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IT WAS WALCHENSEE 2018

This weekend we WENT BIG! At the annual meeting from the Point-7 Windsurfing Blacksheep, at Walchensee, close to 100 people came to join the weekend.

From Point-7 we would like to thank everyone who came to the event, and especially who drove more than 1500kms, the Borrida Rolls who gave a great touch to the event, the members of the Point-7 Black Team which took part, Tobi Ulrich for the perfect organization logistically and not only, Richard for hosting the part in his fantastic structure, Marco Gabbatel for pushing with his banner everyone to come join us!

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During the weekend Andrea Cucchi and his team were teaching the way a sail works, to have everyone understand why the rig and its components had to be rigged and tuned in a certain way. There was a lot of sharing of opinions, and feedback to improve from both ends.

The wind was not the biggest star during the weekend, but we got planning!!! A good one hour of strong gusts on Saturday evening, where not all got the chance to jump on the water, as the party mood was already going!

The Boorida Rolls, were hot on Saturday Night. They took the group to what the windsurfing lifestyle should also be! It’s not all about tuning and being on the water, but it’s about living, enjoying, socializing and having fun between people which share the same passion for a sport!

There was no wind, except a good one hour of strong gusts on Saturday evening, where not all got the chance to jump on the water, as the party mood was already going!

HERE THE MAY WINNER!!

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It’s a season full of success for our Black Team.

Yentel dominating the EFPT events in the Canaries, lot’ s of podiums at the IFCA Y&M championships, and lot’s of amazing first places at many national events.

August is about to start and the zero19 products are close to be released. As pre-view, Ricardo Campello is showing off the new SALT PRO zero19. The best version and most complete from it’s history. We are sure that the photos that you’ll find in the magazine will be a real proof when you will see how the sail opens and shows it’s profile under stress.

Don’t miss out the interviews and the tip of the month. It has details that you might have not read before!

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EFTP LANZAROTE 2018: WINNER

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IFCA MASTER WORLD CHAMPION

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IFCA YOUTH VICE WORLD CHAMPION

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WIND ODESSY PAROS: WINNER

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THE PAROS WIND ODYSSEY took place on the island of Paros, Greece from the 11-15th of July 2018, exactly on Pounda Beach. Organized by The Nautical Club of Drios, “The Dolphins, in co-operation with the International Windsurfing Tour (IWT) and the Paros Sailing Club.

16 slalom were run! 13 counting for the final result. Another great result from our young Point-7 Black Team rider Alkis Vovos, who managed to dominate the event on his ACOne zero18, by winning most races.

Other top 5 result were taken from our local riders Konstantinos and Letzos.

Well done team!

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We would like to express our congratulations to our BlackTeam Rider Fuiko Onishi,who has managed the win at Kemigawa, Tour stop from the professional Japanese Tour.

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If you’re looking for power, but power which can plane in the lightest conditions and at the same time challenge even the toughest situations, this is the sail for you.

Onshore, blasting on bump and jump conditions, this is the sail you are looking for.

The Zero19 Salt Pro is the second generation of what the merge from the Salt and Salt Campello had been in the past.

It was about going deeply into detail of 3 main aspects.

Last year we had inserted a pure Dacron panel in the front of the mast sleeve to allow the extra blending of forgiveness when landing higher jumps, but most important the extra profile in lighter winds. This has been fully refined on each size to get this newer detail to be at the best set up.

We closed radically even more the upper leach, worked more on the luff curve to have the sail to open according to wind strength. It allows a bigger range, as it increased the stability, leaving the mast to open the sail using the mid-leach opening.

The speed stayed the same, increasing the comfort, and therefore the chance of a higher average speed to go hit the ramp.

We lowered the base batten to give more freedom to the outhaul to be adjusted, and the base to have stiffer and more direct drive down the bottom turn.

We kept the window to be with transparent monofilm in more of its central part, to have an ultra HD vision of the waves through it but integrated on the outside the X-ply for keeping protected areas where you could still need that extra reinforcements.

Learning from our Swag 3 battens, we added two structural clew reinforcements which follow towards the mast. This to have the sail to keep more stability once landing back loops or any hard-stumped jumps.

Why black and yellow? These are the main colours from Point7. The colours we like to wear when we get out there on the water and dominate the scene.

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Maxi is one of those lucky kids that the father has introduced in his DNA the passion for windsurfing. It did not take long before he became more addicted than his father, but let’s find out more about his story!

Ciao Maxi, how old are you, and when did you start windsurfing?

Ciao Andrea, I am 15 years old and started windsurfing in 2015 during my easter holidays on Sardinia You have chosen to become more a slalom rider, rather than a freestyler. Why this choice?

In 2016 I took part at the young guns freestyle Camp at Conca D’oro Lake Garda. I was completely on the freestyle trip. A few days after the camp my Dad persuaded me to try his slalom stuff. I was out in late afternoon when the the wind dropped with an 6,0 slalom sail…….after half an hour I was on fire with slalom; We met you last year in Lanzarote for the Kids training camp and you were just getting confident with going upwind and planning on for the first time on the slalom board, and this week you have won the junior ranking at the German cup! Tell us all the steps on how you made such a quick step up?

The training helped me a lot focussing for my goals in windsurfing. After the training I tried to go windsurfing in every free minute.. With the guys at Circolo, the training with Bruno and the experience I made in the races I learned a lot. And the most important thing: It makes so much fun and I am so hot for getting better and better.

You took part at many events organize by the Circolo Surf Torbole, like the NO RULES SLALOM stage, the training in the club, how important were those?

There I learned all the slalom basics. For me it was so helpful because I had no racing experience. Everybody was so gentle and gave me a lot of tricks and very good advices for getting better.

You don’t live on a windsurfing spot, so you are windsurfing mainly during the weekend and holidays. How do you keep fit when you are not able to go windsurfing?

Luckily I can go nearly every weekend to my home spot Lake Garda. During the week I have to learn a lot for the school but I try to go regulary to Krav Maga training and to the gym and making sport with friends.

What other sports do you like?

Skiing, biking, fitness. Before I was focussing on windsurfing I did a lot ski races.

Girls or sports?

Sports â˜ş What were till now the difficulties to improve your windsurfing, and the best parts of it?

I never surfed on a freerace or freeride board. I changed directly from a freestyle board to a slalom board. This was in the beginning very hard. The slalom boards are not so easy to use and I had the biggest problems with jibing. I watched a lot of videos, spoke with many people and watched PWA. I always tried to learn from the professionals. After a lot of frustrating months finally it worked.

You could call home Lake Garda for windsurfing. Which other spots do you go to?

Which do you enjoy the most?

Yes, Lake Garda is my home spot and also my absolute favourite spot. At Lake Garda I have the best conditions for my trainings. In the morning at Malcesine and in the afternoon at Torbole. I was also on Sardinia, Lanzarote and now at the Baltic Sea. In July I will go for the first time to Sylt for the German championships.

As you are still going to school, do you have classmates which also windsurf? Are they interested in windsurfing? What do they think about you?

Unfortunately I am really the only one at my school who is windsurfing. So for my classmates I do a very exotic sport but they are all very interested in my sport. At first they thought windsurfing is chilling on the water and at the beach. Now they know it is a very high technical and a competitive sport where you not only have to be very fit with your body you also need a lot strategic thinking. It is the formula one from windsurfing. Now some of them will do in the summer holidays windsurf lessons.

You don’t have the size of an adult yet, but you are using a full racing sail, only after 1 year of slalom. Lots of older windsurfers, are still worried in having a cam sail. You went from the AC-X, to the AC-K and now to the AC-One. Tell us what you liked from each one of them, and which one you prefer now. IF you had to compare the fun of a no cam against the fun or a full racing sail.

For the beginning and for the jibe training was the AC-X very good. For me it is one of the fastest no cam sails. In 2017 I wanted to to surf cam sails because it has more power. The AC-K was the next logic step. It is very very fast and the perfect sail for the ambitious hobby windsurfer. But during the slalom trainings I felt and saw that when you want to win slalom races you have to use the AC-One. The AC-One is the perfect sail for slalom races. I love the never ending acceleration and it has always such a power. Each sail was a step for me and I had with every sail a lot of fun.

How do you feel after having won your first important event?

Absolute great. It gives a lot of power and I am so hungry standing again on the stage.

What are your next events, and your next goals?

My next events in June are the Multivan Windsurf Cup in Usedom and the One hour at Lake Garda. In July the IFCA Youth World Championship at Lake Garda and the German Championships on Sylt. In August the IFCA European Youth Championship in Croatia.

My goals for this year is finishing the Multivan Windsurfcup as best Rookie and coming under the Top 3 overall in the category U17 and finishing IFCA Championships under the Top 10 U17.

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Ricardo V 111 Campello Ricardo landed in Gran Canaria a little bit more than a month ago. Next week the first PWA wave event will take off. Here some photos from Ricardo taken by Jose’ Pina, on his new zerpo19 Point-7 Salt Pro preseries, and RC few thoughts before his first event this year!

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The Sails are nice! The feeling is amazing. I’m a tough one to make happy, but this year, I’ve got nothing to say to what I received!

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

The Salt Pro are super light due to the work in the details Point-7 has done this year.

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

The manoeuvrability is fast, and it feels more compact in the hands.

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

Few days ago, I wanted to go really high to try a push loop Double Forward, but I went quite high and the wind got to the other side of my sail and I almost close 3 back\push loops. I had no idea where I was, but I felt close to land something epic!

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

The Salt pro are also superfast, so I can go as high as I can, and this is something that we pro-riders are really looking for. It allows us to go higher and have more times to do the double moves.

I’m on new Brunotti boards are also super sick, and as the sails work that good, it took me no time to get used to new boards. The boards can be ordered online, and they’ll be shaped custom by Peter Thommen! Unique!

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

As I feel very comfortable with my equipment, this will help a lot my results.

Conditions have been amazing here in Pozo this month and I feel good on the water! Let’s see if this year I can finally be on the podium again, focusing more on the score…but still I enjoy too much to go over even my own limits.

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

I realized that the range feels bigger. I mean, when guys were sailing on 3.7 I was out on my Salt 4.0 and still could hold on pretty good to it and close all moves.

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

I have on my mind for a while some new jumps, and now looking at the forecast, I will try it in the event if I manage to get to the top heats. The gear will not be the limit, so I will go for it.

Photos: JOSE’ PINA

THE WAVE HOBBIT INTERVIEW’S Thanks to our Russell Groves, we have exclusive interviews on topics you will be finding interesting to read.

BRUNO MARTINI THE ONE HOUR RECORD MEN’ Bruno is fast, he has fast sails.

He broke the record at the One-hour Classic at his home spot.

Let’s have a look at how he sets up his gear.

TWH: What size sail and board did you use and why did you choose that combo for the event?

BRUNO: I choose my AC1 8,6 and my medium board, RRD X-FIRE 114, I choose this combo because I tested it one week before and I realized that it was really fast. I did half hour alone and I did 10 laps so was definitely one good combo. You have a lot of power from the sail and in the same moment with the medium board you can express more speed than a big board.

TWH: Let’s have a look at the sail first. The down haul on the AC one is one setting but you can choose different masts to alter how the sail works. What mast did you use?

BRUNO: The downhaul was like usual and about the mast I was using a normal production mast. Like you can see in the photo.

TWH: You use adjustable outhauls, but can you explain how full you used the sail?

BRUNO: During the race I was adjusting a lot my 8,6 because at the corners of the lake was really windy but in the middle was a little bit less, so I pull it a lot so the sail became a little bit flatter but faster.

TWH: Boom height is another part of the equation but you are not going to stop to adjust the height. How high did you run the boom and why?

BRUNO: For one-hour full power for sure you need to use your boom a little bit lower, because you have to think about your average speed and not the top speed.

In this case I put it in the middle, usually I put it higher. I was with my medium board, so you have to calculate that the board is not so wide like the 129, and you need to have a different foothold.

TWH: Most people use adjustable harness lines. Did you have to change the length during the 1 hour and what length did you use?

BRUNO: Actually, I can't even remember if I adjust my harness line during the One Hour Because I was fully focussing to push like a dog. I use the 26-32, that's what I can remember is that I was using a middle way. For the last lap I pulled it all the way to the shortest setting as I could get more power, and the wind had dropped.

TWH: Now let’s have a look at the board. Mast foot position is very important for controlling the trim of the board. Where did you position it and why?

BRUNO: My mast position was around 130cm like usual, also in 7.8 I have the same position. The sail pushes down a lot the nose of the board, so that’s really good in high wind.

TWH: Foot strap positions are very personal. Where do you position yours?

BRUNO: Straps position? I use the all way back for the back straps and the second counting from the nose for the front strap. What I can suggest about back foot is using the second last and not the last, because the board has a lot of power and it's very hard to hold it.

TWH: Fin choice can be very difficult as I know many people have a large selection of the same size fin. Which size did you use and why?

BRUNO: I really like Z fins, and for that combo I choose the 38 SLM S- because is really fast and is gives me the right lift with the bigger sails. Sometime was hard to hold that but was part of the game. I think in Lake Garda in general you need softer fins, for two reasons: 1) the sweet water that you have less floating 2) the wind power is actually less compare to the ocean.

TWH: The choice of set up worked very well. Is there anything you would change to break the record again?

BRUNO: The thing is this: I was leading alone and actually I was not really pushing at my 100%, but I was fighting with myself and sometimes it’s even worst, I never feel I express myself at 100%, but maybe a lot of riders feel that way.

TWH: Congratulations on the event win and we look forward to hearing more about your tuning tips in the future as you take competition speed further.

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Fujiko Onishi is one of our strong #point7girls. From her name you an already figure out that she is from Japan. Let’s meet her and find out more about the differences from PWA slalom and Olympic racing.

FUJIKO ONISHI

Fujiko, from which part of Japan are you from?

Hello, everyone! I am from Kamakura city, Kanagawa.

Kamakura city is traditional place in Japan. The beach is also good, we can enjoy wave, slalom, course race and everything!

Perfect beach for windsurfers!!

How did you get into windsurfing and started racing?

I started windsurfing when I was a university student. I joined the windsurfing club and I was on the water 300days a year. Every day I could learn something and improve my skill and I enjoyed every day.

Then I started course racing as my main discipline in windsurfing.

You are now 3 years with Point-7. How is it to be part of the Black Team Japan?

Point-7 is so cool design, and I love the performance. Sails are every year more developed and amazing! Light, easy to control, and fast, everything perfect. I love them so much. Team Point-7 Japan is big family for me!!

They support each other and there are nice persons in it. We learn and improve from each other. Tadashi and Atsuo also super nice people who take care of the brand and of the team. They believe in me and support me to my goals. I have to say thank you! I could not do it without them.

You have been doing both Olympic racing and PWA slalom.

What are the differences in: Olympic is long race and Pwa is short race.

Olympic takes 25-30minutes for 1 race.

Pwa slalom take 4 minutes for 1 race.

So Pwa slalom needs more concentration.

Olympic is one design, so very simple.

But in Pwa slalom you can choose equipment’s which you want. So, need a lot of test to choose the best and the best trim.

Level between the riders: Both riders are looking for their aim and do training for their goals.

Training on land: Running, gymnastics, both do the same training, but in Olympics teams, the riders are followed by proper coaches.

Training on the water: Tuning, start, jybing, tacking, sailing form of upwind and downwind. While in Slalom you don’t do up winds, but you spend more time testing gear.

More difficult and why: Sometimes I have to work in the office, so I’m lucky when I can windsurf and does not matter which one I do. It’s better than office work!

More Fun: Slalom, but if I would win the Olympics it will be an amazing dream.

If you would be paid the same money for both, which one would you chose?

Slalom Is it possible to do both disciplines?

Yes, I can!!

There are good one for each other!!

I can improve windsurfing skills for both.

What do you think will be the future in the Olympics?

Windsurfing is decided for 2024. And now moving from normal windsurfing race to wind foil race.

They are talking about having the foil discipline. Do you know already in which way?

Some persons say windfoil...But not decided yet.

Have you tried foiling?

Yes, I tried.

How would you compare foiling to against the other disciplines?

Foiling race can plane in very light condition. It’s a new idea to enjoy windsurfing.

Where are you training normally, and do you live there?

I go to many places every year. In this winter, I went NZ one month for training.

Normally I am training in Kamakura and I live in there.

Your best Result till now?

2016 all over ranking 4th.

What is the relationship with the other girls from the black team?

I am in contact and sometimes we train together. Often with Haruna Ozaki J10.I train also with the man of the Black Team Japan, like Goshi, Tadashi and the other from the BTJ. Your future plans with windsurfing?

After finishing the Olympic Campaign of Tokyo2020, I will focus on only Pwa slalom. I hope to find time to do some wave-sailing as well!

Winning a PWA slalom or Olympic medal. Which one would you choose?

Tokyo2020 is only one time in my life, and the Olympic campaigns for tokyo2020 is the only thing I live for right now. I want to get a medal in Tokyo, get than a big support and then focus on the Pwa slalom world title!

HARNESS

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POSITIONING You might find a lot of harness line articles as this one. This time we will focus more and only on the flat water theme by going through each detail.

With the Black Team we have been working a lot on this product, and there are lots of details to take care on what you think might be a basic part of our gear. Use to be a simple rope to hook on to get less tired while windsurfing, but now it has become one important tool to get the maximum performance while sailing, and that could even give you the advantage after a jibe in a PWA race.

The next advices we will give, will get you to have great advantages, but only if you will learn to relax your grip on the boom while sailing with your hands. Does not mean that if you grip your boom harder, you will use less power and you’ll be going faster. The hands need to only be guiding the boom, but it’s the harness which needs to have all the pressure. If you grip hard on the boom, it’s because you are not using enough the help that the harness can supply. Hold the boom only with the fingers. While windsurfing try to remember to relax your arms and hands. You will realize how the board will actually start to accelerate! Concentrate in feeling which muscles you are actually really needing to use, and relax the others. You will be surprised to see how less power is needed compared to just the second before!

How to balance the harness lines on your boom.

If you have a good sight to see how a sail works, you could probably place the harness lines in the correct spot without even going on the water. Leave your sail on the ground, and from a distance, check out from far where the sail has the deepest point. That’s the area where you want your harness lines to be placed on the boom.

The micro cm positioning setting you can then do it once you are on the water to get it at 100% in the right place. Once you are on the water, without thinking too much, if the sail pulls forward, place the harness lines forward. If you feel that the sail pulls more on the back hand, move the harness lines more back. Move the harness lines till you feel that both hands have the same pressure. If at one point, the sail feels like it’s pulling more again on the back hand, it means that the wind got stronger. At that point, pull more outhaul on the boom. You will decrease the profile of the sail, especially at the back of it, and the positioning of the harness lines will be feeling balanced again.

CENTRE FOR PERFECT BALANCE

How far do we keep the distance between the 2

attachments of the harness lines?

This is also changing according to the wind: Strong wind sails: Keep them wider by having them 20-30cm from each other. It’s important you don’t go wider than your shoulder width. This way the boom will not swing too much which is better in strong wind as swinging can be violent and could cause a loss in control for a few seconds, which could mean also a nice catapult.

Light wind sails: Keep them between 15 to 20cm from each other. This allows the boom to be less blocked by the harness lines, and to swing according to how the wind direction enters the sail, allowing a better efficiency in the acceleration. To make this happen, remember not to squeeze to much the boom with the grip of your hands. Let the sail position automatically to the direction of the gusts.

Light wind or for sails bigger then 7.0: For this conditions it’s nicer to have the harness lines a little further back that the front hand gets a bit more power than the back hand. We are talking about putting the harness lines about 2cm more forward then the perfect balanced position. This allows us to close more the gap of the sail on the board, with the weight of the body and to rotate the mast more upright for a better efficiency of the sail. You will be able to put more pressure on the fin, and get more power.

CENTRE FOR PERFECT BALANCE

Strong wind or smaller sails then 7.0: Exactly the opposite as for light wind. Push the harness lines few cm more forward on the boom, so that the back hand gets a bit more pressure than the front hand.

This will allow to windsurf keeping the sail a bit more opened at the back. As it’s windy, and the sail is full of wind, you would not need the full close the gap to make sure you catch all the wind. What you need is to depower fast the sail if you get in a choppy wavy or super strong gust. So the sail with this forward position stays a bit opened, but when you feel that you have an easy condition than you use a bit the power from your back hand to close the gap. The moment the gust come, you relax the back arm, and you will not lose control. Keeping the harness lines forward also allows your body position to be more central on the board, putting your stance more forward to keep the board more under control and down in strong wind. If your body and position keeps the sail always fully closed, and lots of pressure on the fin, you would risk to fly away in the moment a stronger gust gets in.

CENTRE FOR PERFECT BALANCE

Length?

There are 1000’s of theories, but to convince a person that his harness lines are too short and uses too much energy it’s like telling him that the world ends tomorrow!

It’s not that if you have shorter harness lines you use less your arms, and if you are taller you use longer harness lines.

These need to be adjusted according to conditions and sail size. The more power you want, the shorter they shall be. The less power your want, the longer they need to be. So short for power, long for control. So the mix is to keep them as short as possible, but that allow to control. Short is better in flat water. Longer is better in wavy conditions. This is what most people are using in PWA racing when they are about 185cm up. If you are smaller then 185, try 2 points less then the sizes given below: 9.3 e 8.6: wave and strong wind 26-28, easy condition or light wind 24-26.

7.9 e 7.2: wave and strong wind 30-32, easy condition or light wind 28-30.

6.3 e 5.6: wave and strong wind 32-34, easy condition or light wind 30-32.

Long harness lines, allow to absorb better the waves and chop without losing control. You can keep the sail further away from your body, allowing it to be more straight and keeping the board more straight without it flying away while passing over a wave or chop. Your position is more sitting like and allows to push the board back against the water. Less pressure on the fin from the side, but more from the top. You sit lower, and allowes to use more your weight to keep everything down.

The sitting position allows you to have the legs more bent, but ready to follow the surface of the waves, to make the board go over them smoothly and with a steady and constant power on the fin. Short harness lines would lock you in a position which gives zero chance to move from, but would allow you to have more power so this is the game to play. Stay shortest possible, but make them long enough to have control. According to the water surface and spot you will always will need to change them in length.

Going upwind or half wind the harness lines can be kept shorter to have more power and comfort. Downwind longer give more control.

If you had doubts whether your would have to buy vario or fix harness lines, we guess you got now the answer. Why suffer with some fixed ones!!

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The harness lines could get you to win a race. There are harness lines which swing a lot when the vario is at maximum length. If you want to hook on and the rope is not there as it’s swinging opposite, you lose time in hooking in, and this causes a delay in closing the gap of the sail on the board to accelerate. You could lose that important metres needed to jump infront of group and win the race. If they don’t swing a minimum, there is a high chance that you don’t unhook easy, and are not able to jibe when you need. So the amount of swinging they need to have is important.

The handle to make them short needs to be wide enough to comfortably place the fingers in and pull easy with at least 3 fingers. Otherwise it gets hard to make them short.

The cleat which holds the webbing needs to run smooth and last long enough to justify the cost of the harness lines.

If the harness lines can be replaced without taking out the back end of the boom, specially during a racing day, it’s of great help in saving time and being less stressed.

The rope used in the harness lines needs to be good and not cheap and stretchy. Some on the market get even cm longer once you hook in. This makes you lose the acceleration in the sail and tires out your arms more.

The parts which are attached to the boom need to be firm on the boom, but at the same time, if you want to change by few cm their positioning while you are on the water, they need to slide when applying a bit of power with your hand. This way you can adjust the positioning to be more comfortable without going back to the beach.

How many of us do not have one boom for each sail?

Therefore ones you find the sweet spot for the position of the harness lines on your boom, take a marker, and mark direct on the boom the position of them. Next to the position the size of the sail. Do this also if you have 1 boom per sail. Often while you transport them in your car, or trailer, there is a chance that accidentally they could move and then you will lose time again to find the right position!

If you see that the positioning of your harness lines is different from one tack to the other, do not worry about it. This happens due to the profile of the sail, the direction of the waves and wind and many other small things that you should not worry about‌. It’s not about you having to go to a chiropractor to straighten up your body!

Manuel is our distributor from Spain with lots of energy and ideas. He has made Point-7 big in Spain by going step by step. Let’s find out more about Manuel, and the way he is actually pushing windsurfing in his country, and not only the Point-7 brand.

MANUEL RUIZ ANGEL

Distribution

‘To me Point-7 is windsurfing. And it’s all about windsurfing. It’s the passion or obsession for windsurfing if you will.

I feel like we are part of it instead of being a business tool. We have grown together ’For me Point-7 it is a and the connections windsurf brand thathas become tighteralways and tighter.

I try advances and seeks shareIthe sameto feeling to be thetobest. want to all the Point-7 continue working withfriends in Estonia well. We are I Point-7 for manyasyears and a Team, the Team!.’’ try to promote theBlack brand because I believe in its philosophy and in the effort I perceive from the people who work at Point-7 and make no mistake, it's the coolest sails on the market’ Manuel

Ciao Manuel, how did you get to know Point-7? The first time I knew about Point-7 was through a windsurfing forum where I saw the Sado 2008 with a totally different design than any other sail until that moment. I searched online to buy my first sail of Point-7 (AC1 6.7 2008) and I love it.

How did you get interest to start using the sails for your centre, and later even become distributor? When I was finishing my studies of Physical Education I started to teach windsurfing to earn some money and I was buying some other Point-7 sails in the website official and some boards to set up a windsurfing center. When I saved some money, I contacted Point-7 to buy a larger volume as a professional and I was

buying more and more. I really have my school in a spot with very good conditions and my center was growing, I was buying enough material and I was selling the used and new material with ease, so I wanted to go one step further. I think that first as a dealer I was committed to the brand helping people from all over Spain to know the brand and give some support and help and Point-7 helped me to grow while the brand also believed.

Spain is very active for windsurfing. You have the European Hawaii next door, a lot of famous windsurfing spots, and of course most of the PWA world tour events are practically organized between Spain and Canaries. How is windsurfing seen in Spain?

In Spain, windsurfing is very alive now. We have many known spots and very variable and good conditions, there are conditions all year round if you move. Both national and international competition is giving results with new promises of windsurfing as well as being an incentive for all windsurfers. I think there is still a lot of work in the bases where the state and the sailing federation think they could work more, but that work is being supplied by many centers and professionals that help new athletes and promoting events and competitions.

Which are the spots most Spanish windsurfers go to on the mainland? The bestknown spots are the Canary Islands and Tarifa where many pro riders live. The Canary Islands are very accessible, and it is cheap, good temperature and with wind conditions insured according to time and Tarifa is the legendary Spanish spot where the pioneers of windsurfing started and still retains its natural charm and good conditions. Knowing almost all the spots in Spain I cannot leave the opportunity to highlight the conditions of Almeria in the South of Spain, for me this spot is the best and next to those of the nearby areas including my city. And of course, I will try to grow the fame of the spot of my school that there is wind every day from April to October in flat water conditions in a small lake.

You have built a very successful Spanish Black Team? Tell us more about it. There is a lot of talent in Spain and I have been lucky enough to have very good riders around me and form a united team trying to follow the philosophy of Point-7. We try to get together doing windsurf, do photo and video sessions, go to competitions that we can together, and I receive a continuous feedback of the Point-7 material that I transfer to the brand. The most famous disciplines in the peninsula of Spain are waves where I have the team very close and Slalom that in CataluĂąa is really where I found the riders I needed and who are improving results every year. There is a young part of the team that is getting titles and some participations even in PWA and the experience of the seniors who besides motivating others also win!

You have different windsurfing schools. In which locations and how do you manage to follow all your business!? My school is open from April to October, although soon we will have a spot also close in winter. But one hour from my school is the school of Mar Azul in Almerimar where I collaborate and work with Point-7, I also have a collaboration in Tarifa and soon I want to set up a center there. During my training as a windsurfing sports technician in Windsurf I met many people who are now promoting windsurfing. I always have loyal people and centers in which I try to be a partner and help with my resources that I get in my school to grow more. I started with a school and a windsurfing club in my city and I know the needs of these organizations. I think I will keep looking for schools and centers to work and move the Point-7 brand in Spain.

What part of windsurfing do you like the most? I still like to escape with my friends and look for new spots to navigate, sometimes dangerous sometimes with difficult conditions but I like to discover new spots that any windsurfer has known before.

Windsurfing is what will give me the opportunity to travel and meet new places, as well as meet people and spend time with my friends and soon with family, I hope ...

Real Madrid or Barcellona? Real Madrid, but my stage in football ended and my passion is windsurfing, now I almost do not follow football Marquez or Rossi? I also do not follow the world of the bike or motor, I think I have become too fanatic with windsurfing, I am only interested in sports in natural environments and with positive transfer to windsurfing.

Yentel Caers takes Point-7 to victory again!

Read the Exclusive ITW from Yentel, prepared for us by The Wave Hobbit!

The Belgian Point-7 Black Team freestyle superstar Yentel Caers took victory in the 2018 edition of the EFPT Lanzarote. After two extremely exciting double eliminations, with tight races and high scores dropping heat after heat, the Black Team rider could mark down his second EFPT win within a week.

YENTEL CAERS BEL 16 WINS AGAIN

After winning the event in super flat water in Fuerteventura Matas Bay, Yentel manages to be at the top also in super wavy conditions.

EFPT LANZAROTE PLAYA LAS CUCHARAS

‘2 event victories. What can I say? Super happy to start the season this way!!! I started the EFPT in Fuerte with a lot of confidence; I have been training a lot in last months. Matas Blanca offered us flat water and around 20kts. I have been sailing all my heats on the 5.2 Slash the sail has such a high wind range that I didn’t had to change smaller as the wind got slightly stronger. Is always nice to stay on the same sail during the competition as you really get used to it. The most guys who were competing already did some EFPT event some weeks ago and had the competition flow. I was enjoying all my heats as I was free sailing and made me forget to stress. I think this was the key of my win here. Was cool to have a competition on a new place!! If you like to visit, it there is a Point-7 Centre who will get you on the water.

Lanzarote is a different story! I needed to step up my game a lot, I so from the first heat on everyone was on fire. I couldn’t make any mistake. Forecast was looking great, so we know that we will run two double eliminations. The whole event it has been a battle between Adrian Bosson and me for the win. I never saw such a high level in a competition ever. The conditions offered us strong wind and big waves I sailed most of my heats on 4.4 slash some on 4.8 as in the afternoon the wind usually got a little lighter. On starboard tack you would see all kind of double power moves and port tack the biggest jump moves as shifty’s, double loops... so a fun place.

Also, here I was enjoying every single heat. It came till the last heat of the 4days who was going to win. And I can proudly say I took the highest spot. I feel ready for the next event in Fuerteventura… … The PWA would cup Freestyle’

Yentel Caers, Bel 16

‘Proud to have Yentel in our team, who has shown dedication in sail development, hard training and keeping us connected at 360° with the freestyle world growing more and more in the Point-7 program! Go Yentel!’

Andrea Cucchi

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‘YENTEL CAERS AFTER 2 EFPT VICTORIES’ Talking with Yentel when he was on Lanzarote for the EFPT freestyle Pro Tour. Las Cucharas is a wave spot giving a large variety of water conditions. We laugh sometimes, as many people get panicked and say I only sail flat water. The waves and swell are massive. My reply is, it is flat water, it is just that our flat water is at 45º TWH:- The moves are the moves and most of them can be done in all conditions. Do you change the way you do a move, depending on the water state? Flat water, chop or wave.

YENTEL:- Of course you change the way you do moves depending of the conditions, but I think I change the moves I do more. Flat water I will try to do everything double are even triple but in shop I will try different moves with more airtime and i waves, the jump moves will show up TWH:- On flat water speed is the key. It’s why we use Point-7. We see many videos of you in supper strong wind and mirror flat water having a lot of fun. In waves speed is also the key to do the incredibly high jumps. So, in Las Cucharas we see classic wave jumps in the heat, but do you still go as fast for the classic freestyle moves?

YENTEL:- Speed is a big part of the skills, as you go fast you release the power and you can keep bigger sails, so you can go bigger as well. As I love to do a lot off double, triple pop moves I want to go as fast as possible. Yes, in Lanza you will see the same kind of sailing from me.

TWH:- In wave conditions, going out is very different to coming in. Is choosing moves that you can do on both tacks harder? On flat water it must be easier, especially the multi combo moves.

YENTEL:- My starboard tack is my better freestyle side and port my better jump side so Lanzarote gives the perfect combo for me.

TWH:I love freestyle boards in waves, but many people say that they do not turn and bounce to much because of the high volume and width. People may also say things about the Slash being a freestyle sail. What are your thoughts on this?

YENTEL:- Freestyle gear stays freestyle gear it’s made to be able to go out in everything a bit. But mainly in freestyle conditions. Freestyle boards are also really fun for jumping, wave riding is a bit less but still you can have fun on it TWH:Going down or along a wave generates speed, even when the wind is very light you have enough speed to do manoeuvres. Is this useful in Las Cucharas to fill your score card? Which move/moves would you do in this situation, if you were not sure that they would cancel the heat?

YENTEL:- This is a hard question, but I will mainly go for moves as spock culo double culo....

TWH:The same can be said about going out.

You have enough speed to be just planing and a steep ramp pitches in front of you, What moves would you do?

YENTEL:- Paskoo TWH:I am a wave sailor and waiting for the set or the best wave is important. In a heat, do you have time to wait and select the best wave? Or do you have to just do your run and take what you get? This could be the winning factor here in Costa Teguise.

YENTEL:- Freestyle heats are way shorter than wave heats so we don’t have time to wait. So it’s important to just keep going and see what you get and make the best off it.

YENTEL CAERS BEL 16

GRAN CANARIA PWA Wave event 1! Ricardo Campello the man who likes to fly. Back on the podium on his new SALT Pro zero19 at the PWA Gran Canaria. The first event this year, where Ricardo has shown his ability not only in the double air moves, but also amazing wave riding.

Third, after losing by less than a point to make it to the final, Ricardo is back!

At Point-7 we are proud to have kept supporting Ricardo, knowing that not many have his talent in windsurfing.

Next events for the PWA wave,Tenerife and Sylt.

Andrea Cucchi’ I’m so happy to see Ricardo up at the top again. I know Ricardo very well. He has a lot to give to the sport, and he has given a lot through out his career. I know how much he loves windsurfing, and how much he enjoys winning, and hates losing. When he is out on the water he wants to show how cool our sport is, and he is ready to teach and help the next young gun next to him to improve himself. Having our Salt pro to allow Ricardo to go for those moves and goals, makes us proud. Yentel Caers was today entering the semi-finals in the PWA freestyle in Fuerteventura, after winning 2 EFTP events, and this closes the circle we have been working for. Proving that our sails have the performance to take champions to the top in all disciplines’

rd Ricardo Campello V111 BACK ON THE PODIUM

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‘RICARDO CAMPELLO BACK ON PODIUM’ Ricardo’s specialty is air time, so let’s ask him a few questions with him, through the interview from Russell Groves.

TWH: - Pozo is the first stop on the wave tour and going big is the name of the game. You love to do this. Double rotations are a must but we also see that you are experimenting with triples. What makes you decide if we will see them in competition?

RICARDO: - To be honest a few days before the event I went for a big push loop forward and over rotated on the push loop and went triple, but it was a mistake. If I ever try a triple it would be a triple forward and hopefully a push loop double forward. With the new sails I have enough speed to go high enough to try. Now I’m the limit and need to start trying harder!

TWH: - You have a large variety of double rotations. Is it the score value that helps you decide which to use or the ramp?

RICARDO: - Yes, the highest score moves are double forward and push loop forwards so if you want to go to the top you need to do those.

TWH: -We are seeing more and more jumps coming in, using the wave to project you back onto the wave face. Personally I love the shifty back onto the wave face, double forwards and back loops as well, plus you have your own aerial variation moves. The question I ask is; - Is this wave riding or jumping? How would you like the judges to score this?

RICARDO: - Well its wave ride, if you make it nicely hit the lip from down the wave and land back into the wave and continuing riding it’s a wave ride! It might often look as a jump, but than you need to surf front side to make it count. In 3.3 weather and side onshore, it’s not that sure you can have the best ride at all times.

TWH: - Maybe there should be 2 scores for jumps? Jump going out, jump coming in and just leave the wave ride as pure riding. You could even go to the extent that there would be 2 scores for the riding as well.

1 pure and one with rotations. Would you like to say something about this?

RICARDO: - NO! It would be too much calculation and the spirit of wave sailing would be lost.

TWH: - Your trade mark is your Push loop Forward and a Double Forward and those are your standard double rotation jumps. There is also the double push loop, Cheese roll back loop, Shifty combos and more. When it is incredibly windy like in Pozo this year, the extreme Hight of the single rotation jumps is also important. The jumps have there set points for the scoring system, does this work in extreme conditions?

RICARDO: - yes, Pwa has a list with the most scoring moves but the scale went down a bit! I still think huge back loops and forward should have a good score! Those super high single forwards with lots of hesitation are as spectacular as a super-fast double. Also seeing a landing from a massive back loop, is impressive. The speed you enter nose first into the water is scary. and the development you do.

TWH: - Your followers know you for being radical and you love it. I for sure love following your windsurfing carrier. The level every year just gets higher and higher.

What was crazy and new last year, becomes just normal sailing. I know innovation and possibilities are what drive you.

How do you choose, when to go for the new maneuvers in competition?

Is it just that your opponent is going for radical and if he pulls it off he wins? Or is it that if you pull it off you create a new highest score? Moving the bench mark up.

RICARDO: - Well I normally don’t go for new moves in competition, unless I know I have a good heat and I feel comfortable trying something new, but so far there is nothing new for me! Just pushing all I know towards being more radical and fast.

TWH: - 45 to 50 knots are extreme windsurfing, especially when you must compete in it. What is harder, jumping or wave riding?

RICARDO: - Sometimes wave riding is hard if you get a gust and the wind is more onshore and the waves are messy!

TWH: - The level is very high and it must be very hard to stay on top. It is even harder for the young to climb that ladder. Do you have a vision of where wave windsurfing is going?

RICARDO: - I have no idea where we are going, I do know that every year we go higher and higher! Our wave gear has more speed, it’s more balanced, and you feel so comfortable on the sails and boards, that you feel like you can push it even more.

TWH: - Thanks Ricardo for the chat. We are very interested in seeing where you take your windsurfing and the development you do.

FUERTEVENTURA PWA Costa Calma was the first freestyle event from the tour.

Once again, with Yentel Caers from the Black Team, we did not miss the chance to miss out jumping on the podium. Yentel after winning both EFPT in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote the month before, managed to finish third after beating Amado Wrieswijk. Unfortunately, the weather was not allowing for the double eliminations, but the single had showed already that the top guys have brought freestyle to a new level. We are proud that our Slash Freestlyle sail can follow and support Yentel in his mission for these top results. Well done Yentel!

2018 WORLD

YOUTH & MASTER

CHAMPIONSHIPS

BLACK TEAM…

OUR PODIUMS: YOUTH: VICE WORLD CHAMPION: BASILE JAQUIN

MASTERS: WORLD CHAMPION: ANDREA CUCCHI VICE WORLD CHAMPION BORA KOZANOGLU

GRAN MASTERS: 1st LAURENT GIOVANELLI 3rd MARKUS PURWITZER

…ON PODIUMS

This first week of July the IFCA Y&M World Championship took part at the Circolo Surf Torbole on Lake Garda.

170 riders under 21 years of age and over 35! This is the rule to be able to take part at this exclusive world championships. 20 countries present from the whole world to conquer the available titles.

The 5-day event only saw 2 windy days where riders used sails from 7.0 to 9.2.

In the master class it was our Point-7 Boss, Andrea Cucchi, to win the World title with 2 bullets. Amazing to have our own boss racing at this level. Not only running the company and testing his own gear, but also racing it and taking it to victory. It’s a luxury for a windsurfing brand.

Bora Kozanoglu, from Turkey in the same category was crowned Vice-World Champion, just behind the team manager. 2 riders on the top part of the podium has made Point-7 very proud! Always in top 10 from our Black Team, is Laurent Giovanelli from New Caledonia and Markus Purwitzer from Austria. They both finished respectively first and third the Gran Master division, taking again an important part of the podium in a different division!

Basile Jaquin from France, with 2 solid second places, is the Youth IFCA Slalom ViceWorld Champion. Another great result from the raising talents in our Black Team.

Francesco Scagliola and Alkis Vovos finish respectively 6th and 10th in the same division.

‘I was happy to meet my Youth, Junior, Master and Grand Master riders from the Point-7 Black Team. They did a great job in jumping on podium or top 10! Congratulations! I was happy to take part at this event, as it’s where young talents can express themselves. I hope the Ifca class will be able to organize more events like these, especially for the Youths. It’s important to have an alternative for those who finish the Techno Class activity and want to jump into slalom. For myself I can be happy. This year I took part at 4 main events. It was either a title or a 4th till now! I took the IFCA Slalom Master World title this week, after the Italian title last month. 4th at Defi and 4th at the One-hour Classic. The more I race my AC-One the more I realize how great they are on the race course! Happy to race for the Circolo Surf Torbole who managed to run this Ifca Y&M Worlds in a super smooth and professional way. With 170 participants it was a great mission. Can’t wait to next event!’

Andrea Cucchi

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‘ANDREA CUCCHI WORLD CHAMPION MASTER’

Chatting with the boss after having won his IFCA Master Slalom World Title, and having helped tuning the sails of all his Black Team who took part at the event. Read his thoughts after a week of racing, tuning, business and more‌

Andrea Cucchi ITA-1

TWH:- The IFCA worlds were held at your home spot this year, so you had the opportunity to be with 19 registered riders using P-7. Knowing you this meant chatting and helping to tune their sails for the day. What sails were people using ANDREA;- Exactly, it was in my Club at the Circolo Surf Torbole on Lake Garda. The event was spread between 2 areas, and I enjoyed helping the club to create a perfect competition, but mainly I was teaching all of my riders how to tune to perfection the AC-One racing. So, I was jumping left and right. I was not sitting down the whole week between helping out and racing. The weekend before the event I also took part at the One-hour classic race, and training for that, killed my ankle tendons as I over did it, and now that it’s all over, I’m happy to stay in the office for a few days, with legs up, and let the tendons recover. The juniors were using 7.8 and 7.0. Most had the AC-One, but some also the AC-K with 3 cams. The Youth were going for 9.2 and 8.6 AC-One, just like the masters. The wind was between 11 to 19 knots.

TWH:- It also gives you a chance to see how people are using the sails, getting valuable feedback. However, you also chose to enter the masters. How do you combine competing and advising?

ANDREA: - As said before I was not sitting down one moment. I was early to the beach to make sure my gear was ready before I would start meeting my riders and other meetings I had with different people during the week. 2 days before the race I made sure my equipment was ready for the event, and the day before the event I

took time to make sure that my team had everything they needed. Most of my riders needed that extra 1cm more downhaul, and the tuning of the batten was maybe at 70%. Many don’t realise how important this factor is. It makes the biggest difference.

I have now thought of how to tune the battens of all the sails in production, and the sails for 2019, will be received with the right tension. In theory the sails should arrive now as plug and play, but I’m still available to everyone who want to check that it’s all correct. What I found amazing was how riders appreciated our new booms. We came out with our booms at the end of last year, and some still did not have the chance to try them out. As they tried them, they saw the advantage of it, and did not want to go back with their old booms.

TWH:- You had girls, junior, youths and masters. How important is it to have people competing? Especially in the younger age categories.

ANDREA:- These are the real people. Real windsurfers They are riders who buy their gear and their feedback is super valuable. They are not paid riders as in PWA, and most really chose the gear they like. I met new people who I did not know they were using our sails, or that I knew that they were, but I was not in direct contact. I say it again, don’t be shy to contact me direct if you have questions or need support on the products and performance, as I’m always available to help anyone using our Point-7 products. Competitions keep the sport alive. A sport with no competition is not a sport. To see 170 people, most from a very young age, competing at the IFCA means that windsurfing is alive. Not everyone was there to win the title. Some were there to beat their friend and to enjoy the vibe racing can bring. People who compete therefore keep the sport alive, healthy and promote what we like to do. I started racing not because I liked racing, but because I loved the spirit of windsurfing, and this was the best way to live it!

TWH:- Having a competition in your area always generates a lot of interest. Are there more competitions coming up this year.

ANDREA:- In our area you breath windsurfing. Hotels, clubs, windsurfing shops and centres, restaurants, beaches, are all equipped to serve windsurfers. There can be up to 500 people on the water in one day in one specific spot. We have wind every day.

We have smaller events coming up, but our club has already given the will to organise again another IFCA worlds.

TWH:- Sadly there were only 2 races held for the Youth and Masters. This means that you must be focused and on your game right from the start. How do you prepare yourself for a heat?

ANDREA:- Doing a lot of races means having the chance to allow for a few mistakes, but also having to focus for much longer, to be able to win. Having few races means no mistakes allowed. This is racing. The person who does less mistakes wins, so the focus is very important. I always do better when there are less races. I don’t go for the best spot on the starting line or go for something risky. I play safe at the beginning of each event, to make sure I have no over earlies in the starts, or get stuck in a place on the starting line that you don’t want to be in. In events with more racing, playing safe might not make you win at the end of the event, as those who risk can do wins, and discard the mistakes. I know that with our sails we have power and speed. So, I focus to start free from others, and just hammer down the amazing speed of our sails. Before the heat I don’t really focus as I am often late to the start as I end up talking with people on the beach. On the water I just try the course once to understand how to set up the power of my outhaul, the height of my boom and the length of my harness lines. I try to sail fast for 10minutes to warm up. I’m getting old and I warm up like an old diesel...but then…I’m ready to stay on the water for how long you want! The most important, before the start, is wanting to have fun and making fun with friends around. If I go there too serious, then for sure I make mistakes. The forecast was looking with up and downs for the event, but I was expecting maybe 4 slaloms. It ended up being 2 as we were 170 riders!

TWH:- 170 racers in one place at the same time is a big show. It is even more spectacular when there is a large age range. Would you like to see more events where there are age categories?

ANDREA:- I think 170 racers says already the answer: YES! I would like to see the PWA and the IFCA, even the national association realising that they need to get together and make a strong structure to allow more racing for this big public. How I see it? National championships to select those who go to IFCA events. IFCA events to select who goes to PWA. A nice IFCA tour for Youth and Junior. Now there are so many kids who learn windsurfing and racing thanks to the Techno Class. At 16 the Techno Class comes to an end, and they should have 2 options: one is going to the Olympic class, but normally only few have the privilege to do this class under the national federation. The second option should be slalom, but if we don’t organise for them a nice tour, organised as good as we just had the IFCA Worlds, then many of the kids will either go for option 3: quit or change sport. So, I really hope that something will happen. We don’t need to invent anything special, as the riders are hungry for more racing, and they are many already, but we need to do something and fast. We don’t need to introduce anything new or special things. I know that during the event, there were meetings regarding this, so let’s cross fingers.

TWH:- Point 7 had good results in the event. Did you find that there was a good team spirit?

ANDREA:- The spirit was good. I saw my team sharing and supporting each other. I even saw Bruno Martini who was not racing being on the water to support the other riders. In windsurfing this is the spirit between racers even if they are not in the same spirit. We are so passionate about our sport, that we all share the same passion, and helping each other, even if competitors, it does exist. In our Point-7 Black Team, this feeling is even stronger. If anyone is happy to come join us, they should not hesitate to get in contact.

TWH:- I know when you are on the water, the goal is to win. How important is it to sit down and discuss the heat/race with the team on land afterwards?

ANDREA:- It’s very important. I’ve seen this with many riders I’ve followed with success also in PWA. If they are ready for success, they are also ready to listen and correct their mistakes. I’m on the water with them, and I know exactly how their gear feels, the wind is, and what difficulties they might find. I can give them strong advices, but what is most important is to make them feel strong in what they know that they can be strong in, and relax them on the weakness they could have. It’s very wrong to tell them their mistakes and stress them during the heats. You cannot be on their neck during the racing time, they would get more nervous and do worse. It would give them extra pressure and they have already enough. The briefing is good to have it at the end of the racing day, and during the day you need to give them confidence. Sometimes is better to keep the mouth shut but do things for them to let them feel supported and loved.

TWH:- Personally you had a great event and congratulations on winning the Masters.

Well done to all of the team.

GERMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

2018 SYLT 24-29 July

Mozart GER 100

ANDREACUCCHI ITA-1 | 3° Slalom

OLIVER TOM GER 1001 | 6° Slalom

FABIAN MATTES GER 202 | 9° Slalom

LEON DELLE GER 6 | 10° Slalom

RUSSELL GROVES new site. Is Jump on

all about online learning. It can never replace live teaching or coaching which he would never do, but his aim is to place down a structured way to learn. You can just use the online service if you wish, it’s main role is to give reference notes. After his coaching sessions, people often asked him for notes or where they can study. So, he started his archive site where they could read up on things. It’s still an ongoing project as it is not just about a beginner program. He will spend the rest of my life building it, it is like writing an autobiography about his windsurfing life. So keep following!

www.russellgroves.pro

CAMPELLO Vision Series

First Episode | Cape Town This is the first episode of "CampelloVision" series. The story of all experiences behind the professional career from Ricardo Campello. A career that have been surrounded by beautiful cultures, places and real connections with many intangible things through his passion: Windsurfing.

He visited Cape Town and found a rich culture builded by their people and their ways of understanding life his simple perspectives. Where for him, Cape Town has the most honest smile i've ever seen.

Ph Jimmy Hepp

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Type

Country Point-7 Black Team Lanzarote

Spot

1 Feb- 7 March

Team slalom Training

7-10 March

Costa Teguise PRO AM SLALOM CUPLanzarote

Costa Teguise

24 Feb-3 March 1-3 April

Black sheep Meeting Black Team training

Lanzarote Lake Garda

Costa Teguise Circolo Surf Torbole-Lake Garda

7-8 April

No Rules Slalom Stage REVII | U22 Lake Garda

Circolo Surf Torbole-Lake Garda

11 April-14 April

Distributor Meeting

Lake Garda

Lake Garda

28 June- 1 July

EFTP Point-7

Matas Blanca

12-13 May 19 May

Point-7 Test day Point-7 Test day

Fuerteventura AUSTRIA Neusiedel Achensee ESTONIA

Jun-Oct

Hiiusurf Ristna Wave Classic

Estonia

Ristna

Jun-Oct

Vääna Wave Classic

Estonia

Vääna

May-Oct

Estonian Slalom Championships

Estonia

4-5 different events in different spots

End of July

FUN Race series Hiiumaa stage

Estonia

Kärdla

May-Sep

FUN Race series

Estonia

4 different events

Apr-Oct

Slalom training

Estonia

Kärdla

Sometime in July

Costa Teguise

Estonian Surfcamp (over 2000 participants) Estonia FRANCE 10-13 May Defi Wind France GERMANY 20-28 January Boot Dusseldorf Boot Dusseldorf-Exhibition Germany 10-13 May Surf Festival Fehmarn Germany

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7-8 July

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Walchensee

end of sept

Sylt

25 April

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28-29 April 30 April 1 May 5 May 6 May

Point-7 Point-7 Point-7 Point-7 Point-7

Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy

Vindicio Lago Di Bracciano Campo Di mare Numana Igea Marina

23-24 June

One Hour Classic | Team dinner

Italy

Circolo Surf Torbole-Lake Garda

end of oct

Black Sheep Meeting: Tune and TrimItaly zero19 sails JAPAN

Malcesine -Lake Garda

Dec 2nd-3rd, 2017

Kakegawa Surf Slalom 2017, 2017 JWA JAPAN Tour

Omaezaki, Shizuoka

Dec 9th-10th, 2017

Japan Amature Championship slalom,JAPAN 2017 JWA Tour

Miura, Kanagawa

Mid January, 2018

Amamioshima Slalom, 2018 JWA Tour JAPAN

Amami Oshima, Okinawa

Mid Feburary, 2018

Team Training

JAPAN

Okinawa

Late in March, 2018

Oita Slalom, 2018 JWA Tour

JAPAN

Oita

Early in April, 2018

Japan Maters Slalom

JAPAN

Miura, Kanagawa

Late in April, 2018

Demo/Promotion Event

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Miho, Shizuoka

Mid May, 2018

Motosuko Champiionship Slalom, 2018 JAPAN JWA Tour

Motosuko, Yamanashi

Late in May, 2018

Black Sun Photo/Video

JAPAN

TBA

Mid June, 2018

Miyako Classic Slalom

JAPAN

Miyako, Okinawa

Late in July, 2018

Kemigawa Slalom, 2018 JWA Tour

JAPAN

Kemigawa, Chiba

Early in August, 2018

Miho Cup Slalom

JAPAN

Miho, Shizuoka

Early in September, 2018 Mid October, 2018

Demo/Promotion Event Demo/Promotion Event

Test day Test day Test day Test day Test day

Germany

JAPAN JAPAN NETHERLANDS Oct Dam X Holland SPAIN 2 al 5 de Enero National Championship Wave/Slalom ALMERIA CEF 2018 2 al 4 de Marzo National Championship Slalom CEF TARIFA 2018 29 de Marzo al 1 de Abril National Championship Wave/Slalom ALMERIA CEF 2018 28 de Abril al 1 de Mayo National Championship Slalom CEF MURCIA 2018 1 al 3 de Junio National Championship Slalom CEF CATALUNYA 2018 12 al 14 de Octubre or 1 al 4 de National Noviembre Championship or 10 al 25 Freestyle/Slalom de Noviembre ZARAGOZA CEF 2018

Leucate Expo Fehmarn

Conca D'oro- Lake Garda

Motosuko, Yamanashi Miura, Kanagawa Dam X El Ejido (Club Deportivo Víctor Fernàndez ) Valdevaqueros El Ejido (Club Windsurf Mar Azul) Los Alcázares (CN Los Alcázares) Roses (GEN Roses) La Loteta (Club Windsurf Zaragoza)

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Sylt, Germany

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