The fourth edition of Camp Bela Yen, meaning “full throttle” in Papiamento, took place last week in Aruba. Our Dream Team riders Sarah-Quita and Oda helped to organize an unforgettable water sports experience for 19 kids in Aruba. This camp aims to teach the basics of windsurfing and other water sports to children while showing…
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In its ongoing commitment to protect the very playground that makes freestyle windsurfing possible, the Freestyle Pro Tour is excited to announce it will be planting 1000 mangroves to offset the entire 2023 season 4 times over. Together with sustainability partner Starboard, the FPT crew is working hard year-round to calculate and reduce all CO2…
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The first stop of the unified PWA and IWT 2024 Tour took place at Omaezaki, Japan between the 19th and the 25th of February. We could see challenging conditions and the top wave riders of the world competing for the first World Cup Title of the year. In addition, many rising stars from the local…
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Our Dream Team rider Oda Johanne is currently in Aruba, where she is training for the upcoming events. This warm paradise offers a perfect place for freestyle training. A few days ago, stronger winds hit the island and Oda had a killer session. Check out the whole video packed with action and freestyle moves. Oda…
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We’re excited to welcome Principe Baldini to our Starboard Dream Team! Living in the south of France, the Prince of Speed finds his home spot at Plage du Rouet, La Palme. His passion lies in speed windsurfing, where he’s showing amazing dedication and power. He holds some impressive achievements already under his belt, including the…
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The first stop of the Freestyle Pro Tour 2024 took place in warm Cape Town. The event consisted of 2 parts: a single elimination on the Rietvlei Lake on the flat water and a double elimination in the waves at the Paternoster. Our Dream Team rider Lennart Neubauer entered the 2024 battle for the European…
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Lorenzo from WindCam took our 2024 Starboard Ultra and put it through proper testing. He was riding the Starboard Ultra in different conditions at the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Sea. From easy to challenging conditions Lorenzo is promising only superlatives about this all-around wave board. As he is saying in the article, he is a regular…
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In the world of windsurfing, safety and prevention of injuries are still topics that don’t get a lot of attention. Almost all our Starboard Dream Team riders have an unpleasant experience of overcoming an injury. An injury can significantly complicate your season even if you are not a professional athlete. Therefore we would like to…
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At the beginning of 2024, we celebrate an amazing achievement. Starboard won the 2023 PWA Constructors’ Title in all the categories: Slalom, Wave and Freestyle. This achievement reflects the hard work of our Dream Team riders and the whole Starboard Crew. In 2011 was the last time that we saw a brand win all three…
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Many windsurfers escape the cold European winter to warmer destinations around the world. Some windsurfers conquer the cold at home and windsurf in freezing temperatures. One of them is our Starboard rider Mathias Vingaard from Denmark. Mathias knows no limits and hits the water despite freezing temperatures to practice his freestyle moves. His commitment and…
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