The last week has been busy with work and travel back to San Francisco for my quarterly trip back for work. Of course, this time, it was planned around the windy season in SF!I arrived back to San Francisco last week and within a few hours after the 12 hours flight I found myself under the Golden Gate bridge riding the pacific swell once again.The winds were strong in the middle of the Bay but gett...

The latest edition of the Dutch Regio Cup series went down in Tjeukemeer in the north of Holland last Sunday. With a fleet of 27 formula boards and just enough wind to get going...for a while and then stop...and then get going...and then, well you get the picture....classic lake conditions.The wind was a side shore 8-10k breeze and with the flat water, it was perfect conditions for the north 11.8 a...

With the seabreeze failing to arrive by the 5 pm deadline, the 2nd leg of the Formula Grand Prix Tour has ended. The fleet waited on the beach all day but the wind never got about 5-6 knots.The rankings stand of the last race yesterday.Racers are packing up now with some going home, other going to the next PWA event in Costa Brava but most will return next month for the Polish Championships and Eur...

We finally hit the water for the first race on Friday at 4pm. The breeze was still a light 8-10knots with holes and big shifts around the course. The steep short waves sets were also making it really hard to keep going upwind. I found you needed a very powerful set up- booms high, tack strap pulled tight, and most importantly easing off on the downhaul by 1-2cm. None of this, though, helped me get...

Currently we are on postponement as the seabreeze has failed to develop at 2pm.Allision Shreeve gave a presentation on the new Formula Windsurfing One Design Format.It's up to sailors now to convince the representatives to vote favorably at the ISAF November meeting.As for me, I think the new class could fit in well in the existing Formula class but at the Olympics in 2012 do I want to be sailing o...