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      Volume 9: Issue 5

      Welcome to the Silver Aniversary, 10th-year celebratory edition of American Windsurfer. In this issue, we attempt to … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Robby Naish, world champion windsurfer since the age of twelve, with wife Katie on Kanaha beach in Maui, Hawaii.

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      Volume 10: Issue 1

      Presidential Hopeful John Kerry is overwhelmed by autograph seekers waving 6-year old copies of American Windsurfer. The … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 10: Issue 1

      Flash Austin graced the first issue of International Kiteboarder.

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 9: Issue 2

      Hatchery Highness Temira Wagonfeld, captured mid-360, represents many firsts. Possibly the first woman to land a Spock, … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 9: Issue 3/4

      The gingrich who stole the game. Mitch Gingrich captured mid “Spock 540” at the Gorge Games in … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 9: Issue 5

      Welcome to the Silver Aniversary, 10th-year celebratory edition of American Windsurfer. In this issue, we attempt to … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 8: Issue 1

      Photographer Douglas Faulkner’s portrait of Lynnie Nielson comes from a series of underwater nudes taken on Maui … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 8: Issue 2

      RIGHT STUFF:  American Windsurfer Test 2000+1 guest tester Bill Russell on board his supersonic British built Hawker … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 8: Issue 3/4

      Speed blur is what Darrell Wong has contributed to the world of windsurfing. The Maui based photographer … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 8: Issue 5

      Hookipa Queen Jennifer Gately Henderson is the most respected female windsurfer at Hookipa beach Maui. She is … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 7: Issue 1

      SPEED FREAK: Chad Fleischer, the Number One downhill skier in the United States has the need for speed … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 2, Issue 1

      Kathy Strover, fashion model for print and TV, attempted windsurfing for the first time during a 1986 … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 6, Issue 2

      WINNING POSE: Steve Hutchinson of Newfoundland, Canada wins the cover contest by rallying his many, many, Canadian shredder … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 6, Issue 3/4

      HANGING OUT: In Aruba, guest tester Nevin Sayre of Fiberspar, hammed it up for the camera along … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 5: Issue 1

      French female windsurfing champion Nathalie Le Lievre showing the crowd that she’s adjusted well to the manmade … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 5: Issue 3/4

      Jason Polakow: doing a laydown forward loop is ranked Number 1 in the world for 1997. Photographs … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 4: Issue 2

      Bjorn Dunkerbeck on the rise again after being held under by a shoulder injury. The eight time … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 4: Issue 3

      Flying in Formation: Captain Allan Gabel and the New Mexico Air National Guard takes American Windsurfer for … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 4: Issue 5

      Luke Silver: One of a handful of young aspiring sailors on Maui.

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 3, Issue 2

      Brothers Klaus & Malte Simmer viewing Ho'okipa from their Haiku home.

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      Volume 3, Issue 3

      Ken Winner US-1 Enjoying life on the banks of the Columbia River.

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      Volume 3: Issue 4

      Mike Zajicek Flying the free air of America after attempting to escape communist Czechoslovakia on a windsurfer. … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 2, Issue 1

      Kathy Strover, fashion model for print and TV, attempted windsurfing for the first time during a 1986 … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 2, Issue 2

      Monty Spindler, designer for ART sails, has been on the cutting edge of windsurfing since he purchased … Continue reading "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Volume 2, Issue 3

      Don't tell these New Hampshire kids that windsurfing is a solo sport.

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      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 "Ralph Ruffolo & Company"

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      Sean Ordonez:

      by Will Harper

      Man Behind the Grind

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      Destiny’s Doc

      by John Chao

      Destiny waits for no man…

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      A Dance with the Dangler

      by John Chao

      Face to face with one of the most controversial windsurfers on the water

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      WingMaker

      by John Chao

      Not many people in the windsurfing industry can say they really know Bill Hansen.

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      Columns Instructionals
      The Boomerang

      by Rafael Bach

      The Boomerang Jibe, seen here, was first coined on Maui and the catchy name stuck...

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      Cat, Go, Fish, Babe…

      by SteinErik Gabrielsen

      Re-writing the learning curve . . . from Years to Hours!

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      Airborne WindSurfing

      by Carl-Magnus Fogelholm

      The latest trend among Wingsurfers in Finland is to get airborne...

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      Airborne WindSurfing II

      by Misa Leiber

      In this article, I will give you some tips...

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      Columns Portfolio
      shudderSPEED

      Blending windsurfing and photography is its own artform.

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      View Finder: Jerome Houyvet

      by John Chao

      If you don’t recognize his name, you will surely recognize his work.

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      Hatchers

      by John Chao

      “If you ain’t got the bucks, you launch on the rocks...”

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      Seeking Streaking Bettys @ Kanaha

      by John Chao

      We had to see for ourselves, who these everyday shredding bettys are today.

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      Columns WindMills
      Fellowship of the Wind

      Milestones of A Ten-Year Odyssey

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      The Great Travel Contest

      by Brian King

      GRAND PRIZE: Brett Nichols 2ND PRIZE: Don Ezernack 3RD PRIZE: Gregg Richardson

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      Windsurfing’s MVP

      by Al Simmons

      The Corpus Christy Bay Trophy is awarded to someone who excels in both sailing and sportsmanship

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      1999 Equipment Preview with Ken Winner

      by Ken Winner

      Every year I see innovations like these and wish I had come up with them.

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      Columns Screamers
      What I Learned on Maui

      by Laurie Nadel

      MARDI GRAS OF THE PACIFIC is what Halloween in Lahaina, has become.

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      Jason Polakow & Scott Carvill Wavesailing JAWS

      by Jono Knight

      Welcome to the edge of insanity. Welcome to Screamers.

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      In Search of a Windsurfing Festival

      There was wind, water, sun and a happy island.

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      Maui, North Shore: Jaws

      by Patrick McFeeley

      On Maui, it’s known as “Piahi.” We know it as... Jaws

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      Columns WhirlWinds
      Sisterhood in the Pacific NorthWest

      by Erica Gerald

      Gather Together to cCelebrate the Wind on Longboards and Big Sails

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      Keeping the Spirit Alive

      by Heather Riley

      For the next four years windsurfers will pursue their Olympic dreams riding upon One Design equipment.

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      To Race of Not to Race

      by Mariel Devesa

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      Psychic WindSeeker: Keith Sherwood

      by Stacey Knapp

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      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"

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      Gone with the Wind II

      by Will Harper

      Wait, did somebody say plantation? Roll Film!

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      Lost at Last

      by Brad Drummond

      A companions’ tale of a journey into the weird and wild of Oregon’s secluded coast.

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      FakeOut

      by Will Harper, Bruce Peterson

      It was windy. Even for here it was really windy.

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      Columns Romancing The Wind
      A Blast From The Past

      by Laurie Nadel

      ...you realize something wonderful is about to happen.

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      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.

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      ROMANCING: Josh Stone

      by Rose Scarola

      Maui's Iconic Sunshine Man

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      Terms of Endearment

      by Pat Pawling

      People have always called me names, but it really picked up when I started windsurfing.

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      1999 All-Around Boards
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      Boardhead Inventors
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      Air Canaria
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      Grand Slammed
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      Senator John Kerry: INTERVIEW
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      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!

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      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.

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      Finland Ice Windsurfing

      Ice windsurfing in Espoonlahti, Finland in 2016. From Ian Rautelin on Vimeo.

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      2015 PWA Slalom World Cup

      Windsurfing world cup finals 2015 in Costa Brava.

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      New Speed Sailing Record: Antoine Albeau

      Antoine just broke the world's windsurfing top speed record, again!

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      PWA Aloha Classic 2014

      Aloha Classic PWA 2014 event highlights sponsored by Starboard and Severne

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    • 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—

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      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...

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      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—

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      Can you hear the drums Fernando?

      Fernando Coronel is the co-owner of Velauno, the largest windsurfing shop in the Caribbean.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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      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.

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