The 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown in Punta San Carlos will go down as the most epic Pro/Am wave events in history of the American Windsurfing Tour. The event saw amazing waves and wind with competitors competing on sail sizes from 4.5m down to 3.5m. The long heat lengths and super fair “second chance” bracket system has kept a smile on every riders face. In the end Camille Juban won the Pro Men division in front of Levi Siver and Kevin Pritchard. Ingrid Larouche won the ladies category and Fiona Wylde made it in second place.
Sam Bittner, AWT director: “I would like to dedicate this event to Andre Paskowski who passed away on the final day of the AWT Quatro Punta San Carlos Desert Showdown. He truly lived life to its fullest even through hard times. His love for the sport of windsurfing was portrayed in his incredible windsurf film making. He inspired us and his legend lives on in our hearts.”
Great windsurfing action from the 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown in Punta San Carlos, Baja California
Filmed by Joey Sanchez, Kevin Pritchard
Additional footage by Jake Miller Xsensor
[…] Levi Siver released a clip with images from the American Windsurfing Tour event in Baja from a few weeks ago. Levi Siver finished the event on the second place behind Camille Juban. If you have missed the highlight clip from the event you definitely should watch it. It shows great waveriding in slow motion: > Highlight clip AWT Baja Desert Showdown […]
Look at Josh Angulo- a straight out DTL guy. But his desperado attitude helped him out to battle out in those so called ” doomed euro conditins” and he ended up a world champ-twice. So did Francisco,King Robby back in the day. So dont be scared, you can do it.
For me personally, if a rider chooses to specialise on DTL starboard and not compete in pwa if it does not change, that is a perfectly fine and respectable choice. If Kevin then comes in to make these kind of vids, all the better. Top athletes just the same. It is the subsequent covert or explicit negative comments to the pwa or the quality of its riders that is starting to hit a nerve for me. I agree that Browne’s attitude to go for it and compete deserves a lot of credit (as much the others you mention) even if… Read more »
agree with thomas, AWT need to stop the negative sub text. way to much going on in the world to be making a scene about what is real wave riding. from a punters point of view, which is what i am, i just want to see the pros smashing it that’s were the inspiration comes from not some chap sat in his bar doing the usual oh our version of things is the best version.
Its windsurfing, its windy go windsurfing!!
I agree with Andrew. Levi, Camille and company stop complaining and go to a canarian event to get the rust of your hips and….teeth. Look at Kevin he knows both worlds and he has proven himself- he is a world champ-hats off and bow. Period. Look at Browzy travelling as as shuttle around the globe proving that he is no-nonsense- in fact the best in the business imho. If the DTL pro guys dont overcome their scare of 50- 60 knots side on conditions they will end up as comedian actors.
Tenerife event was great, waves and jumps. We had live streaming, live scoring, live commenting, and to be honest the world where we live needs that because of public and sponsors. This sport wont survive if we dont have balance between conditions, location, internet streaming, sponsors, new kids on the block and so on. Best thing in Pozo this year was junior competition. It is not easy for windsurfing to live between surfing, suping and kiting. Everybody must lower the bar and do something like AWT for few years with multitude event and smaller money to popularize sport and draw… Read more »
should do best 4 awt against best four pwa. super final every two years. held at two locations. sailors choice. focus on getting a croud. so dont go cloud break!!!!
awt sailors choose one location pwa choose another.
alternatively could just choose one location and alternate between europe and rest of world.
europe could include cape verde.
something like that.
Well, I m not sure what the best solution would be but something between Awt and Pwa would suit best. Like I said, maybe little less money for prizes (like in Tenerife) but more events. The problem however is: less money, less travelling, less profesionalism, less windsurfing.
Just look at the prize giving at the end of this event, its an awesome event, sick conditions, but not comparable to what is (currently) required to run a PWA event.
So unless that guy at the bar is able to front up the cash for prize money(+++ other things) to me it looks like the AWT event is just a very well run competition where a bunch of guys/ girls turn up and sail against each other. What is (currently) involved in the PWA is more than that.
Great video though and really makes me want to go there!!
real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
looked pretty fuxxin real in tenerife