March 10, 2004
Another 6 sailors qualified for the 2004 Formula Worlds . At the North American Championships ,Calema Mid Winters ,Florida , 2 europeans and 4 natives qualified for Leba ,Poland in August .
Keith Atkinson (GBR 56)
Antoine Questel (FRA99)
Seth Besse (USA64)
Jason Voss(USA8)
Mike Zajicek
Steve Bodner(USA4)
March 9, 2004
NOTICE of RACE -FW Grand Prix ,Rhodes. The NOR is published today for the return of the Rhodes Grand Prix .It is expected to publish the Entry Form and hotel booking details at the end of March -final confirmation that everything is ready for first major European regatta of 2004. Please direct any question you may have to : fw@internationalwindsurfing.com
Calema Midwinter - Final Day
March 7, 2004
Calema Midwinter - Day three
check the Final official results (doc file 500kB)
Read Phil's final report...
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and look... videos by namaxa.com:
...Steve
...Wojtek
...Ross
...Kevin
... Andrea
...Devon
...Micah
... Patrice
...Phil
...Starboard
...Miami
...Prizegiving
and..
...Wojtek once more but for his Polish friends...
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00:10 First four: Steve, Wojtek,Ross,Kevin..
We are waiting for the official results...
SMS from Florida
22:30 No more races. End of the event.
20:05
Race#7: Kevin, Wojtek, Steve, Jamie
Race#8: Kevin, Steve,Jamie,Gonzalo,Wojtek
Wind 7 to 12 knots, very shifty...
Calema Midwinters 2004 - day two
March 6, 2004
Calema Midwinters - day two
Steve, Wojtek and Ross on the lead after two days of the competition.
so..
read Phil's report
check the results (doc file) after 6 races.
look at few photos from the water and videos:
...Tinho
... FormulaForOlimpic
...Devon
...Keith
...Chrissy
... it is hot here
...Dorota
...Jimmy
...Phil
...Ross
...Pieter
...Wojtek
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Calema Midwinters - Day one
Steve Allen and Keith Atkinson comments...
March 6, 2004
Calema Midwinters - Day one
Steve Allen and Keith Atkinson comments...
and a few photos from the action
Calema Midwinters - day one
March 5, 2004
Calema Midwinters - day one
Please read Phil's report from the first day of the event...
and check the results (doc file) after 4 races.
Short namaxa.com video reports from the event site (mpg files approx. 2 Mb each):
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...TinhoDornellas welcome
... 6 minutes to the start
...Start!
...Start part two
...race
...Andrea
...Dorota
...Kevin
...Micah
...Ross
...Steve
...Wojtek
and ...Tinho once again...
March 5, 2004
Calema Midwinters - day one
21:40
Provisional results of the first four races:
Race#1: Gonzalo,Kevin,Pieter,Ross,Seth
Race#2: Ross, Wojtek,Kevin, Steve,Seth
Race#3: Wojtek,Steve,?,ITA-5,Kevin
Race#4: Steve,Wojtek,Andrea Cucchi
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SMS from Florida - Race#2. Lots of holes in the wind. Wojtek was leading all the way. Last down Ross got a gust and Wojtek's pumping didn't help. Finish - Ross, Wojtek, Kevin!
March 4, 2004
Midwinters 2004
Phil McGain reports:
The day before registration
Sailors already arriving in Florida for the annual Midwinters festival organized by Tinho Dornellas and his wife Susie.
Wojtek arrived a few days ago, Jaime lever and Devon Boulon were hard at it most of the day today. Gonzalo was fast as usual in the flat water. Ross Williams showed his end of 2003 form while cruising around on the course today.
Pritchard, Pritchard and McGain were busy running there 3 day clinic.
Forecast for the next few days look really good, Friday looking the best.
...stay tuned for more reports.
Windsurfing Euro-Cup sanctioned by IFWC and IFCA
March 3, 2004
PRESS RELEASE - The International Funboard Class Association (IFCA), the International Formula Windsurfing Class (IFWC) and the Choppy Water Event Management GmbH are pleased to announce that a Sanctioning Contract has been signed which selects the Windsurfing Euro-Cup as exclusive continental series for the disciplines Racing (Formula Windsurfing) and Slalom (IFCA).