Despite the disappointing lack of effort from windsurfing magazines to promote Formula Windsurfing in America, I am really excited to see some of the most inspired and energetic windsurfing pictures I’ve seen in a long time. The pictures are from the Formula Worlds in 2009 that just happened in Santa Paola Spain, and there is no question that the Formula Windsurfing Class is alive and well. A couple of years ago Formula Windsurfing was dropped from the PWA world tour in order to promote slalom. Slalom is a great discipline in its own right and has received a lot of support in the way of participation and media coverage including our websites, www.windsurfingtour.com / www.miamiwindsurfing.com.
However even with the lack of magazine coverage and marketing along with diminished support from board builders and manufacturers, the FW class continues to have a large core of racers that capture and promote the energy and excitement of the class. It has already attracted a new generation of racers from RS/X, slalom and longboards. With its incredibly high energy, Formula Windsurfing will continue to grow world-wide, as well as in America, as the most improved and developed windsurfing class ever.
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Ron Kern , Steve Sylvester , Steve Bodner , Peter Ifju and Alex Morales
