Within the last years, windsurfing has been revolutionized. Great young talents take their turns at reaching the top rankings in the world championship. Those who could once astonish the judges with unbelievable, new feats, can often no longer outstand the next year using the same moves in the international world cup circuit.

World Championship Title before Driving Licencse
This evolution is especially pronounced in the freestyle discipline. While chunky athletes like Josh Stone or even the heavy Frenchman Antoine Albeau, whose style is more powerful than elegant, dominated the scene in the nineties, the young and wild have taken the lead in the new millenium. The then only 15-year-old Sarah-Quita Offringa from Aruba could bounce Daida Moreno from her freestyle throne after long years of domination in the women's competition. Ricardo Campello won his first men world championship title at the age of 18, José "Gollito" Estredo with 17 and the new world's best freestyler Marcilio "Brawzinho" Browne with 18 years. The guys have already achieved an eternal slot in the annals of the PWA even before being officially allowed to drink alcohol or make their driving license.

The creative Generation
A break has also taken place in the extremely popular wave competition. Björn Dunkerbeck, who now focuses on slalom and speed, and Kevin Pritchard, serial world champion of the past decade, can no longer really compete with the new stars. Victor Fernandez, Kauli Seadi, Ricardo Campello and Philip Köster, all aged between 17 and 25, combine their creative freestyle tricks with spectacular wave rides and hence lead the world ranking.

Windsurfing more spectacular than ever
In freestyle, the new, flexible light weights are already ahead. Dexterity instead of muscle power, creativity in place of standard maneuvers: the prototype of the successful windsurfer has changed. Standing still means losing ground. That is more than ever true for the new competition windsurfing. The sport will benefit from this progression. The level is rising continuously, what will surely please the audience.