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The Windsurfing World Championships is an international sailing competition organized by World Sailing held since ... This page was last edited on 26 November 2023, ...
The Aloha Classic is touted as "the single most prestigious event in the windsurfing world". [1] [2] Held at Ho'okipa Beach Park on the north shore of Maui, this event enjoys outstanding wave riding conditions showcasing the best wave riders from all over the world. [3] The event takes place each year in late October and early November for the ...
Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. [ 1 ] It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. [ 2 ] Windsurfing gained a popular following across Europe and North America by the late 1970s [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ...
41. Bjoern Dunkerbeck. 7 × PWA Wave World Champion 1990, 1992–1995, 1999, 2001. 12 × PWA Overall World Champion 1988–1999. 5 × PWA Course Racing World Champion 1990–1994. 5 × PWA Racing World Champion 1995–1999. 9 × PWA Slalom World Champion 1988–1994, 2005, 2011. 1 × PWA Freestyle World Champion 1998.
Jason Polakow (born 10 November 1971 in Torquay, Victoria) is an Australian professional windsurfer from Victoria. [1] He founded the watersports company JP Australia and [2] was the first windsurfer to ride big wave of Nazare, in Portugal. [3] Polakow gained notoriety in 1991 when we won the Marui/O’Neill World Cup Grand Slam contest against ...
Robby Naish. Robert Staunton Naish (born April 23, 1963 in La Jolla, San Diego, California) is an American athlete and entrepreneur who has won 24 World Championship Windsurfing titles. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] He is also considered a pioneer of kiteboarding and standup paddleboarding. In 1976, Naish won his first world championship in windsurfing at ...
Sarah-Quita Offringa (born 4 July 1991) is an Aruban professional sailor. She competed in the PWA World Tour windsurfing competition. In 2011 following back to back 2010/2011 PWA Women's Freestyle World Championship titles wins together with winning the 2011 PWA Slalom World Championship she was nominated by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards.
Björn Dunkerbeck. Bjørn Dunkerbeck (born 16 July 1969) is a professional windsurfer who has won the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Overall World Championships a record 42 times. [1][2][3] Bjorn Dunkerbeck in the Netherlands during the World Tour (2005) Bjorn Dunkerbeck in Proof board factory. Dunkerbeck is the son of a Dutch ...