Carbon Art News

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.

Final day: Defi Wind | Gruissan 2010

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:36:56 GMT

Anton's report of the final day of DefiWind 2010!

This was the last day of the 4 day competition. The wind early on in the day was as strong as at the end of yesterday. But since this was the last day I decided that I needed to go out. The race director announced that it would be only one lap around a 25 km course rather than two laps. Everyone cheered.

Day 3: Defi Wind | Gruissan 2010

Sun, 16 May 2010 22:29:15 GMT

A slow start today. In spite of an early start the boys are still wrecked from the day before and the villa was creaking even before Paul put the coffee pot on. Our view from the window looks over the beach and we can see a few hardy souls already on the water at 0800. By 0850 Anton, Paula and james have downed the cereal, grabbed all the gear and are heading to the beach...

Day 2: Defi Wind | Gruissan 2010

Sun, 16 May 2010 11:10:38 GMT

After last year’s quiet days the 2010 event has been a real eye opener. Big days on the water make the big nights a little less appealing is the main observation.

Briefing at 9 and then the race 90 minutes later...

Defi Wind | Gruissan 2010

Sat, 15 May 2010 01:20:21 GMT

Day One at Gruissan, Defi Wind!

James Dinnis arrived in Marseille after a bruising trip from New Plymouth, New Zealand – Auckland – LA (via Venice beach??) – Munich then on to Marseille. Like any good travel story this one had its dramas from the start. The Premium Air New Zealand check-in was the site of the last minute repacking of 217kg of gear all destined for a one way trip to France. As always the Air NZ guys were rockstars. 36 hours later Team Carbon Art arrived in France to be met by team rider Vincent only to find none of the gear had arrived...

Wave 2010/11 New Shapes, New Graphics, 2 Year Warranty!

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:17:29 GMT

Carbon Art is excited to announce the release of the 2010/11 wave range.

An extensive amount of work, testing and tweaking on the waves of Taranaki and Maui has gone into our entire range. All three of our wave shapes have been fully refined to give you better performance and more benefits than ever before. The sheer smoothness of the Wave Vee (WaveV) puts you in control 100% of the time, the power and responsiveness of the Wave Single Concave (WaveSC) is more than impressive and the varied style of turns the Wave Thruster (WaveTH) offers is a huge amount of fun.

IFCA Slalom Worlds Youth/Masters 2010 – L’Almanarre, France

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:07:39 GMT

The 2010 IFCA Slalom World Championships for Youth and Masters was held last week on the almost mythical spot of L’Almanarre, at the foot of the Gien peninsula near Hyères on the French Côte d’Azur.

With only one day of slalom training on my new boards and sails my preparation going into the championships was far from perfect. This made the gear choice under the IFCA “slalom 42” format even trickier, considering that Almanarre can see the widest range of conditions ranging from strong side-on shore mistral to gusty off-shore “vent d’est”. The forecast was for the week was for building off-shore winds on the first day, and uncertain lighter breezes for the remainder of the week. I decided to register the new SL75pro and SL66pro, with 8.4, 7.6, 7.0 and 6.6 Maui Sails TR6xt’s.

We had a strong fleet, with more than 50 masters and grandmasters registered and a couple of former French and world champions like Gerald Pelleau and Pierre Moretti from France, Markus Poltenstein from Austria and Marco Begalli from Italy. Sailing in his own front yard, living French windsurfing legend Eric Thiémé (remember the indoors in Paris Bercy in the 1990s...) whose windsurf centre is located right on the beach of Almanarre was also present.

Announcing the 2010 Midwest Speed Quest

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:48:45 GMT

In 2010 Carbon Art are proud to support the Midwest Speed Quest, and would like to thank Craig Bergh who has been excellent to work with and Carbon Art look forward to further developments - news report below about the MSQ in 2010.

The MSQ would like to thank everyone who has participated in past years, and invite everyone back again in 2010. We have been working hard all winter long to make this Event even better.

The speeds recorded in this Event can be compared with speeds recorded anywhere in the world. We work closely with the Team at GPS Speed Surfing in Holland. These guys support all forms of Speed Sailing, including GPS Windsurfing, GPS Kiteboarding, and GPS Ice Sailing.

The "Economic Stimulus Package" was a success in 2009, and shall be repeated again in 2010.

The MSQ event shall run from April 15th to October 15th, 2010 on an open schedule. Pick a windy day that fits your schedule, and come on down. Let us help you with discounted Lodging and Great Food.

We have the best demo gear in the world for use by the visiting racers.

Please visit the MSQ Web Site for complete information: www.midwestspeedquest.com

2010 Carbon Art / Rodgers Dental New Zealand Wavesailing Nationals

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:35:26 GMT

2010 Wave Nationals
Bring on the wind...

Easter weekend began in similar fashion to the last few years with perfect warm summer weather gracing our skies. However for wind addicted windsurfers, this was the last thing wanted. Friday was called a lay day, with competitors being released to make their own fun. Most chose to go surfing, SUP’n or fishing.

Saturday the conditions were little better (i.e perfectly calm hot and sunny) and a sausage sizzle was held at Weld Road for the competitors and friends. A light NW breeze picked up late in the afternoon in time for a free sail at Kina Road north break, but too late for the competition unfortunately.

Sunday the competition was on hold at Pungarehu waiting for the forecast south easterly wind to arrive. Unfortunately the wind did not arrive until 6PM too late to run any competition heats.

The wind blew 30 knots overnight, then by the 10AM briefing at Pungarehu had dropped to below the minimum required for competition to be held at that location.

New site features

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:17:08 GMT

You may have noticed that we have had the site updated. There have been quite a few changes and some more planned as the developers add in the finishing touches - thank you.

So what is new?

Freight discounts for overseas orders.
Add-on options.
New Secure Payment options.
Sign up / Create an account / wishlist.
How to Order FAQ

Find out more!

CA Travel Plans

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:43:56 GMT

Where in the world are you and what is happening in the UK?

We have been trying to make head roads into the UK, with our most recent being wave sailor Jack Hunt stepping up to be a CA Team rider, having been a CA Rider for many years. Welcome on board Jack! We would like feedback or comments on what UK riders need as an incentive to consider buying or trying a CA board?

Travel news: James Dinnis with a selection of CA Boards will be in the UK in May 2010, just after the Defi in France - interested in getting a board, but want to test one first, this is a great opportunity to book a demo. (We might even build a board for your request, and if you like it, you can buy it at the demo).

Hidden away in our site there is a really cool 'Request a Demo' page, find it here. Feel free to request a demo, and if we have a local rider who has the right gear for you to try we will do our best to hook it up right away - and in the case that you are located miles away from a CA Rider, we will keep your details until we have found a way to get a board to you for a demo, or alternatively we suggest that you take us up on our 'Buy it, Try it, Keep it or ... Return it & Get your money back! Guaranteed' offer. It works very well.

Have feedback to this news/question, comment on the forums here.

New website features

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:12:53 GMT

You may have noticed that we have had the site updated. There have been quite a few changes and some more planned as the developers add in the finishing touches - thank you.

So what is new?

Freight discounts.
Finally a system that works out freight discounts on the fly. Discounts are applied to the freight component for multiple orders (the savings is equal to 20% off total freight for 2 boards, and 50% off total freight for 3 or more boards).
Add-on options.
We discovered that we have the ability to offer some excellent extras and have them ship for free (with the purchase of a board), so we have created an extra area.
Secure Payment options.
We now offer 3 payment processes; manual transaction (bank deposits), credit card (visa and Master Card), and PayPal.
Sign up / Create an account.
If you do this the site will remember where you are from and automatically show you the prices that match the country that you live in. Being a member also has the benefit of being part of the community and asking questions and giving feedback with other CA riders.

2010 Carbon Art Wave Boards update

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:59:57 GMT

One of our main projects over the last six months has been researching, testing and developing our new wave boards to establish what we could improve. The most complex part has been finding the right weather conditions; the season to date has been well below average here in Taranaki, New Zealand – where most of our R&D is carried out. Luckily we have had a few really good down the line days since Christmas, we have recently completed tweaking our 2010 prototypes and have now confirmed the new production shapes – which are being built as we speak.

James Dinnis reports on the 2010 NZ Slalom Nationals

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:52:06 GMT

This years slalom national were held in Dunedin and once again blessed with perfect conditions, we had 3 days of racing – raced 28 heats and covered 300k’s in winds ranging from the bare minimum to 30kts. I competed with the Carbon Art SL55, SL58, SL66, Maui Sails 5.9, 6.6, 7.6 and C3 Fins ranging from 32 to 42 cm.

The 2010 Early Bird Offer

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:42:16 GMT

Combine orders now with your mates for delivery in March & save 50% on freight.

With the recent launch of our Formula boards, and us nearing the end of an action-packed 2009 - Carbon Art has a new offer for you to consider. It is open for all, but especially of interest if you are in Europe and dreaming about the warmer spring weather that usually arrives in March and April.

Order now for delivery in March and be rewarded with a 50% freight savings. Get together with your friends, order 3 or more Carbon Art Windsurf and or Surf boards between now and mid-January 2010 for delivery together in March and save freight $$. Want to know more - contact us ...

Carbon Art takes the International Speed World Cup Overall Ranking Board Manufacturer 2009.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:53:35 GMT

Congratulations to all our Riders! and Thank you.

We were delighted to hear the news, and read with excitement our position on the International Speed World Cup (ISWC) manufacturers ranking, Carbon Art, takes the winning title for the '2009 ISWC Manufacturers Ranking'. Its a tough competition, and with all the major brands being involved in speed windsurfing, we are very grateful to our customers who have lead CA to victory.

See the awesome results for yourself here at the ISWC site and d/load the complete points ranking here.