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for the 23 year in a row, the Calema Midwinters were blessed with wind.

For a while it looked as though the longboard and Kona One Design fleets were the only classes to enjoy any racing. But after a single formula race run in winds close to the minimum on Friday, Sunday came in with definite Formula conditions for the 52 formula racers.

In the Pro division and overall winners, Gonzalo Costa Hoevel of Argentina won with a clear lead. Jesper Vestrestrom of Denmark was second and Antoine Albeau of France came in in Third. This is the first time in 4 years Antoine Albeau is defeated. Gonzalo was not to be denied this year, especially since last year his bid to win the Midwinters was thwarted due to an injury suffered in a collision in the first race of 07.

Since this event was the FW North American Championship, the North American Champion was Jimmy Diaz of the US Virgin Islands.

Jimmy (photo) placed 4th Overall

In the Kona division, the entire weekend was hard fought with the likes of Dave Stanger,Nevin Sayre and John Collins, the winners in that order.

The Sport fleet had a fun course set with the tight jibe marks adding challenge to the fleet.

On Saturday night, organizers Tinho and Susie Dornellas departed from the traditional banquet by holding it at kelly park, and having the Maui Sails No Bull contest. The prize was kept secret and was awarded to the longest cowboy rider that could stay on top of a raging mechanical bull.

many laughs later and bruised egos, and sore muscles, Calema Junior team ’s Daniel rusk was the winner by a comfortable margin. He hung in there with all his strenght the ride difficulty set on max, for 266 seconds!! so he earned a brand new 2008 Maui Sails TR4 11.0!!

needless to say he was very pleased, even if all the hair on his legs was rubbed off in the process.

This years Calema Midwinters had the largest amount of juniors ever. The level in formula, Sport, and Kona is rising quickly.

Calema hereby challenges all USA juniors to bring their best game to next year’s Midwinters. The classes in contention are Formula Juniors, Sport Juniors, and Kona Juniors.

Special thanks to all our sponsors who made this event possible, and to our team of 25 volunteers that toll endless hours to make this event memorable.

Pictures wil be uploaded soon. Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMP6RqsWCgo

for a movie recap of the midwinters.

For race results click on the midwinters race results button

We just finished the awards ceremony. There was a lot of cheer and happiness among the competitors, family, friends and volunteers. There was plenty of wind today to get in all of the races and the Kona folks were even complaining that they had enough they had raced enough! All of the results will be posted by Tinho as well as photographs and videos of the successful event. I will report that in the top three slots on the Formula Pro were just as I said earlier: Gonzalo in first, Jesper in second and Antoine in third. Congratulations to the winner and we at Calema appreciate their journey to the U.S. to meet the local windsurfers as well as their fans. We wish them a safe trip home to their native countries. This is me signing off… See you next year. And if you weren’t here, there is no reason to stay away. It is a lot of fun. Shelley Klaner, San Francisco and Midwinters Publicist

The current formula race was just called when the wind dipped. Although totals are not in it looks like Gonzalo is remaining in a steady first place with Jesper Vesterstrom in second and Antoine Albeau in third.

It has been blowing at 12.5. We have been racing back-to-back Formula A and other races for the last few hours. It has been impossible with starts and finishes over lapping to keep track of all of the scores to report at this moment as they are all being reported back to shore quickly. No one has been dismissed and everyone is prepared to get back on the water with a moments notice to race again. As soon as finals are in they will be here first.

Sport Longboard
two races, same results

Bonnie Koeberl, first
Fan Pat, second

A Longboard

Jeff Koeberl, first
Henry DeWolf, second
Dan Olivier

A Longboard second race

Jeff Koeberl, first
Pat Nugent, second
Dan Olivier, third

Sport Kona

Barbara Fisher, first
Kathy Ojeda, second
Scott Farmer, third

Sport Kona second race
first and second same
Christopher Hope, third

A Kona

John Collins, first
Nevin Sayre, second
Dave Stanger, third

A Kona second race

Dave Stanger, first
Steven Gottlieb, second
John Collins, third

A Hybrid
two races
same results

Richard White, first
Scott Haas, second

Sport Hybrid

Roger Gatlin, first
Doug Waldo, second

Hybrid Junior
Christopher Waldo
Cassie Kostiuk
Danielle Duys

We got wind Houston. Everyone will be on the water soon.

Is heading to the water…

Hybrids are currently being looped.

We will eventually have all of the pictures on this website.

Good morning to all of you windsurfers out there. If you aren’t at Kelly Park at the Calema Windsurfing Festival you are missing all of the fun. Last night those with real gutts rode the mechanical bull to see who could stay on for the longest amount of time. It was a whole lot of fun and the participants were happy to devour chicken, tacos and a wide array of food. This morning a skippers meeting was just held. Conditions are warm and sunny with an expected temp at about 77. Wind is out of the north west and reports have been between 13 and 15 for today with sailors waiting to get on the water shortly. Check back later for more!

Formula Masters

Fernando Martinez, first place
Mathias Pinheiro, second place
Dave Kashy, third place

Formula Men

Colin Pitts, first place
Alex Stankie, second place
Christopher Gardiner, third place

Formula Women

Natalie Luczyuka, first place
Karen Marriot, second place
Farrah Hall, third place

Hybrid

Richard White, first place
Scott Haas, second place

Kona Junior

Rasmus Sayre, first place

Kona Men

Nevin Sayre, first place
John Collins, second place
Dave Stanger, third place
Bruce Matlack, fourth place
Tom Ingram, fifth place
Isaias Minor Huerta, sixth place
Steven Gottlieb, seventh place
Austin Emser, eighth place
Michael Rayl, ninth place
Cullen Ahearn, tenth place

Kona Women

Solvig Sayre

3/1 LB

Jeff Koeberl, first place
Dan Olivier, second place
Henry DeWolf, third place

Fun Time 7.5

Marion Lepert, first place
Clay Hamilton, second place
Phillip Dornellas, third place

G Masters 55+

Dieter Reichelt, first place
Howard Carney, second place
Ron Troxel, third place

Masters 35 – 54

Terry Bradley, first place
Shawn Kennedy, second place

Sport Formula Men

Igor Raposo, first place
Matheus Isaac, second place
Matheus Amaro, third place

Sport Formula Women

Chris Mulready, first place
Kathleen Ahern-Gray, second place

Sport Hybrid

Roger Gaitlin, first place
Doug Waldo, second place

Hybrid Jr.

Christopher Waldo, first place
Cassie Kostiuk, second place
Danielle Duys, third place

Sport Kona

Barbara Fisher, first place
Kathy Ojeda, second place
Scott Farmer, third place

Sport Longboard

Bonnie Koerberl, first place
Fan Pat, second place
Louis Rusk, third place

Gonzalo Costa Hoevel (ARG3) 1st
Jesper Vesterrstrom (DEN111) 2nd
Miguel Martinho (POR5) 3rd
Jean Paul Liechti (COL1) 4th
Jimmy Diaz (ISV11) 5th
Antoine Albeau (FRA192) 6th
Wilhelm Schurmann (BRA999) 7th
Steven Bodner (USA4)
Britt Viehman (FLA4)
Victor Melo (BRA2497)

Sorry for any confusion. Someone handed me an inaccurate list.

According to Tinho Dornellas with Calema Windsurfing, the winds died out before the minimum required so the Formula race was not completed. Instead everyone is getting excited about riding the mechanical bull at tonight’s banquet. Tomorrow a windy day is expected with racing set to begin at 9 a.m. See you then!

Formula racers are almost finished rigging for the upcoming race. Wind is picking up and all Kona and Hybrid racers are asked to stay around as there may be more races.

Jimmy Diaz from Israel, first
Antoine Albeau from France, second
Wilhelm Schurmann from Brazil, third
Steve Bodner from US (San Francisco), fourth
Britt Viehman from US (Florida), fifth
Victor Melo from Brazil, sixth
Patrice Belbeoch, seventh
Vincent Barre from France, eighth
Gabriel Browne from Brazil, ninth
Fernando Martinez, 10th

We should be seeing another Formula race soon.

New on the water today Henry DeWolf came in first place, with Dan Olivier in second and Jeff Koerberl in third (yesterday’s top spot).

In the fourth Hybrid race we saw Scott Haas is in first with Richard White in second.

Kona is just about ready to start.

Super beginning for Saturday racing in sunny Florida. So far A Fleet and Hybrids have hit the water. Waiting for results and will have them posted shortly.

Formula A Winners. Already reported that Gonzalo took the top spot in Formula. There are no protests in this division. Coming in second place Jesper Vesterstrom from Denmark and in third is Miguel Martinho from Portugal.

Longboard First race already reported and in the second race we have Jeff Koeberl at first, Dan Olivier coming in second and Mac Semken in third. The third race duplicated the same standings.

In the third Kona race, Dave Stanger came in first with Isaias Minor Huerta in second and Nevin Sayre in third. In the fourth Kona race we have Dave Stanger in first place; Javier Alejandro Minor in second; and in third Nevin Sayre.

In the second Hybrid race of the day Richard White took first with Scott Haas in second.

Worth noting is 15-year-old Solvang Sayre who is coming in fifth overall in the Kona Division and the top woman winner for the day.

That is all of the results that will be coming today. Shelley from San Francisco will be back to report the hour-by-hour racing stats tomorrow. So check back in. Also if you are blogging from the Midwinters or have photos send your links to this site so we can post them for others to enjoy.

Shelley from California back with some more updates. Dinner is being served. As soon as I get the results will get them up for your reading pleasure.

I know everyone is anxious but I still haven’t received any winners on the Hybrids from earlier today. Waiting for info from the race boat. I am trying to get the answers to you. Gonzalo was pleased with his first place win today after almost not getting his boards and equipment yesterday that got lost in transit with the airlines from Argentina through Miami. Most of the heavy hitters from windsurfing are here at Kelly Park at Calema today. Spoke with the managing editor from Windsufing magazine who was here today monitoring the activity.

Gonzalo Costa Hoevel came in first for formula. Still waiting for second and third place. Wind kept dying out, but we finally saw the completion of a Formula race today.

It isn’t blowing but A fleet will be back on the water within minutes. New Kona winners yet to be released for today.

Formula A Fleet cancelled this morning due to light winds. Kona race completed. So far winners are Dave Stanger, first place; Nevin Sayre, second place; John Collins third. The race is being contested so these are unofficial results with changes possible. In the second Kona race of the day, Stanger also took first place with Tom Ingram in second, and Sayre in third. This race is also being contested. In the Longboard Division, Jeff Koerberl is in first. Dan Olivier in second and Mac Semken in third. For the Hybrid Division: Scott Haas comes in first and Richard White in second. Wind is too light right now. Hoping for wind around 2 p.m.

Antoine Albeau, PAtrice Belbeoch, already on the water today doing some practice. Winds were pretty good, sometimes it got on the wild side, but all in all a warm and breezy day.

On the Konas, the Sayre clan is here and they are all competing, and Dave Stanger, and the South Carolina crew are here enjoying some warm sailing. Tomorrow will get windy and chilly. Better now than during the Midwinters!!

For the International racers, We know there were some difficulties with the registration : please send an email to us with name and fleet you are racing and we take your registration on site.

For all others  the issue of secure site certificate has been resolved, the site has been always secure, some progaming glitch made that screen appear - you may now register in peace!!!

Latest news, World Champ Antoine Albeau is also coming.

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