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Wilhelm Schurmann
BRA 999
photos by namaxa.com
I guess I had a pretty different child hood, sa I
was brought up on a sailing boat. I lived on a
boat with my parents from when I was 7 to 17, we
sailed around the world visiting lots of cool
places and meeting very interesting people.
 When
we where in Martinique (I was 10 at the time) I
started windsurfing with my brother david. As we
lived on a boat we studied by correspondence
school and we would try to study at night to sail
during the day. In Tahiti (89) I got my first
short board and wanted to race proffesionaly since
I was 13. In 94 when we returned from our trip
around the world, I started to do events in Brazil
and around the Carabian, like Margarita, Aruba and
Cabarete.
 In
97 I started to compete professionally and have
been doing since then. I live now in Ibiraquera in
the south of Brazil which is the best wave sailing
spot Brazil has to offer, the parties (girls in
special) are great and you can do a variety of
sports such as kite, formula, biking, wave sailing,
surfing.
In my pass time I enjoy doing all kind of things
specially close up card magic. If you want to
check out our trip around the world our web site
is www.schurmann.com.br
We have some really great windsurfing competitions
in Brazil and some of the spots are unbelievable,
our coats is huge and in the north you get
constant trade winds and warm waters, while in the
south the winds are not so constant as they are
the results of low pressure, but the waves are
better.
My current sponsors are Mitsubishi Motors, Swatch,
and with Neil pryde sails, starboar and Oxbow.
The racing in Brasil is getting bigger with
formula and last year at the nationals we had more
than 60 sailors. Thank you formula.
Um grande abraço,
Wilhelm Schurmann
BRA 999
21st June '02
Fonte: Formula Windsurfing Class
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