Top Windsurfing Locations - Wellington, New Zealand

Time for another Top Windsurfing Location from around the globe and today's entry is Wellington, New Zealand. This little slice of windsurf paradise is a gorgeous alcove of blue water surrounded by lush grassy hills.  Wellington is also known to be one of the windiest cities in the world which is an almost perfect spot for windsurfing as it's winds are sure to carrying you over the waves with great ease. While it's not suggested for beginner windsurfers, any veteran water man would find themselves navigating this harbor with ease in no time.

The climate in Wellington, New Zealand is a temperate marine one, is generally moderate all year round, and rarely sees temperatures rise above 25 °C (77 °F), or fall below 4 °C (39 °F). The hottest recorded temperature in the city is 31.1 °C (88 °F), while -1.9 °C (28 °F) is the coldest. The city is notorious however for its southerly blasts in winter, which may make the temperature feel much colder. The city is generally very windy all year round with high rainfall; average annual rainfall is 1249 mm, June and July being the wettest months. (via Wikipedia.org)

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Blind Windsurfer Will Attempt To Cross Strait of Gibraltar

I find myself drawn to those that overcome adversity, which is why this story from International Windsurfing caught my eye.  The article is focused on Xavier Mandico who is a blind windsurfer from Spain that has plans to windsurf across the Strait of Gibraltar. Xavier has created a windsurfing program that focuses on teaching his fellow impaired beginner windsurfers how to get out on the waves around Spain with confidence.  Stories like Xavier's shows how important being out on the water is to any true windsurfer. For more details about Xavier's great windsurfing attempt or to just support his effort please check out this link to Water Hound's website.

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Veteran and Beginner Windsurfing Classes Held in Montauk, NY

The leaves changing on the trees is no excuse to not learn windsurfing. Even in chilly Montauk, New York there's a windsurfing camp that is holding an event on Sept 24-26.  The Montauk ABK Board Sports Windsurfing Camp is holding classes this month that are split up by skill level and geared towards starting or furthering your knowledge rather than have you in a cookie cutter windsurf class. Their focus on teaching makes for classes that will be satisfying to the veteran windsurfer and novice ones alike. For more details on the event and windsurfing classes by ABK Board Sports please check out this link.

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2010 Windsurf Event Held At Hatteras, North Carolina

This year's Hatteras Wave Jam 2010 was held this weekend in the outer banks of North Carolina.  The event featured plenty of great windsurfing action and the event coordinators had the presence of mind to broadcast live on the web through Sept. 15-19th.  The livestream had hundreds of eager windsurfing enthusiasts from around the world all tuning into the event's official website.

As for the event itself, hundreds of windsurfers competed in almost perfect weather and swells that were influenced by Hurricane Igor's short-lived fury.  The results of the various windsailing events that were held over the last few days can be found on the Hatteras Windsurf Google Group page. Unfortunately the high amount of visitors that have sailed across the event's official website have caused it to hiccup over the last few days so please continue to try this link for official information.

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Extreme Weather Windsurfing and Water Sports

Most people's fight or flight instincts kick in when faced with  severe weather then there's those windsurfers, surfers, and paddleboarders that live for those moments.  It takes a special kind of water man to immediately figure out how to safely harness these often dangerous gusts of mother nature's fury by grabbing their windsurf rig and heading out. For the rest of us it's a lot easier to view pictures of hurricane windsurfing like the ones we just uploaded to our flickr account today.  You can also check out a video of some great hurricane windsurfing action below from the Red Bull Storm Chase - Extreme Windsurfers video clip.

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Top Windsurfing Locations - Scotland

On this week's Top Windsurfing Locations article we highlight the great land of Scotland.  Scotland has may not be the first place you think of for great windsurfing action but thankfully we're here to show you otherwise.  Scotland offers plenty of inland and coastal locations for you to test your rig out on and a bevy of interesting historical castles and sights to feast your eyes on while up on your board.

The climate of Scotland is temperate and oceanic, and tends to be very changeable. It is warmed by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic, and as such has much milder winters (but cooler, wetter summers) than areas on similar latitudes. However, temperatures are generally lower than in the rest of the UK. Winter maximums average 6 °C (42.8 °F) in the lowlands, with summer maximums averaging 18 °C (64.4 °F).  While it may seem a bit cold to be out windsurfing out on the breezy waters in Scotland that shouldn't discourage you from hopping on a plane to this Top Windsurfing Location.

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2010 PWA Women's Slalom Finals Held in Almanarre, France

The final women's PWA Slalom event of the 2010 PWA windsurfing season was set to happen over the last few days in Almanarre, France.  Unfortunately pour wind conditions had the female athletes spending more time on the beach poised for the go ahead than out on the waves enjoying some slalom windsurfing action.  Thankfully the competitors still have that fighting spirit in them and will be racing as soon as mother nature smiles down on them and gives them a steady bit of wind to pick up their sails.  For more information please check out the PWA World Tour homepage for up to the minute coverage of the Women's Slalom PWA Finals.

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Windsurfing Wipe-outs From Reunion Wave Classic 2010

Wiping out while windsurfing on you board is never an easy thing to go through and sometimes can be downright scary. Thankfully watching videos of windsurfing wipe-outs is a lot easier to stomach than the real thing. What's even better is the video that the guys over at Open Ocean Media created for the top wipe outs from the 2010 Reunion Wave Classic. Please check out the video below for all the windsurfing action.

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Reunion Wave Classic 2010_Worst Wipe Outs from Open Ocean Media on Vimeo.

Top Windsurfing Locations - Midwest United States

Sometimes the best windsurfing locations can be those that are right outside your back door.  The Discover Windsurfing blog initially set out to make a list of the Top Locations for Windsurfing from across the globe but we now set our sights on more local wind surfing locations.  Next up on our list of the best windsurf is the Midwest United States.  Sure you can find amazing windsurfing spots on the East and West coast of the US but how about overlooked center of the country.  Whether it's Michigan, Ohio, or  Minnesota there are plenty of windsurfing locations scattered throughout the Mid West.

Usually in our blog posts about the top windsurfing locations we use this section to tell a little bit about the climate of the location we're highlighting but this time we're doing things a little different.  The Mid West is unlike many of the other hot spots we've spoken about due to the fact that it has very distinct seasons and prime windsurfing weather is mixed between Spring and Summer.  But the large number of lakes scattered through out the region make finding a great spot quite easy to do and websites like  MoWind.com serve to highlight specific lakes that stand out from the rest for windsurfing.  A few of the top locations for windsurfing from around the Midwest are Traverse City, MI, near Cleveland, OH,  Chicago, IL, and St. Paul, Minnesota.  Next time you're looking for a great windsurfing vacation spot why not check out someplace lesser known and closer to home, you just might find your own little peace of windsurf heaven.

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Midwest Windsurfing Event Held in Michigan This September

Summer is unfortunately slowly crawling towards it's end but that doesn't mean great windsurfing events aren't still happening on a weekly basis.  The folks over at Midwest Organizers of Windsurfing (MoWIND) recently highlighted an event happening in mid September that is sure to bring midwestern windsurfers out in great numbers.  The Higgins Lake Windsurfing Regatta will be held on Sept. 11 & 12 and looks to showcase some great windsurfing, longboarding, novice races, and hybrid events.  There will also be demoes, music, and plenty of other activities.  Please check out this link for more details.

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Tabou Rocket Series Sale To Celebrate Windsurfing Board Win

The folks over at Boardseeker Magazine recently started a review of the top windsurfing boards that are currently out on the market.  Hands-down winner of the windsurfing product review was the Rocket Freeride series from Tabou.  These windsurfing boards combine the speed of high performance windsurfing boards but the versatility usually found in lower end windsurf board models.  We are glad to also highlight that Windsurfing Direct is currently having a sale on the Rocket Freeride series of boards to celebrate Tabou Rocket's win over the competition.

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Get Freestyling Inc Offers Freestyle Windsurf Lessons in Egypt

Are you looking for a  a great vacation destination that also will provide some great opportunity for windsurfing action, why not plan a scenic windsurf trip to exotic and immensely unique trip to Egypt?  While not one of the leading places one would think of when contemplating international windsurfing locales the folks at Get Freestyling Inc. are banking on you taking a trip to Egypt and using their company for some windsurfing lessons.  The windsurfing classes run for 5 days and include partial board during your stay and the windsurf lessons are led by experienced windsurfers and will focus on freestyle windsurfing.  For more information about Get Freestyling Inc.'s Egyptian windsurfing classes please check out this link.

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UMI Pictures Windsurfing Video of Alex Mussolini in Spain

Watching a skilled professional windsurfer can be a thing of beauty.  The folks at Umi Pictures caught the footage below of Alex Mussolini in some great windsurfing action off the coast of El Cabezo, Spain.  Alex puts his knowledge of his home beach turf to good use and makes the variety of windsurf moves he pulls off look deceptively easy.  Please check out the video below of this great windsurfer at work or click this link to Umi Pictures great mix of windsurfing pictures, videos, and upcoming windsurfing events.

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Cabarete Classic Pulls Windsurfers to the Dominican Republic

If you're looking for an excuse to head down south to explore the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean islands why not make sure your trip coincides with the Cabarete Classic professional and amateur windsurfing event.  This yearly event will be held on July 14-18 in the Dominican Republic off the coast of Cabarete beach.  This freestyle windsurfing event will feature events for windsurfers of all ages and skill levels and looks to pull in dozens of professional windsurfing enthusiasts from around the area and abroad.  For more details please click this link to the Cabarete Classic homepage.

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Sarah-Quinta Offringa and Gollito Estredo Take Top Freestyle

The 2010 PWA Freestyle World Cup Lanzarote windsurfing racing event was held at Coasta Teguise just last week and the event was rough at points but was full great windsurfing action.  The World Cup Lanzarote event was the 2nd major windsurf event within the PWA World Cup and had the best of the best windsurfers from around the world competing for top honors at this windsurf event.  None other than Sarah-Quinta Ofringa and Gollito Estredo took 1st place in their respective races and did a great job of showing off their windsurfing skills.  For more details about the windsurfing racing event please check out this link.

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STACKED: A Windsurfing Movie from Andrew Paskowski

Check out this YouTube Windsurfing video from Andrew Paskowski called STACKED.  His windsurfing movie was taken at the World Cup Spots in Fuerteventura and Pozo and features some sick freestyle and wave action.  Quite a few windsurfers are featured in Andrew's movie but Gollito Fernandez' runs feature some of the most amazing well executed windsurf maneuvers to be caught on film.  Please check out STACKED below from YouTube.

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List of Windsurfing Events from Maui Windsurfing Association

The folks over at the Maui Windsurfing Association were nice enough to make a full list of the huge variety of windsurfing race events that will be going on during the 2010 Windsurfing Season.  The list of events range from slalom windsurf races, to speed challenges, and a long distance windsurfing event that has windsurfers traveling Maui to Moloka'i.  So if you're in the Maui, Hawaii area this Summer, why not check out this link to the Maui Windsurfing Association's homepage for details on the top windsurfing events that will be coming to Maui's beaches this year.

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Online Gaming With Windsurfing MMX PC Game

With the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) going on throughout this week in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Center we thought it'd be prime time to report on a windsurfing video game.  While not from Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony Windsurfing MMX is a down loadable PC game that features dozens of freestyle windsurfing moves and plenty of styles of races to compete in.  The game not only allows for you to compete for high scores and against the computer but lets you fight it out with online gaming against other virtual windsurfers for top billing across all the featured event types.

Windsurfing MMX handles great and is not too taxing on your PC.  The designers of the game were also gracious enough to provide a demo for the videogame, so why not head over to their homepage to try out the game or purchase it for a low price through paypal. While many of the gaming industry's top companies will be announcing  their new technology for the rest of the year and into the future at E3, why not check out Windsurfing MMX through this link.  You can also check out the Youtube video below for windsurfing action from the game.

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2010 US Windsurfing Championship To Be Held in San Francisco

The 2010 professional windsurfing season continue to move forward and we are fast approaching some of the biggest events.  One particular set of events we have our eyes on is the 2010 US Windsurfing Championship (also know as the North American Formula Racing Championship) which is being held July 20th-24th.  This event will be held at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California and is officially sanctioned by the International Windsurfing Association.

The 2010 US Windsurfing Championship will be following the very strict rules governed by the IWA and will draw some of the countries top windsurfers to the San Francisco Bay.  For more information please click the following link for a pdf of the full information about the windsurf event.

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Top Windsurfing Locations - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Finding the best locations across the world for the water sports of your choice, whether surfing, windsurfing or stand-up paddle boarding, can be a difficult task to undertake.  We aim to build this list of the Top Locations for Stand-Up Paddleboarding that will allow anyone, whether you're an expert or a beginner to make it easier to pick a location that suits your needs.  Our next SUP Boarding and stand up paddlesurfing location to highlight is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  There are dozens of locations throughout Brazil that are widely respected as windsurfing hubs the world over but few can hold a candle to the beauty that Brazil's captiol cit holds within its borders.

Rio has a tropical savanna climate and is often characterized by long periods of rain from December to March. The temperature occasionally reaches over 40 °C (104 °F) in inland areas of the city, and maximum temperatures above 28 °C (82 °F) occur on a monthly basis. In the main tourist areas (south side, where the beaches are located), the temperature is moderated by the cool sea-breezes from the Atlantic Ocean.  Along the coast, the breeze, blowing alternately onshore and offshore, modifies the temperature which also makes for almost perfect conditions for windsurfing.  The temperature varies according to elevation, distance from the coast, and type of vegetation. Winter brings mild temperatures and less rain than in the summer.

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