Carbon Art News

2012 Slalom Range is here.

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:49:57 GMT

It’s now 6 years since Carbon Art and Phil McGain joined forces to develop a race winning slalom range. With 2012 just around the corner we are proud to release the highly anticipated 7th generation ultimate performance board.

Taranaki Wave Classic 2011 report

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:41:23 GMT

The lead-up week to TWC 2011 had the seventy registered competitors full of enthusiasm, with both Thursday and Friday serving up some fun sailing conditions. Friday’s wind strength exceeded the forecast fifteen knots quite considerably, with a solid 25-30 knots (and even more in some of the gusts) blasting across the waves at Waitara (well, what was left of the waves that hadn’t been blown away!)...

Taranaki Wave Classic 2011

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:13:39 GMT

It's that time of the year again! New Zealands biggest and best windsurfing event is coming up and with it comes the chance of winning yourself a brand new Carbon Art waveboard of YOUR CHOICE!

Taranaki Wave Classic 2011 pre-entries close on the 30th of September. SO get your entry in and receive a complimentary event T-shirt and supreme goody bag.

Carbon Art Claims Titles in Hawaii

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:30:08 GMT

The annual Hawaii State Slalom Championships were held this past weekend at Kanaha Beach Park, on Maui. Maui is the location for the state Championship because of the blistering trade winds and perfect slalom conditions; hence people travel from the other Islands and overseas to compete in this exciting event.

Phil gets his hands dirty

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:43:38 GMT

It’s no secret Phil McGain has been behind the design of the infamous Carbon Art Slalom boards. Up until now the process of getting the latest model into production has included the following development phases:

2011 DaKine Classic

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:04:11 GMT

There was lots of action at the 2011 DaKine Classic held June 18th at Kanaha Beach park...

Thurso Action with Jack Hunt

Fri, 20 May 2011 05:05:22 GMT

CA Rider Jack Hunt scored some sweet Thurso waves recently. Here's a few words and shots from his trip.

NZ Wave Nationals 2011

Wed, 04 May 2011 07:26:43 GMT

Conditions were great for the Carbon Art & Rodgers Dental Studio 2011 New Zealand Wavesailing Nationals. The competitors were friendly and the atmosphere was best described by a visiting English windsurfer: "It's great, it's so relaxed, this is the way windsurfing competitions should be..."

2011 New Zealand Wave Sailing Nationals

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:43:31 GMT

Sponsored By Carbon Art and Rodgers Dental

The Taranaki Windsurf Club with the help of Carbon Art and Rodgers Dental announce the 2011 New Zealand Wave Nationals.

An interview with Alex Halank (AUS 2001)

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:52:42 GMT

Australia's youngest ever Windsurfing Champion, he won the 2010 Starboard Prokids IFCA Freestyle World Championship, in the under 11 division at age 8! He also won the Slalom and Flowstyle events...!

We managed to get him off the water long enough to ask a few questions.

CA Rider Breaks World Record!

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:50:57 GMT

Craig Hollins Breaks World Distance Record

550 kilometres- the distance from Melbourne to Mildura, is a fair hike in anyone’s books. It’s a sort of distance that some of us would have to plan for, and for some of us with less than reliable vehicles, it may just be too far to go.

Spare a thought then, for Inverloch Windsurfing Club member, Craig Hollins, who sailed his CA Slalom 52 to break the World Sailing record for distance with an impressive 553 kilometres travelled in a twenty-four hour period.

James Dinnis Interview

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:58:56 GMT

James Dinnis (CA Shaper & Designer) was recently interviewed by ABCwindsurf.eu

Featuring some behind the scenes info and photo's. The main interview is in Italian, but scroll down for the English version.

Read the full Interview on ABCwindsurf

New Carbon Art video

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:29:05 GMT

Check our latest video. James Dinnis talks about the origins of Carbon Art windsurfing and the philosophy behind the boards.

Watch the video!

Taranaki Wave Classic 2010 countdown!

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:08:55 GMT

October 22-25, Taranaki New Zealand: Take part in NZ's biggest windsurfing event and be in with the chance of scoring yourself a FREE Carbon Art Board!

All entries go in the draw to winning along with heaps of great prizes from all the sponsors.

The TWC 2010 combines everything great about wavesailing and adds a little sprinkle of magic to give you the best October long weekend you’ll ever experience. Classic waves, consistent wind and great camaraderie; combined with cold beers, cool prizes and a cranking BBQ...

European Summer Waves

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:24:43 GMT

A report from Constantin Gross

After finishing my Erasmus Semester in Seville, Spain, we started to drive back to Germany. We had 2 month for 2500km, so there was no need to hurry and plenty of time to visit some spots!

Midwest Speed Quest 2010 - CA Flying!

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:01:28 GMT

We have had a great year so far at the Midwest Speed Quest here in Worthington, Minnesota, USA.

Our Event runs from April 15th to October 15th each year. The Schedule is open during this time allowing the racer to choose the day they wish to Speed Sail. There are no fee and competitors may enter as many sessions as they wish. This has been proved to be a real popular format.

Check out the current results for Carbon Art...

Carbon Art Speed 2010/11

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:58:45 GMT

They're almost here! Just when you thought you couldn't go any faster… Carbon Art has been hard at work in the speed laboratory, designing, testing and developing the next stage of the speed board range.

Maui Race Series - Carbon Art gets 4 titles

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:25:53 GMT

Phil McGain- Mens Pro
Phil McGain- Mens 40-49
Tamara Bockius- Womens Open
Mike Yasak- Mens 50-59

This past weekend the Maui Race series was completed with the annual Hawaii State Slalom Championships sponsored by Neil Pryde. Carbon Art was well represented at the event, with three sailors on Carbon Art and Maui Sails charging to the top spots!

Tamara Bockius completed her perfect season winning the Women’s Open division, Mike Yasak shining once again winning in the Men’s 50-59 age group, and current US National Champion Phil McGain winning both the Men’s Pro division and Men’s 40-49 age group.

Tamara Bockius Wins Maui County Championships

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:05:18 GMT

The 26th annual Maui Race Series has been running smoothly. The first 4 events have been completed, The Starboard Slalom, DaKine Classic, MFC Open and Quicksilver Cup. The Hawaii State Championships are scheduled for July 31st. This year there were a few heat postponements due to lack of wind and an occasional deflated or run away buoy but for the most part we had good slalom racing with lots of Pro Sailors and a seasoned Race committee...

New Zealand winter waves go off!

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:21:47 GMT

After a period of far too much rain (50% above average!) Taranaki local Carbon Art Riders have been treated to an awesome long run of consistent South Easterly winds and some great ground swells. Some of the best down the line winter season wavesailing ever! And when the wind didn't blow there was plenty surfing & SUP waves to be scored

Check out the Sessions area Forum for more photos.