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…
The PWA World Cup on Sylt is over and we have some exciting results to share. During the 10 days of competition we could see a variety of conditions. Very tricky and always changing wind, shore break, and chaotic chop. The athletes were challenged both physically and mentally. The wind was very inconsistent and the…
The PWA World Cup is in full swing on Fuerteventura. The Slalom division finished on Monday and our Starboard Slalom riders dominated the event. Fuerteventura delivered proper conditions and we could see a full week of action, fin vs. foil battles, and crazy crashes. Sarah-Quita Offringa claimed an incredible victory on the fin. Blanca Alabau…
After 14 years, the PWA Slalom Grand Slam has returned to Gran Canaria, Pozo Izquierdo. Our Starboard riders claimed the highest ranks in very challenging conditions. The 5th and last day for Slalom at Grand Canaria brought incredible results for our Dream Team Slalom riders. We have seen many tight rail-to-rail finishes, foil vs. fin…
The 2022 PWA Slalom Vice World Champion Matteo Iachino just released a new video from his ocean crossing project. Words by Matteo: “Un solo mare per tutti means “There is only one ocean for all of us” and the challenge of the project has been a dream come true: crossing the Ligurian sea on a…
The 2022 PWA Slalom World Cup is done! Our team riders were battling it out on the fin and foil, and on the podium this year we have Matteo Iachino, who is the 2022 PWA Slalom Vice World Champion! Words by Matteo Iachino: «The event was good. I went there on a mission to…
“Un solo mare per tutti” means “There is only one sea for everyone” MATTEO`S OCEAN PROJECT This project is a real dream come true for me. The region I come from in Italy, Liguria, faces one of the biggest stretches of open sea to the inside of the Mediterranean Sea. Not everyone knows that…
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…
Hi Matteo! It’s been a different year! A year without any PWA racing! How do you stay active and motivated? One year without PWA racing has been weird. My whole life has been based on racing and competitions for the last 10 years. At the same time, it gave me time to focus on other stuff.…
Slalom World Champion and Starboard Team rider Matteo Iachino gives us a tour around his parent’s house. This is where he stores all his gear between training and competition travels. Slalom, foil, surf, and wave gear is what he has a lot of. Can you count all his fins? Hi Matteo! Thanks for showing…
When the Coronavirus started, not many people were aware of the consequences this virus would bring. For professional windsurfers, it started with world cups and other events being canceled, to beaches being closed so training can not be done anymore. And just in the last couple of days, everything except supermarkets is closed. The situation…
Matteo Iachino went to Australia to take part in Starboard and Severne´s photoshoots. In between “work” he was surfing and improving his racing and wave skills. The 2019 season is about to kick off, and Matteo will be fighting for the top spots in the PWA Slalom Tour in 2019. Enjoy the clip! Filmed by…
Matteo Iachino is looking forward to the upcoming race season. He already scored his first event win at the Lancelin Ocean Classic beginning of this year. Sails: Severne Mach2. Board: Starboard iSonic. Two Goat Media followed Matteo to one of the most beautiful bays in Western-Australia and came back with this amazing clip.
A quick update from the 2018 Vice World Champion Matteo Iachino: “Hello everyone! After the World Cup in Sylt, I’m taking some time to recharge my batteries. I ´m looking forward to another great season in 2019. I’ve been relaxing at home and been enjoying some great wave sessions this autumn! The Mediterranean sea has been delivering good wind…
Watch this video about what a professional racing windsurfer does for living! Inspiring new video from our World Champion Matteo Iachino! We wish Matteo good luck for the first PWA World Cup in Japan! Starting in a few days!
You have heard his name, read about him in the magazines or seen him on the podium during the PWA World Cup. He became World Champion in 2016 and Vice World Champion this season. We had a quick word with our top team rider Matteo Iachino and asked him about his 2017 season. “The…
Day 6: Final Foil Flourish as SQ Offringa and Antoine Albeau are Crowned After five fairly solid windy days in a row, the wind machine, unfortunately, decided to take a slight break on the final day of the 2017 Airwaves Noumea Dream Cup – meaning that the rankings for the slalom remain unchanged from overnight.…
“So far, the year of 2017 has been a great season for me as a professional windsurfer. I had three podiums out of five PWA Slalom World Cup events. And I’m fighting for the PWA World Champion title for the third year in a row with only one event to go. Since our life…
Ten Days of Explosive Freestyle and Slalom Fuerteventura more than lived up to its reputation again as the 2017 Fuerteventura PWA Grand Slam – sponsored by René Egli – saw 10 days of 25-45 knot winds to provide an amazing natural arena for the freestyle and racing. Over the course of the event we saw…
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