by Jerome Samson | Dec 3, 2020 | Club Testimonials, Development, Portraits
The iQFOiL, the new Olympic windsurfing class, will make its debut at the Olympics in Marseille in 2024. The Tokyo Games haven’t taken place yet, but already the top Olympic windsurfers in the world are making the transition and splitting their time between the...
by Jerome Samson | Sep 23, 2019 | Club Testimonials, Development, Portraits
At Peder Skrivares Skola in Varberg, Sweden, 16-19 yr-old kids take classes in math, science, history and foreign languages like in most upper secondary schools around the world. But here, they also windsurf for school credit! They practice their skills on the water...
by Jerome Samson | Mar 12, 2019 | Club Testimonials, Event Reports
There were so many bright spots at the 2018 Kona Worlds in Clearwater, but one of the brightest was the youthful energy brought to the event by the kids from Toronto – or the 6ix, as the city is affectionately called these days! They were all between 13 and 15...
by Jerome Samson | Feb 7, 2019 | Clinics and Demos, Club Testimonials
The Olympics are important for windsurfing, but they’re only a small part of the windsurfing world. Windsurfing has many more disciplines than course racing around buoys, and even within the sub-category of course racing, the RS:X (and whatever equipment might...
by Jerome Samson | Mar 10, 2018 | Club Testimonials
Meet Cormac O’Brien! A few years ago, Cormac and a few friends approached the Malahide Yacht Club, a short 30 minute drive north of Dublin, with the idea to start a Kona fleet at the club. The pitch was a success, and windsurfing is now an integral part of the...
