Windsurfing New Zealand

"I am a New Zealander and I have lived in Hong Kong for more than 45 years. The RS:X gold medals going to China and New Zealand gives me a tremendous feeling of pride and personal satisfaction from the NEILPRYDE involvement in Olympic Sailing, the pinnacle of the sport” said Mr. Neil Pryde following the medal race.

Neil Pryde confirmed today the arrival of the container of rigs from Hong Kong and the refrigerated container of boards from Thailand at the Olympic Regatta host venue city of Qingdao.

Brand personnel will be on site in Qingdao tomorrow July 8th to meet the freight forwarder, check on the containers and ensure all preparations are in place at the event site. A generator will be used to continue to chill the container to 26-27 degrees Celsius until the boards are unpacked and stored in the ventilated and shaded storage area at the Olympic Yachting regatta venue.

Video clip from the CDROM 'Windsurfing Safe'

Favorite discipline? Waves

In 2004 the International Sailing Federation felt that a change was required for Olympic Windsurfing equipment as the ISAF President, Paul Henderson, did not feel that the current class reflected what was being sailed around the world. ISAF held Evaluation Trials and the final decision was to appoint the NeilPryde RS:X as the new Olympic Windsurfing Equipment. The decision to appoint NeilPryde RS:X was taken due to speed, design, concept, packaging, programme, presentation and the support of NeilPryde.