Sporty finale for RS:X North Americans
Miami, FL (January 23, 2019) - The second and final day of the RS:X North American Championships continued to serve up sporty conditions with three more races held today in 18 to 22 knots. The wind...
View ArticleDebating future of Olympic windsurfing
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt With decisions to be made as to the Equipment for the 10 Events at the Paris 2024 Olympics, there weren't a lot of surprises at the 2019 World Sailing Mid-Year Meeting....
View ArticleWindsurfing review for Paris 2024
Among the ten events for the Paris 2024 Olympics is Men's and Women's Windsurfing, and a review is underway to determine whether the RS:X equipment, which has served the event since the 2008 Games,...
View ArticleRS:X Worlds: Day of two halves
Torbole, Italy (September 24, 2019) – Day 1 of the 2019 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships dawned – quite literally – upon the 236 competitors who were eager to start their championship campaigns...
View ArticleQualifying complete at RS:X Worlds
Torbole, Italy (September 25, 2019) – Day 2 of the 2019 RS:X World Championships saw the all important split of the fleets as the racing moved from qualifying series into the final series of racing....
View ArticleFickle Lake Garda at RS:X Worlds
Torbole, Italy (September 26, 2019) – The third day of the 2019 RS:X World Championships began with the 236 sailors from 47 nations now divided as the top competitors had qualified for the gold flight...
View ArticleFinalists confirmed at RS:X Worlds
Torbole, Italy (September 27, 2019) – The penultimate day of the 2019 RS:X World Championships fizzled out amongst expectations of strong winds that simply failed to show up to the party today. For the...
View ArticleDutch, China are best at RS:X Worlds
The 2019 RS:X World Championships attracted 236 competitors with racing September 24-28 on Lake Garda at Torbole, Italy. Kiran Badloe (NED) and China’s Yunxiu Lu topped the men and women, respectively,...
View ArticleParis 2024: Just say no to change
The 2019 World Sailing Annual Conference, to be held October 26 to November 3 in Bermuda, is guided by the submissions which seek to address issues in the sport. Nearly 200 submissions are to be...
View ArticleDrama for Israeli Olympic windsurfing
Israel is a world-leader in windsurfing. Their boys and girls youth sailors were top three at the 2019 Youth Sailing World Championships, and their top men and women have a history of medaling at elite...
View ArticleDeciding what’s best for the sport
by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Among the decisions made during the 2019 World Sailing Annual Conference (Oct. 26-Nov. 3) regards the future of windsurfing. While the decision specifically...
View ArticleVIDEO: Selecting the Olympic windsurfer
Discover the process behind the selection of the Windsurf Equipment for Paris 2024.
View ArticleVIDEO: RS:X World Championships 2019
The 2019 RS:X World Championships was held from September 24 to 28 on Lake Garda in Torbole, Italy. Video above published Nov 26, 2019. Below is a recap of the 2019 RS:X Youth World Championships which...
View ArticleAnother nail in the sailing world’s coffin
Ben Barger, who was the U.S. windsurfing representative at the 2008 Olympics, once compared his event to the marathon. Due to unrestricted sail pumping, he found the exertion and recovery to be...
View ArticleSelection continues at RS:X Worlds
The 2020 RS:X World Championships has attracted 117 sailors from 31 nations for the five day series on February 25-29 in Victoria, AUS. As the Tokyo 2020 Olympic is to be the last edition to use the...
View ArticleFrance and Poland lead RS:X Worlds
Victoria, AUS (February 25, 2020) - The opening day for the 116 sailors competing in the 2020 RS:X World Championships got off to a good start with three races completed. Pierre Le Coq from France...
View ArticleMassive test at RS:X World Champs
Victoria, AUS (February 26, 2020) - The second day of the RS:X World Championships started wet and ended wild as a front passed over Port Philip Bay bringing rain and strong winds. Reigning World...
View ArticleHead on a swivel day at RS:X Worlds
Victoria, AUS (February 27, 2020) – After the big winds yesterday at the RS:X World Championships, the third day of racing today defied the forecast 20 knot winds and presented a much calmer Port...
View ArticleMedal race shakedown at RS:X Worlds
Victoria, AUS (February 28, 2020) – Day 4 of the 2020 RS:X World Championships served up another nail-biter of a day with tricky, difficult and marginal conditions. The local race management team...
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