The best forecast for wind and swell of the competition window was already delivering perfect overhead to logo high waves and 20kt winds on the opening day of the 2017 Baja Desert Showdown, making it an easy call to kick things off right away with the pro divisions. Riders from 14 countries, including Japan, were…

So once again Punta San Carlos delivered the conditions and all the heats and finals were completed by sundown on Thursday. All the competitors were still around so the organisers decided to run a fun Pro-Am event, with a $500 cash prize. The Baja Party-Wave Pro-Am. Names were drawn from the camp’s sombrero to pair…

Day 5 Kevin Pritchard – Ezzy, DaKine, Pritchard Windsurfing Pro Men 4 Redemption Ferdinando Loffreda slashed his foot open in the campo last night so retires from the Pro bracket. Thank you Jeff Allbright for the desert surgery. So Max Schettewi progresses through to the next round after sailing a fun heat on his own.…

Bouma Guilloul We awoke to see more beautiful sets wrapping in at the Punta. The wind filled in as promised and the judges called a contest start time of 2pm, first up was the re-run of last night’s Amateur 7 heat.. Amateur 7 Olivier Meline held position off the point during the 2 minute transition…