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Gone with the Wind II
By Will Harper
Well, now you know how it all came about, and a little about the place we chose. But, as a responsible journalist, I of course have a duty of due diligence to let all of you who weren’t there know exactly what you missed.
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Lost at Last
By Brad Drummond
One look at each other and the decision was made, no discussion necessary. The day-to-day drudge was showing on us all. Even the dog needed a break. Seeking refuge and tranquility, we were hoping to get totally lost on the Oregon Coast.
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FakeOut
By Will Harper, Bruce Peterson
MY ALARM WENT OFF at 7 a.m., but I wasn’t there to hear it. I’d been up for hours, moving restlessly about the house, loading my van, making a breakfast that I could not eat.
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HashOut at the Hatch
By Will Harper
New faces, old hats, big crowds, and big money might best describe the scene at the Freestyle event at the Gorge Games this year.
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Formula for Success
By Jamie Torres
In a record short time it has become so well established that it just narrowly missed becoming the racing format for the windsurfing event at the 2008 Olympics
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Journey of Discovery
By Tristan Boxford
The idea was Scott’s. A regular visitor to Fiji, he has become quite attached to the area grasping any opportunity he can to return.
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Shredder Super Model
By Laurie Nadel
When the Weather Channel meteorologists are advising everyone on Long Island to stay inside, Pfeifer is whipping her long, blonde mane into a ponytail, shimmying into her wetsuit, and heading for the windsurfing beach at Napeague.
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The Pozo Twins
By Martin Trees
As teens they simply wanted to have fun at the beach. In 1995 they tried windsurfing for the first time. Within 18 months these inspiring women were competing with the pros and proving that women could hold their own with the men.
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Games Down Under
By Rory Ramsden
THE 2000 OLYMPICS WINDSURFING REGATTA was the best ever. The sport reached its pinnacle. Not only was it the best ever Olympic windsurfing event, it was alive with many "never befores".
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After the Gold Rush: The 17 Year Quest of Michael Gebhardt
By John Chao
Mike “Gebi” Gebhardt had a bad night. The day before, his 32 year old body began to shut down. Six grueling days of light-to-moderate winds took its toll on him and the rest of the fleet.
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More Than Half a World to Go
By Dan Welch
My big board carrier, the mothership, is a forty–foot cutter-rigged sailboat named Daq'Attack. Four satellite boards are strapped to her deck; the fore cabin is choked with sails, booms, fins, and all spare parts necessary to repair the gear because, where we’re headed, no one accepts American Express.
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Grand Slammed @ Gran Canaria
By Rob Bryant
The biggest windsurfing event of the World Cup happens each year on the island of Gran Canaria. Not only does it tout the biggest prize money ($180,000) it's also the home of the strongest and nastiest wind and wave of the tour.
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The Great Trans-Atlantic Adventure
By John Chao
Like men who have found life and communion with the ocean for thousands of years before us, our explorations were dictated to by unforeseen challenges and setbacks. As other men of the sea have been discovering for hundreds of years, we learned firsthand how adventure and survival depend on the mental clarity which guides one’s ability to react.
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Gearing Up for the TAWR
By Guy Miller
When John Chao called me in January, saying, “We need to start thinking about gear for the Trans-Atlantic,” my mind started racing. Although I was sitting at my desk at Trilogy Software, in Austin, Texas, trying to focus on the day’s tasks, my mind would sometimes wander into the ocean.
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The Trans-Atlantic MisAdventure
By Laurie Nadel
The captain of the US team in the TransAtlantic Windsurf Race (TAWR2000), John Chao is not the kind of guy who gets fazed easily. A former Olympic windsurfer who now publishes and edits American Windsurfer magazine, John regularly pushes himself beyond what most of us would consider normal limits.
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Back To The Future: PART 2
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Gulled
By Gavin Grow
I awakened early that morning well before sunrise to an impromptu orchestra of chimes as a gale wind blew through the sailboat riggings of the many vessels moored behind our home.
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1999 Equipment Test – Wave & High Wind Gear
By Ken Winner
Windsurfing is about freedom, soul, camaraderie, nature; it’s about wind in your hair, spray in your face and a bunch more of that fuzzy, warm, poetic stuff. But get real; it’s also about equipment.
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Trans-Atlantic Windsurf Race
By Ken Winner
You’re used to taking reality in bite-sized, well-cooked chunks, preferably, with a béarnaise sauce on the side. Now, you’re facing a groaning great board of bloody venison—and somehow you have to choke it down.
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Cry Uncle at the US Nationals
By Kim Ball
“There was a lot of butt-kicking going on . . . , but it was Mother Nature who was wearing the boot.”
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WindGliding the Grenadines
By Alex Johnson and John John Chao
So! The four kids, Alex 13, John 11, Robby 9 and Katie 8, fly down to the Grenadines with their parents in tow. . . after all, they are minors and the parents. . . well, they just had to be there.
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The TransAtlantic Windemption
By Eddy Patricelli
Take four US amateur windsurfers. Put them on a boat headed for England. Provide them with tons of gear they've never seen before, and a coach capable of racing circles around them. Add 25 foot seas, and place them in a race against some of the world's best windsurfers. What do you have?
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Planes, Trains, Buses, Reindeer & WingSurfers
By John Chao
On top of it all, no one told me that Santa had left for Aruba on vacation. Course I should have known. This was April and Lapland was just starting to thaw out and the long days were beginning to bud out into the long nights.
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The Windsurfer Who Could Be President
By John Chao
Senator John Kerry was being pulverized by 40 knot winds. His windsurfing buddy cringed at the sight of a United States Senator being tossed around like a rag doll and splattered time and time again onto the forgiving waters of his beloved state of Massachusetts.