Windsurfing Canada

- Windsurfing Canada Events are open to the public. WC sanctions the annual Canadian Windsurfing Championships to determine the Champion all-around Canadian Man and Woman in Canada, in the three major disciplines of the sport: in Course racing, in Slalom and in Freestyle/Waves.
- WC "Rainbow Outreach" program enables disadvantaged youth to get into a fit for life sport that will provide them with positive directions, role models and a life long road to both mental and physical health. Proceeds from the OS/WC Racing Series will go to Windsurfing Canada?s ?Rainbow Youth Outreach Program?
- WC seeks event hosts at various locations across Canada, and assists Race Committees in any way it can. In Quebec WC strives to provide documentation in French with francophone race officials.
- Windsurfing Canada maintains a database of sail numbers of its members. WC also promotes setting up new clubs, often assisting them with launch access problems, in building their membership and holding competitions. WC lobbies government agencies on such issues as launch access, freedom of choice on wearing flotation devices and other issues vital to the sport.
- Your membership and support is needed to allow Windsurfing Canada to maintain the highest non-Olympic level of windsurfing competition possible in Canada!

LATEST NEWS

WC Youth Outreach looking for Donations of Equipment, Volunteers and Financial Sponsorship

If you can donate your old equipment, time or become a financial sponsor, to help support our youth outreach program, please email WC at windsurfing@rogers.com
or contact Tom Mae 416 699-0825

Ontario Sailing/Windsurf Canada Regatta race series 1-5
Click here for WC race 1 results
Please join us for 2008 Ontario Sailing /Windsurfing Canada race Series #1 through 5.
Next Race #2 at Nepean Sailing Club Ottawa, July 12, 13, 2008. See NOR below for details
OS_NOR_#1.pdf/
OS_NOR_#2.pdf/
OS_NOR_#3.pdf/
OS_NOR_#4.pdf/
OS_NOR_#5.pdf/
OS_NOR_#6.pdf/

Windsurfing Canada looking for youth for 2008 Windsurf Racing Team

If you are youth male/female and would like to get into windsurf racing, please contact
windsurfing@rogers.com

Windsurfing Canada Eastern Canadian Championship

You are invited to the 2008 Windsurfing Canada Eastern Canadian Championship In Kingston. Aug 21 & 22 WC Eastern Canadian Championship I, Aug 23 and 24 WC Eastern Can. Championship II
Windsurfing Canada Eastern Championship (pdf).
Standard First Aid Course
Standard First Aid and CPR Level B course will be held at Toronto Windsurfing Club on May 26 & 27 & 29 from 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. For Recert it will be the first 2 evenings. Please contact Stephanie Todd for course costs and to register surfit@sympatico.ca

Toronto Port Authority course
Toronto Port Authority course will be held at Toronto Windsurfing Club on June 2 & 3 from 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. (confirmed) Please contact Tom Mae to register juri1@rogers.com

Windsurfing Canada 2008 Event Calendar"
WC-Calendar-2008.pdf

Become a windsurfing Instructor
Click here for details of the CYA Windsurf Instructors course

Toronto Windsurfing club is looking for volunteer windsurfing instructors
To find out how you can be reimbursed for the course by becoming a TWC Volunteer instructor, please contact Ivan Dimic for more information: idimic@rogers.com
Standard First Aid course with be held at Toronto Windsurfing Club on May 26 & 27 & 29 from 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. For Recert it will be the first 2 evenings. Please contact Stephanie Todd for course costs and to register surfit@sympatico.ca
Toronto Port Authority course will be held at Toronto Windsurfing Club on June 2 & 3 or 5 & 6 from 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. (exact date to be confirmed) Please contact Tom Mae to register juri1@rogers.com
Click Here for Pleasure craft operators online exam.

Toronto Windsurfing Clubs 2008 Wednesday night fun racing starts on Wednesday, April 30th, 6pm Sharp, on the water. (Best to arrive at 5pm to setup if you can) This is open to TWC club members and non members alike. A great way to breakup the week and extend your summer sailing season. Get a race number from Windsurfing Canada http://www.windsurfingcanada.biz/english/sailnumbers.html and join in on the fun race. The race numbers will help committe boat to keep track of racers and their positions. Pay as you go BBQ at beach to follow Race. All Racers are welcome (If you are a visiting racer and need to borrow a board for a race, so that you can participate, please contact TWC LTW co-ordinator Ivan Dimic by email Click here
Even if you are not interested in racing, come down and hangout, meet other windsurfers, talk windsurfing, enjoy the water front (and have a burger).
Further information and Raceing rules can be found at Committee information. and at Wed night race information.

East Coast Junior Windsurfing Championships to be held on Martha?s Vineyard July 16- 18, 2008 The third annual East Coast Junior Champs will be hosted by the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club on Martha?s Vineyard, MA. This is also a U.S. Sailing Junior Olympic event, and is broken down into Under 19, Under 17, Under 15, and Under 12 age groups. July 16 will kick off the action with an optional windsurf/racing clinic to improve your skills. July 17-18 will be the Junior Championship held on beautiful Vineyard Haven Harbor. Vineyard Haven is the breeding ground of such prominent windsurfers as Seth Besse, the Douglas Brothers, and Nevin Sayre. On July 19 there is also a separate Long Distance Race open to all ages and all equipment as part of the Vineyard Cup http://VineyardCup.com/ Junior competition will be held on Techno 293 One Designs with charter boards available on a reservation basis. More information is available at http://vhyc.org/
Who is ready to be crowned East Coast Junior Windsurfing Champion?
2008_East_Coast_Jr-WindsurfChamp_NOR.pdf

Windsurf Canada "Rainbow Outreach"
Windsurfing Canada is looking for donations/sponsorship for it's new "Rainbow Outreach" program. Based on the successful Sail the Rainbow program implemented 2 years ago, it builds on that multilevel Learn to Windsurf program for kids for all ages from 7 to 70. The program is designed to promote safe windsurfing and its healthy lifestyle that can keep you fit for life. There are subsidized spots for kids that can't afford to learn to windsurf. If you would like more information about the Sail the Rainbow program please email Sail the Rainbow If you are a camp and would like to sign up your instructors to become Rainbow coaches, please email Sail the Rainbow Coaching Clinic If you would like to be considered as a possible city/town/location for the "Rainbow Outreach" program please email Rainbow Outreach or call us at (647) 267-2401 We are looking for donations of money, equipment (new and old that may be sold to benefit program as needed) and time (help organise, teach, lobby or whatever else you think might be helpfull) If you think you can help please email us at Rainbow Outreach or call us at (647) 267-2401

If you would like to try Ice windsurfing, come meet up with Janusz Butylkin. Ice_Windsurfing_March_2008a.pdf Janusz came in 4th at the WISSA http://wissa.org/ World wide Ice windsurfing Championship held in Quebec recently. He will be Ice Windsurfing Keswick on Lake Simcoe at Cooks Bay Park near foot of Woodland Drive, Sunday March 23rd, 12 noon. It's apprx 45 minutes from Toronto. Look for Janusz's Big White van with the Windsurfing Canada Logo on it. Janusz will be Ice Windsurfing at this location every Sunday at 12 pm for the remainder of the season, depending on ice conditions. Please use the Lifejacket and Helmet that Janusz will loan you for the demo and remember to check out the Ice conditions carefully to ensure it is safe, before venturing out onto the ice.

If you need a lift to Keswick, would like to help with Demo or to get on the Ice windsurfing information list, please send an email with your name and phone number directly to Ice Windsurfing Info and someone will try to get you a lift and forward future Ice windsurfing event info to you.

If have any questions, please contact Janusz Butylkin for more information: janusz.butylkin@sympatico.ca 416-562-1598.
Click here for map to Ice Windsurfing on Sundays till end of Season.

If you would like to try Ice windsurfing, come meet up with Janusz Butylkin, an avid ice windsurfer and member of the Polish Ice Windsurfing team. He will be Ice Windsurfing at Lake Simcoe at the foot of Glenwoods Ave where it meets the Lake, Sunday March 16 at 12 pm. It's apprx 45 minutes from Toronto. Look for Janusz's Big White van with the Windsurfing Canada Logo on it.
Janusz will be Ice Windsurfing at this location every Sunday at 12 pm for the remainder of the season. Please remember to check out the Ice conditions carefully to ensure it is safe, before venturing out onto the ice.
To get on the Ice windsurfing information list, please send an email with your name and phone number directly to Ice Windsurfing Info and someone will forward future Ice windsurfing event info to you.
If have any questions, please contact Janusz Butylkin for more information: janusz.butylkin@sympatico.ca 416-562-1598.
Directions to Lake Simcoe Glenwoods Ave Map

Ice Windsurfing at Beacon Marina, Lake Scugog Sunday Feb. 24 11.30 am
Come and try out this exciting winter windsurfing. Windsurfing Canada and the Township of Scugog are hosting an afternoon of free Ice- Surfing Demonstrations and light refreshments on Sunday February 24 from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm. The demonstrations will take place on the lake at Beacon Marina, at the foot of John St. in Caesarea.
To get on the Ice windsurfing mailing list please send an email with your name and phone number directly to Ice Windsurfing Info and someone will forward future Ice windsurfing event info to you.
Beacon Marina, Lake Scugog Map

NOTICE OF RACE (NoR)
28th ICE & SNOW SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
11 to 16th, February, 2008
Val-Brillant, Qu�bec, Canada
http://www.wissa2008.org/

Ice Windsurfing Lake Scugog town dock Sunday Feb. 3 11am Scugog Press Release
Come and try out this exciting winter windsurfing. We will meet at the town dock at 11am. To get on the Ice windsurfing mailing list please send an email with your name and phone number directly to Ice Windsurfing Info and someone will forward future Ice windsurfing event info to you.
Lake Scugog Map

Watch Phil Soltysiak teach Rick Mercer to Windsurf at http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/#630326555
Just click the forward button till you come to the Toronto Boatshow sign and play from there
Phil is currently ranked 17th in the World in Freestyle Windsurfing
http://www.philipsoltysiak.com/

Here's a link to a great racing blog that's got a lot of really good info about racing that's useful to beginners and local club 'pros' alike. http://www.carbonsugar.com/

2008 RS:X World Championship Results and pics from Takapuna Boating Club, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.sail-world.com/2008TakapunaWorlds/index.cfm?eid=990
http://www.rsxclass.com/worlds2008.html?nid=0
Womens Overall Standing
http://207.5.94.245/rsxworlds/ranking_completejsp_competition_id=RSX08_W.htm
Mens Overall Standing
http://207.5.94.245/rsxworlds/ranking_completejsp_competition_id=RSX08.htm

Windsurf demonstrations at Toronto Boatshow
"Ricoh Coliseum Lake" January 12-20
Toronto International Boat Show. Jan 12 4:45 pm -5:45 pm, Jan 13 4:45 pm -5:45 pm, Jan 14 6:45 pm -7:45 pm, Jan 15 6:45 pm -7:45 pm, Jan 16 6:45 pm -7:45 pm, Jan 17 6:45 pm -7:45 pm, Jan 18 6:45 pm -7:45 pm, Jan 19 4:45 pm -5:45 pm, Jan 20 4:45 pm -5:45 pm Click here for Webcam...to see whats going on at the lake

Check out the New Australian Longboard site at http://www.lbws.com.au/lb07/

Canadians Alain Bolduc, David Hayes, Zac Plavsicz, Nikola Girke, Carol-Ann Alie-Rosenberg, Shelly Foster and Dominique Vallee, are at the 2008 RS:X World Championship at Takapuna Boating Club, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand - 10th 20th January 2008. Get their results emailed to you at RS:X Worlds 2008 - MEN for a play-by-play report of the action. Click here for RS:X worlds Webcam to see whats going on.

"Ice Windsurfer Plans"
Click here for Ice-Windsurfer Plans.
Ice Windsurfing startup clinic on Friday December 28thh 4-6 pm at TWC clubhouse (click for map)
Come Learn how to Windsurf this winter or learn how you can continue your windsurfing, all winter long.
There will be an Ice Windsurfer assembly demonstration as well as free ice windsurfer plans, so you can build your own ice windsurfer from parts bought from local stores. All you need to add is your universal, sail, safe ice and a bit of wind.
A number of ice windsurfers will be on display, from low tech to hi-tech. Watch videos from International and local ice windsurfing races. Join in on ice windsurfing discussions from building to sailing techniques, everything from local to distant favourite ice windsurfing locations.
Come and arrange a time for a hands on demo this winter, starting the weekend of Dec 29th/30th, weather and conditions permitting (locations TBD).
Please contact Janusz Butylkin for more information: janusz.butylkin@sympatico.ca 416-562-1598 (Janusz is an avid ice windsurfer and member of the Polish Ice Windsurfing team).
Forward Flyer to those interested.
Learn to Windsurf this Winter in Canada! Click here to find out how.

"Student windsurf hydrofoil project seeks donated windurfer"
Project Levarius is a group of 5 students in mechanical engineering at the University of Sherbrooke (Qu�bec) working on a 2 years project. We have to design and build a windsurf hydrofoil that will be different of those on the market right now. We are actually beginning this project and we are still working on choosing the right concept. As I told you, we are looking for a windsurf with a tuttle box, (apprx. 120 litres) new or used, that will be used for our prototype. We will design and shape the hydrofoil (s) and the foil(s) box (es) but will not work on the other equipment parts. Since our project will end in december 2008, we will have to test our prototype in the month of october or november. We are still looking for a test rider for those tests. Our website is underconstruction and is actually blank, but you will soon find something at www.gme.usherbrooke.ca/levarius. with more informations on the project, the team, the objectives, the calendar and the possibilities of sponsoring us. Thank you for your interest in our project and we wish you a good day! Marc M.Pelletier My cell phone : 819-345-6177 levarius@mecano.gme.usherbrooke.ca.

COMING IN 2008: More added to WC's Wildly Successful "Sail the Rainbow Program"
This program was piloted in 2006 at YMCA Geneva Park, where we got more than 400 people successfully sailing. In 2007, 6 camps became members of Sail the Rainbow. Below are photos of our coaches at the 3 clinics we held. We will be forwarding information about the 2008 season early in the new year. Plan to join the Sail the Rainbow enthusiasts. Send your coaches to our training clinic.

2007 Canadians POSTPONED to August!!

Pro-Am Canadian Freestyle Jam!! September 15-16, Kingston Ontario. Notice of Event.

Phil Soltysiak has finished 18th in his first PWA Freestyle Competition in Lanzarote!! Congrats Phil!! Check out www.philipsoltysiak.com for a play-by-play report of the action.

Nicola Girke gives us her 1st hand account of the 2007 ISAF World Championships.

IFCA: Quiksilver Alacati Windsurf Festival report

Jim Drake sets foot on first "windsurfer" 22nd May 1967. Exocet Newspaper.

40 Years of Windsurfing (pdf) Jim Drake (pdf) Hoyle Schweitzer (pdf) Hybrids (pdf)

New in 2007: Sail the Rainbow Coaching Clinic: Windsurfing Canada's first coaching clinic for our new camp level program Sail the Rainbow.
This program was piloted in 2006 at YMCA Geneva Park, where we put more than 400 people on the water. This year, we are offering a coaching clinic for camps interested in running this program in the summer of 2007. Clinic will take place at Wanakita, which is co-sponsoring the event on June 8,9 and 10 th. For registration information, please contact Bryan Walsh, Windsurfing Canada's Camp Liaison at brywalsh@gmail.com Introductory camp membership is $50, which entitles camps to send potential instructors to the coaching clinic for the cost of the clinic, and to access materials online.

Windsurfing Canada is looking for keen, competitive female and male youth windsurfers between age 12 -17 for Windsurfing Canada Youth Windsurfing Team. If you know of someone who would be interested in being trained to compete in events, please contact Tom Mae 416 699-0825 or by email at juri1@rogers.com.

Windsurfing Canada Calender

2007 Canadian National Windsurfing Championships "All of you animals out there shouldn't miss this, the biggest slalom event in Canada since the Magdalens in '05! We are planning 2 days of big-time downwind slalom for 40 racers; working on slalom heat ladders trying to get everyone racing all the time without coming ashore using a modified round-robin format. Next year it will be a IWA World Slalom event at Squamish, hopefully, so put it into your `08 calendar, and tune up those tight carved gybes..."

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