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Issue 22: 13 October, 2006
Racing Excellence
Photo: SarahA* Antoine Albeau has had an amazing year winning just about everything he entered. The season started strong with Antoine winning the mid-winters in Florida and going on to achieve a perfect score at the Euro-Cup Mondial du Vent in Leucate. He followed up with 1st placings in all six races at the Defi Wind before switching disciplines to win the Super X World Championship.
He finished off the season by claiming the Slalom 42 World Championship after winning the slalom in Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura and coming second to team mates Finian Maynard in Turkey and Micah Buzianis in Sylt.
Micah Buzianis won the Race of Champions in Italy, placed 3rd in slalom at Fuerteventura and finished the season with a 1st place at Sylt.
Click here to read more about the Sylt event and Micah’s win in his latest column.
Micah Buzianis
Finian Maynard
Photos: PWA/ Carter
Finian Maynard picked up the IFCA Slalom World Championship in Turkey and won the ISA Speedsurfing Grand Prix in Fuerteventura. He also placed 2nd in slalom at Fuerteventura and at Leucate.
Finian is now headed to Namibia to take part in the ISA Speedsurfing Grand Prix and to try and break his own nautical mile record. Click here for details. Good Luck Finian!
Allison Shreeve was honoured as Australian Female Sailor of the year and went on to pick up the Formula World title again after winning the European and South American Championships and coming 3rd in the Slalom at Fuerteventura.
Jesper Vesterstrom won both the Oceania and South American Formula Championships and placed 3rd in the Europeans.
Wilhelm Schurmann won the North American Championships and Brazilian Nationals in both Formula and Slalom.
Gonzalo Costa Hoevel won the South American Slalom Championship and placed 2nd in Formula. He came 3rd at the Calema mid-winters and Euro-cup in Silvaplana.
Arnon Dagan won the Euro Cup Formula racing at Silvaplana and came 2nd in the slalom. He also took 2nd in the Allegro.PL Cup and 3rd place in Sylt.
Julien Quentel (pictured) placed 2nd at the Formula Worlds.
Wojtek Brzozowski placed 2nd in the Calema mid-winters and 2nd at the Europeans before breaking his leg putting him out for the rest of the season.
Team Pryde
For more about our International Team take a look at the new TeamPryde section on neilpryde.com. Find out which sails our riders choose and why. Read about how they got into the sport and what it is that has them hooked. Check out the photo galleries and download great wallpapers for your computer.
Magazine Tests
We know many sailors like to review magazine test results when choosing their sails. So from now on when a test result is published we will add comments from the test to the appropriate product pages along with details of the magazine that did the review so you can make sure you check out the magazine before deciding which NeilPryde sail is right for you. The first results for the new collection come from Windsurf magazine in the UK and you can see comments about the Alpha here and the Combat here
Insider’s Guide
Also new to our website is the INSIDER’S GUIDE. Written by NeilPryde Windsurfing’s Division Manager Jon Squires with support from Robert Stroj and Pieter Bijl at the NeilPryde Design Center this new column will answer some of the questions you’ve always had about windsurfing but never wanted to ask.
The first column covers the basics of sail design and later we have articles about IMCS, board jargon and rigging sails for lightwind performance and more. Check it out here or find it in the News and Events section of neilpryde.com.
Me & My Solo
Team Riders Carine Camboulives and Manu Bouvet travel the world to discover some off the best windsurfing spots on earth and they never leave home without their Solo’s.
Sometimes the best spots are in your own back yard as Carine and Manu found out when they made a weekend trip to Hana in Maui. Hana is renowned more for the journey than the destination and sailing there means no crowds and some gorgeous back drops for your photos.
Click here to read about their trip along the infamous Hana Road or click here for a sneak peak at the location of their latest travel story. Check out the December issue of Planchemag for the full Hana story.
Rigging & Tuning
Photo: Jerome Houyvet Rigging and Tuning you gear properly is so important when you are looking to get the most out of your sail and you can’t beat tips from World Champion wave sailor Jason Polakow when it comes to the Zone. Click here to watch a video of Jason explaining how he sets up his Zone on the 3Z website. 3z.neilpryde.com
Alpha Winner
Congratulations go to Manuel Albarca Vargas from Spain, our latest web competition winner. Manuel has won a brand new Alpha sail.