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Hydration: Do I Need It?

December 19, 2011 | 6 Comments

Ever wonder why you don’t feel as fresh on Day 4 of the regatta as you did on the first day? Sure, your tired, you’ve been racing all week, but is it possible you’re not recovering in the same way that other athletes are recovering? After the last race of the day…

Pro FW Desktop Wallpapers (PT II)

March 26, 2011 | 7 Comments

Another year has gone by and looking at the stats on this website it’s easy to see that one of the most viewed articles is the first Pro FW Desktop Wallpapers collection I posted on here a while back, as a means to put together some nice photos of Formula Windsurfing. There i…

WHY YOUR FW STARTS NEED TO BE BETTER (Pt II)

June 15, 2010 | 4 Comments

Without a doubt, the most crucial part of any race is how you get off the startline. Sailing off the line at the favoured end in clean air, ahead of your competitors allows you to control the fleet in to the first tack and help cement your position in to the first upwind mark. That be…

Better Buoy Rounding

April 27, 2010 | 9 Comments

Buoy roundings are an important part of any windsurfing race and a key area to make (or lose) places and positions in a race. Done correctly, bottom buoy roundings can set up your position for the next upwind beat and create opportunities for passing or protecting a lead early o…

Tuning Your Kit for High Wind

February 16, 2010 | 17 Comments

High wind Formula racing! It doesn’t get any more exciting, challenging, fulfilling and hardcore than that! With class rules that allow the Formula boards to be raced in up to 35 knots, its important that regular racers learn the do’s and do not’s of setti…

HWR vs LWR

January 27, 2010 | 30 Comments

Being the bigger of the formula board manufacturers Starboard decided to cover their customer market this season by releasing two formula boards instead of the usual one. With the board designs fixed for two years (2010-11), for those who aren’t lucky enough to own bo…

The 10-Step Carbon Extender

October 15, 2009 | 12 Comments

If you’ve been sailing FW for a few seasons then no doubt you’ve broken a mast at some point or know someone who has. Ever wondered what you could do with the broken pieces? With just one ‘bottom section’ you can build yourself a custom carbon extender…