Indoor Windsurfing, Ghent, Belgium – Preview

Be 06 Arena
Courtesy of PWA/Alex Williams

Following on from a day of practice and trials, the assembled fleet of the finest windsurfers on earth will take to the water in front of a packed stadium at the first ever Belgian PWA World Cup. On a massive pool measuring 80 metres by 40 metres, competitors spanning the generations of windsurfing history will put on a show that promises to the most extreme display of windsurfing ever to be seen in the indoor arena.

From young guns such as three times freestyle World Champion, Ricardo Campello (JP, Neil Pryde) and current Wave World Champion Kauli Seadi, (Quatro, Naish), to legends of the sport like Robert Teriitehau and wave guru Josh Angulo, the action is guaranteed to be thick and fast. The women’s contest will be a Moreno short with Iballa Moreno (North, Mistral) attending without her sister, alongside current Slalom World Champion and fastest woman in the world Karin Jaggi (North, F2) and relative newcomer, Silvia Alba appearing in her first Indoor event.