At Starboard we are extremely happy to have been able to start a co-operation with the EFPT (European Freestyle Pro Tour) this year and managed to help them make the last two EFPT tour stops Carbon Neutral. We are proud to see the efforts that EFPT puts in to making the events plastic free. …
Sarah-Quita Offringa By winning the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Aloha Classic, Sarah-Quita Offringa becomes the first woman in over two decades to claim the Women’s PWA World Championship, aside from the legendary Moreno twins, who have won women’s wave sailing contests for over 20-years. Offringa started the year with two third places in Gran Canaria and Tenerife,…
Fanny Tysland is a 32-year-old windsurfer from Oslo, Norway. She works as a deputy judge. Her hobbies are windsurfing, skiing, and climbing. She became a mom 7 months ago to a girl, and we did an interview with her about how she combines family life with her big passion for windsurfing. Maybe some inspiration to…
16 x World Champion Sarah-Quita Offringa, known as the Queen of Windsurfing, sent us a short summary from her last months on the road. Test yourself and see if you can keep up with all the traveling. Words by Sarah-Quita: The past 5 months have been so exciting and fun! Here’s a quick recap.…
At Starboard we are extremely excited to share the news that after the Sea Trials at Lake Garda, our Olympic Tender proposal the iQFoil has been officially recommended by the Paris 2024 Windsurfer Evaluation Working Party of World Sailing. To quickly find out more about the details of our Olympic proposal you can watch our explanatory video here. If…
The World Cup in Sylt (Germany) just ended and our team sailed fantastic in freestyle, wave and foil. Below you can read some comments from some of our team riders about their own experiences. The wave sailors were sailing on UltraKode´s, the freestylers on the Ignite´s and the foilers on the Foil 177 boards, powered…
Max Hochgrassl is a 20-year-old windsurfer from Tarifa in Spain. He impressed us with his sailing when we saw him in Pozo last summer. We took a quick word with the Spanish-German boy who just joined the Starboard Dream Team. He is windsurfing as much as possible and at the same time studying a Pilot…
Being Bjorn Dunkerbeck´s son, Liam Dunkerbeck grew up on a board. He loves wave windsurfing and improved a lot this year. The 15-year-old boy talks about his dream of becoming World Champion one day. Board: http://windsurf.star-board.com/products/ultrakode/
Join the Starboard Windsurf design team???? The Starboard Windsurfing design team is looking for a talented graphic designer with strong artistic vision and photography skills to join the team in delivering world class windsurfing equipment. The role includes: 1. Concept graphic design work (for boards, website, and catalog) – this task requires Adobe Illustrator,…
Text: Florian Jung Photos: Pierre Bouras Imagine a world without the ocean? We, as surfers wouldn’t have waves to ride, that’s for sure! But apart from that, there wouldn’t be any life on this planet. I have been spending countless hours in the ocean. It’s a place of joy, rejuvenation, and excitement. Being a professional…