"Windsurfing Hall of Fame": These are the new members - Seeger, Eskimo and Talma in the mix
Tobias Frauen
· 29.09.2023
The greats of our sport are honoured in the "Windsurfing Hall of Fame". Created by legendary photographer Jonathan Weston, it has been honouring the most influential personalities in windsurfing for the past three years. Once a year, the new members to be inducted, the "Class of 2023" in this case, are chosen by online voting. In addition to riders, photographers and journalists, shapers and inventors as well as pioneers are also honoured
Of course, names like Robby Naish, Björn Dunkerbeck and Jim Drake have been in the windsurfing hall of fame from the very beginning. Last year, surf founder Ulrich Stanciu and editor-in-chief Andreas Erbe were among those inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The "Class of 2023" in the "Windsurfing Hall of Fame"
Category Rider
- Antoine Albeau
- Brian Talma
- Micky Eskimo
- Scotty O'Connor
- Robby Seeger
- Nathalie Simon
- Alessandra Sensini
- Andrea Livingston-Barbara
Category Designers
- Neil Pryde
- Hugues Turckheim
- Willem Blauw
Media category
- Cliff Webb
- Eric Sanford
- Tamotsu "Taki" Takiguchi
Category Pioneers
- Peter Brockhaus
- Michiel Bouwmeester
- Greg Johns
- The Swatek sisters
- Ernstfried Prade
- Beb Thijs
As part of Dèfi Wind 2024, there will be an admission ceremony for the new members on 9 May 2024.
How the "Windsurfing Hall of Fame" is elected
After an attempt was made in the early 2000s to establish a windsurfing hall of fame, the topic remained quiet for many years. Jonathan Weston started his project as a whimsical survey on Facebook. This developed into an ambitious project with the aim of honouring the people who have significantly influenced the sport.
The first approach was an open poll on the internet, but this resulted in a completely unknown Italian receiving more votes than Robby Naish. As a result, the group of eligible voters was limited, but more than 100 people are still involved in the selection process - including surf editors Andreas Erbe and Manuel Vogel. Weston is keen to keep the committee as diverse as possible, especially geographically.
The criteria for inclusion in the Windsurfing Hall of Fame are straightforward: candidates must be over 50 years old and at least 60% of the voting committee must vote for them.
On the website windsurfinghalloffame.com all members can be seen, the detailed biographies are constantly being expanded! In the Facebook group "Windsurfing Hall of Fame" candidates are regularly presented and exciting pictures from the archives are posted!
These are the members of the "Windsurfing Hall of Fame"
Class of 2021:
- Robby Naish
- Rhonda Smith-Sanchez
- Björn Dunkerbeck
- Matt Schweitzer
- Mark Angulo
- Jenna De Rosnay
- Fred Haywood
- Hoyle & Diane Schweitzer
- Ken Winner
- Mike Waltze
- Kelby Anno Bruno
- Larry Stanley
- Pascal Maka
- Jason Polakow
- Barbara Kendall
- Bruce Kendall
- Debbie Brown
- Pete Cabrinha
- Jim Drake
- Malte Simmer
- Britt Dunkerbeck
- Gary Eversole
- Stephen van den Berg
Class of 2022:
- Alex Aguera
- Nathalie LeLièvre
- Robert Teriitehau
- Arnaud de Rosnay
- Jürgen Hönscheid
- Jessica Crisp
- Dave Kalama
- Anders Bringdal
- Nancy Johnson
- Jill Boyer
- Annie Gardner
- Craig Maisonville
- Cort Larned
- Bruce Wylie
- Angela Cochran
- Mike "Thor" Hogan
Shapers, sailmakers and other innovators:
- Jimmy Lewis
- Peter Thommen
- Ed Angulo
- Craig Masonville
- Harold Iggy & Rick Naish
- Malte & Klaus Simmer
- Monty Spindler
- Barry Spanier & Geoff Bourne
- Dave Ezzy
- Pat Love & Larry Stanley
- Ken dress
- Mark Paul
- Nevin Sayre
- Lazare Boghossian
- Hugh England
Photographers, filmmakers and journalists:
- Steve Wilkings
- Darrel Wong
- Erik Aeder
- Jonathan Weston
- Sylvain Cazenave
- Angus Chater
- Warren Bolster
- Ulli Seer
- Robert Masters
- Yuri Farrant
- Dave Nash
- Torsten Schulze
- Drew Kampion
- Clay Feeter
- Hervé Hauss
- John Severson
- Bernard Biancotto
- Andreas Erbe
- John Chao
- Pietro Porcella
- John Carter
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Tobias Frauen
Editor
