Windsurfing News
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Jim Drake, the co-inventor of the "Windsurfer" and father of modern windsurfing, has passed away at 83. The North American aeronautics engineer improved the early design by Peter Chilvers and Newman Darby.
Jurjen van der Noord has broken the world GPS speed windsurfing records for the average mark in 500 meters and maximum speed in two seconds (50.51 knots/93.54 km/h).
NeilPryde has unveiled the new "Wizard" windsurf sail. The brand has teamed up with the Freestyle world champion Steven van Broeckhoven to design ultimate sail for new school freestyle riding.
"Land." is one of the most ambitious windsurf movies ever planned. Jan-Willem van Ewijk and a team of filmmakers want to produce a fiction feature film about a young Moroccan windsurfer who sets out on an epic journey along the Moroccan Atlantic coast toward Europe.
Kai Lenny has successfully completed the cross of Lake Michigan in the USA in two hours and 30 minutes.