What Windsurfing Can Do
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt I can't think of another type of sailing that teaches more than windsurfing. How rig rake affects steering. Reacting to sail pressure. The impact of body movement. It all...
View ArticleWindsurfing’s Best at Youth Sailing World Championships
When you return to defend a title there is always pressure, but when you are trying to fill the shoes of a two-time Youth Worlds gold medallist and Olympic bronze medallist there is a different kind of...
View ArticleOlympic Event to Test New Race Format
The RS:X Class, introduced as the board event at the 2008 Olympic Games, will be testing a new regatta format in 2017. In this report, the class explains why and what they will be doing. Following the...
View ArticleTesting New Formats for Olympic Games
While the Princesa Sofía regatta is no longer among the World Cup Series of events, this Spanish event in Mallorca remains a staple for those campaigning toward the Olympic Games. All ten Olympic...
View ArticleUSA selection revised for Youth Sailing World Championship
Portsmouth, RI (May 11, 2017) - US Sailing has revised the athlete selection procedures for American RS:X board sailing athletes aiming to represent the United States at the 2017 Youth Sailing World...
View ArticleOlympic Typhoon at RS:X Worlds
Enoshima, Japan (September 18, 2017) - Typhoon No.18 was scheduled to dominate the headlines on the first day of racing at the 2017 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships, being held on the sailing venue...
View ArticleNight and Day at RS:X Worlds
Enoshima, Japan (September 19, 2017) - After the massive wind shifts and challenging rolling waves from yesterday, day 2 of the RS:X Windsurfing World Championships was widely different to the first...
View ArticleFrustrations at RS:X Worlds
Enoshima, Japan (September 21, 2017) – Day 4 of the 2017 RS:X World Championships being held in Enoshima, Japan saw tight racing in difficult and frustrating conditions. With the majority of sailors in...
View ArticleApplying the Basics at RS:X Worlds
Enoshima, Japan (September 22, 2017) – Consistency was the key for Day 5 of the 2017 RS:X World Championships being held in Enoshima, Japan. Start well, pick the shifts up the first beat, work hard and...
View ArticleThrilling Finals at RS:X Worlds
Enoshima, Japan (September 23, 2017) – Finals day loomed dark, stormy, with the most wind all week at the 2017 RS:X World Championships. In the Women’s and Men’s competition there was little clarity at...
View ArticleWindsurfing as an Olympic Event
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt When the Olympic events were being reviewed after the Rio 2016 Games, I pitched hard for boardsailing. Access and affordability insure broad international participation,...
View ArticleOlympic events under Antitrust review
Following the adoption of World Sailing's new Antitrust Policy in November 2017, World Sailing has now selected the initial Olympic Events which will undergo an antitrust review in 2018. World Sailing...
View ArticleTesting Olympic equipment monopolies
Following the adoption of World Sailing’s new Antitrust Policy in November 2017, equipment to be used at Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Laser, Laser Radial, and RS:X - is being reviewed by World Sailing for...
View ArticleFifty Years of Fun and Function
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt When I was a junior sailor during the 1970s, fleets of Sabots, Lasers, and Lehman 12s crisscrossed the channels of Marina del Rey during our summer evening races. It was a...
View ArticleGlide, fly, and surf the sky
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt While working in the trenches during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the chatter about changes to the Event program filled the hallway. Change was needed, a fact the...
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North American Windsurfing Championships 2018
The 2018 North American Windsurfing Championships held racing for the RS:X, Techno 293, and Techno 293 Plus on May 24-27 in Cancun, Mexico. Mexican sailors dominated the field of 57 competitors,...
View ArticleCountries qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
While the Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 seeks to determine titles in the 10 Olympic classes and two kite fleets, the event is also the first and largest country qualifier for the Tokyo...
View ArticleCurtains close for Sailing World Championships 2018
Aarhus, Denmark (August 12, 2018) - The Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 drew to a close today with the Netherlands on top, France on the rise and Denmark basking in accolades from around...
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Reviewing Equipment for Olympic Windsurfing
The RS:X Class replaced the Mistral One Design Class as the windsurfing equipment for the Qingdao 2008 Olympics, and after being used at three Summer Games, the equipment for the windsurfing event is...
View ArticleFeisty start for RS:X North Americans
Miami, FL (January 22, 2019) - Thirty-six sailors from twelve nations were on Biscayne Bay for three spectacular races for the start of the 2019 RS:X North American Championship. Winds ranging from 20...
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