Monthly Archives: October 2009

Whatcha ridin Jonas?!

In this brand new series we’re checking out what the umi boys are riding and why. Kickoff is with Jonas Ceballos, who tells us all about his Seb Wenzel Fanatic shapes. Over to you Jonas! ‘This is my 78-litre board … Continue reading

Poster boy Musso strikes again

Musso’s win at the world cup in Sylt and the sick action shots taken by John Carter made it easy for magazines to chose their next cover shot. Both Surf Germany and Windsurf UK picked this stylish backside wave ride as … Continue reading

Vote for umi on Riders Match

The guys at Riders Match have chosen the umi video from PWA Pozo 2009 to be used on their front page. Considering this competition covers a lot of sports, all of which are more popular than windsurfing, this is some great … Continue reading

Gilles Calvet interviewed in Reunion

During the recent Réunion Wave Classic event our raving reporter, Sophia Regerbis, had a chat with French master photographer Gilles Calvet. Here are his thoughts and stunning photographs from the Indian Ocean. [column width="25%" padding="5%"] [/column] [column width="70%" padding="0%"] What … Continue reading

Graham Ezzy: king of takas

Back in August our new team member Graham Ezzy went for a quick trip home to Maui. Turned out to be a really good decision as the two weeks he spent there were blessed with wind ánd waves, quite rare … Continue reading

Alex Mussolini scores incredible El Cabezo

Just before Alex went on his trip to the island of La Réunion, he had an epic day in El Médano, Tenerife. ‘I will never forget this day: I was sailing in the bay upwind from El Médano called El … Continue reading

Tabou interview Musso

The guys at Tabou were obviously quite pleased with Alex winning the world cup in Sylt, his big smile has been heading the Tabou site for over a week now! Besides congratulating Musso, they also interviewed him: about the event, … Continue reading

New slideshow: Scotland III – Thurso

The final slideshow from Scotland is from the north shore of Scotland – the home of the legendary surf break Thurso. Brendan Pyatt comments: ‘In the summer of 2006 Phil and Dave Horrocks, Andy King and myself drove up looking … Continue reading

Alex Mussolini wins Sylt – the interview

Last weekend Alex Mussolini won the PWA wave world cup of Sylt. In up to mast high waves and strong onshore winds our Catalan poster boy proved that he can do more than sail in perfect down the line starboard … Continue reading

Alex Mussolini is 2009 Sylt Wave Champion