Press Release: Saturday Aug. 19, Maui, Hawai’i, USA The Event: “The 2023 Maui Strong Aloha Classic” Event location: Ho’okipa Beach Park Event window: October 23 to Friday, November 3. Crowning the 2023 Wave World Champions. The 2023 Maui Strong Aloha Classic is confirmed! This will be the Grand Final of the Unified PWA IWT Wave…
Argentina
2023 Surazo Infernal is a Wrap
REFLECTING ON CHILE and the Growing Impact of the New Unified PWA IWT Wave Tour. Leon Jamaer wrote in SURF Magazine this week that he thinks Chile’s Surazo Infernal was the first down the line left hand competition to count for the Wave World Title since Brazil in 2007. That may explain the hunger that…
JP Formula Racing 2010-11
„After dominating the PWA 2009 Slalom season with Antoine Albeau F192 crowning himself Slalom World Champion by winning 6 out of 7 races and Micah Buzianis coming 4th JP makes the next logical step and introduces a Formula board. Antoine has not been doing any Formula races for a full year – goes to the…
In a Jitney
Dumb & Dumber kiting in Argentina
Sofia Tomasoni and Adeuri Corniel won gold at the Youth Olympic Games 2018
Italy and the Dominican Republic claim final Sailing golds at the Youth Olympic Games. Sofia Tomasoni (ITA) and Deury Corniel (DOM) won gold in the Kiteboarding on the last day of the Youth Olympic Sailing Competition at Club Nautico San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two dramatic winner-takes-all finals saw a remarkable double silver medal awarded on both occasions, with racers in the Girl’s and Boy’s fleets both tying in second place. An historic day also saw the Dominican Republic and the Philippines win their first Olympic medals in Sailing. After mixed weather over the course of the week, both Girl’s and Boy’s Kiteboarding fleets were forced to use their reserve day to conclude the series. With stronger winds expected in the morning of Sunday 14th October, racing began at the earlier time of 10:00 to allow the second semi-finals, the B (Petit) Final and the A Final in both fleets to proceed in what turned out to be perfect conditions. The four highest-ranked kiteboarders proceeded into the A Final. Making the cut in the Girl’s fleet was Alina Kornelli (GER), Sofia Tomasoni (ITA), Nina Font (ESP) and Poema Newland (FRA). The Italian gold medallist Kornelli was the favourite after winning …