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It’s never really been out of use in Australia. The Australian manufacturer of the Windsurfer One Design (Windgenuity, Sydney) reports interest from Italy and the USA.
Since its early years in the mid-eighties, when windsurfing greats like Robby Naish and Bjorn Dunkerbeck raced in Aruba year after year, the Aruba Hi-Winds has remained one of the biggest names in windsurfing events in the Caribbean, including freestyle windsurfing and Kiteboarding.
Bonaire windsurf pro, Elton “Taty” Frans raced from Bonaire to Curacao on March 29. He successfully beat the previous record of 4 hours by arriving in Jan Thiel 2 hours and 15 minutes after departing BOPEC in Bonaire.
Last Thursday night, sailing history was made when Macquarie Innovation powered down the 500-meter course at Sandy Point, Australia at an average speed of 50.43 knots.
Phil McGain, MauiSails product Manager and former Professional Boardsailors Association (PBA) Racing World Champion will be stepping off his Windsurf Board and into Ironman Germany for his first Ironman race come July 5th.
At this year's RYA Volvo Dinghy Show, Weymouth-based Tomahawk Foils will unveil its Tomahawk foil, the surface running, ventilated hydrofoil it has invented and patented for both sailing and powered watercraft.