Okato's James Dinnis has beaten the best windsurfers in the United States.
The Taranaki man yesterday won the open men's event at the US windsurfing championships at the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, taking out seven of the 11 races.
"He was pretty stoked when I talked to him this morning," his wife, Vanessa, said. "But he couldn't take the title because he wasn't an American.
"The title was awarded to the winner of the grand masters division ... he was the American with the highest points over the 11 races."