Sean O'Brien, Pro Windsurfer – seanobrien.com.au™

So two windsurfing families have come together in Poland; my best dutch buddy Markus Bouman married his sweetheart Natalia on the weekend in Warzsawa. I was lucky enough to have the role of best-man, and was introduced to a “polish wedding” which can only be described as ridiculous, fun, crazy, fun, scary. haha! Let’s just say there were churches, wakeboarding boats, hotels, squash courts, suits, good friends a nothing shy of 180 bottles of Zaladkowa vodka.

I just arrived on Lago di Garda (Lake Garda), Italy for a few weeks of working and sailing on one of Europe’s most famous windsurfing locations with the Point-7 team. I’m working from the new P7 head office in Arco, a few mins from the lake and surfing from Malsecine in the mornings and Torbole in the evenings; couldn’t be better!

Racing has begun at the 2009 Formula Windsurfing World Championships in Santa Pola, Spain. The 6-day event features the World’s best Formula sailors battling it out for the title. Sean arrived early in Santa Pola on Tuesday for a week of tuning and sailing, preparing for the event. Read the daily reports below, see the photos and stay tuned for the video as well as following Sean’s race-updates via Twitter.

• Race Updates from Sean on Twitter
• Official Event Website
• FormulaWindsurfing.org

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Sean took 1st place overall at the Norwegian FW Championships in Larvik, Norway this weekend. A strong fleet of 30 of the top Norwegian formula sailors completed the 10 blistering races in winds exceeding 30-35 knots. Read a short report from Sean about the event below as well as results on Norwegian boardsailing website.

• Overall Results
• Event Video (by Sean)
• Another Photo Gallery

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Racing starts today at the 2009 Nordic Windsurfing Championships in Skive, Denmark. Sean will be competing to defend his 2nd Place last year behind the Danish champion Jesper Vesterstrøm (DEN-111) amongst other great Nordic sailors. Enjoy some daily reports from Sean below. Read More…

Racing has begun at the 2009 AllegroCup Windsurfing Championship in Łeba, Poland. This event, organised by Allegro.pl for the past five years is the premium event on the GP World Tour and one of three international championship events in Poland this year. Sean will be writing reports and posting exclusive videos from the event which you can check out below: Read More…

Sean is currently racing at the Euro-Challenger FW Event in Pobierowo, Poland. A small seaside town on the Baltic sea, with great ocean racing and beautiful beaches. Check out the daily reports from Sean during the event with photos and video soon to come. Read More…

Sean has just arrived in Europe and settled in to his training-base in the Netherlands, preparing for this first World Tour event in Poland in late July. After a small drama with his van being stolen shortly before arriving, he’ll be driving a new van for the summer. The events this season include 2x GP World Tour events in Poland (including the European Championships in Sopot), Greek and Nordic Championships and the World Championships in Santa Pola, Spain, in September. A full tour schedule can be found here. You’ll be able to follow Sean on tour with all the regatta-reports, stories, photos and all new HD videos on his dedicated Vimeo Channel.

Sean will be launching an all new TOUR-DIARY in the next few weeks, expanding the idea which had already attracted up to 50,000 visitors a month with all new HD videos, more stories, pictures and news from in and around the ‘windsurfing world’.

Feel free to post comments and keep in touch with Sean through the Tour Diary as well as subscribing to the RSS Feed to have all the new stories sent straight to your inbox automatically.

FollowTheWinds.com [Education by Entertainment for Kids and Youth] is a new media initiative of Sean O’Brien and Kate Morton following and expressing the lifestyles of 6 of the top pro Formula Windsurfing riders from Europe and abroad. The project aims to educate and inspire the youth about following your dreams (winds) and leading a positive life through inspiration seen in the lifestyles led by our six riders. The next step of the project is to take the concept to the European (and eventually international) media.

For more information read the rest of this post for the official Press Release and check out the website launch at:

• www.FollowTheWinds.com

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Sean has arrived in Portimao, Portugal for the 2008 Formula Windsurfing World Championships. Racing begins on Tuesday 9th September with the World’s Best FW sailors arriving from all over the globe. Keep up to date with Sean’s progress on the following websites:

• Official Event Website
• FormulaWindsurfing.org