EMMA WILSON | JAGUAR RISING STAR
EMMA WILSON | JAGUAR RISING STAR
The UK’s 2012 U15 Tecno 293 World Champion Emma Wilson – daughter of Olympian Penny (née Way) Wilson – is receiving mentoring from Olympic stars such as Dame Kelly Holmes via the Jaguar Academy for Sport Rising Stars Programme.
Now making the step up up to RS:X, the 14-yr old from Christchurch has her sights set on Gold at Rio 2016.
You can read more on Emma at her Bio on jaguaracademyforsport.co.uk
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RS:X Seeks Judicial Review
Since the ISAF Mid Year Meeting and the narrow vote to deselect windsurfing and the RS:X for the 2016 Olympic Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, the class has been working on many levels to get this decision reversed under the direction of its crisis management group within the Executive Committee
The opinion of our legal team [...]
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Dorian Van Rijsselberge (NED) took centre stage in the Men’s RS:X
The Dutchman blew the field away in both races to come out of the traps flying. In Race 1 he finished 42 seconds ahead of Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL) and in Race 2 the difference was more than one minute. On his day Van Rijsselberge said, “It was just solid racing and I can’t complain. It [...]
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Appeal to US Sailing to support an ISAF Submission to keep windsurfing at the Olympics
The ISAF Council voted on May 5, 2012 to replace windsurfing with kiteboard racing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
US Sailing’s support for kiteboarding played an important role in the narrow 19-17 decision at ISAF in favor of kiteboarding. We believe that this decision was misguided, and respectfully appeal to US Sailing to examine the [...]
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Nikola Girke, The Prince and the Pauper!
Just another day in the office…the usual sleep, eat, training, eat, sail, gym, sleep program… and then the Prince showed up!
Prince Charles came for a visit to the Sailing Venue here in Weymouth and met some of the Commonwealth sailors. It was a real pleasure and honour to meet him, my first of the Royals!… [...]
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Asia wants windsurfing reinstated
SINGAPORE – Windsurfing’s shock omission from the 2016 Olympic Games may not be cast in stone yet.
At an Asian Sailing Federation (ASAF) meeting here last Saturday, member nations reached a unanimous decision to call for a re-vote by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) at its next meeting in Ireland this November to re-instate windsurfing as [...]
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2012 RS:X Youth European Championships
Here in the land of the white nights, the day dawns early, really early and it brought with it cloud and rain plus a good breeze. This was most welcome after a registration day of flat calm, blazing sun and no practice race.
The sailors were ready to race but the wind was in a teasing [...]
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Windsurfing: Why was it voted out?
Top US Womens Windsurfer, Lanee Beashel writes:
To say that I’ve been completely shocked and heartbroken since I heard
the news that windsurfing was kicked out of the 2016 Olympic Games, would be an
understatement. I sail, windsurf and kitesurf, but since I have been 15 years
old, my passion has been windsurfing. Even now, when I take my [...]
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Ben Barger Assumptions, Conclusions and Recommendations regarding windsurfing & Kiteboarding
Drafted May 30, 2012 by Ben Barger ISAF AC Chairman
After further study of ISAG regulations and submissions regarding the decision by council determining windsurfing and kiteboarding, I have conclusions and recommended actions for ISAF. I’ll first state that I believe kiting has a very good future in the Olympics and this shouldn’t be intended to [...]
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Bruce Kendall, Double Olympic medallist responds to US Sailing
Double Olympic windsurfing medalist, Bruce Kendall (NZL) responds to the US Sailing’s reasoning as to why the US national sailing body chose to vote for the Kiteboard as an event for the 2016 Olympic Regatta.
Earlier this month, at its Mid-Year Meeting in Stresa, Italy, the ISAF Council voted by a margin of 19 votes to [...]
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