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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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      WINNING POSE: Steve Hutchinson of Newfoundland, Canada wins the cover contest by rallying his many, many, Canadian shredder … Continue reading "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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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 "Finland Ice Windsurfing"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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      Sisterhood in the Pacific NorthWest

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      Gather Together to cCelebrate the Wind on Longboards and Big Sails

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      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

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      Psychic WindSeeker: Keith Sherwood

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      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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      A Blast From The Past

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      ...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

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      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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Author amwindPosted on February 16th, 2016October 27th, 2023Format VideoVideos Finland

Finland Ice Windsurfing

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

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