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May is at the door and it will be an interesting month. Already in the first weeks there will be a lot of clashing events! PWA in Japan and Korea for the super slalom Pros. IFCA Slalom Worlds in Sylt for those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be with the super pros in Asia. Defi Wind for the biggest windsurfing long-distance event in Gruissan, or to the biggest Windsurf Festival in Germany, exactly in Fehmarn. We will be present in all 4 events, either with our Point-7 Black Team or with our distributors. I would personally love to be in all 4 events. I still have not made my own plan, as all events are great to be in, but they all clash. In April we had our first distributor meeting which was an amazing opportunity to have our team meet our full network. Lena Erdil was at the first PWA wave event of the year in Marocco. Check out Yentelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freestyle stage dates this summer. Find out more on this issue!

MONTHLY NEWS

NEW Zip Impact Vest It’s new, it’s cool, it’s thought and designed for windsurfers needs! Double lined neoprene layer over closed cell memory foam. Protecting from impacts in vital upper body areas, offering maximum flotation without extra bulk. comfortable, high-cut shape to allow room for waist harness hook exposure and reducing the restrictions in movement vests can often produce. Frontal zip for easy fitting with back entry

NEW Harness Lines

How annoying can the harness lines be if the slip, or move around while trying to hook on? Especially when timing to sprint out from the mark, or to overtake your friend, the precision to hook on and put pressure to the new tack becomes vital to take the lead and stand out! No need to take out the boom end, only 10 seconds are needed to place them on the boom. Thick rubber loop pull, for shortening the harness lines to achieve more power in light wind. Make them longer in no time for extra comfort in stronger winds. Loop is wide to fit 3 fingers and change length in full speed position. Clamp cleat for easy and fast lengthening of the lines. New 2cm line stitching to precisely set them to the desired length without them slipping further. The cleat requires little power to change the harness lines length. Lines do not swing. Easy to hook into.

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What do you look for when you buy a slalom sail? To be the fastest, comfortable, and fear nothing thanks to the control. This is what our AC Slalom sails are designed for, and therefore they have always the best magazine tests in terms of speed and control. We want you to be the fastest and stand out from the rest! Take the full racing AC-ONE, the AC-K 3 Cam slalom, the AC-X Slalom No cam, or even our AC-F luxurious freeride, it does not matter: you will be burning all others in acceleration and speed. Let the other waste time changing to a smaller time as wind increases, you will be still stay on the water with the same sail dominating the scene!

CAMPELLO Vision Series

First Episode | Cape Town This is the first episode of "CampelloVision" series. The story of all experiences behind the professional career from Ricardo Campello. A career that have been surrounded by beautiful cultures, places and real connections with many intangible things through his passion: Windsurfing. He visited Cape Town and found a rich culture builded by their people and their ways of understanding life his simple perspectives. Where for him, Cape Town has the most honest smile i've ever seen.

Ph Jimmy Hepp

Pro Model & Pro Freestyler

LETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MEET Marco Vinante

Born in the northen area in Italy, close to Lake Garda, Marco Vinante has started the succesful development of the freestyle Point-7 Slash, follows the main international tours of freestyle, and lately became a model of success.

Ciao Marco, you are now in South Africa. Is this a usual winter home spot you like to be in the coldest European months? Ciao!!! Yes, this year is the third time that I spend the winter in South Africa with all the Italian freestylers like Jacopo Testa, Giovanni Passani, Mattia Fabrizi and others ...I really like that we can train all together in many difference spots that Cape Town can offer!!!

A windsurfer, between amazing models? How does that work? It works like the 4,0 Slash in 35 knots.... Perfect!!!

South Africa is mostly famous for its waves, but lately a lot of freestylers are also choosing this location for their winter. What are the reasons and spots? One reason is for sure is because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s super windy and we need to train in strong wind, as one of the main events we have is in Fuerteventura, where the wind blows strong. In Cape town you can find also light wind and many difference conditions that makes the training period very efficient.... and a little session of wave riding sometimes is not that bad!!

Why did you choose to start a parallel career? I chose to start a parallel career because without it, I couldn’t continue the other one! Is it easy to fit in both? Modelling is that kind of job that a windsurfer can describe like a "gusty" job!! So I have times during the year that I am super busy and time that I have a lot of free time...so is not that easy, but you can do it!! Which was the first important advertising you did? My first ADV was for Sergio Tacchini! Did you work with any famous known VIP? Paolo Sorrentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Clive Owen .... Any covers on fashion or trendy magazines? Yes, I did one cover last year for a fashion magazine in Switzerland! What are your plan for this year in modelling and of course in Windsurfing? This year I’ll try to compete in most of the competitions of the PWA freestyle world tour, Efpt and national events!!!! About the modelling I hope the "Gusts" of work doesn’t come during the main windsurfing event of the year!!!!!!

Andrea Cucchi has chosen you as one of the main testers for the Freestyle Slash. The first successful Slash was tested, by only you and it was a big hit in the Point-7 sail range. It seems you have a good testerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feeling. How much work was there behind the sail? For me was an honour that Andrea chose me as the main tester for the Slash!! I was super excited and happy to work for it!!! Yes behind the sail there was of course a lot of work, like making prototype and testing, changing things for like only 0,3 cm sometimes ....but working with the positive vibes and The love that Andrea put in his job make the work very easy and fun! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to work on the 019 Slash!!! Yentel Caers is now in the Freestyle team from Point-7. Did you manage to sail and test with him? Do you agree on what is there to improve? I total agree with Yentel, he is very talented and for sure together we can work on the sail, to make it the best in the world!!! Last year we have seen you suddenly on the main TV channels for different big brands advertising. It was a total surprise! Which was your first job as a model? My first job as a Model was two years ago in South Africa, it was a TV commercial for Malibu, (rum).

How did you get in that world? It was the first year I went to Cape Town. That year I remember I wanted to stay there as much as possible to train very hard, but for me was hard to stay there that time without a job. So, after one week in Cape Town, I started to ask in some bar and restaurant to let me work in like a barman; in the meanwhile, a friend of mine told me to try to work as a Model because Cape Town is very busy in the fashion industry. So, the day after I joined the first model agency I found. I asked them to let me work, but in the beginning, they started laughing, but after one week I was working for them!!

As you take in your hand a sail catalogue, you will find 10 different sail models next to each other. Each sail will have a different name, descriptions to make us dream, sizes and numbers that you need to be a mathematician to understand them, and unlimited presentations of technical features. For those who just start to windsurf, all of these could sound ARABIC! Side-shore, onshore, neutral, free-wave, proam, sport-racer, slalom, racing, powerwave, crossover, freeslalom, freeride, â&#x20AC;Ś... every company uses different words to present the type of sail. !

The first thing to do is to study our needs: •

Our windsurfing level: too often we believe to be more radical then what our windsurfing level is, and for fashion or too look good in front of our friends, we often end up in buying a too technical product for our level and needs. We need to be honest with ourselves.

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Which are the spot that we go mainly windsurfing to? Yes, it could be that we find 4 metres of waves and 25 knots, but how many times a year? 2? How are the rest of the days?

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Is our board compatible to the type of sail we would like?

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Can we trust the person who is trying to convince us to buy the sail that he has in the shop? Or is he trying to get rid of it?

Using biking as an example, you can choose to go to the supermarket and buy a bike for 80 euros: this could be the ideal choice to enjoy the fun ride in the park with the family. The other choice would be to enter a pro bike store and buying a 10,000euro bike to win Le Tour de France. The 2 types of bikes are very different in quality and performance. Unfortunately, the 80-euro bike does not exist in windsurfing. Every windsurfer, no matter what level they are, will always buy a sail closer to the quality of the 10,000euro bike, rather than a 80 euro one. To have an 80 euro windsurf equipment would mean inventing something maybe impossible. An 80-euro windsurfing equipment would be an ideal set up to sell to all the equipped beaches for people to try our sport. An option to any other beach activity, just as a ride in a park on the bike. It will not be a performing windsurfing boards, but even an 80-euro bike, on some dirt downhill would lose its pieces.

The quality of windsurfing equipment between a beginner sail and the one of the professional windsurfer is absolutely the same. Often the material is the same, just the cut and the target of performance is different. Perhaps in some brands some of the reinforcements could be different according to the sail type and therefore the stress it will receive. This comparison is made to explain the fact that even if a freeride sail is bought, it will have the same quality as the highest performing sail for racing or wave riding in the range. The price difference is therefore not coming from the quality of the material used, but more from the time spent in smaller details, sizing, research and development If you plan to buy a freeride sail, it cannot be compared to buying a 80 euro bike as it’s a cheaper sail, it’s the fact the we would choose a very high quality sail: designed to the pure fun of freeriding, fitting therefore perhaps better to our windsurfing needs. If we put our windsurfing proud on the side during the choice of the sail, we would help ourselves in choosing the correct product and optimize our fun. Windsurfing offers multiple disciplines, and everyone enjoys this sport according to their preferences.

Freeride: It’s simply cruising. Technical

Slalom: If we like to freeride fast in

equipment for enjoying the sportive windsurfing for cruising and the most common manoeuvres: tacks, jibes, jumps, duck jibe, body drag, helicopter tack, forward. The equipment can be fast and allows to be radical in the transition if the level of windsurfing is good. It has a wide range of use, and it’s not for beginners as many might think! It’s simply an easier equipment to windsurf in full comfort and freedom! Now days there are different types of freeride sails: some are free-ride sails with some wave characteristics, and some of these sails designed to have a bit of slalom influence. We will explain this further on.

long reaches, with the slalom equipment we can blast around at a higher speed. The adrenaline is higher, but the simplicity of the equipment and control do decrease. If a better technical windsurfing knowledge, this equipment can be trimmed to give a great control and therefore take advantage of the extra speed that the gear can offer. If we are not technical windsurfers, it’s possible that we would be faster on the freeride gear instead of a

The hardest part during the purchase, is to put on the side that we are like t in the slalom or wave PWA champion! We also don’t have to feel like we are buying something for beginners if we choose something less technical. As explained before every sail in one brand range has the same quality materials in the different sail types. Like in cars. You can buy the same model one having a sports pack, the other having a comfort pack. Both cars would offer the same quality. If you sail out on a 4-cam slalom sail or a simple freeride sail, both sails will offer advantages or disadvantages according to what the windsurfing interest would be. The freeride sails are often seen as beginner’s sail, but these are the actual sails which allow for having a great time and relaxed windsurfing, offering just a lot of fun and holiday feeling. badly trimmed slalom equipment. The manoeuvrability with the slalom reduces quite a lot. Apart from some long and high jumps, and jibing, other manoeuvres are not interesting to try. Also, for this disciplines there are different sail types: free-slalom (freeride with a slalom influence), to full slalom sails with no cams, or more sportive with 3 cams, or for racing with wider mast sleeves and 4 cambers.

Wave: Living in areas where waves and strong wind are often present, makes the wave equipment a necessity. Wave equipment is often used in strong wind also if there are no waves as it’s offering a great control to enjoy the hard conditions that the wind gives to challenge. When the wind starts being over 20knots, it’s easier to see 90% of the windsurfers on 4.7 wave sails rather than sticking to slalom or freeride sails. Windsurfers with a very high technical level are those who will take these types of sails to real hardcore breaking wave conditions. These sails allow to be radical and express manoeuvres in the air during jumps. Even for this type of discipline, you will be able to find different type of sails: Onshore, Sideshore, Free-wave and in the end the Freestyle sail.

Wave ON-SHORE or POWER-wave: To give this extra power and stability, they are mainly designed with a 5 batten set up. Do we wave sail in places where the wind is mainly onshore, or the conditions are never very stable? These sails are more locked in while sailing and have a superior stability for very gusty and rough conditions. These sails are also a best choice if our wave level is not very high, or if we are heavy sailors, or if we use a wave sail for strong wind cruising and going for big fast long jumps. The classical bump and jump sail. These sails can be used on smaller free ride board as well. Just like our Spy. Given to be one of the fastest wave sails on the market, with the purpose to hit hard any ramp and go high.

SPY Power wave

Wave, Neutral wave: Often 3 or 4 battens. These sails are very light in the hands and neutral. They have a bit less power when manoeuvring allowing to be very radical in the waves and jumps. They are excellent for side shore wave conditions, but also generally good for all conditions for the better level wave sailors.

SALT Pro Wave

Free WAVE: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainly a freeride sail with the outline and batten displacement as wave sail. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for cruising fully in a comfortable situation and at a same time, if you find a wave, it will welcome you to the experience. As these are freeride sails, they have more power than wave sails, and they can plane in very light wind and even push a bigger volume board. This is due to different batten set up and longer booms.

AC-F Freeride

Free RIDE: Do you just want to have fun, closing yourself in the pure enjoyment of windsurfing, without wanting to take a speed challenge or getting radical? Just the desire to forget about the work week and enjoy the pleasure of planning. This is the right one for you. The comfort of the sail will allow to improve a lot the windsurfing technique.

Free SLALOM: These are free ride sail with an extra batten, and a more slalom outline. If you want to get that extra speed to challenge anyone, without having the hassle of having a too technical slalom sail. The profile and mast sleeve curve, allow to have a very friendly use while sailing. The sail has a lot of power, and you do not need a bigger sail size to get planning as a real slalom sail requires. These are a good on slalom, free slalom and free ride boards.

AC-X Slalom No Cam

Slalom Sportive: There are 3 models for this type of sail: 3 cams, 2 cams and no cam. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simple to choose between the 3 sails. If your jibing still needs to be improved, and you want something easier for water starting and handling, the no cam is the best solution. The 2 or 3 cams is normally heavier for handling, but still light when sailing. Takes a bit extra technique to rig and the mast sleeve is normally wider and welcomes some extra water to enter and giving extra weight to uphaul or water starting. The acceleration is better on a cambered sail, and if your level of windsurfing is good enough not to fall so often in the jibe, the slight advantage in performance will be appreciated. Speed seekersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, this are the sails to challenge anyone on the water and carve in fast jibes.

AC-K Slalom 3 Cam

Slalom RACING and Freestyle sails: These two types of sails are placed together as they do offer only a very precise range of use: racing and competing. They are both representing an extreme part of windsurfing. If you do real freestyle at a radical level the freestyle sail will be the best option, but if your manoeuvres are limited to the easier and most basic ones, other sail type could be more enjoyable for combining cruising and manoeuvres. For the race sail it’s the same. You would need to sail it in overpowered condition to feel the extra performance, and between a slalom course. This way the speed and acceleration can be very appreciated. The sail with the extra wide pocket and 4 cams are heavier to use then the other slalom sails: if the technical level is not high, you could find out that you could be faster on the no cam sail then the 4cam! These are less friendly use. For both these type of sails the fun will be amazing if you are able to pick the challenge with the high-tech performance, and the other competitive windsurfers on the water.

AC-One Racing

Slash Freestyle

‘Before choosing the sail for our windsurfing style, consider the spot conditions you are normally going to and our windsurfing level. Choosing the right sail, will triple your fun!’

THE WAVE HOBBIT

PROJECT

It’s Russell Groves, but we know him also as ‘the wave hobbit’ from his website and signature! He has sun wrinkles from lots of years of experience on salty water, we met him when he had already his long dreadlocks, we met him managing the Windsurfing Club Las Cucharas in Lanzarote, but where is he from? We are sure that many of you would like to know who this special Point-7 friend and P7 Blacksheep is!....or IS THERE MORE????

Dear Russell, you are now living in Lanzarote. Where are you originally from? I am from England and I say I am from the Isle of Wight. This is where I really started to play with the Ocean. How did you get close to surfing and windsurfing? Our house and my school were just 100m from the see. So, the beach and the sea were my playground. My school was a sports boarding school in the north of the island and we lived in the south. So, I slept in and only went home in holiday time, my sports program did not allow time for my Mum to get me everywhere and do my school work. School holidays were filled with either surfing or sailing. There was no windsurfing then. How was life in the UK, and why did you decide to leave? The Isle of Wight is the most amazing place, it is very famous for sailing and surf. Racing and competing is in our blood. Once I left school, I had to leave to go to college. Always choosing a college that was on the coast. I went to art college in Bounmouth and university in Brighton. So, you could say I know the south coast quite well. After leaving university I tried to do a proper job for a while, but the love of the water and teaching won the game. The windsurf schools have quite a short season, but I sailed all year, finding part time work in the winter. I did not choose to leave the U.K. Fate just made it that way. I was asked to open a school for an English tour operator, so of course I said yes. It only took 3months, but I decided to stay for the rest of the year to enjoy the amazing conditions. Well I am still here.

At what age did you decide to move to Lanzarote and was Lanzarote your first place where you moved to after leaving UK? I was 30 years old when I came to Lanzarote. I had 2 weeksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; notice before leaving the U.K. My motto has always been, say yes and deal with any complications later. Any windsurfing competition in your life as a water man? Right from the first time I stepped on a windsurfer. I have raced many types of racing craft, from very old to high performance. Large and small. When I started windsurfing there were only long boards, so that is what we sailed. Racing dinghies every week in the sailing clubs, it was not long before I raced my windsurfer against the boats for fun. My first board I bought was an Olympic Gold. It held the world speed record at 28 knots. That is why I bought it. Because I was always teaching I only did local races. I think I have raced every class. I have enjoyed being involved with all the different race formats to this present day. The only one I have not raced or sailed is the RSX. Oh, and I have not competed in the modern format of freestyle, my day was when we were using long boards.

Your quiver is a 3.3 Point-7 Swag. One sail does it all! Explain us your concept in windsurfing. Being small I have always used smaller sails and I must admit, only using a 3.3m is maybe a bit extreme. In the early days of racing it was not so bad as the sails were not so big. Once the sails got bigger than 7.5 in the class, it really left me behind. In formula the biggest sail I could use was a 9m but when windy smaller. I have always been working on small sails, out of racing my largest sail has always been around 4.7m. The wave boards were quite slow, so we needed sail. When the freestyle boards started to be developed, we had a fast, early planing, manoeuvrable boards. We could start to use smaller sails. Each year my sail seamed to get smaller and smaller.This has filtered down to wave boards and free wave boards. So yes, my sail now is the 3.3m Swag. But this is not just about boards going faster and planing earlier. It is also about sailing technique, adapting how you use the material. So, the sail I use is designed for extreme conditions, not the conditions I use it in. It is not surprising it is my only sail as I have managed to adapt my style to make it work in light wind and of course I can use it in strong. My current wind range seems to be 12 to 35 knots. Ok I must work a bit at 12 and I am hanging on in 35. The amazing thing is I have the same setting through the wind range. I look forward to developing this sail with p-7, to fine tune it for the conditions I use it in getting the lighter wind range more efficient and maybe work on some smaller sizes. For my private sailing I do have a 1 board 1 sail philosophy now, it does make life easier. Having all the equipment to compete in all disciplines no longer interests me, I have gone to the other extreme.

You are now managing Windsurfing Club Las Cucharas with Eric and Lolo, how is the vibe from the spot? The vibe on Lanzarote is wonderful. We play hard and work hard. Playing is deliberately first. All my working life I have always trained before and after work, I have punished my body and it is now payback time. I may not be on the water so much now but before and after work I am still developing my wonderful sports. I have known Lolo for 29 years and Eric 25. Most of that time we have been very friendly competition. 7 years ago, I started working with them as I stopped my waterman academy and guest house and moved back to Costa Teguise. For general sailing my home spot now suits me very well, it can be very hard core but I enjoy it more mellow now. I pass those epic hard-core sessions to the younger generation now. You can have my line-up with pleasure but save me a place for those occasional days I do venture out. Las Cucharas Is a spot where I can be on the water with every generation. Children experiencing there first playing with the Ocean to the elderly still going out but now need supervision, Age range I could say is 5 years old to, well Malcolm is 82. You want it hard core or soft, slalom, wave, free ride, SUP, surf. Well we have it all at this spot. Talk about the island, well it is just amazing. So here I am, using Point 7 sails. Itching to try out the new ideas the whole team are working on.

You have just launched your new site. It has lots of technical very useful advices. Tell us more about this project. My new site is all about online learning. It can never replace live teaching or coaching which I would never do, but I aim to place down a structured way to learn. You can just use the online service if you wish, it's main role is to give reference notes. After my coaching sessions, people often asked me for notes or where they can study. So, I started my archive site where they could read up on things, but I stopped updating it as it was getting to large. Plus, on my old site I did not do beginner windsurfing. It will be an ongoing project as it is not just about a beginner program. I will spend the rest of my life building it, it is like writing an autobiography about my windsurfing life.

www.russelgroves.com

Why did you choose Point -7?I have always followed everything to do with windsurfing and taken every chance to find out how things work. Often being involved with brands that do sails and boards. This often means that their development is closely related. When possible, I like to test other brands to find out the direction they are going in. Point 7 is a sail brand that has one goal, make it faster and easier to use. Well that ticked my first 2 boxes on my list. Their flag ship the AC one is a truly amazing sail but do they follow that throughout their range? I had to look at the ACX, no cam race sail. My preferred race sail concept. Having no cams, it is easier to gybe and control in crowded situations. I was not disappointed. Waves are my thing and I hate slow sails. I use fast wave boards so the sail must match. Riccardo is always asking for faster and faster sails so I thought these sails must be for me and yes, they are. Which take us to the sail of my choice. The Swag 3 battened sail. I like small sails and I have been following the development of the 3batten system from its introduction, not always liking the direction the development was going. Last year I was sitting down with Andrea chatting and I asked if I could try the smallest Swag they do. With his concept I thought I could go smaller than my 3.7m only sail, so he sent me one, a 3.3m. Yes........ it ticked all the boxes. During the training month this February we had many happy hours chatting and many questions arose, possible directions the development could go in

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DEVELOLPMENT Product:

AC-F

Bruno Martini ITA-160

Andrea Cucchi ITA-1 Type: Freeride Sail | Size: 5.2-7.5 | Freeriding= Fun, Free, Fast, integrates on these to bring you luxury.

This is for everyone who want to have fun on the water! Isn’t this why we windsurf! Fun, Freedom, Friends. A lot of important F to describe at best the AC-F! There are many freeride sails on the market, but we develop only 1 freeride sail, and its duty is simply to let its riders have FUN. As all Point7, we don’t want to make a sail to get planning and that’s it! We care that also who freerides gets the magic ingredients that Point-7 is able to put in their sails. The AC-F needs to exhibit blasting performance to explore when the wind turns on. It needs to take the breath away. It must be built light but with all the protections and good materials to last long. As it’s one of the most selling sails also for windsurfing centres, so it has to be wear proof. It’s called freeride, but the battens are displaced with three kinds of different tube diameters, the graphics are stepping up to show off luxury. One of the main future against other sail lines in the range is the slightly longer boom which allows the AC-F to give more push than expected, to even the larger volume boards We develop the sizes differently. The three smaller sizes bump and jumping in the waves, so 5 battens and wave outline, and the bigger 2 sizes on free race boards, with the 6-batten setup with cross batten and full slalom outline, a cut out clew introducing the fast S-shaping release as the wind and speed increases through the foil. This results in giving us the chance to increase

our water performance without having to exert un-necessary power and energy. The shape of the cut out comfortably welcomes the back end of the boom. Compare a 7.5 AC-F against a 7.5 AC-X slalom no cam. The AC-F sits in the Point-7 range as the freeride sail, designed specifically for fun and user-friendliness. Whilst its stable-mate, the AC-X, is focused on providing race-like performance in nocam form, it is easy to make the distinction that the AC-F is targeted towards “light wind qualities over high wind performance.”

There is only one position for the eyelet, so there is no need to choose the positioning. It’s often thought that the high eyelet is for taller sailors, and the lower one for smaller sailors, but it’s more to open and close the leach according to preference. We decided for you the best spot! One position!

We develop the profile to set flat at rest, with an important profile evident in the front of the main batten below the boom. The battens are free from any rotation around the mast. The increase of profile in the front and lower part of the sail increases the drive for earlier planning and acceleration in lighter winds. The drive is fundamental for carving the board better in the jibes. A deep front profile allows stability in stronger wind, therefore giving comfort and control. The flat profile on top of the sail releases light weight in the hands and on the board for a pleasant light feeling over the water. The AC-F is physically light, meaning its leverage doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel cumbersome or overbearing. Mostly assembled by the 4mil Anti UV-Black Laminate and X-ply. Highly responsive and light. 5mil Anti UV-Black X-ply base panel for protection from accidents. Clear monofilm window for perfect vision through the sail. Built well with a high level of detailing, it certainly stands out with use of the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature black monofilm and x-ply paneling. X-ply batten pockets for lighter weight and reflex. Plug your mast, boom, extension in the AC-F, and just enjoy the pure fun it will offer!

Philip Horn is the person behind Liquid Sports. Philip and his Team have a successful distribution for different water sport brands in one of the biggest windsurfing markets. We met Philip long ago on the PWA race course, as he has been a professional windsurfers, and still very active nowadays on the water, nevertheless having to follow the business.

Philip Horn Distribution

‘’Point-7 is a very innovative and goodlooking brand. The design attracts me from the beginning on and I love the black design, also the performance is on a high level which is for me important and makes me happy when I am out with my slalom gear and racing against other people.’’ Dear Philip, you have been a very active windsurfer yourself with great results in your career. How long have you been windsurfing, and tells us more about your life as a pro windsurfer? I started as a 13 years old kid during holidays with my parents and it hooked me up fast. From that moment I tried to catch every gust. At that time, I was learning on lakes, as I was leaving 3 hours far away from the sea site and could just travel on the weekend to the open sea. With 18 years I moved then to Hamburg and later to Kiel, so to the capital of windsurfing and Water sports. After school and during my studies (I just was present in summer and when there was no wind) I started my first competitions and release that this a very attractive way to focus on the sport and using the sport to see the world. At that time, I tried to take place at as many competitions as possible and bit by bit I climbed up the ranking. It was fun to be more involved in the testing of brands, competing and cruising around. Of course, it was not the big money but, in the end, a fantastic time.

Now you are running the Distribution for Point-7 and other brands in Germany. When did you decide to get into the windsurfing business? How did the switch occur, and how did you decide to make your own business? After I finish my university late with 29 years I wasnÂ´t getting better in windsurfing and some younger kids learned much faster freestyle moves. That was the time where I thought about the future and how long I would be in the top the next years. At that time Knut Budig from Gaastra / Tabou (my sponsor at that time) offered me a full time as sales man in his company and I had the feeling that this is the logical next step. After working some years there I wanted to find my own way of business and started in 2008 my own company called Liquid Sports, with a telephone and lap top. For me working self-employed and in sales gave me the feeling of competition and it helped me a lot to know from the past a lot of people who are still in the business. You are in the biggest market for windsurfing, but also maybe in one of the most challenging as a lot of windsurfing brands are German and based in Germany. How does that work out for you, in having to push such an exclusive and exotic product as Point-7? Well Germany is one of the biggest market but also a lot of brands are also based in Germany, so that the competition is pretty hard. The beginning with a more exotic brand is always a challenge but also nice to see when the small flower is starting to grow and bigger brands starting to work against you suddenly. P7 as a brand is well positioned and I guess a lot of people are just see how good the products are for a recent price. We have proved to be winning lots of windsurfing tests on magazines, winning lots of events including the German championships titles few times, and being on the top at PWA events. What other marketing activities are important to have your clients be aware that Point-7 is a leader and innovative brand? Yes defiantly. I it is always difficult to understand how marketing is working and what makes the numbers growing. In the end all different channels bring image to the brand and if people see that P7 is leading the highest competition level, the PWA, I guess it brings a lot of trust to the brand. Also if a smaller brand, like P7, is winning test it shows that the products are great. That brings still a big push to the brand.

Germany has the North Sea, and the Southern lakes. How do you find the market to be in the different areas of Germany? Well there are different locations, but in the end all people want to have fun on the water, even we have waves in the north and lakes in the middle of Germany or in the south. Also, many windsurfers are traveling in vacations, so they need more than specific stuff for their spot. But of course, freeride is more in the focus on lakes father wave in the north.

You chose Kiel as a base for your business and home. How is it to be a Windsurfer in Kiel? Yes definitely Kiel is for me a perfect base in Germany, I need from my office 3- 15 min. to be on the water, depending on the wind direction. That allows me to go on the water before or after work without any stress and being in the sport and test the gear by myself. Also, my team loves all kind of Water sport and so we are all well educated about the material and the different sports elements of Water sports. Just the wintertime (January / February) is a bit tough here and grey, the rest is perfect, and I have also the feeling Kiel is getting more and more attractive for people who loves Water sports.

If you would choose to go back to racing, which would be your next event this year? If I would go racing I would love to take place at Defi wind, I was there the last 2 years for 99 and P7 and it is for me the most amazing competition! Hopefully I can race there one time with real windy conditions. You are going to be present in the Surfestival in Fehmarn from the 10-13th of May? Which equipment will you present, and what will be your plan for this event for your clients? Yes, we will be there and first time with a big stand and we will present the whole range for P7. Also, we are planning with our Black sheep team a meeting, so it will be a real amazing and big event for P7.

Name of the Centre: Windsurfing Silvaplana Country: Switzerland Spot: Lake Silvaplana Type: Slalom\Freeride| Freestyle | wave; Slalom, Freeride, Freestyle and Foil Standard wind condition: 3-5 Bft termical wind Opening months: June â&#x20AC;&#x201C; September

In our series of great locations around the world, this month and this time, we have had a talk with Sarah Missiaen from Windsurfing Silvaplana to hear about how she came to run this centre at one of the most stunning locations in the world.

Opening hours: Daily 8am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7pm Closest airport: ZĂźrich (CH), Bergamo/Milan (IT) Type of accommodation available in: Hotels, Youth Hotels, Camping just next to the center, apartments in Silvaplana Website: www.windsurfing-silvaplana.ch FB: / Instagram : Windsurfing Silvaplana

Tell us about yourself. How did you end up being owner of the windsurfing centre? At the age of 22 I started to work at the center. At this time my dad Arnoud Missiaen was the owner of it since more than 20 years. After 6 years of working together in the center, my dad decided to do his own way and sell me the center. Since then I own the center and while taking over the whole business, I asked Alex to join in and be my business partner. Since 2013 we run the center together. Why would a windsurfing client find your spot unique? We are one of the highest lying windsurfing centre in Europe. With 1800 meters above sea level itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty stunning view and feeling being on the water surrounded of mountains with a little snow on top. The nature in our valley is fantastic and worth a journey to our little paradise. Furthermore, we are the greatest team with a huge know how in lessons for adults, kids, gear, rental and sometimes also just the best training partners on the water. How would a windsurfing client spend a typical day for a windsurfing at your spot? From when he wakes up till he goes to sleep. (Include activities such as other sports, meals, night life, relaxing time..) early wake up with a healthy

breakfast in one of our local hotels, bike ride from the hotel to our centre – beautiful morning session with the SUP on the glassy lake with a little SUP&YOGA session – after this a lovely coffee in the restaurant just next to the centre – around 10.30/11 am the wind starts to blow gently for about 1-2 hours, just perfect for a session with the windsurfing foil we rent out – after the wind has picked up there are perfect slalom and freestyle conditions until 6/7 pm. After a good windsurfing day, you can enjoy a fresh aperitive in our little restaurant surf centre – if you’re not tired you can go for a run around the lakes or a swim in some little lakes in the wood (they are mostly warmer than 20 degrees) – shower and off for some nightlife, although the nightlife up in the mountains has not so much choice as the day activities. There are some nice pizzerias with good food and some little bars with some drinks for the ones who still have energy… How many days of holidays would be perfect to enjoy the area? Between 1-3 weeks Check out a few shots, and a video from the beautiful surroundings of the centre here below.

TAKING NOTES

It's true to think that to become a good windsurfer you need to practice a lot, and true that some people might have more talent than others, but to us, all of this is not important. Our goal is to learn how to sail comfortable by trimming and tuning our gear at the maximum level. Let's have the gear to do a big part of this work! Whether it's freeriding, slalom, our objective is to have the maximum fun and maximum speed without getting tired.

It's pretty easy. Days and weeks may go by, from one water session to the other. Family, work, and thousands of other happening, take our focus away from our latest session of windsurfing where everything was starting to fit. We forget how to downhaul to the right positioning the sail, where we use to put the mast track on the board, and these are only of the few logical things which can come as first thought. Imagine how many variables we have surrounding our sport and how much the conditions vary, and how many chances of tuning we have. Therefore, one day the same gear may feel unbelievable good, and the next day like sh...!, and we have our friend with gear of ten years ago just overtaking us, or because suddenly you keep catapulting.... till you may end up then wondering why your mast broke! What we want to explain you it's very simple. To improve you need to make experiments on the trimming and to find the perfect stance on the board. So, first thing you need to do is to keep all the future articles you will find here, and especially this first one. It's probably the most important. Cut it out from the magazine and put it where you are going to write down all your notes. Exactly notes! By yourself an agenda, or if you are more modern, set up a file on your smartphone. After every session you need to write notes down if you found the perfect tuning for those conditions. So, all the settings of each part of your gear. It's very important! There are 2 ways to do it. Directly on the gear, or in the notepads you decided to use, or even better both! A lot of pros have felt tapes of all colours and write poems on all their gear. Some use code language so that the other don't copy, some don't care! Imagine if you use a board always with the same sail, and only 3 times with a smaller sail in one year. How do you even remember which was the best place positioning for that sail for the mast foot? It's impossible, unless you had written it down somewhere. So, if you did not write it down, you either go sailing with the mast foot in the wrong position and not enjoying the session, or you keep coming in and out of the water several times, till I find the best spot. Imagine doing this with an offshore condition... you would just keep sailing with the mast foot in the first position you placed it, and maybe waste extra energy and speed to try to keep comfort and of course speed.

Do you really want to sail in an uncomfortable position? No Way!!! This is not why we are introducing this new section. It's because we want to be fast like the Black Team! Right? Therefore, uncomfortable does not have to exist in our vocabulary. Same as the word 'slow'. Not our style! So, if we are not comfortable and we are not as fast as the others, there is a problem. After many years of sailing, we can tell you the truth about this...it's not a person being slow, it's something to do with the gear or trim. Yes, sure there can be a slight difference, that should be though small enough that when racing it will not make a massive difference but give you the chance still to play it in the race. If you feel tired when sailing, it cannot be because you are not comfortable, but the only excuse we can accept, is because you have sailed for a lot of hours, even if you are not super fit. So, from now on, your thought need to be this: I'm not fast, I'm struggling with comfort, it's not because of me, but because there is something wrong with the trim of my gear.... nothing else! With the Black Team we will prove this to you, and from now on you will need to follow our tips write down the main points you need to remember and note down also what we will tell you to remember.

If you are on the water and not comfortable, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t waste time on the water like that. Get back to the shore, change the settings till you don't get back on the water, and get this feeling ' ah good now I feel comfortable!' Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t' be lazy to get back to shore to change your trim. You will enjoy the session 100times more. Even if you must waste the first 10-20 minutes of the session to trim yourself. The more you will practice in trimming yourself the more you will learn about the gear and how it needs to be changed to get comfy, and the less time you will take in a short future to find each time the condition changes the right settings. When the black team gets on the water, and someone is faster than them, they don't stay on the water eating sh..., they come back to the beach tune up according to what they feel they need to change and go challenge again. The better understanding how each component of the gear works in tuning, the faster you will be able to trim a fast and comfortable set up. What does a pro look for in light wind to go faster? Power and lift. In strong wind its more comfort and control. This is also what every windsurfer should look for, even if he is free rider on freeride gear. You trim and tune up well, the more fun you will have.

Get ready with your equipment to write notes down and felt tapes to start putting notes on your gear. These may seem like to simple and obvious points, but they are very important. You need to make sure that the last session you had on the water, needs to feel like it was the session you had only a day before, even if it was 3 months before. Otherwise you will find to have to start re-setting all your gear again from zero.

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The freestyle sail drive is way too powerful when

going for a bottom turn if the wind is not light. It does not have the profile of a wave sail, and as you go for the cut back, the power of the dacron rotation hits in, the wind fills too much, and pulls you forward without allowing the right light feeling for a balanced rig to hit the lip. You can still do all the riding, but if you want to enjoy more itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s correct to have the right sail for the right needs. Even freestyling with a wave sail limits the possibility to do all the power moves. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of wasting time in the learning curve not to have the right sail.

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Ricardo Campello V-111

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A wave sail is not the best option for

freestyle, but if your level is more the basic freestyle and slide moves it definitely works great, Campello is been 3times freestyle world champion on a wave sail. But this was before the power moves got invented. For duck moves the wave sails are really complicated. Like we say in between the freestylers you will have a lot of duck fucksđ&#x;&#x2DC;&#x201A; Freestyle sail for wave defiantly works great if it comes about jumping and light wind sessions. For wave riding the freestyle sail keep too much power in the turns doesn't have this nice on off like the wave sail. but I almost always go wave sailing on my freestyle sail as well because I'm really used to it.

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Yentel Caers Bel-16

Freestyle sail For wavesâ&#x20AC;Ś..

‘’Disadvantage I’d say while surfing and a lot at the off the lip the power from the front panel is dragging you forward so it’s hard to transfer good pressure on the back foot to slash the turn properly.

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Herve Baptiste

WHAT DO YOu

BRING TO THE BEACH

You go to a race, and you need to be sure to have all the vital stuff to do your job good. This time we are not talking about gear, which is obviously already there, but all what is needed during the day… … a long training day or racing day. Each rider has their habits, so let’s find out what they have in their back packs when they walk down to the beach. 1

Starting watch and headphones for the starting procedures. Every day recharged. Go pro with all accessories. There is always a chance and time to do some media work in between and during. Mobile, to do some mails and social media, practical to be connected to latest forecasts. Camera to film between breaks. Battery charger in case something runs out! Energy bars, as often there is no time for other food. Water bottle- would need more! Rice, pasta, fruit, and any other food. Cardio and watch. Sometimes for curiosity is good to study the data later in the evening. GPS Minibook, Ipads, Sun glassesâ&#x20AC;Ś. More reasons for these! Sun screen Walletâ&#x20AC;Śyou never know you need more food than you bring to the beach! Cap, looking a bit tidier after sailing with the hair! Drone

LENA ERDIL TUR 33

‘’Water Fruit Pasta

Starting watch Garmin gps mini book 14’’ FRANCESCO SCAGLIOLA ITA- 688,

‘’Sunscreen Starting watch Gps watch and heart monitor Supplements Also I bring my fin bag to the beach normally’’

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LAST MINUTE NEWS: PAOLO GUELTRINI IN M0ROCCO

When Passion meets Adventure & Results! Congratulation to Pali’ Gueltrini from the Black Team, who has taken second place at the IWT Grand Master ranking in Morocco, and ending up top 10 in the amateurs! Pali’ has had so much fun, that he has already booked his next trip to take part at the second event from the IWT: Pistol River, Oregon, USA! Let’s keep dreaming with Pali’!

HERE THE Feb,. Winner!

Markus Lidl| Germany

C60 Mast | Point-7

The Point-7

Girls corner

PWA MOROCCO Approximately 30 minutes from Essaouira, Moulay has become a massive draw for windsurfers and watersports enthusiasts from all round the world, keen to sample the unique blend of wind, waves and Moroccan culture. Genuine local cuisine, and the local souks create a fantastic clash of cultures between the hi tech, carbon fibre based world of windsurfing, and mystical eastern promise, guaranteeing a unique experience for all who visit. The first women only PWA World Cup will be held at Moulay, on Morocco's Western coast. Well known for reliable winds and powerful, clean atlantic surf

First time in Morocco, first time in Morocco for the PWA Wave event. Only girls. We saw a lot of amazing shots of characteristics places. How was the surrounding area from the wave spot? What was in the area to visit and to do other from windsurfing? Moulay is a tiny village consisting of pretty much only 1 street in front of the spot. But Essouaira is just 30minute drive away and is a beautiful old town with all the oriental charm you want. The Medina (city centre) is protected by a city wall all the streets are super narrow so there is no car or motorcycle access. Busy beautiful streets with plenty of shops selling spices, leather goods carpets and other oriental specialities. Some great art galleries are also worth a visit! The cuisine should be unique. What did you enjoy most? Hahah we ate tajine and couscous almost every day! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great, and you can have it with different meats and vegetables. If a windsurfer would turn up in the spot. Where would you advice to stay? My advice would be to contact the local windsurfing centre Bouj X Sports, there are many locals in Moulay who rent out rooms in their houses. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to stay directly on the spot in Moulay and live the simple life, if you want more comfort you can also stay in essouaira its only 30 minutes away and is a beautiful city.

How are the conditions throughout the year, and which conditions did you find? In the winter there is big waves and the wind is maybe a bit more irregular, in the summer it is always windy (I think at least 5 days a week), but the waves are smaller. The water is looking brown. Is that bothering? It's a little bit strange that the water is so brown you can’t even see 1 m deep but in the end for us the importance is the waves in the wind, so the colour doesn't really matter at all! How easy is to get to the spot? Do you think renting a car\camel is the right way? Yes, I would recommend renting a car from the airport as it is nice to go from Moulay to Essouaira, Marrakesh or to some of the surf spots in the surrounding areas. Without a car it's hard to get anywhere, taxis are only common within the cities and I haven’t seen any form of public transport… How did the event go for you? Happy of your result? No, I am disappointed with my results. We only did the single elimination and after 1 good ride I chose to follow a not so good wave too far into the bay where the wind was too light, and I ended up getting stuck. So unable to score again. It was a tactical mistake I should have avoided. I still have a lot to learn when it comes to competing in waves. Taking the right decisions and choosing the right waves within the limited time you have is crucial. So yeah, I have learned a new lesson so let’s see how this will help me in the coming events.

YENTEL CAERS

Just driven by the forecast

‘’After being every year going far away in the winter to exotic places, I’ve decided to change it this year and make a road trip. I left home straight after Christmas without having any clue where I was going.’’

Belgium was already cold from some weeks, after Xmas Lake Como was also getting cold, so the next stop was in Hyeres, France. Sailing 10days long only 4,0 and if I tried to windsurf on 4,4 it was just for maybe 1h, but than it was too much. The bay of Hyeres is a great place for windsurfing, sailing in on big bay but giving us enough change up to stay motivated to sail whole day long. From big chop to flat water and even some starboard tack jumping. From the moment the wind dropped, and the temperature was going down I headed more south. Meaning to go all the way slowly to Tarifa.

Not driving that far without scoring some sessions in new places on the way. sailing around Valencia with some 5.2 thermal wind. One of the best sessions was in Denia unexpected sailing 3.6 and some waves, freestyle paradise!! Once in Tarifa the training had started for real, sailing with all kind off different conditions and spots. First weeks were mainly with strong Levante, so there are so many options to sail in different locations. Too many to names to list all the spots! But the best sessions where in Playa Chica, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit Fuerte style of sailing. I also really enjoyed sailing in Palmones, side onshore wind with little waves: another freestyle paradise!! When the Levante disappeared for a while we got the chance for some down the line in Canos and El Palmar, but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much rest from freestyling, as the wind got lighter and it was also good on lighter Poniente Winds sailing at Arte Vida for days: a home base. Days with no wind where great opportunity to go mountain biking or paddle surfing. The last week I was in Tarifa, we got a big west storm that normally never happens around there. Big swell and strong wind, I only sailed 3,6 whole week long, great wave conditions but also the storm destroyed the beach what made the perfect freestyle lagoon. When the storm slowly stopped, the forecast turned great for Almerimar (victor Fernandez home spot). Side onshore wind, starboard tack freestyle paradise!!! Morning and afternoon freestyle and finishing the day with a wave session. What can we ask more for?? On my way home I stopped in one of my favourite places Leucate, and scored a nice freestyle session, few session on Lake Garda.. before driving further home. Temperatures? I was not in shorts, but I never had so much wind and variety!

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Vääna

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Estonian Slalom Championships

Estonia

4-5 different events in different spots

End of July

FUN Race series Hiiumaa stage

Estonia

Kärdla

May-Sep

FUN Race series

Estonia

4 different events

Apr-Oct

Slalom training

Estonia

Kärdla

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Costa Teguise

Estonian Surfcamp (over 2000 participants) Estonia FRANCE 10-13 May Defi Wind France GERMANY 20-28 January Boot Dusseldorf Boot Dusseldorf-Exhibition Germany 10-13 May Surf Festival Fehmarn Germany

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Dec 2nd-3rd, 2017

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Dec 9th-10th, 2017

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Mid January, 2018

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Mid Feburary, 2018

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Late in March, 2018

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Early in April, 2018

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Late in April, 2018

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Mid May, 2018

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Late in May, 2018

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Mid June, 2018

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Late in July, 2018

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