Maarten Molenaar is a Starboard rider, professional filmmaker, Freestyle Pro Tour Manager but above all a freestyler. Pasko – The Magic Move film is not only about landing a new move, which can be a difficult journey itself. The name Pasko comes after a very famous windsurfer and filmmaker André Paskowski. He died 10 years…
Young windsurfing talents can be very inspiring for other kids to try windsurfing and join an amazing community. Martín Medina, a 12-year-old windsurfer from Spain, is a young ripper who is already joining competition events on the Olympic Class iQFOiL. Windsurfing runs in Medina’s family and we asked Martín about his beginnings, competition and what…
What an ending to the Slalom World Tour! The final PWA Slalom event took place in Japan at Tsukuihama Beach in Yokosuka City. Our Starboard Slalom riders Blanca Alabau and Matteo Iachino claimed the World Title in both the Women’s and Men’s divisions. The Slalom power couple was absolutely unstoppable and they are the new…
OBX-WIND 2023 is the largest windsurfing festival in North America. It took place from the 28th of October until the 4th of November on Hatteras Island in North Carolina, United States of America. Big shoutout goes to the organizers from the Ocean Air Sports Center. More than 130 athletes came together from all over the…
The new episode of the Dream Team Series is out! In the 7th Episode we feature Lena Erdil from Germany. Lena’s favorite disciplines are Wave, Slalom and iQFOiL. In this episode, Lena will talk us through the unboxing and set-up of the new 2024 Starboard Ultra. With a promising forecast, Lena will take her new…
The last stop of the Wave World Tour is finished and we know the Champions! The PWA/IWT Aloha Classic took place on beautiful Maui at Ho’okipa Beach Park. During the event, our Starboard Wave riders were unstoppable and finished at the absolute top. Antoine Martin claimed his first place at the 2023 Aloha Classic and…
The iQFOiL Youth and Junior World Championship 2023 took place in Cádiz, Spain during the last week of October. More than 360 athletes from 30 different countries joined the competition for the Youth and Junior World Title. At the end of the event, the U19 and U17 World Champions were crowned in both Men’s and…
The last stop of the 2023 Wave World Tour is on! The single eliminations of the PWA/IWT Aloha Classic on Maui finished and we could see Starboard riders win both the Women’s and Men’s divisions. Our Starboard rider Sarah-Quita Offringa claimed her 3rd Wave World Title and 22nd overall. She is truly an exceptional and unstoppable…
Sharing a passion together is priceless, especially within your family. Windsurfing brings together many people but to pass on the love for this sport to kids is something special. Our 13-years-old Starboard Dream Team rider John John Vanderick and his father Ben have been blasting the waters together for many years now. We asked them…
Tune your Starboard iGNITE like a Champion! Check out how the current Vice-World Champion, European Champion in freestyle and PWA Sylt winner Lennart Neubauer sets up his Starboard iGNITE. After the World Cup on Sylt we talked with Lennart about his footstraps set up, mastbase position and which size of the iGNITE he uses the…
