Yarden Meir schredding up Eilat
Finally, after one month without wind here in Eilat, I am super amped to get back on the water training!! Just geared up with the new Fanatic 100 and 110 liter freestyle boards which are super fast and poppy just the way i like it. And the new Blacktip which is really sick, fast and direct with your actions . Combined I´m feeling really balanced on my new gear and can´t wait to get back on the EFPT tour this season .
Here is some action shots from today! Njoy 
All the best,
Yarden Meir ISR-91
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Tom Malina CZE-109 2nd in WSA
The final event of WSA windsurfing tour took place from 21st till 24th of January in Langebaan, South Africa. With over 40 riders competing in slalom and wave disciplines and some well known names as Ben V.D.Steen or Hennie Bredenkamp on the starting line it seemed to be pretty tough race for me at the beginning of the season. First day we managed to finish four races with the wind between 15-25knt. Format of the course was 2 laps of typical “8” with total length of 6km. I used my 7.0 SC Race which I feel comfortable and fast on in this kind of conditions. I finished all races on 2nd place just behind Ben who was pretty fast as well and it was pretty hard to beat him especially on the straight line.
Even if the forecast was not looking good for the rest of the event we did 3 more races on Saturday with the wind just above 12knt. 9km long downwind course made this races even more tough then the other day and more difficult for me as I had to race with the 7.0 again because it is my biggest sail here in SA. Reminding me my old times in Olympic windsurfing I was pumping almost from the start to finish, but it paid off I finished 2nd overall and I'm pretty happy about that. Good warm up for the upcoming PWA season.
Tom Malina CZE-100
Results available on www.windsurfingafrica.org
Pics by Liz Metcalfe (capessesions.com) and Mike
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Lancelin ocean classic
With over $25,000 AUD of prize money and $80,000 for TV broadcast this year, its the biggest ever in the history of LOC - the Guinness book of records longest running ocean race.
Only once in 1994 there was no wind for this event, every other year there has always been a valid race;
how's that for one windy location!
Some of the early winners have been:
1986 Dave Sheen
1987 Phil Mc Gain
1988 Svein Rasmussen
1989 Bruce Peterson
1990 Anders Bringdal
This year there were 210 competitors to make the LONG DISTANCE race on Saturday from Ledge Point to Lancelin and everyone is a winner who completes the course over approx 25 km, guybing around 7 anchored crayfish boats made available by the local fishing industry, while the volunteers enjoying a beverage in the hot weather following the spectacle from up close, cheering on the passing by sailors.
Travelling into Australia I had to be selective bringing minimum gear, as the airline slugs you for anything over 60 kg by the kg.
Only recently I signed with Fanatic and I brought the 2010 Falcon 112 Liter as a nice Medium size.
Further Maui Sails TR5 7.0 and 8.4 2009, 1 mast and 1 boom.
Wave equipment I brought a 86 liter Fanatic New Wave Twin, 5.0 Legend and 5.8 Global.
We were supposed to depart at 14.05, but the start got delayed by 15 minutes while positioning the boats, a big task getting them all in the right spot.
I used this opportunity to change down to a 7.0 m2 sail, while the sea breeze was kicking in more and more picking up to 18-23 knots. I figured you can run quicker with a smaller sail, and on a long course you can keep going strong 100%.
Even if you think you are Arnold Swarzenegger’s big brother, on a 9 meter you won’t keep up the pace.
I was nervous as the helicopter was filming the start flying right next to us; no way we would hear the starting signal! Watching people starting to run upwind, you have to react instantly and also start running into the water. It's all about timing throwing the board in the water without the fin hitting the sand and catapulting forward. I jumped up and got straight on a plane. Off we went!
Patrik rounded the boat wide in front of me and I squeezed through on the inside to get in an early leading position towards the second cray boat, with a long way to go.
On a broad reach Patrik overtook me, but I gybed earlier to get to the boat while he kept going too far.
From then on I lead the whole race, although Steve could give a little bit of pressure on the 4th reach. Finishing the Marathon in a new record of 27 minutes and 58 seconds, and staying ahead by 12 seconds to Patrik Diethelm and 35 seconds to third place finisher Steve Allen, it was the third victory of Ledge Point to Lancelin in a row and 4 times in 5 years!
Dan Engdahl who has won the event before in previous years finished in 4th and 1st time Ledge to Lancelin entry, but many times respected world champion Bjorn Dunckerbeck in 5th place.
Karin Jaggi (34.52) was the fastest lady in front of Annika Gillgren and Kanza Stott. Karin placed herself in 19th position overall!
Ash Nicol finished in 10th, taking the win in the masters class with less than 4 minutes behind.
A big thanks goes out to Rob Goyen and the organizers, sponsors and all the volunteers involved organizing this big event, the Lancelin township and Mark Galvin for having us.
And my sponsors: Fanatic, Maui Sails and Pro Limit.
Result of the 25th Ledge Point to Lancelin Marathon 2010:
1. Peter Volwater
2. Patrik Diethelm
3. Steven Allen
4. Dan Engdahl
5. Björn Dunkerbeck
6. Robby Swift
7. Jesper Orth
8. Daniel Aeberli
9. Rowen Law
10. Ash Nicol
11. Chris Lockwood
12. Chris Adamsdon
13. Steven Stratfold
14. Daniel Bruch
1. Ben Severne
The WAVES started on Thursday with most people arriving throughout the day knowing the conditions would not be suitable. The sun was shining and the drinks cold at the tavern, overlooking the Indian ocean and anchored cray boats in the bay.
Event organizer Rob Goyen stated “with 2.5 meters of swell and 25 knots forecast for tomorrow it looks like we are going to have one of the best wave comp’s in the events 25 year history".
Like predicted the wind and swell arrived on Friday and the conditions later reached a solid 25 knots with waves building throughout the day.
In classic South Passage conditions the 2010 Lancelin Ocean Classic Wave competition were held.
With guys like Robby Swift (3rd PWA overall), Dani Bruch, Ben Severne and local hero Luke Walmsley it was going to be an action packed show of wave riding and aerial manouvers. The final results were announced at the presentations Saturday afternoon.
Ben Severne turned out to be the winner of the waves, with a perfect wave score including a wave 360 followed by a nice aerial on 1 of his counting waves.
I finished 2nd in the Waves and won in man to man heats from Robby Swift and Dani Bruch.
The SLALOM on Sunday topped it all off, all the guys that were not too hung over to compete joined in and soon we had quite a high level of slalom competition, thanks to ‘windsurfing WA’ with some very motivated people and fresh young talented sailors.
Patrik Diethelm got a quick couple rounds in before getting on the plane to Thailand.
Chris Lockwood ended up winning with the most consistent results.
Amongst many competitors was also Craig Spottiswood, who clocked some super sonic speeds at Sandy point in 2009, the fastest man of the moment on gps-speedsurfing.com with an average speed of 47.76 knots this year at Sandy Point / Victoria.
All in all great fun this long weekend with amazing conditions for windsurfing in all the disciplines, and a big party at the start of the new season.
Event website:
http://www.lancelinoceanclassic.com.au
www.westernaustralia.com
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Klaas Voget tearing up Haakgat
After the first days of tuning my gear with proper waves, my new sails finally got the ultimate test in the biggest waves of the season. Haakgat was fireing with almost double mast high sets and wind for my 4.2 ICON. It was pretty choppy on the biggest ones, but still a lot of fun. The gear is definitely strong, as i took a few of those bombs on the head without any problems. Looking forward to some more of this, the next swell is already on it’s way...
All the best,
Klaas Voget G-4
www.klaasvoget.com
Photo credits: pic 1-5 Ingo/windsurfers.de and pic 6-9 Caitlin
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Words from Ben Proffitt
Happy New Year!!
Perfect... first mag
of the year and I'm on the front cover... sweeeeeet!! Not exactly
Polakow... but I'll take it!! haha...
Just to let you know
I've been in Namibia for the last 2 weeks so updates have ground to a
halt... but I've just got back to Cape Town and the conditions are
looking sick for the next week.?So you can look forward to some regular
updates from now on... it also helps as we have a man down and he's
keen to get the camera out!!??...also stay tuned for the Namibian road
trip story.. with pics... lots of pics!!!
haha... it was a top
laugh, with some cool people and we even scored Elands bay on the way
home for a sweet surf... which was perfect end!! ....Anyway more about
that later!!
Cheers,
Ben Proffitt K-800
www.thewetdream.co.uk
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Greetings from the Moussilmani brothers
Hello everybody,
We are just back to South Africa, we have had a nice condition for training and spend some time to discover this beautiful country.
We finished the R&D of Simmer slalom sails and tested already our new stuff, new Starboard boards, new Deboichet fin, new Simmer sails SCR and new Oxbow wetsuits, really enjoy about it.
We wish you all a happy and prosperous new year of 2010!
All the best
Sylvain and Benoit Moussilmani
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down time in West Australia
You can find some Go Pro video footage of us bush bashing and wave saling in the movie folder on the site. Hope you like it, been playing around a little bit on i-movie and trying to keep up with the latest technology.
I injured myself a couple weeks ago and got back on the water yesterday, it was good to get wet again! This weekend will be the Lancelin Ocean Classic, just packed the car and getting ready to head up. Didn’t bring much gear with me, but will give it my best shot again.
Rumor is Bjorn D will be competing as well this time at the 25th anniversary of the Ledge to Lancelin. And Ben Severne is buying all the beers if he wins!
So no matter what, it will be a good weekend; maybe I’ll see you there 
Take it easy and all the best
Peter
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Klaas Voget G-4 joins Simmer
It’s a pleasure to introduce the radically versatile German sensation Klaas Voget G-4 to our International Simmer Style team. Klaas joins a welcoming squad and will assume a starting role immediately. Klaas was born in Aurich, Northern Germany and began to windsurf in 1992. Over his career he has balanced top results with inspiring explorative travel to almost all the corners of the earth. He can adapt to any environment and always goes out no matter how big, scary or cold it is. When it comes down to it Voget is one of those guys that just loves to windsurf, and he does so at the top level. Klaas’s sail of choice is the Icon and it seems only natural that he chooses Icon to cover his need for a versatile and powerful sail that will adapt to all the environments an elite travelling professional, such as Simmer’s Klaas Voget, encounters.
Chief Designer, Tomas Persson, flew into Hamburg on the 23rd to sign with Klaas and arm him with gear for his upcoming winter training in South Africa. With years of design and research experience Klaas will be working hands on with Tomas on the new Icon. They had this to say:
Tomas - “ I have been watching Klaas closely for the past few years and have been highly impressed with his progression and professional manner both on and off the water. He is one of the most focused professional sailors out there, and with an outstanding understanding of product development Klaas’s energy, experience and go for it attitude will echo into our products. Besides this, he is also a top guy and a fantastic ambassador for our sport. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Klaas to our team! “
Klaas - “ I’m stoked about my signing with Simmer. Just like my boardsponsor, Fanatic, Simmer has always been focused on the performance of their equipment and it feels great that I’ll be part of this process with Simmer. The people behind the brand are like minded, motivated, professional, forward thinking and I’m sure we’ll work well together - a meeting of minds if you like. I’m looking forward to the upcoming weeks of testing and tuning my gear for the new season! “
Welcome to the International Simmer Team!!
Pic 1 & 2: Tomas Persson and Klaas Voget
Pic 3: Ralf Radtke (TT-Project), Tomas Persson, Klaas Voget and Ron Nagorsnik (TT-Project)
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