maui monthly no.51. july 2009

#51

July 2009, Maui, Hawaii

Rookiesof theyear?

Steven Van Broeckhoven

Maui Monthly no.51. July ’09.2

Steven Van Broeckhoven proved to be one of the top contenders of PWA in Fuerteventura, after secutring fourth place. In Lanzarote he already scored 6th place. Gollito Estredo won the event. Tonky Frans of Bonaire sailed brilliant in second place and Marcillio Browne of Brasil was 3rd. Steven was the best scoring European. Taty Frans was also on fire and the heats between Steven and Taty were very close with a resail in their first equal scoring heat in the double elimination.

Both MauiSails sailors showed the world their obvious talents and they proved to be the best freestyle embassadors for MauiSails worldwide. Official event results are available on www.pwaworldtour.com website.

Photos : PWA/Carter

Maui MonthlyOur Experience, Your Reward .3

short rest after PWA dogfightsJosh Angulo


Howzit from Home ! Soooooooo good to be home in Santa Maria, glassy waters with summer swells, my son on his

bodyboard and my wife on her horse and me , well just soaking it all in. The desire and commitment to be a professional anything

always comes at some price and that price is usually sacrifice. In my case sacrificing time away from my family is always rewarded tenfold with

the joyous homecomings and group hugs that quickly heal the wounds from all the worldtour dogfights.

As much as I am enjoying every second of my one week recuperation at home, I am also mentally fortifying myself for the challenges ahead and dissecting the events

of July. July is all about the Canaries. The endurance leg of the world tour, I started off with a shocking slalom event not being able to get in a rhythm in Pozo despite having

moments of winning form. Throughout what ended up being my worst slalom result since I started back up last year, I did everything in my power just to get through races and keep my morale up. I knew it was gonna be a one-off event that I would learn from and beating myself up over it would only make things worse.

The bright silver lining for me in an otherwise cloudy Pozo event was that I did enough in the waves to hold on to 1st place in the wave world ranking. Despite the young gun dominance

Photo : PWA/Carter


Photo : PWA/Carter

spearheaded by Philip Koster in the wave performance, this salty sea dog, motivated by Phil’s recent ironman performance and my brother’s (at 40 years old) continued leading edge innovation at Ho’okipa, I got fired up enough to put in one of my personal best Pozo performances. Although my end result was only a 9th, I pushed my personal limits in jumping and did probably my best ever waveriding at Pozo and tied with Kauli, also in 9th. This keeps me just a nose ahead of him heading into Sylt. Also, Peter Volwater, took some pressure off of the rest of the slalom team by bouying the MauiSails brand with his amazing speed and agressive style in slalom. He’s definitely got the tools to be a podium guy once he puts it all together.

Straight after Pozo it was off to Fuerte, where after a couple mistakes early on, I finally found some rhythm which had been evasive up until that point. In the last four completed rounds of the event, I got an 8th, 3rd, 1st, and a 2nd , the lowest combined score of anybody for those four rounds. I had pretty dominating speed down the first leg on my 5.5 and 6.3 and got really comfortable going around the course by the end of that event. Final result was 9th, due to my early round mistakes, but personally Fuerte was a victory as I got a taste and can digest some major ups and downs and still came out of it with my morale boosted and eyes set on what’s ahead .

A last note, special mention for this Maui Monthly, is to the MauiSails design team. It was clear that everybody from every brand took real clear notice that the MauiSails were the fastest sails in the Canaries.

Aloha,Josh Angulo CV-1


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License for winning

Marta Hlavaty POL-111

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Tripe Crown Tour in Poland. Marta Hlavaty POL-111 has a license for winning. She just won three event in a row. First in Euro Challenger in Pobierowo where she got Polish FW Champion title. Next she went to Leba for Allegro Cup Formula Windsurfing Grand Prix. She won again. And few days ago in Sopot where just finished Formula Windsurfing Europeans she won the title for the second time in a row. At the moment Marta is heading to Alacati, Turkey for PWA Slalom event. After that she will have a bit of time for preparation to Formula Windsurfing Worlds in Santa Pola, Spain.


I have been away from Bonaire for the last six weeks and all I have been sailing with 4.0 and 3.7 sails with my Starboard kode 86. I have been doing freestyle and some wave sailing. The Canary Islands have been windy for days with only three days of really light wind. I finished 7th in Lanzarote and then flew to Gran Canaria to spend some time sailing there and check the slalom and wave PWA action. It was awkward to me being in Pozo and for the first time not competing. At times when I was checking the slalom going on I was missing being in the slalom heats:(. I had some people asking me: HEY HOW COME YOU DON"T DO SLALOM THIS YEAR? YOU ARE GOOD. well my only answer was I took one year off to do freestyle. Well I am thinking of doing slalom next year if I can get support from my Sponsors, As we all know the whole Starboard slalom team is really BIG at the moment and also Mauixsails have their race team already settle with: Peter, Gonzo, Josh & Gabriel. So it might be tough for me but I am willing to go for it again if I can get it.

Uhmm as for spending two and half weeks in Pozo sailing and waiting for my new Starboard freestyle Flare 88 to arrive. Quincy and I flew to Fuerteventura to start our freestyle training with all the other guys who where there already after the Lanzarote event.

It was pretty hard work to get the board out of the Customs. We spent five hours begging and talking to these people to get the boards the same day so we can fly to out of Gran Canaria. We had to tell them that we need the boards for competition that starts the 22nd in Fuerteventura. Then they told us we need evidence that the event start the 22 and also the entry and name of sailors and the airline ticket that we are flying today. So we quickly use their own internet and go to the PWA site and print the all the information they needed. Then we were on

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a good footing until we waited another two hours to get an answer. Then after five hours in total of waiting and paying 160 euro, we finally could receive the boards... phew.

They told me that it usually takes 3 - 4 days to get all the paper work done and then to get the boards, so to get the boards in one day is a miracle. They told me you are lucky. Well I learned my lesson and now I know what to do so next time it will be much easier.

As for windsurfing, I have had time to test the Loco 4.0 and I can say that the sail will be A+. Light people will love it and especially the freestyle chicks will find this light freestyle so easy to handle. I have been sailing with it in Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura and even at 35 + knots this sail handles really good. I was very surprised how I could handle it with ease and even do my freestyle tricks with control. BIG SMILE.. :)

Fuerteventura has been so windy as well, at times gust at 40 knots and the slalom guys had been really pushing their speed at limit. Sometimes they were out of control but still handling their gear. Big UP for Peter, and Josh. I think their new sail sponsor have really pushed Peter’s speed to be in the top. Happy to see him kicking it.. Antoine has been going really fast and proves to be the most consistent in my point of view. Some small mistakes but maybe too much pressure when you are way in the top, or maybe the board he registered is a bit to big for the conditions.

Well I had a great month windy and sailing a lot on small sails and board. Now I am waiting for the Freestyle event to start and want to do good. I hope you had a great summer and been sailing alot;

Awaiting Barry’s Chronicle bookTaty Frans NB-9


It was a very windy July on the Canary islands and there was some intense competition on the water during the World Cup events, in exciting high wind conditions. After spending some time on Gran Canaria before the event and enjoying the light winds in June, the trade winds certainly arrived in time for the Canarian leg of the PWA tour.

In the end I was super stoked to finish the Slalom in 5th - with a 2nd and a 1st place on the last and strongest day of the event and winning a total of two race finals. Sailing in that strong wind is fun when you have to give everything to keep your board on the water, like a victory at sea. Racing is fun, especially when you are winning!

It was cool for Josh to keep his 1st place overall in waves, as well as watching Philip Koester set the pace and win this event at the age of 15. Philip pulled the level of Pozo wave sailing to a new all time high with his variety of jumps and wave rides and it was a joy to watch his performance. I didn’t get further then a 9th place in the single dropping to 17th in the double. But I think I improved my wave sailing and enjoyed the conditions out there and was really stoked to sail on wave gear again. Maybe loosing a few kilo’s wouldn’t hurt for waves to be more competitive....

After seven days competition we were off as we checked out of the Gloria Palace hotel, our comfort zone in the evenings after spending the days in the burning sun and the raging wind. Time to get sand blasted on Fuerteventura! The soft sand certainly being a relief for the ankles after the slippery rocks at Pozo.

The event started off windy and we got straight on our 6,3 and 5,5 again. This is what the Canaries are all about! A big disappointment came for me in the second part of the event, as it just didn’t go my way. After I dropped from 4th to 8th in the last couple races - with more than sufficient board speed and having fun in the conditions I was determined to fight back. But race after race got abandonedt in the gusty wind on the final day. We ended up completing one race in the last two days, losing the chance to improve.

Throughout the Canaries I have been very happy with my gear and I had my best moments ever on the race course! Our smaller sails are something else, they really are magic. Look at Josh, he was very fast and had an amazing run of 2nd, 3rd and 1st places back to back in Fuerte on the result sheets as he turned on his performance.

After the canaries I left straight to Karpathos for the World cup speed, which was a challenge to get to in a short time, dropping the slalom and wave equipment in Amsterdam and picking up the speed boards. All in all it’s been a busy time, and cool to have soo many windy events in this month!

Peter Volwater H-24


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Hold your boom tightPeter Volwater in high wind Fuertaventura


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Canaries & Poland tour


I started this month at the famous Pozo Izquierdo. Like every year, the strong winds were making the slalom competition more fun and extreme. I was using my TR-5 5.5 most of the races and some races with 6.3. I’m loving the 5.5, very easy to sail and good for jibing. I think Peter and Josh are thinking the same about this sail. Peter was showing good speed and consistent results in Pozo. Josh was very fast too.

The next stop during the Canaries races was the sandy beach of Fuerteventura. This place is exactly the opposite of Gran Canaria. Offshore winds, small swells, and a lot of sand. One more time I rigged my TR5 5.5 and 6.3 during the first days of competition. In general the Canaries for me this year, comparing to last year, was better. I did some good heats and I advanced to next round most of the races.

Now I’m here in Berlin waiting to go to Poland. I’m going to do some FW races there. I will be in the Leba Grand-Prix and the European Championships. It will be good events for MauiSails. I think all the FW team will be there including Gonzalo, Dennis Littel, Fabio and Victor Melo and the Polish guys. All my Formula equipment is ready to race!!!

Aloha,Gabriel Browne BRA-50

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Canaries & Poland tour


freerideworking on the stuff

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Considering that it’s summer time, the recent sailing has been quite fun on Maui. We have had consistent trades and decent wind swell making for good jumping conditions and even the occasional, smackable mini-wave from Hookipa on down. The south shores of course have most of the summer action and seem to be getting one swell after another this year, making a surfboard the preferred tool on occasion.

At the loft we have been diligently working our way through the free-ride sails, Titan, Pursuit and Aloha. These are the sails that make windsurfing accessible to people of all different ability levels and also those living in places that have a variety wind conditions, not always perfect 4.7 or 5.0.

The Aloha provides effortless power with a soft, easy feel to help intermediate and novice sailors progress and enjoy windsurfing. Moderate seam shaping and progressive twist combined with light weight 4 or 5 batten layouts make these sails super easy to use.

The Pursuit offers great, accessible freeride/slalom performance in an easy handling, 6 batten, no-cam, RAF package. Very balanced power is achieved through concentrating the shape down low while giving the upper sail an efficient, progressively twisted profile. The Pursuit also has extensive use of X-ply making it a great value and durable sail.

The Titan offers great power and top end performance very close to a race sail, but with only 7 battens and 2 cams from 8.0 and down and 3 cams in the 8.5 and up. Refined for 2010, the Titan is a great sail for blowing past your buddies at your local spot.

Aloha,Artur Szpunar

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Julyis the hot one

Photo : Samantha Spanier


This July was toasty if having lots of wind is the definition. We had lots and lots. Every day it seemed to just blow harder. Maui Race Series had two good Saturdays and we were able to further study all the key high wind sizes in ideal conditions. In fact, the last race was said by some to have been the most extreme in many years, a true test in the forty knot gusts and crazy chop. I was able to get out on the water quite a few times this month and enjoyed some sessions on the Titan and Pursuit that reminded me why this sport is so attractive. Although I was a bit challenged by the conditions and my lack of fitness, it was OK to hurt afterwards and feel good about how everything is working. I am still working on the Commercial Sail Project (www.commercial-sail-associates.com) and have continued to be contacted by interested people. I am still sorry to report that there has been zero response from the Obama Administration or Senator Kerry or Representaive Pelosi’s office. Considering that this was more than a simple suggestion, (in fact it was documented well enough to warrant a Senate Bill in 1980 with evidence and support), there should have been something in response. If the goal of the administration is to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and limit carbon output, herein lies one of the most simple solutions and one already imminently well proven over centuries. As this can only be a spare time project, time slips away while we could be actually doing something totally constructive to change the situation. Perhaps someone of you will be the catalyst needed to carry this into the view of those who could make it reality. I’m most happy to see the results of our PWA and Formula sailors around the world who are finding the performance we build into every one of our sails. Congratulations to them all for giving their all in such tough conditions. AlohaBarry Spanier

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do things you never though of


I travelled to Germany for my first Ironman Triathlon at the beginning of July, so it was all endurance stuff for me for most of July. Man!, I had the best experience in Germany mixing it up with the some of the best triathlete’s in the world. I stayed in the same hotel as the top pro’s so I got to meet a lot of them and chat to them about their sport. Windsurfing and triathlon’s are very different, but in the end our bodies adapt to what we do best. Most of these guys are around 60 to 70kgs, 140 lbs to 160 lbs, but windsurfers are big huge bodies compared to these guys. I lugged my trimed down windsurfing body at 190 lbs around the Ironman course in 13 hours 28 minutes, a feat I’m extremely proud of……. if anyone told me a year ago I was going to complete an Ironman Triathlon I would have said they are completely nuts.

As if the Ironman wasn’t enough, I got roped into doing a 30 mile ultra trail race in Italy the next weekend, thanks Agostino!!! Down to Milan for a few days. I even managed to visit our mast factory to make sure under control. Interesting to see the masts being built, seeing the different layups of carbon and how it all goes together. Basically the pre preg carbon is wrapped around a steel mould or mandrel, then cooked in an oven at a very high temperature, pulled out, cleaned up and it’s good to go. The key is the layup of the carbon in the correct place and heat treatment of the pre preg to get it cure to the correct strength.

The trail race was crazy, it was up mountains and down again, two of them, 3 hours each ascent and 1.5 hours down again, some flat stuff and after 9 hours 27 minutes on my legs I was completely out of juice, but crossed the finishing line running.

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arry Spanier

Then it was back to Maui and back into the slalom training and freeride testing. Maui is always windy in July and the beach is crowded, so it’s a good time to catch up with customers, get some demo’s on the water and show off our beautiful sails.

Aloha, Phil McGain


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