Sean Ordonez

Search

Search for:

Skip to content

American Windsurfer

Premier Windsurfing Lifestyle Magazine

Home
Back Issues
- Back Issues → Featured
  Volume 9: Issue 5
  Welcome to the Silver Aniversary, 10th-year celebratory edition of American Windsurfer. In this issue, we attempt to … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Premeir Issue
  Robby Naish, world champion windsurfer since the age of twelve, with wife Katie on Kanaha beach in Maui, Hawaii.
  Browse Issue
  Volume 10: Issue 1
  Presidential Hopeful John Kerry is overwhelmed by autograph seekers waving 6-year old copies of American Windsurfer. The … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 10: Issue 1
  Flash Austin graced the first issue of International Kiteboarder.
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume 9: Issue 1
  WINDSURFING’S MVP Micah Buzianis shows his winning stance on a board named after him, the Drops MB14. The … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 9: Issue 2
  Hatchery Highness Temira Wagonfeld, captured mid-360, represents many firsts. Possibly the first woman to land a Spock, … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 9: Issue 3/4
  The gingrich who stole the game. Mitch Gingrich captured mid “Spock 540” at the Gorge Games in … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 9: Issue 5
  Welcome to the Silver Aniversary, 10th-year celebratory edition of American Windsurfer. In this issue, we attempt to … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume 8: Issue 1
  Photographer Douglas Faulkner’s portrait of Lynnie Nielson comes from a series of underwater nudes taken on Maui … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 8: Issue 2
  RIGHT STUFF: American Windsurfer Test 2000+1 guest tester Bill Russell on board his supersonic British built Hawker … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 8: Issue 3/4
  Speed blur is what Darrell Wong has contributed to the world of windsurfing. The Maui based photographer … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 8: Issue 5
  Hookipa Queen Jennifer Gately Henderson is the most respected female windsurfer at Hookipa beach Maui. She is … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume 7: Issue 1
  SPEED FREAK: Chad Fleischer, the Number One downhill skier in the United States has the need for speed … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 7: Issue 2
  GO, GO! learned to windsurf on the Go board during our test at Club Paradise. The twenty-one-year-old French … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 7: Issue 3/4
  THE TRANS-ATLANTIC ASSAULT: Daniele Olivieri, riding a swell that rolled in during the fourth race of the … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 2, Issue 1
  Kathy Strover, fashion model for print and TV, attempted windsurfing for the first time during a 1986 … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume 6, Issue 1
  A WINDGLIDING POSE: Eleven-year-old John Chao Jr. taking the WindGlider for a spin. He and his brother … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 6, Issue 2
  WINNING POSE: Steve Hutchinson of Newfoundland, Canada wins the cover contest by rallying his many, many, Canadian shredder … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 6, Issue 3/4
  HANGING OUT: In Aruba, guest tester Nevin Sayre of Fiberspar, hammed it up for the camera along … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 6, Issue 5
  TESTING COMPATIBILITY: No drudgery at the Islamorada Test and Clinic session. Three-times US Olympic Champion and twice medalist … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume 5: Issue 1
  French female windsurfing champion Nathalie Le Lievre showing the crowd that she’s adjusted well to the manmade … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 5: Issue 2
  Michael “Gebi” Gebhardt, olympic U.S. windsurfing champion, a Silver and a Bronze medalist since 1988. For the cover, … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 5: Issue 3/4
  Jason Polakow: doing a laydown forward loop is ranked Number 1 in the world for 1997. Photographs … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 5: Issue 5
  SENATOR JOHN KERRY: “I don’t think we’re in Newsweek anymore, Toto.” No longer just featured in your everyday news … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume: 3.5-4.1
  Robby Naish US-1111 After appearing on the cover of our Premier issue, it’s only natural that our … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 4: Issue 2
  Bjorn Dunkerbeck on the rise again after being held under by a shoulder injury. The eight time … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 4: Issue 3
  Flying in Formation: Captain Allan Gabel and the New Mexico Air National Guard takes American Windsurfer for … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 4: Issue 5
  Luke Silver: One of a handful of young aspiring sailors on Maui.
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume 3, Issue 1
  Sixty-three-year-old Sally Dolton Snell rides the imaginary skies of every windsurfer’s dream. Suspended under the mizzen mast of … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 3, Issue 2
  Brothers Klaus & Malte Simmer viewing Ho'okipa from their Haiku home.
  Browse Issue
  Volume 3, Issue 3
  Ken Winner US-1 Enjoying life on the banks of the Columbia River.
  Browse Issue
  Volume 3: Issue 4
  Mike Zajicek Flying the free air of America after attempting to escape communist Czechoslovakia on a windsurfer. … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Back Issues → Volume
  Volume 2, Issue 1
  Kathy Strover, fashion model for print and TV, attempted windsurfing for the first time during a 1986 … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 2, Issue 2
  Monty Spindler, designer for ART sails, has been on the cutting edge of windsurfing since he purchased … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
  Volume 2, Issue 3
  Don't tell these New Hampshire kids that windsurfing is a solo sport.
  Browse Issue
  Volume 2, Issue 5
  America Cubed and the all-women’s team racing with the wind for the America’s Cup race in San … Continue reading "Sean Ordonez"
  Browse Issue
- Back Issues
Columns
- Columns Interviews
  Sean Ordonez:
  by Will Harper
  Man Behind the Grind
  View Article
  Destiny’s Doc
  by John Chao
  Destiny waits for no man…
  View Article
  A Dance with the Dangler
  by John Chao
  Face to face with one of the most controversial windsurfers on the water
  View Article
  WingMaker
  by John Chao
  Not many people in the windsurfing industry can say they really know Bill Hansen.
  View Article
  Columns Instructionals
  The Boomerang
  by Rafael Bach
  The Boomerang Jibe, seen here, was first coined on Maui and the catchy name stuck...
  View Article
  Cat, Go, Fish, Babe…
  by SteinErik Gabrielsen
  Re-writing the learning curve . . . from Years to Hours!
  View Article
  Airborne WindSurfing
  by Carl-Magnus Fogelholm
  The latest trend among Wingsurfers in Finland is to get airborne...
  View Article
  Airborne WindSurfing II
  by Misa Leiber
  In this article, I will give you some tips...
  View Article
  Columns Portfolio
  shudderSPEED
  Blending windsurfing and photography is its own artform.
  View Article
  View Finder: Jerome Houyvet
  by John Chao
  If you don’t recognize his name, you will surely recognize his work.
  View Article
  Hatchers
  by John Chao
  “If you ain’t got the bucks, you launch on the rocks...”
  View Article
  Seeking Streaking Bettys @ Kanaha
  by John Chao
  We had to see for ourselves, who these everyday shredding bettys are today.
  View Article
  Columns WindMills
  Fellowship of the Wind
  Milestones of A Ten-Year Odyssey
  View Article
  The Great Travel Contest
  by Brian King
  GRAND PRIZE: Brett Nichols 2ND PRIZE: Don Ezernack 3RD PRIZE: Gregg Richardson
  View Article
  Windsurfing’s MVP
  by Al Simmons
  The Corpus Christy Bay Trophy is awarded to someone who excels in both sailing and sportsmanship
  View Article
  1999 Equipment Preview with Ken Winner
  by Ken Winner
  Every year I see innovations like these and wish I had come up with them.
  View Article
  Columns Screamers
  What I Learned on Maui
  by Laurie Nadel
  MARDI GRAS OF THE PACIFIC is what Halloween in Lahaina, has become.
  View Article
  Jason Polakow & Scott Carvill Wavesailing JAWS
  by Jono Knight
  Welcome to the edge of insanity. Welcome to Screamers.
  View Article
  In Search of a Windsurfing Festival
  There was wind, water, sun and a happy island.
  View Article
  Maui, North Shore: Jaws
  by Patrick McFeeley
  On Maui, it’s known as “Piahi.” We know it as... Jaws
  View Article
  Columns WhirlWinds
  Sisterhood in the Pacific NorthWest
  by Erica Gerald
  Gather Together to cCelebrate the Wind on Longboards and Big Sails
  View Article
  Keeping the Spirit Alive
  by Heather Riley
  For the next four years windsurfers will pursue their Olympic dreams riding upon One Design equipment.
  View Article
  To Race of Not to Race
  by Mariel Devesa
  View Article
  Psychic WindSeeker: Keith Sherwood
  by Stacey Knapp
  View Article
  Columns Featured Articles
  A Fleet of their Own
  Attitude Evolution The 1980s and early 90s were a heady time for racing in the Bay. Local … Continue reading "A Fleet of their Own"
  View Article
  Gone with the Wind II
  by Will Harper
  Wait, did somebody say plantation? Roll Film!
  View Article
  Lost at Last
  by Brad Drummond
  A companions’ tale of a journey into the weird and wild of Oregon’s secluded coast.
  View Article
  FakeOut
  by Will Harper, Bruce Peterson
  It was windy. Even for here it was really windy.
  View Article
  Columns Romancing The Wind
  A Blast From The Past
  by Laurie Nadel
  ...you realize something wonderful is about to happen.
  View Article
  Paul Hill: Keeper of the Flame
  by Brian Thompson
  A new column to pay tribute to those men and women who actively promote the growth of the sport.
  View Article
  ROMANCING: Josh Stone
  by Rose Scarola
  Maui's Iconic Sunshine Man
  View Article
  Terms of Endearment
  by Pat Pawling
  People have always called me names, but it really picked up when I started windsurfing.
  View Article
- Columns
- Interviews
Interactive
- Interactive Articles → Enjoy these articles in original magazine format
  Gone to Maui
  View Article
  1999 All-Around Boards
  View Article
  Darrell Jones
  View Article
  Boardhead Inventors
  View Article
  Air Canaria
  View Article
  Grand Slammed
  View Article
  Senator John Kerry: INTERVIEW
  View Article
  View all
  Interactive Articles
- Interactive Articles
AW Blog
Videos
- Videos | American Windsurfer Blog
  Share Article:
  Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  
  Related Articles
  
  Columbia Gorge Windsurfing [2023]
  Windsurfing in the Hood and Columbia rivers near Hood River and Mosier, Oregon. Shot on GoPro 11 July 7-10th (HR) and August 26th (Rock Creek, Mosier). Bonus gear malfunction... wait till the end!
  Watch Video
  Share Article:
  Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  
  Related Articles
  
  Paris Indoor: 2016
  Robby Naish, Robert Teriitehau and Erik Thiémé ensured the entertainment value of this year's Paris indoor event!! This is their last jump on the basin and the final heat of slalom.
  Watch Video
  Share Article:
  Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  
  Related Articles
  
  Finland Ice Windsurfing
  Ice windsurfing in Espoonlahti, Finland in 2016. From Ian Rautelin on Vimeo.
  Watch Video
  Share Article:
  Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  
  Related Articles
  
  2015 PWA Slalom World Cup
  Windsurfing world cup finals 2015 in Costa Brava.
  Watch Video
  Share Article:
  Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  
  Related Articles
  
  New Speed Sailing Record: Antoine Albeau
  Antoine just broke the world's windsurfing top speed record, again!
  Watch Video
  Share Article:
  Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  
  Related Articles
  
  PWA Aloha Classic 2014
  Aloha Classic PWA 2014 event highlights sponsored by Starboard and Severne
  Watch Video
- Videos
AirMail
- Airmail Readers Respond: Airmail Archive
  
  Gender Equality and Erotic Hippos
  
  Just back from Hatteras. Snagged a recent issue of American Windsurfer while there. Glancing at some older issues too, I was reminded of what I liked most—
  
  Read Airmail
  
  Friendly, Feminine, Focus, Free Hat
  
  From “butt UGLY” (see Airmail 9.1) to “beautiful to look at"...is it half full or half empty? Why can’t we just get along? I don’t think we ever claimed the issue to be a ‘woman’s guide...
  
  Read Airmail
  
  Pathetic Attention on WindSister
  
  My husband just got your Women’s issue of American Windsurfer but he for once, was not the first person who got to read it. Previous issues didn’t really have much for me—
  
  Read Airmail
  
  Can you hear the drums Fernando?
  
  Fernando Coronel is the co-owner of Velauno, the largest windsurfing shop in the Caribbean.
  
  Read Airmail
  
  Cancel Cancer Enough Already
  
  I’ll use the money to buy toilet paper. Bill Cimikoski’s article is driving me crazy! Vol. 8(3/4) takes the words right out of my mouth. When I got this issue I didn’t think it was American Windsurfer.
  
  Read Airmail
  
  Life Beyond Cancer
  
  Every year I went in for a routine well-woman exam, and every year I was sent the little postcard saying my results were normal. The phone call was bad news.
  
  Read Airmail
  
  Changing Wind
  
  The closest I have come to catching some air was stubbing my toe on his 85-liter Screamer in the middle of our Boston apartment and hopping up and down.
  
  Read Airmail
  
  Driving Me Significatly Crazy
  
  I am a freelance writer who regularly reports for several local papers in the Boston area. More importantly, I am the significant other of a windsurfing fanatic. I am writing to you to propose a unique story idea for your readers.
  
  Read Airmail
- Airmail
Donate
About
Contact Us