The Ulsan PWA event was long and offered difficult wind conditions but with his combination of the Magnum boards and the 2011 Gun Sails Josh managed to stay consistently in the top finishing it off with a final win.

Here is a couple from Josh about his podium finish at Jinha Beach, Ulsan: “Feels Good! After some trials and tribulations in trying to get my slalom legs, I finally managed to get a podium finish for the first time in my slalom career. The hard work in developing the new Magnums combined with Gun Sails substantial R&D program has finally given me the equipment to battle with the best of em’. I don’t want to get ahead of myeslf and I know I have to continue to take it one start and one jibe at time, but I can definitely say that I have a greater motivation than ever before to keep tuning my equipment for maximum effeciency. Thanks to all the friends out there who have been very supportive !”

Josh at the mark

Josh at the startline

Josh winning a final

Kurosh Kiani

The Korean sunrise

If you want to read more about Josh´s great result from Ulsan, click by the PWA website for an interview from the event site, and if you want to read more about the event and see videos from the event, click by the PWA website.

Next stop for the Angulo team will be Costa Brava where the next leg of the slalom tour will start on the 31st of May. Be sure to click back to Anguloboards.com for more stories from the team around the world.

With the beautiful scenery of the Mui Ne beaches and rough water conditions, the slalom competition began with light wind conditions and held out the sailors for 3 days. Only on the last day the wind returned, again with lighter winds in the morning increasing as the day progressed. We saw great performance from our guys, and they clearly showed that the new Magnum boards are going to take it to the next level for the upcoming racing season. Here are couple of words from Kurosh Kiani on the Vietnam PWA GranSlam event.

“Wow, what a great venue for racing. I am so impressed with Vietnam, that I cant wait to come back here next year and race. I came out here couple of days before the start of the racing and had such an amazing time meeting old friends and of course going sailing. During those few days I managed to try out nearly all combinations possible for my gear, and boy am I happy I tried it.
After riding the boards before and during the competition, all I want to do is go out and ride those boards again, I´m not kidding. I can´t believe how easy they are to sail, especially in the rough conditions that we saw in Vietnam. I could start nearly where I wanted and still be up there with the best guys.
The eliminations were very hard in Vietnam. We sailed in 12 man heats where 5 would advance into the semi finals. Those first heats were amazingly hard, and I clearly remember fighting as if it was for my life in some of the heats.
Sitting in Denmark now, I look back at an event where Josh and myself definitely turned some attention on us as the feedback on everyone who tried our boards were positive. Josh also managed to win a loosers final heat with a lead all the way from start to finish, which proofs that we are on the right track, and that you will be seing LOTS more from us in this season.”

“I had just come home from Cape Town and was basically just waiting around for our new boards to arrive, and as soon as they did, I hopped on the flight to Cape Verde where i was greeted with a rather crazy forecast. It was almost like arriving at Fuerteventura. The morning after I arrived, we were already on the water putting our new boards to the max, and I must say it was a pure pleasure riding these new Magnum boards. Mostly we were on our small Magnum60 boards, but also had the chance to get out on the Magnum71 and Magnum84. Once finished with testing we put out the bouys and did some training, and I must say it was effective. Now i´m back in Denmark and will be in Vietnam in a couple of days”

Check out this video clip Kurosh put together along with some pics from the week of slalom action on Sal.

Some rights reserved by Henrik Moltke

Some rights reserved by Henrik Moltke

Changes and additions to the range
For this year, we have an all new Victory board shaped by Mark Angulo. Already tested out in various conditions and competitions, the new Victory is a sure winner no matter which conditions you are looking at.

Our successful Chango has been tweaked and tuned for even more high performance wave sailing. With an already proofed concept we have an even more battle ready Chango for you to charge any conditions in the world.

As a whole new board to come into the range, the Chango FW is a new board to cover you in a big variety of wind and water conditions. Perfect for tight turns, bump and jump and onshore conditions the Chango FW will blow your mind with diversity. Read more about it here.

To replace the previous Creola board, the new CV1 freemove board  covers just about any kind of sailing experience. Take it out on the lake for cruising or bump & jump or take it out in the sea for some waveriding. The CV1 will have you covered no matter what.

The popular Sumo board is replaced with the new Kihei freeride board. Kihei is all about blasting out there with your friends and enjoy the freedom of windsurfing with a new level of excitement. A perfect combination of speed and maneuverability is what makes the Kihei special for us, and also the reason why we are so excited about this board.

Another board that we are very proud of is the new Magnum slalom board. Lots of work spread over many months is put behind these boards, and we are positive that everybody who tries this board will fall in love with it. We simply cant wait to get these slalom machines on the water.

If you cant wait and really want to get your hands on the new Angulo Boards, click over to the Gun Sails website where you can purchase the boards directly online without any hassles.

Should anyone have forgotten how Ponta Preta is like when it is firing, then check out this video of Josh ripping it at the previous years contests. See you on Cabo Verde

Josh at home from umi pictures on Vimeo.

Fuerteventura 2010 from Kurosh Kiani on Vimeo.

The Fuerteventura worldcup was by far the race that i had been looking the most forward to during this season. Finally getting to race at a place with lots of wind and perfect conditions. I was already on Fuerteventura 10 days before the racing would start and spent a big amount of time racing and tuning up with my danish mates who had also come with me.

I picked up Josh just one day before the event, and i could feel that he came all fired up and full of energy, whereas i maybe had burnt off some of mine during those 10 days that i was there before him. A lesson to bring with me for upcoming years.

Those five days that the race was on were quite hard, but i had some of the best fun ever. Why? Because personally i went through lots of changes during these days. I went from being totally nervous and not being able to pull if off to being confident and going for it during one day.

Josh was there to psyche me up and get me racing out there. Of course you cannot learn everything at once. It is a very long process, but being around on Fuerteventura this year gave me loads of new input to equipment, racing and my mental game. I mean, i have been here before and raced, but this time it was with other dimensions which gave me huge amounts of motivation go get out there for the next race and do better. Both Josh and Myself had great speed in out boards which were almost built perfectly for this place when you think of the sizes. We were on out small Magnum62 almost the whole time with sails from 5,5-7,8.

Josh was doing constant finals and loosers finals while i was not making the semi-finals, which is fine by now as i had different goals, which Josh and i agreed on before the contest. Again, i can not say how much fun it was racing with all your freinds around and just having pure fun. It was just like the old days when i started windsurfing, cruising around with your freinds out on the sea. I am saying this because it is very easy to forget the fun factor when you are in the middle of it. But this time it was all so clear and we are all excited to hit Turkey for the upcoming PWA slalom worldcup.

Now our roads have gone seperate ways and i am in Denmark re packing all my bags to take them back to the airport. Wind in Denmark is still on a summer vacation, but if i am lucky a day or two of sailing can happen before hitting Turkey where lighter winds normally dominate the venue.