Keith Teboul is now a household name. Marcilio Browne won a World Title on his boards, Kai Lenny does his thing exclusively on KT’s designs and he’s shaped for most of big names in pro windsurfing, surfing and stand up paddling. But where the hell did he come from? Wasnt he supposed to be Quatro’s accountant? What led to him taking over the job of Sean Ordonez? Is it a course to be able to test your own products? And how boring is it to build flat water boards? This and much more on the latest e...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Sandy Clunas has been presenting his own podcast 'The After Hours Lounge' though-out 2020. This is his last podcast for 2020 with fellow Club Vass legend, Max Rowe! 'Max is a professional windsurfer and all round UK windsurfing legend having spent almost a decade on tour competing and 4 of those years within the top 15. We discussed his late start into windsurfing and his attitude of keeping professional, yet trying not to put too much pressure on himself and enjoy the journey. We talked sponsor...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Graham Ezzy is Hawaiian windsurfing royalty. Son of sail designer and brand owner David Ezzy, Graham was pretty much destines to be involved in the sport one way or another. He did however get a Princeton degree and interviewed for a finance job in New York. Why he decided to change course, what the sport means to him, how he decides which wave is his and much more on the new Windsurfing Podcast.
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 37 min
You might know Kai Katchadourian as the voice of the Aloha Classic. But did you know he locked in multiple semifinal appearances in that very contest going head to head with all the big names of the 90s? Did you know he was a part of the first „real” Jaws session? Did you know he was crowned Worlds Fastest Drummer? And in our opinion one of the most historically knowledgable windsurfers out there. yet lives in Finland out of all places. This and much more in the newest installment of The Windsur...
Nov 18, 2020•2 hr 42 min
Gonzalo Costa Hoevel has been around, that’s for sure. Mistral One Design Youth World Champion, Formula Windsurfing World Champion, multiple PWA Slalom podiums and finally a PWA World Title in Foiling is a hell of a resume for the 40 year old Argentinian. Now just 2 years removed from his World Championship he moved into a new role - IQ Foil Class Manager. How does a class get elected to the olympics? What does its manager actually do? How did he convince all those countries to vote for it? And ...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 45 min
John Skye had pretty much no chance of becoming a professional windsurfer. Growing up in Luton, landlocked minus a local lake, started windsurfing late, full university degree and a late start on the freestyle tour doesnt sound like a recipe for a great career. Yet hear he is almost 20 years and multiple podiums later having carved out a hell of a life for himself and his family, now also designing sails for RRD. How the hell did he do it? Tune in and find out
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Maciek Rutkowski is your weekly podcast host. But he just happens to be a professional windsurfer himself. From getting his ass handed to him to sailing Jaws and winning a PWA World Tour event the Pole has been through almost every possible emotion a person can go through while pursuing a career in the sport. And he shares it all right here, with Ben Proffitt stealing his usual interviewer role. Strap in for a tale of sleeping in equipment tents, fistfights on the racecourse, dirty secrets of sp...
Oct 29, 2020•2 hr 22 min
6x Indoor World Champion, Aloha Classic Winner, 4x Wave Vice World Champion and a Course Racing Vice World Champion Nik Baker is a 90s legend. He takes us from his humble beginnings at Brighton when he dreamt to become a professional windsurfer like Robby Naish, to beating the King in the Aloha Classic final. Super candid and very talkative this is for sure up there with the best podcasts we’ve done so far. And the Polakow impersonation is a cherry on top of the cake. Let us know if you agree!
Oct 21, 2020•2 hr 2 min
Oda Johanne Broedholt is a household name in womens freestyle windsurfing. If it wasnt for Sarah-Quita she’d probably have a couple World Titles to her name. Not bad for someone that almost became a professional handball player! In a conversation with Maciek she dives into all the similarities and differences between the two sports, as well as her analytical prowess, what would it take for her to beat the Queen and of course gender equality in windsurfing.
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Svein Rasmussen's story is like no other. From getting dragged out of the water by the police because it was too cold to windsurf to leaving restaurants because they wouldn't serve tap water hte founder and owner of Starboard is like no other. He started the now iconic brand at 32 years old with 10.000 dollars in his pocket and became market leader 7 years later. How? And why does he feel guilty about it ever single day? Dive in to an absolutely amazing story with a person so passionate you can ...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 40 min
Pierre Mortefon. The 2019 PWA World Slalom Champion. Some might say well overdue as already in 2015 he was very close to getting it. He lost on a tiedbreak to Antoine Albeau and to make it worse it took hours after the racing was done for him to find out since nobody knew what the rules were. How did that change him? What is his relationship with Matteo Iachino and Antoine Albeau his title ever-present title rivals? How did his aproach towards no rules after the life-threatening crash with Taty ...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 57 min
Andrea Cucchi has been in the business of windsurfing for 25 years now. As a competitor he did his first World Cup in 96 and just as he was about to enter his prime years he decided to start Point-7. „Cookie” takes us through all the trials and tribulations coming with that. Suppliers, designers, materials, workers, teamriders - what does it take to be successful on the market? Do you need to be a shark among the fish? How does a World Title affect the brand? This and much more from 2 guys with ...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Do we really need to tell you who Robby Naish is? Guess not! What we can tell you is that Maciek didn’t take it easier on him then anyone else. How did he even become so good? Why did he stay on tour after he stopped winning? Why did he start a brand when he said it’s the last thing he’d do? Why didn’t he want to give custom boards to Kauli and Brawzinho? What really happened with Bernd Roedriger? And how far can one stick ones head up ones ass? For this and much more tune in. The King is in the...
Sep 16, 2020•2 hr 17 min
Balz Müller has skyrocketed into windsurfing stardom in the last 18 months or so. But he was the same crazy stoked Swiss, wearing that same helmet, with that same all-or-nothing attitude already 10 years ago. What changed? Is foil freestyle the future? Is winging here to stay? How does it feel to get knocked out cold by his own board? This and much more in the newest installment of the Windsurfing Podcast!
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 42 min
If anyone know modern racing history they know of Phil McGain. On this podcast Anders Bringdal "credited" him with destroying the fun in windsurfing by profesionalizing the sport and especially the equipment side of things. After claiming his maiden World Title in 1989 he later famously focused on "The Team" project whose goal was simple - defeat Bjorn after over a decade of dominance. He discusses all that and more, including what he would give to salvage his relationship with once apprentice a...
Sep 02, 2020•2 hr 13 min
Kevin Pritchard (KP) needs no introduction. 1999 Vice World Champion and the guy who finally took down Dunkerbeck after 12 years of domination in 2000. How did he and The Team manage it? What was it like at the end of the 90's era? What kind of contracts where being discussed? Why did he retire early? KP gives Maciek candid answers to these.. and many more classic stories!
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 21 min
Patrik Diethelm shaped 6 boards before he got a job at F2. Was he that good or just lucky? How did Peter Thommen react to him? What happened between him and Ricardo Campello? And how is it to work with our host Maciek Rutkowski? Find out this and much more in the latest episode of the Windsurfing Podcast
Aug 12, 2020•2 hr 43 min
S-10 needs no introduction. 1987 and 88 World Champion had to then take 12 years of Dunkerbecks domination. How did it feel to be always second? What was it like in the golden years? How fast will a windsurfer go? Anders gives Maciek candid answers to these.. and many more!
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 40 min
Arnon Dagan is one of the sports most interesting characters. The Flying Camel tells us how hard it was to become a pro windsurfer coming from Israel, not even having money for a shower all the way to winning an event and starting his own brand. He also tells us what he thinks his missing in the sport and what is the story of the XXL harness.
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 55 min
Ricardo needs no introduction. Teenage freestyle phenom turned ballziest wavesailor of all time, he sits down with Maciek to talk about it all. From why he didnt finish school to how he refused to ride a thruster at a JP photoshoot - one of the many times he made brand manager Martin Brandner absolutely crazy. Candid as ever Ricardo opens up about working on his mindset, maturing and what if he never gets that Wave World Title he so dearly craves.
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Sarah-Quita Offringa is pretty much the modern day Bjorn Dunkerbeck, the most well-rounded windsurfer to maybe ever step on a board. 17 World Titles and counting SQ takes us from her beginnings in the island of Aruba to her adolescent freestyle years on tour and the current days where she’s dominated slalom and won the waves in an impressive fashion. She also talks about the everlasting problems women endure in the sport of windsurfing and what to do to improve their situation
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 34 min
There are not many people who are World Champions but you don't think of them primarily as that. Almost as if the Title was the least of their accomplishments. Thomas Traversa is definitely one of those people. An absolute charger TT talks to Maciek about how he didn't even want to be a pro, how the hell does he find all those amazing spots and how he wins at racing... shopping carts.
Jul 08, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Craig Gertenbach has been in the sport for 40 years now. First as a grom in South Africa, then a top10 PWA competitor, finally brand manager for Fanatic that’s currently the sales leader on the windsurfing market. He takes us behind the scenes of running a brand, what he thinks the regular customer doesn’t understand and this one time he had a bidding war for a rider against a rival brand.
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Marcilio Browne needs no introduction. You would really need to look beyond to find someone that rips harder then Brawzinho right now. How did this come about? What did his parents think when a 20 year old Kauli Seadi took the 14 year old Marcilio on the World Tour? How does he feel so comfortable in Jaws? And why is the water in Portugal freezing... according to him at least!
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 30 min
Jimmy Diaz is the president of the PWA. But before becoming windsurfing's most powerful influence he was just like any of us: a guy from a small place with some big dreams. In this episode El Presidente really opens up about the mental struggle of becoming a pro windsurfer, the glory days, how much money he would spend on boards, windsurfing in Colorado and why he wants to decrease the prize money for future events.
Jun 17, 2020•2 hr 12 min
2016 World Champion stormed to the top of the slalom world seemingly out of nowhere. While his archrival Pierre Mortefon was already on tour Matteo was still skating the streets of Albisola. How did he become pro? What made him loose the title in 2015? How is his relationship with Mortefon after teamracing accusations? How is it to date a windsurf girl? These and more questions will be answered!
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Josh Angulo is one of Hawaii's favourite sons. Insanely talented, younger brother of late 80s phenom Mark he busted onto the scene at the age of 17. He would go onto win 2 World Titles, build a succesful business and a loving family. But it definetely wasn't all smooth sailing. Josh takes us deep into the darkness of his drug addiction, the golden era of windsurfing and that time he had to fly halfway around the world to get his fins...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 28 min
