes an early lead on the 2012 Title race and will have a great advantage with his win today. At only 18 years old, Ribeiro who already proved himself on the international stage, becomes the European force to reckon with....
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Friday, 18 May 2012

Webber Wave Pools have unveiled proof of concept of the artificial surfing formula that generates continuously breaking waves around a central island. Greg Webber, the visionary behind a project that kicked off in 2002, has shared a few photos of the perfect flawless waves on the official Facebook page. Webber Wave Pools released three common configurations that may be used in the first commercial license of the Australian surf park idea. The first one is a 75-meter wave pool which...
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Monday, 21 May 2012

Winners have been crowned at the O'Neill Kiteboard World Cup 2012, with winds blowing at 15-17 knots from the NNE direction, in the final day of competition. There were Freestyle and Race titles to deliver at The Hague, Holland. Kevin Langeree and Ewan Jaspan took center stage in front of the judges, throwing down the best maneuvers and most impressive tricks they could showcase. Liam Whaley showed an impressive Front Mobe, Carlos Madson finished a nice S-7, while Sholte, a hometown...
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Saturday, 19 May 2012

When kiteboarding was born a couple of decades ago, you'd think it was inspired by windsurfing, sailing, wakeboarding and surfing. The sport has evolved since the Legaignoux brothers registered the patent in 1985. Kiteboarding has been trying all possible categories and classes. Freestyle, course racing, slalom, waves, speed and other variations, for example, with kickers in flat water lakes. Dave Scott is one of the most prolific skimboarders in the world. The Floridian...
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

The Venezuelan Sailing Federation has expressed its disagreement with the vote and decision made by Teresa Lara, their representative in the ISAF, so that kiteboarding makes it to the 2016 Olympic Games, instead of windsurfing. The official statement criticizes Lara for changing the overall position made by the Venezuelan Sailing Federation. "The Venezuelan government has invested time and money in preparing the class and as a result, our athlete Daniel Flores has classified for London...
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Monday, 14 May 2012

Yehuda Maayan, chairman of the Israel Sailing Association, believes that national delegates didn't realize what they were voting for, at the ISAF meeting that decided that kiteboarding would be in the 2016 Olympic Games, instead of windsurfing. "The delegates were probably confused or didn't understand the motion fully because of language difficulties, or some may have been napping at the presentations and then cast their votes without realizing the implications," Yehuda Maayan said. "The...
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Sammy Morrentino is the bodyboarder under the spotlight at the 2012 Science Bodyboard Hawaii Regional Tour. The final event was surfed in great wave conditions, at Shipwrecks. The stoke was in the air as the frothing youth from around the state battled it out for free entry to the US Open event and free airfare to the Sandy Beach Pro/Am in July.The prestigious Open division was clearly dominated by Sammy "The Mercat" Morrentino, who had a stiff competition from runner up Kahekili...
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Monday, 14 May 2012

The newly formed European Bodyboarding Centre will be teaching bodyboarding instructors, in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Alex Allen is the man behind the first course of its genre in Europe. He has surfed all over the world for the past 22 years and will be forming new boogie instructors for the professional circuit. The training manager holds a post-graduate degree in teaching and is also an experienced surf lifesaving trainer, surf lifeguard course and first aid qualifications.
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