How To Beach Start When you are starting to windsurf it is smart to start practising the beach start as soon as possible. It will save your back from uphauling the sail and it is a great way to go if you want to later learn the water start. To make it as easy as…
Get Extra Control Using Footstraps If you have done a few windsurfing sessions, and are using a harness, it’s time to start planing and learn how to use the footstraps! This will kick off your blasting career and help you enjoy your sessions even more with extra control. We all remember our first time planing.…
Welcome to the Team Helle! We are happy to have you on board. How do you feel about being a part of the Starboard family? I’m am super excited!! I have never been on an international team before, so I’m super excited to see how it is. I also think that the Starboard Team seems…
When you learn to windsurf and use the harness, you will suffer a few catapults now and then! But as we can see in Nico Prien´s latest Vlog, even the professional windsurfers catapults hard when they push their speed! Unlucky for Nico he broke a lot of gear, but luckily not himself! After nailing…
2021 has been a challenging year for our riders who are competing in the PWA World Cup. But our Starboard Dream Team has performed really well! At the last World Cup in France; SOMWR Movement 10 x Marignane PWA Grand Slam, the wind did not play ball, but luckily the freestyle sailors got to compete…
Words by Sarah-Quita Offringa, 17 x World Champion in Freestyle, Wave and Slalom. “We have one more event to go this year in France. It’s going to be a grand slam which means I’ll be competing in all three disciplines at one event. That’s going to be a challenge! This time of year I…
Last days our Team riders posted some new clips! DREAM PLACE FOR FOILING Let´s start with our slalom rider Tristan Algret. He went to Corsica with some friends and the Defi wind crew! Judging from this video, Corsica looks like one of the best spots for foiling! Tristan is currently preparing for competing in…
Antoine Martin is going big and radical in his fresh new edit! Massive jumps and fun sailing is what you can expect from our team rider that signed with us last year! With the new 2022 UltraKode that we just launched, Antoine is stepping on to another level of radical windsurfing! Going to Gran Canaria this…
If you wonder how it was behind the scenes of the iQFOiL European Championship keep reading! iQFOiL senior sailor Helle Oppedal went to Croatia to help the young riders and here is what she experienced during a week full of Youth Foil Action! Words by Helle: When arriving at the event site of the…
Hi Starboard fans! My name is Axel Espeli-Blankholm. I am Norwegian and live in Oslo. I will tell you all a bit about myself and my windsurfing life! I sail in the Oslofjord as often as I can. I’m 12 years old and I love foiling and slalom sailing. I started windsurfing with my dad…
