sailboard

Representing the Sultanate in sailing will be Mohammed bin Nabeel Al Balushi who will take part in the sailboard windsurfing on "Techno Plus" boats with his coach Sultan bin Sulaiman Al Balushi.

"When you go inverted, and an updraft gets you, it's like you're on a sailboard. I was definitely nervous.

Quintin, the 1987 and 1990 Windsurfer world champ, campaigned for the Olympics in the Mistral sailboard until 1996 with some winning results and is Head of the Territorial Olympic and Sports Committee.

Joining David in welcoming surfers and media from around the world at the opening ceremony, Carlo Dallo Vedova, RS: X class president, presented two golden pins to Neil Pryde, designer of the RS: X sailboard, and H E Maitha al Mahrouqi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Tourism and chairwoman of Oman Sail, in appreciation of their support.

After many trials and contributions to the pock-marked wall behind the dart board, an amused bystander offered, simply, "Be the dart." As I intoned that mantra, I, like Wulf on her sailboard, experienced instantaneous success.

They called their creation a 'sailboard', and went on to produce and license it under the 'Windsurfer[R]' brand.

Ten-year-old Becky Schroeder invented The Glow Sheet, Frank Epperson was only 11 when he invented the Popsicle[R] (originally called the "Epp-sicle"), and the "godfather of windsurfing," Peter Chilvers, was 12 when he created the very first sailboard.

I helped jumpstart Boardsports' snowboarding business - it used to be a surf and sailboard shop.

Both Redcar lifeboats were launched within seven minutes of the call after the windsurfer, from Nunthorpe, was spotted clinging to his disabled sailboard. He was brought aboard the lifeboat and taken to a slipway inside the mouth of the River Tees, where he was transferred to waiting coastguards.

"The sailboard becomes an extension of your body." A certified windsurfing instructor since 1987, Kaiser guarantees that after her two-hour class, you'll be up and flying--and in love.

Three years ago, a man in his early 30s visited a sailboard store in Yokohama's Kanazawa Ward facing the Bay of Tokyo.

Known among previous participants as simply 'Lake Forest' this symposium was held every three years from 1982 to 1997 at Lake Forest College, but there has been a nine-year gap since its prime mover, Prof Tung Jeong, retired (despite being young enough to take his sailboard out regularly on Lake Michigan!).