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UKWA Ball 2004

The competitive world of UK windsurfing brought the Langstone Hotel on Hayling Island to its knees.

The end of season bash plus prize giving ended in the bar foyer at very late o’clock with many of Britain’s most illustrious sportsmen and women looking less glamorous than at the start of the night.

See all the juicy pics from the night

London Boat Show

Here we go again! Indoor is back with more stars, more money and more wind!

When?

• UKWA Demonstrations:
  Thursday 6th – Wednesday 12th Jan
• UKWA Youth event:
  Sunday 9th Jan
• UKWA Finals including Ladies:
  Thursday 13th Jan
• PWA event:
  Friday 14 – Sunday 16th Jan

Where?
Excel in the London Docklands

Who’s coming?
With a $100,000 prize purse, we would imagine most of the PWA sailors will haul themselves away from Maui to the freezing cold London climate and throw themselves into the indoor combination of hose pipe cold water, dodgy winds and noisy fans. No guarantees but the PWA stars that made the effort last year should be there like Nik Baker, Kevin Pritchard, Kauli Seadi and Douglas Diaz. Plus the top PWA women including the Moreno’s and Karen Jaggi.
The majority of the UKWA racing and freewave fleets will be competing with the best sailors gaining qualification for the PWA event.

But will the pool work?
Pending no Christmas Eve collapsing disasters, the Boat Show have guaranteed the UKWA and the PWA that wind circulation in the pool will be better. They have lowered the pool, made it narrower and altered the angle of the fans.  The seating plan has also been changed with additional seating at the jump ramp end.

How to get a ticket
To avoid disappointment this year the seating capacity of the stadium has been doubled in size to house 3,000 spectators.  Tickets to the PWA event and the UKWA Finals will be on sale at £6 via the ticket office on 0870 060 0246 or via the website (note that you will also need an entry ticket into the show):
www.schroderslondonboatshow.com.

Boardseeker.com discount
To get £2 off your entry ticket to the London Boat Show, ring 0870 060 0246 and quote Boardseeker.com. Simple!

Indoor Windsurfing Video

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We got it!!! Finian breaks the record whilst Yellow Pages breaks into pieces!

On Saturday 13th November 2004, F2 rider Finian Maynard broke the World Record by 0.3 of a knot (subject to ratification). It now stands at 46.82 knots but the Mistral winds are forecasted to continue so it could be broken again. Finian and friends have been gathered at the 1km man-made canal in St. Maries de la Mer in the South of France for the last month and the team will stay there until December 14th.

On the 15th November, Macquarie Innovation (Yellow Pages) was launched in an attempt to win back the record. However the craft was destroyed during a high speed crash onto a sand bank.

Ian Fox from Speedweek fills in the details about the crash:

“Suffering a front hull lift off at high speed, all effective control was lost at full power and the craft slewed around into the wind creating the ultimate spinout before cartwheeling itself and crew into a horror wipeout. The craft is a write off but the crew escaped without serious injury despite being catapulted high in the air inside their crew pod before crashing underwater and being trapped for a few scary seconds.

Data from the craft will be recovered to determine if the 50 knot barrier was reached. But it’s certain the 500m wasn’t covered, so irrespective the record remains in Finian’s hands for now subject to ratification.”

To have a look at the craft before it disintegrated go to: www.macquarie.com.au

Finian Maynard Video

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Whitey just got faster!

Photo by Jean Souville

Dave White sets a NEW World Production Speed record on Severne Sails and F2 boards!

Severne UK distributor and Team Rider Dave White smashed his old production board speed world record on Saturday 13th Nov at The Canal with a speed of 44.30 knots. This was also a NEW British speed record.

He was using a 5.6m production Severne sail and an F2 Missile. (Click the product name links to read Daves sailor reviews of this equipment.)

Go to www.whiteboarders.com for Dave's full story.

Karin Jaggi: So close to the women's record!!

The women's record stands at a fraction over 40 knots. She hit 39.80 knots (on a production F2 Missile) but when you consider the men were struggling to hold their sails down you can see why she missed out.

Bjorn Dunkerbeck gets the Open Water Speed Record in Namibia with 44.35 knots!!

Photo by Cornelia Thiele

Bjorn is now in France attempting to take the overall World Speed Record away from Finian Maynard.

See our exclusive camera interview with Bjorn here.

“I think I’ve got a sea urchin spike in my foot. I need to go and sit down and get Melissa to remove it for me. Can you try and find her for me?"

If you do, you could win some Reef goodies!!

MINGING or BLINGING?

The ultimate in drag resistant neoprene developed in pursuit of the new World Record.
First question is, in the name of a few extra knots, would you wear this at your local beach?
Second question is, can we ever take World Record Holder Finian Maynard seriously again?!