Welcome to the Dream Team (Simon) Cookie! At Starboard we love people who are passionate about windsurfing and find ways to share their passion. We came across your Youtube Channel and loved the unique style of the videos where you take viewers on board with you. Viewers literally get to ‘ride-along’ with you, while you…
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Freeride windsurfing is for everyone! We handed former British Champion and coach Peter Hart a Carve 159 to get his feedback. We were surprised to hear how much our technique guru enjoyed this bigger freeride board. He points out what advantages the Carve offers him over foil boards or faster more technical boards like…
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The dream of learning the foiling tack! Our Dream Team rider Nico Prien has seen riders from all over the world trying the foiling tack! As we know him, he is always up for a challenge! Can he learn to foil tack? And can he learn it in just one day? Watch the video…
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Windsurfing in South Africa during the winter is popular among wave sailors from all over the world. It´s time to get some behind the scenes on a photoshoot from a rider´s perspective! Our wave rider Flo Jung from Germany loves to spend the wintertime in South Africa. The waves around Cape Town and the consistent winds…
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Another successful Defi Wind event has come to an end! Our top slalom racer Matteo Iachino was racing on the same starting line as 1300 other windsurfers. The world´s biggest windsurfing event got pretty extreme conditions with gusts over 40 knots! Read what Matteo says after the event below. Words by Matteo Iachino The…
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New video of Dream Team rider Oda Johanne – Make the most out of every situation! Setting out to train harder than ever and up her freestyle and slalom game jet again, Oda injures herself while crashing a huge forward loop. Find out how she didn’t let it bring her down too long…
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Watch Nico Prien´s new Vlog! You will see some full power racing at the German Surf Festival with the new iSonic boards! A crazy sandwich crash at the starting line and fun behind-the-scenes clips from Nico Prien´s life! He is also testing his wave gear in between all the racing! If you want to…
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STARBOARD STEPS UP TO MAKE THE TRAVEL EMISSIONS OF THE 20TH EDITION OF DEFIWIND 10X CLIMATE POSITIVE Windsurfing’s biggest event becomes a driving force toward fighting against climate change. Windsurfing, albeit powered by natural elements, usually involves driving to find the best conditions or escaping cold temperatures. Perhaps, in this case, it’s going to the…
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Today marks 55 years of Windsurfing. On May 21st, 1967 on a sunny and breezy spring day, inventor Jim Drake sailed the world’s first windsurfer and changed water sports forever. He didn’t have anyone to teach him that first day and had not invented the uphaul yet, plus he forgot the fin at home, but…
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Starboard´s Dream Team riders Sarah-Quita Offringa and Oda Johanne from Windsurf University are here to help you to Get Ready For The Season! It´s time to have fun on the water and get everything ready for action. The main topics in this video: GEAR CHECK WINDSURF WORK OUT TRAIN YOUR MIND If you want…
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