Sven Pedersen joins the New Zealand Youth Worlds Team

Twelve sailors will represent New Zealand at the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships to be staged in Zadar, Croatia from 7-16 July this year.

The 2011 team includes some familiar names with three members, including Molly Meech, Georgia Schofield and Logan Dunning-Beck, already having Youth World Championships experience under their belt having competed in Istanbul, Turkey in 2010.

New Zealand has a proud history of success at the ISAF Youth Worlds which dates back to 1971. Over the history of the event kiwis have returned home with a total of 42 medals including 15 Gold, 15 Silver and 12 Bronze, and this year's team will be looking to increase that tally.

In preparation for the regatta the team will be involved in a busy schedule of training camps, domestic and international competition.

New Zealand Youth Worlds Team

Michael Cate (Male Laser Radial)
Molly Meech (Female Laser Radial)
Sven Pedersen (Male RS:X Wind surfing)
Georgia Schofield (Female RS:X Wind surfing)
Alexander Munro and Brad Moss (Male 420)
Gemma Jones and Verity Judge (Female 420)
Tomer Simhony and Ellie Copeland (Open Multihull)
Logan Dunning Beck and Jack Simpson (29er)


ISAF World Sailing

Some quality local Windsurfing Kit, for sale...

A few of the locals are putting some nice kit up for sale at the mo'. Quick link to Trade Me listings here.

Where Roger sails when the tide is out.....

Waihi Beach sunbathers, beware!

discoguy SPOTTED in Vdeviento Magazine - 2001 Board/Sail Review

Mag Editor appears to have 'cropped' the board out of the photo once realised 'the old warhorse' was potentially 20+ years old! Not cool enough for this mag, eh!

Vdeviento Magazine - 2011 Windsurf Review

From the CyberSurf Archives

Sunday 18 July 2004

Maketu cross off wind and large swell I ended up getting worked came in and went surfing instead, while I was out surfing we later found out their were 3 large earthquakes centered at Lake Rotoiti any closer to the coast and we might have had some really really really large waves.
Paul

Saturday 3 July 2004
Fergusson Park super windy day you can even get wasted on flat water.

Sven blazing a trail in the UK

"Tauranga teen Sven Pedersen is in Britain competing for the NZ Youth Sailing Team at the UK Youth Nationals off Hayling Island.

Sven, 17, is sailing in the RS:X class and at this early stage in the regatta is lying mid-fleet."
SunLive

Mr B captures some after work, Speed Creek action.

Nice vid Brent.

Good to see dnick getting his 'sailing hours' up, after an earlier sail the same day,(with discoguy and Chantelle). Is it just me, or whenever a camera comes out, Darren 'maneuvers' himself in front of it?