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2020
- Rumor
has it that there was an unofficial, run by nobody Bay
Challenge on August 22, 2020. Rumor also has it that there may
have been a finish order as follows:
1. GBR451 2. USA
18 3. USA-882 4.
44 5. usvyv 6.
S3 7. L9
2015
- End
of Season Party!! Weyman is coordinating with the
Berkeley Yacht club to have awards and food after the last
race on 9/19 for the racers. Awards will be presented for:
A fleet 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
B fleet 1st.
Junior 1st.
Foiling Windsurfer 1st.
Most improved
Most inspirational.
Please let Weyman
know your votes for most improved and most inspirational
sailors for 2015.
All racers and guests are invited. Please let Weyman
know ASAP how many in your party will be attending.
Also, for those of you who have CalCup trophies from past
seasons, please bring them to the event so that they can be
engraved for the 2015 series.
2013
- We're
on for the CalCup End of Season Party and Awards Banquet this
Saturday November 23. The bar opens at 6pm and dinner will be
served at 7pm.
What: Annual CalCup End of Season Party and Awards Banquet
When: Saturday November 23 at 6pm
Where: Berkeley Yacht Club
1 Seawall Drive Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 843-9292
berkeleyyc.org
MAP
- The
CalCup end of season party will be held on Saturday November
23 at the Berkeley
Yacht Club from 6pm to 10pm. Please
RSVP kitparts@me.com so that Mike can let the club know
approximate #s. thanks!
- We're
"on" for CalCup racing in conjunction with the America's Cup
this Saturday August 24! Please click here
for the NOR, more details about the logistics, and the
course map.
- Participate
in this year’s Nationals without the hassles/expense of
hauling gear across the country! In case you haven’t heard
already, Trident Sports will be providing Phantom
295 boards and complete rigs for charter for Nationals
this summer in LA. They will be available with either the 7.5
m sail or the 8.5 m sail. The cost varies depending on when
you order your charter as follows:
· Order by May 31 - $250
· After May 31 by June 30 - $300
· After June 30 by July 15 - $350
Each complete package will be available for sale for $1,499.00
after Nationals (retails for $2,549). Shipping can be arranged
for $160 flat rate.
Orders for charter boards should be made directly to Josh
Shirley of Trident Sports at josh@tridentsports.com.
Only a limited number will be made available so order early.
The 2013 US Windsurfing Nationals will be held in Cabrillo
Beach (Southern California) from August 4-9 2013. The event
web site can be found here:
2013windsurfingnationals.com
- Xavier
Ferlet is organizing a new Slalom race series this summer in
Cabrillo Beach in L.A.. This may be a good opportunity to go
down and warm up at the venue prior to the U.S. Nationals
which are also going to be held at Cabrillo Beach. There is a
beautiful new web site with all of the details here:
cabrilloracingseries.blogspot.com
- The
NOR's and a very nice and comprehensive event web site are now
available for the 2013 US Windsurfing Nationals:
2013windsurfingnationals.com
- The
2013 US Windsurfing National Championships will be held in
Cabrillo Beach (Southern California) from August 4-10 2013.
Save the date and check out the event web site for further
details to follow:
2013windsurfingnationals.com
2012
- The
CalCup end of season party will be held on Saturday November
10 at the Berkeley
Yacht Club from 6pm to 10pm. Dinner will be $15 per
person. Please RSVP
kitparts@me.com so that Mike can let the club know
approximate #s. thanks!
- US
Windsurfing is thrilled to announce that Sam Bittner
(organizer of the AWT wave tour), the Columbia Gorge
Windsurfing Association and a group of Hood River supporters
have banded together to rescue the 2012 US Windsurfing
National Championships in Hood River this summer. The Slalom,
Formula and Freestyle Nationals will take place at the Event
Site in Hood River from July 23-26. Registration is open now
at
http://americanwindsurfingtour.com/windsurfing-nationals/
and more information about windsurfing in the Gorge can be
found at
http://gorgewindsurfing.org/
As excited as we are to make this announcement, we do know
that some of you have already changed travel plans due to our
cancellation notice that went out just a few days ago. We are
so sorry for the confusion of the changing situation and the
travel arrangement troubles that may have been caused.
Everyone involved is working hard to make sure that the event
will be fantastic and we hope to see you all there! Head AWT
judge Matt Pritchard says "The US Nationals are the backbone
of racing in the USA! We need to keep the flame alive and do
everything we can to save the Nationals for 2012!"
And remember, the summer calendar is packed with other great
events also. The Formula North American Championships will
take place in San Francisco from July 17-22, San Carlos Cactus
Cup Wave Contest is in San Carlos, Mexico from July 28-August
4, The Techno 293 Nationals/Kona New England
Championships/RS:X East Coast Championships in Martha's
Vineyard from July 31-August 2 and the Kona North American
Championships in Waconia, MN from August 24-28.
The full calendar of events can be found at
http://www.uswindsurfing.org/?page_id=52
- Here's
a cool mention of CalCup on the latest post from DaNews Blog:
http://danewsblog.blogspot.com/
- Some
important changes to the CalCup rules for 2012: If
racing is canceled for any reason on the scheduled Saturday
date, the racing will be re-run the very next day (Sunday)
that same weekend. If the whole weekend (Saturday and Sunday)
ends up as a DNR (Did Not Race), that event will NOT be
re-scheduled at a later date. There are no make up dates.
Please
review this new rule (#14) and the rest of the CalCup racing
rules here.
2011
-
The
third and final Youth Regatta of the season went off at the
Berkeley Marina this Sunday 10/2/11. Click here for the
Regatta report and race results. And click here
for the photos. That wraps up the season. Please check out the
final
season standings here .
- The
votes are in, and the overwhelming majority preferred the
shared party with the St. Francis on the 7th. So, the 2011
CalCup end of season awards party will be held on Fri, Oct 7,
2011 at 6:00 PM WHERE: St. Francis Yacht Club On the Marina
San Francisco CA 94123. Mike still needs some of your trophies
from last season back!
-
The
second Youth Regatta of the season went off at the Berkeley
Marina this Sunday (9/11/11). Click here for the Regatta
report and race results. And click here
for the photos.
-
The
first Youth Regatta of the season went off at the Berkeley
Marina this Saturday (8/27/11). Click here for the Regatta
report and race results.
- DoubleTree
by Hilton At Berkeley Marina Signs As 2011 US Windsurfing
Nationals Title Sponsor.
- Local
racer Weyman Lundquist is starting a series of Learn To
Windsurf clinics aimed at 11-14 year olds. The clinics are
aimed at taking the junior participants from entry level
skills to racing on the national level. Click here for all
of the details.
- The
2011 CalCup, West Coast, and USW NRT Calendars are now
online.
- Great
news from Karen Marriot, the president of US Windsurfing!
"Hi All, First, big news…….The Berkeley Yacht Club board of
directors just voted last night and decided to host the 2011
US Windsurfing Nationals! Jane Morson, who has done lots of
work with running Formula races and the Cal Cup in the Bay
Area, will be the main organizer and I am confident that she
will do a fantastic job! The dates are July 11-16, which is
before the Techno 293 worlds at St Francis – so we are hoping
that some of the international kids (and our US kids) who come
to that will come to Nationals as a warm-up regatta. So start
spreading the word so folks can be making their plans to
travel to the “warm side” of the bay for next summer’s
nationals! Karen"
2010
2009
- We'd
like to thank the following people who generously donated
their time and energy this season!
RC
Rachel Herrmann
Danielle Svehla-Christianson
Paul Kamen
Little Bear
Andy Brandt
Pete Dekay
Greg Bernstein
Sylvain Gillard
Auric Horneman
Miranda Mickiewicz
Sonya Schoenberger, and her Mother and Sister.
Alex Muschler
Aidan Juengling-bean
Emmett McDonald
Racing Rules Judge Bryan McDonald
Clinics Bryan McDonald, Al Mirel &
Chris Radkowski
Also big thanks to Rachel Herrmann and Matt
Gingo
- At
long last we can announce our end of season awards party!
Date: Saturday, 7th November 2009 Time: 6pm - 10pm Location:
Pomegranate
Restaurant, 1585 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703.
This no longer a ‘pot luck event, but instead every guest is
responsible for their own tab for food and drinks. Please
contact info@calcupevents.com,
ASAP, if you will attend this new venue, and with your
number of guests attending. We look forward to seeing you
all at the 2009 party.
- The
Windsurfing Task Force presented this video last week to the
Board of Directors, House of Delegates and President of US
Sailing at the US Sailing Annual General Meeting. The
Windsurfing Task Force is working with US Sailing's Olympic
Sailing Team to develop a National Youth Sailing Team, and
this video recaps some of the major youth windsurfing events
in the USA in 2009. Pretty cool: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNIWFH2M25Y
- The
final 2009 season results for CalCup and the StFYC Friday
Night Series have been posted to the results
area.
- The
SF Classic & UN Challenge Results
are now available.
- Elvstrom-Zellerbach
Regatta: racing
photos by Arnaud Lepert, awards
presentation photos by Melanie Roberts.
- 4-25-09
CalCup Berkeley: presentation
by Bryan McDonald, photos
by Emmett McDonald)
- Photos
from the first Calcup race of 2009 courtesy of David Wells.
2008
- Event:
2008 CalCup - End of Season Party
Date: Friday 7th November 2008
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Berkeley Yacht Club
Bar: NO HOST
Cost: Bring a Pot Luck Dish!...
This year we are trying something different. We will have a
BBQ & 'pot luck' at BYC, for our end of year party.
Please contact Jane at info@calcupevents.com
for further information and to let us know how many people
will be in your party, and what dishes you will be bringing.
(If you are not sure what to bring we can let you know if
there is anything particular we need.) We will post any
updated party information as we get nearer the date Please
RSVP. It will help us a lot. Plus we do have a number
capacity we can not exceed.
- The
final CalCup race of the 2008 season was held this weekend
(9/6/08) at Berkeley. The
results for the last race and the Final
2008 series standings for CalCup are now posted. Thanks
to everyone who joined us for racing, the awesome clinics, and
race committee this season; and congratulations to all of the
division winners! We hope to see all of you at the end of
season party which will be announced shortly.
- The
CalCup and St. FYC Junior program get a mention on the U.S.
Junior Windsurfing Newsletter.
- Thanks
to everyone who attended the August 2 CalCup and drove to 2
separate venues. First to Alameda for no wind, and then to
Coyote Point for too much wind! The conditions and some
technical difficulties with the boat and drifting marks
prevented us from holding any races. Click
here to check out some photos of the day, an interview with
Ben Bamer of F4 Formula Fins, and an inside look as to why
we didn't have any racing on Saturday.
- US
Sailing’s recently formed Windsurfing Task Force (WTF) needs
your help to develop junior windsurfing in the US....
Windsurfing is incredibly popular around the world (by
example, over 300 kids under 17 competed in the 2007 Techno
293 Windsurfing Championship in France). The RYA, for
instance, recently was awarded a £1.1 million fund for
‘…youth sailing and, specifically, Windsurfing…’ Please come
listen to the WTF’s chairman, Bryan McDonald, talk about
junior windsurfing in the SF Bay area and what you can do to
assist in kick starting windsurfing in the US to build a
more competitive fleet. It all starts with the very
important principle: make sure your own back yard is in
order. Thus please bring some juniors to this clinic so they
can learn more about windsurfing and get some hands on
instruction on one of the St. FYC Yacht Club’s new junior
windsurfing board, the Techno 293 (the club just purchased a
new fleet and trailer to assist in teaching and show casing
windsurfing in many different venues (from the delta to
Stanford’s sailing center in redwood city to crissy field)).
Learn about some exciting championship events that juniors
can prepare for that will hopefully occur in their own back
yard... More info here:
http://www.ussailing.org/News/2008/windsurfingtaskforce.asp
- Former
SF Bay local Fernando Martinez is the Men's 2008 US
Windsurfing National Champion. Australian Pro Allison Shreeve
won the Women's title.
Full
results here.
- The
program we've been using to calculate and report the CalCup
scores has some issues and we are retiring it...
The CalCup race committee and our rules judge have approved
a change to a new scoring program. This new program
(JavaScore) implements and automates the scoring by using
the ISAF low point 2005-2008 scoring rules. This is the same
program that a lot of Professional organizing committees
(including the St. FYC) use.
The only change you will notice is that 1st place will no
longer earn you 0.75 points, and will instead earn you 1
point. The scoring change will be implemented effective
immediately, and will also be retroactively applied to the
first CalCup race of this season so that we have uniform
scoring for this season. The CalCup Rules on the web site
have also been changed to reflect this change.
- CalCup
Quiz #1: Can you guess the race venue pictured here? Correct
answers will be raffled for free entry to the CalCup race of
your choice.
- Meet
the Designer, and support a great cause. Join us for an
evening with Bill Hansen of Hansen Sails, in a fundraiser
for Cal Sailing Club.
2007
- The
CalCup end of season party is being held on Saturday October
27 at Skates on the Bay, at the Berkeley Marina. Skates have
composed a delightful menu for us at $30 plus tax and gratuity
(drinks are not included). There is also a stupendous
children's menu (under 12 years of age) at $7.00. We will meet
in the bar area before 8pm for cocktails, going into our
dining area at 8.30 pm. Please RSVP at: info@calcupevents.com
, by October 8.
- Announcing
the 2007 Hansen Sails Formula HCL™ Race Sails. Read the full
Press Release.
- The
2007 CalCup photo gallery section has some new additions.
- The
2007 USWA Nationals and Formula North Americans are now
complete. Be sure to check the Official National's Blog for
all of the results, photos, press coverage, and podcasts.
- NOTICE
EVENT POSTPONED: Due to weather difficulties, the 2007
Canadian Windsurfing Slalom Championships will be postponed
until a later date.
- The
Official Web Site for the 2007 USW Nationals & Formula
North American Championships is now live.
- The
Official NOR for the 2007 USW Nationals & Formula North
American Championships hosted by the St.FYC is now
available.
- New
race event in SoCal: Cabrillo Beach Windsurf Enduro.
- A
new year, a new board... MikesLab has a new formula board:
The L7 is a registered production race board with the ISAF.
- Awesome
windsurfing videos on MyHuck.com ...plus upload your own!
- Excellent
Midwinters report from Steve Bodner on his new blog.
- The
Calema Midwinters results are in, and the Bay Area
contingent put up some impressive numbers in their
respective divisions: Mike Percey 2nd, Steve Sylvester 3rd,
Steve Bodner and Fernando Martinez tied for 3rd.
- Treasure
Island access threatened! See how you can help!!!
- 2007
HIGHLAND SPRING HIHO ADDS OPEN CLASS RACING New challenge
for top level racers with St Maarten start: Press Release.
2006
2005
- Formula
World Championships Regatta Report from Steve Bodner.
- The
2005 Bay Area racing season is now officially over. Click
below for some final results:
October
1 Treasure Island CalCup
2005
CalCup Final Standings
2005
StFYC Friday Night Windsurfing Series Final Standings
- Neil
Pryde RS:X Pacific Coast Championship:
-
Day one Results. How
windy was it?
-
Regatta Final Results.
-
Steve Bodner's Race Report.
-
Bill Weir's Race Report.
- 3 photographers covered the event:
Shawn
Davis
Chuck
Lantz
Chris
Ray
- 2005
US Windsurfing National Championships Final
Results:
Sorted
by Overall Rank
Sorted
by Class
Slalom
- Some
cool video of the slalom races from the Nationals courtesy
of Brian MacDougall
- Daily
updates, interviews, soundbytes, photos, etc. from the
2005 US Windsurfing National Championships.
- Did
you Slalom Race at StFYC on Saturday 11th June or at BWS on
Wednesday 15th June? Whether you raced or not you should
check out this amazing video clip made by Brian MacDougall.
- Listen
to Mike Percey's Radio Interview where he talks about
windsurfing, racing, and CalCup.
- SFBA
End of Season Party Saturday September 24 8pm - 1am at
Kelly's Mission Rock. Shark Sandwich will be playing from
9pm - 1am.
- Observations
From A Slalom Racing Newbie: Check out this interesting
report written by David Fielder about his experience of the
BWS races from a racing novice's point of view.
- From
the archives: check out some vintage race results. See
anyone you know?
- Official
web site of the 2005 US Windsurfing National Championships
currently
being held in Hood River, Oregon.
- Check
out these 2 pictures from our CalCup Races at Pt. Isabel on
June 25. These are just a taste of what is to come so please
'watch this space' :) ! We would like to take this
opportunity of thanking Anders for taking the photographs.
- A
message from Janet Baxter, President of US Sailing, for all
of you going to the US Nationals in the Gorge this summer!
- Windsurf
racing comes back to its roots in Berkeley...
- If
there is no wind for the BWS Slalom Races, this event will
now switch to a Formula Race on the new BWS Formula Course!
- The
'Three Berkeley Musketeers' bring home the awards from
Texas!
- Racing
in Brazil with CalCup Racers!
- What
does a windsurfing race with 456 boards starting look
like? Could this be a CalCup race of the future?
- The
wednesday night Berkeley Windsurfing Race Series starts
wednesday 5-25-05!
- Changes
to the Racing Rules of Sailing for 2005-2008.
- Calema
Midwinters 2005 Report from Mike Percey.
2002
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