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wThursday, October 21, 2004 | |
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Baltic Sea - Dazendorf  Its still really good to sail near Kiel in the Baltic Sea. Today we had a beautiful day with perfect sunshine and some waves at Dazendorf!!
It was quite warm ,so no gloves and cap needed! Just a beautiful late autumn day with sailing......The forecast for the next days looks good! See you around!! STEFFI WAHL posted by Steffi Wahl at 10/21/2004 08:14:00 PM | (0) comments |
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wTuesday, October 19, 2004 | |
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Letter from Bonaire Hey shredding sistahs, I am a lurker from way back and wanted to post after revisiting this great magazine. I have some creative juices flowing early this cool New England Morning so here I am to share. Just to reaquaint myself, I live in Bonaire and am the promoter for King of the Caribbean. Last year I worked hard with many women members here and the PWA to make sure we had a women's division. Some amateur friends agreed to go pro with the support of Karin, Daida, Cornelia and Tanya. It was great and a most memorable aspect of the event for me personally. I am invested in promoting women in the sport via my event. 
This past week while visiting friends and family on Cape Cod I happened on the Cape Cod Wind Wahines Women's only clinic. What an excellent weekend for women in the sport. Local organizers Kay Slater and Desiree Moyer invited Petra Kanz, Ellen Faller and Dottie Daniels up to run clinics to women from Massachusetts and the surrounding states. I will provide more info later on this but what I want to say is there is power in windsurfing for women in our sport. Look at the Women's ONLY competition in Canada. I was stoked to see this for such talent. Welcome back Colette! Next up was newbie Yasmin's profile. Someone who has passion to learn and to share with women. I also see my sistah, Femke, a truely admirable person stepping up to the plate, after her first tour and seeking sponsorship. Go Femke, you deserve it full on. As I enter oh, my 6th year of sailing I feel rejuvenated and renewed today after reading this site and reflecting on the year. I have not visited windgirls magazine for I confess over a year and well, I am glad I am back. I am now more motivated to do my part in making women in our sport more visible. Plans up are for some women's clinics in Bonaire for 2005. More info to come. I also want to see the women's division for the KOTCaribbean grow in 2005. Let's all invite a newbie. The dates are tentatively changed to May 29-June 5. I am glad to be back! Annie Phelan posted by editors at 10/19/2004 11:37:00 PM | (0) comments |
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wThursday, October 07, 2004 | |
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Coralie Imbert The 19 year old kiteboarder from France is considered to be one of the promising faces in the sport. Coralie answers some questions in this interview.
Do you still remember your first time on a kiteboard?
What do you think of the woman image in the sport?
Can you describe me the best moment of your surfing life?
Whats your ultimate aim to achieve?
posted by Anonymous at 10/07/2004 11:43:00 PM | (0) comments |
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wTuesday, October 05, 2004 | |
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My first time in Sylt. Some more thoughts and pictures The PWA event in Sylt last week: the forecast said massive swell and wind to 45 knots, starboard tack. I was fighting with myself, should I go or shouldnt I? I am a port tack sailor, and I was not sure if I would be able to handle the shorebreak. People told me incredible stories about Vidar Jensen breaking all his kit, Dunkerbeck not being able to sail in his heat and so on. Then I said to myself: and so what? If it is difficult, it will be difficult for everyone. And: the parties are famous!   
Thats how it turned out to be: Wind around 14 knots, straight onshore, one day with ok conditions for waves. Girls never been sent out! We spent our days waiting and waiting, went surfing and wakeboarding once. Steffi Wahl (G-303) proved to be a good surfer and Uli Hölzl (AUT-123) used her snowboarding skills to impress us on the wakeboard. Justyna Sniady (POL-111) and myself were mainly out there testing our party skills :-). Karin Jaggi (Z-14) and Annemarie Reichmann (H-98) did well some nights, too. Annemarie coloured her eyelid in a deep purple shade, not by applying make up - but by breaking her masts into four pieces on the rocks! Uli followed soon and is now wearing a very fashionable blue stripe under her eye...  
Particularly good was the prize-giving ceremony. With the Pozo and Hawaii result, Daida is World Champion in Waves, too, and once again proves to be the princess of windsurfing (she does not really like to be called queen, since she feel too young for that title). What we all were happy about was Scott McKercher winning his first ever world-title in Waves. The celebration with champaigne and cake in the riders lounge soon turned into a battle between various people abusing the NIVEA promotional products, mainly shaving foam... What did I learn about Sylt? You have to have seen it once! Loads of fun in the shorebreak and current, big nights out, and the chance to meet all the VIP people in windsurfing! Anne Stevens (G-200) took these nice pictures. posted by Anonymous at 10/05/2004 06:44:00 PM | (0) comments |
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wMonday, October 04, 2004 | |
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No wave action in Sylt, Daida champion 2004 
wave 2004: Karin (3rd), Daida (1st), Iballa (2nd), all photos PWA/Carter With no womens wave action taking place in Sylt (Germany), the winning performance of Daida Moreno (Mistral, North) at her home break in Gran Canaria back in August proved to be enough for her to retain her status as womens overall world wave champion. Daidas twin sister Iballa Moreno (Mistral, North) finished second overall with Karin Jaggi (F2, Arrows) taking third. Both Moreno sisters are off to Hawaii in November while Jaggi is planning to stay in Europe and to attempt to break the womens speed sailing world record. And here are some serious Sylt PARTY action!  
posted by editors at 10/04/2004 11:17:00 PM | (0) comments |
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