WINDSURF MAGAZINE #345 MAY 2015 ISSUE – ON SALE

The May 2015 Issue of the world’s only monthly English-language windsurfing magazine is out now!

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WILD WEST – HUNTING PHILIP KÖSTER //  

TESTED FREERIDE SPECIAL – 105 LITRE BOARDS & 6.5 SAILS  // GET UPWIND WITH PETER HART // CABO VERDE ANGULO & KATCHADOURIAN // POSTCARDS FROM THE PROS // SUMMER WETSUITS // SLALOM FINS // JEM HALL WORKING WITH WAVES

BIG JUICY READS

THE WILD WEST
The Elusive Philip Köster tries to go soul and solo in Western Australia, Sheriff John ‘pistols’ Carter goes on the hunt to track him down !

OUT OF THE BLUE
When you least expect it, the best windsurfing can still happen. John Carter tells the tale of two lucky strike missions in the UK.

AFRICAN DREAMS
Kai Katchadourian and Josh Angulo drop into all time Cabo Verde. Kai reflects why this remote island has engraved such a lasting impression in their quest for windsurfing perfection.

POSTCARDS FROM THE PROS !
The Pros check in from around the world with a collection of good old fashioned ‘wish you were here’ postcards.

SAIL TO HEAL
Former Soldier, Andrew Hieghton-Jackson, survived an IED bomb-blast in Afghanistan in 2009, we learn how windsurfing has helped his recovery from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

THE LAST TIME
Peter Hart – One of windsurfing’s greatest characters undergoes Windsurf’s greatest wind up – the ruthless, grinding and hugely irrelevant questions of ‘The last time’ !

PROFILE
Kurosh Kiani – Born in Iran but sailing for Denmark, Kurosh has a unique background and is the man responsible for developing live scoring on the PWA, we delve deeper in Profile.

GEAR SHED

105 LITRE FREERIDE WIDE BOARDS - we test the new generation of ‘thin and wide’ freeride boards, offering performance for every level

STARBOARD Atom IQ 100
FANATIC Gecko 105
RRD Firemove 102
JP MagicRide 104
Tabou Rocket Wide 108
Simmer Freemove 110L

6.5 FREERIDE SAILS -

 Speed, control, early planing and manoeuvres, the 6.5 freeride sail has a large design brief, we test the contenders.

GOYA NEXUS 6.4M
NEIL PRYDE RYDE 6.5M
NORTH SAILS VOLT 6.4M
RRD EVOLUTION 6.4M
SEVERE GATOR 6.5M
TUSHINGHAM BOLT 6.5M

TEKKERS

PETER HART MASTERCLASS
The ability to cruise nonchalantly upwind should be at the top of your ‘to master’ list. Peter Hart tells us how.

MOVE ON UP
Jem Hall teaches us how to make the most out of moderate surf by ‘Working the Waves’.

BOARDSHORTS

SUMMER WETSUIT BUYER’S GUIDE
Shopping for some new neoprene to welcome the warmer weather ? Check out some fresh new suits here.

SLALOM FIN BUYER’S GUIDE
We round up some of the fastest foils on market today, designed to keep your slalom board in front !

LATEST & GREATEST
Roll up, roll up; the new, very new and super all new stuff is here to enjoy.

SITTIN’ ON THE DUNNY

EDITORIAL
Pro Pro – Professional Windsurfers are actually a bunch of amateurs …confused ? The Ed. champions the men and women of the PWA

AFFAIRS OF THE HART
Round Hayling, Defi Wind; ‘tis the season to be going far on a windsurfer. Harty looks back at the history and glory of the long distance race.

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