the results are in from the from the recently completed formula world's in brazil:
Despite Antoine taking the world championship, he received plenty of challenges from fellow riders all hungry for the title and prize money. Of particular note were the challenges delivered by Brazilian Starboard riders Paulo dos Reis and Fabio Melo, strongly signaling the growing strength of Formula and windsurfing in the Brazil. Wilhelm Schurmann takes home the lightweight division's Formula World Champion title.
Starboard's Formula boards delivered an astounding 9 positions in the top 10 and 18 positions in the top 20, emphasising their superiority in design and speed. For the 2008 season, the Formula 162 will become the successor of the Formula 161. Based on the ISAF''s new competition rules where the design of the Formula 162 must remain the same for both the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
