by Jerome Samson | Nov 10, 2021 | Event Reports, Race Testimonials
In late September, the Swedish Kona fraternity got together for a weekend of wild conditions in Viken, Skåne County. The Øresund, the strait that separates Sweden from Denmark, is barely 5 miles across there, and there’s a ferry nearby connecting the two countries, so...
by Jerome Samson | Sep 30, 2021 | Event Reports, Portraits, Race Testimonials
The 2021 Irish Kona Nationals, sponsored by Surfdock, took place earlier this month at Malahide Yacht Club, just north of Dublin. Local hot shot Joe Galeckas took the win in a nailbiter finish against good friend and archrival Robbie Walker (these two have been...
by Jerome Samson | Sep 1, 2021 | Event Reports, Portraits, Race Testimonials
The 2021 Danish Nationals (Aug 14-15) were held in Rørvig, at the northern tip of the island of Zealand, about one hour from Copenhagen. The waters of the Isefjord are supposed to be sheltered from the Kattegat, the shallow and dangerous sea that stands guard between...
by Jerome Samson | Jul 14, 2019 | Adventures, Portraits, Race Testimonials
DENISE PARRIS is an avid windsurfer who learned her craft campaigning for the Olympics, but these days, her job and responsibilities leave little time for windsurfing. That is, until this year, when she decided that it was finally time for her sailing husband to learn...
by Jerome Samson | Nov 29, 2017 | Race Testimonials
Meet PETE BOLAND! Pete learned to windsurf in the cold, choppy waters of the English channel in the early 1980s. He raced (“enthusiastically but mostly unsuccessfully,” as he humbly puts it) in European Division 2 regattas, with highest place being 6th at...