World Windsurfing Championship Tour

The Canary Islands are one of the windsurfing paradises at global level, both for those who are starting in this sport and for the veterans who travel around the world with their sailboards to the idyllic conditions found in the Canaries.

The 2008 Windsurfing World Championship starts in June in Portugal moving to Las Cucharas in Lanzarote between 21st to 28th June, then between 3rd and 12th July it moves to Pozo Izquierdo in Gran Canaria before moving to the beach of Sotavento in the municipality of Pajara in Fuerteventura from 18th to 28th July. This beach with turquoise water and fine white sand was the first in the Canaries to host the World Championships 23 years ago. Contestants will compete in the Slalom and Free Style which can include leaps of up to four metres from the sea surface and acrobatics including 360 degree turns.

Iballa Ruano the World Champion does not hesitate to say that the Canary Islands have the best conditions in the world for windsurfing certainly the weather and climate the most consistent.