Even after a week of solid racing, a group of formula windsurfers took to the water today for some training. Steve Sylvester and Xavier Ferlet sailed from Berkeley to Crissy Field to meet up with Steve Bodner, Soheil Zahedi, and Aurelien le Matayer. Here are a few overhead shots of their session. Click on the photos below to go to the full gallery.
After reviewing the thousands of photos I shot over all five days of the event, I’ve selected more than 500 images worthy of posting to the US Windsurfing Nationals photo gallery. It takes more time in front of the computer that it originally did to shoot all the photos. The photos are all categorized by sailors’ names, sail numbers, sail manufacturer, day, event type (formula, slalom, long distance, freestyle, juniors). Look under the photos for the list of keywords. Clicking on any of the keywords will filter the images that are displayed.
I have tons more photos so if you don’t see what you are looking for, please email me and I will go back and look through my archive.
UPDATE: the nationals are complete and I’ve amassed thousands of photos. Some of them have been loaded to the gallery, with more to come. Stay tuned for the final set. If you provide me with your email address I can notify you when the gallery is complete. Thanks for all the great racing action!
Long distance and slalom racing were the order of the day today. I hiked up to the Golden Gate Bridge to get an overhead view of the race. Phil McGain (KA7) was fastest on the trip down to Treasure Island and back and finished in first place.
The second day of racing brought more foggy weather, but wind enough to get in three races.
After a full day on the water and 4 races, I’ve racked up a lot of photos. The upload process has started so check out the windsurfing photos posted so far. Here are a couple to entice you…
See you on the water tomorrow!
On the water shooting windsurfing nationals regatta photos. Upload coming later today…
More than 150 boats joined in this year’s Sperry Topsider NOOD regatta in San Francisco this past weekend including my favorites, the F18 catamarans. With 20 entrants, the 18 foot catamarans were one of the largest classes in attendance. Click on any of the pictures below to see more regatta photos.
This was one action-packed windsurfing weekend. It started on Friday night with a formula race at St. Francis Yacht club and a Windsurfing magazine helicopter photo shoot. Here are Steve Bodner and Seth Besse heading back to the beach after the racing.
Then on Saturday the San Francisco Boardsailing Association and Windsurfing Magazine had organized a whole day of activities: swap meet, safety demos, Coast Guard motor lifeboat and helicopter demo, the Ronstan Bay Challenge distance windsurfing and kitesurfing race, and another helicopter photo shoot. Due to the seasonably warm weather, it took a while for the wind to assume its normal direction and velocity.
Here’s junior sailor Marion Lepert as she cranks back upwind from Treasure Island.
And here’s John Gomes in the kitesurfing division.
Windsurfing Magazine is encouraging all sailors to get out on the water on Saturday June 12th for a massive photo shoot. Awesome idea. Check Windsurfing Magazine to get all the info.
Here are a few of the highlights…
9am Windsurfing Swap meet at Crissy Field – I’ll have some of my photos there.
12 – 2pm Ronstan Bay Challenge kite and formula windsurfing race – I’ll be on the RC boat.
3 – 6pm Windsurfing Bay Day – All sailors out on the water.
See you on the water.
