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Steve on the new Magnums

Check out these pics we got from our young gun Steve Laubanay. Steve is a rising star and in the latest Defi Wind he finished second in the U21 class. Steve is stoked on the new Magnum boards and shared these images with us.

Angulo boards wished the best for Steve for this season..

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Josh makes podium in Korea

The PWA worldcup in Ulsan is over and the Angulo team returns with victory as Josh makes it all the way to 3rd place making it his best slalom result yet. The result of extensive R&D work on the Magnum boards is now showing its results making this years Magnum range the ultimate weapon for slalom battle.

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.

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Angulo has a World Champion

Here at Angulo we are proud to announce that our young polish ripper and former world champion Radoslaw “Gutek” Kurczewski has now become youth World Champion. This years world championships took place on the island of Curacao (Netherlands Antilles) from the 20th-25th of april.
With his preferred weapon of choice, the Magnum, Gutek brought himself to the leading position, and together with his highly focused nature, he was able to stay ahead of his competition and claim this years youth world slalom champion title. We send our congratulations to Gutek from the Angulo headquarters.

With wind conditions that didnt allow too much play, the competitors of this years championships had to settle for just one elimination. Gutek was ready from startline to finish and proofed that he has what it takes to win championships like this, even in difficult conditions.

As for Gutek himself, he comments the following: “I stayed focused all the time. Had best starts and did fully planning jibes”. Next time we will be seing Gutek at a championship will be at the upcoming worlds at Texel in Holland, the Polish cup and the youth europeans in France.

If you didnt know Gutek, here is a couple of facts on our young ripper:

Name: Radoslaw
Surname: Kurczewski
Nickname: Gutek
Born: 29/03/1993
Started windsurfing: 2002
Started competing: 2008
Best Results:
Junior World Champ 2009
Youth World Champ 2011
Several Polish Junior and Youth Champ
Boards: Angulo Magnum 2010
Sails: MauiSails TR-6
Favourite spot: South Africa
Slogan: Do your best! Don’t look for others!

We are stoked on this result and look forward to be following “Gutek” in his future development on the racing scene. Tune back in to anguloboards.com for more news from our riders around the globe.

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Magnum hits Vietnam

The first PWA GranSlam of the year is now over and our guys Josh Angulo and Kurosh Kiani have now returned with great comments about our new Magnum slalom boards. This year world cup season started with a bang with the most amazing freestyle action before the slalom guys could get out there and battle it out for the top spots in one of the most demanding competition scenes in windsurfing. It is the first time in the history of PWA that an event has taken place in this location, and it seems to be such a success, that we can be expecting this location as a tour stop regular.

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.”

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Slalom on Cape Verde

Josh Angulo and Kurosh Kiani have been busy on the island of Sal tuning their new Magnum slalom boards. Last week was an action packed week of slalom outside the Angulo centre where you would see Josh and Kurosh taking their equipment around the marks at high speeds and intensity. Here are a few words from Kurosh on the events of the Cape Verde slalom tuning week:

“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

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Slalom secrets with Kurosh

Kurosh Kiani just published his first interactive article in the newly released issue of Windsurfer International uncovering all of the areas you need to take a look at when starting up slalom sailing. With a cool combination of video, pictures and articles Kurosh tells you all of his tricks when it comes to tuning sails. After speaking to him we find out that there is more coming, and apparently the next part will be about boards. We are super stoked having our boards out there and even more excited for our 2011 boards coming out just round the corner. Check our Kurosh´s article here.

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