weapon69

any idea how much professional female windsurfers get paid at competitions??

evo kid

im no expert but surely it would depend on how good she was

LG John

AJ wanted to go pro in her youth - I'll bring this thread to her attention in a few mins

Amanda-Jane

About 13 years ago I thought about turning pro. You don't get a salary as such, it just depends on your sponsors and how many events you win. Not too sure what the prize money is like these days but it is not a glamorous lifestyle.

Stick to modelling cos you might break a nail

AJ

weapon69

Cool:-) have u heard of Nick Baker? hes a pro w'surfer and he gets sh!tloads in sponsorship, just wondered if their was a 'salary' as such.

P1Fanatic

Women's windsurfing still has a lot of catching up to do with men's in terms of skill level so only the top women sailors get decent money whilst a lot of the lesser ranked males get better money simply from sponsorship deals. Unless of course they can make a brand name which is extremely hard in such a low spectator sport.

If ur any good then the first step is to move out of this country.

BTW what style do u do? free, wave, slalom, course????

Nik Baker has got where is through excelling at indoor (wasnt he world champion a few times???).

Si.

TopBanana

<ears ***** up>

Hey I started windsurfing last June! Great sport

weapon69

Windsurfing is a great sport! i am good friends with Nik Bakers mother:-) and him and his bro are both pro windurfers at one point nik was world no1 and anthony was world no2. good huh! i do freestyle.

P1Fanatic

I started off course racing. Used to live abroad in Cyprus which had great winds at the time. Won the '93 all island comp at 15 (in the mens 6.0 event) but then got bored and got into wave sailing. Had to move back to this country and had to give up as on students finances I couldnt afford the extorianite kits prices in this country and didnt have van to carry it all around in.

Still have my first wave board a 255 Bic Alto - tiny little thing.

Simon.

Pete Croney

I used to sail for Tushingham sails, Marlin wet suits and Sunshine (booms, masts, clothing). The deal was that they gave me about £10k of kit a year which I sold at the end of the year, raising about £6k. It was enough to pay for doing the events, but not a living. To earn a living, you really need to be doing the World Cup and doing it well.

Sponsors at all levels expect you to get good press coverage and obviously results.

Weapon69 give my regards to Nic. Do you also know Gazza Mason and the Shoreham crowd? Coincidentally, Jamie Hawkins is a Scooby owner and is often in here. Saw him on Friday.

Brit Dunkerbeck used to earn a good living from it, but brother Bjorn was on serious money in his day.

P1Fanatic

Bjorn never had the same sponsorship appeal as Robby though - that man is a legend - not only in windsurfing. Who else do you know who would drive a custom made porsche with roof racks for his boards???

beemerboy

I think a good pro can earn about £100 a time.

They do down Kings Cross, anyway.

BB

weapon69

well beemerboy,you'd know all about street corners.