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- PWA World Cup Korea / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Korea! Delivering once again. It’s my 4th time to this beautiful country and this year it was the first slalom stop on the PWA World Tour. It can be an interesting event as not all of us (me not at all) have had th ..
- Severne Photoshoot – Gold Coast / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Most of you will know now that for 2013 I’ve switched from Point-7 sails to Severne. There’s a lot of factors behind the move. There’s some articles on the web and magazines about to hit in February whe ..
- WeAreNeverLeaving – Project / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Now seems like as good a time as ever to let everyone know what I’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks and why there hasn’t been as many posts on this site! With my partner in crime on the Pro Tour ..
- Starboard: AROUND LATVIA (Ep 3) / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)The third episode in the “Around” series I am filming for Star-Board, brings us to Latvia. Ricards Omanbriedis gives us a visual tour of this Baltic state in North Eastern Europe which is famous for its archi ..
- Starboard AROUND: GERMANY (Ep 4) / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)The fourth episode of the “Around” series I am filming for Star-Board leads us to Germany. Oliver-Tom Schliemann shows us around the island of Sylt, famous for its long sandy beach and amazing windsurfing con ..
- Singapore & Swedish House Mafia / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)It’s that time of year again. I’m getting in to the routine of heading to Singapore for the SIM Open / Asian Windsurfing Championships which took place once again on the beautiful East Coast from ConstantWind ..
- Severne Photoshoot – Gold Coast / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Most of you will know now that for 2013 I’ve switched from Point-7 sails to Severne. There’s a lot of factors behind the move. There’s some articles on the web and magazines about to hit in February whe ..
- Guitars, Guitars, Guitars. / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Not everyone will know this but I am pretty in to guitars and have played for about 15 years. I happen to also have 2 cousins who are quite talented musicians and play in some rock/contemporary/classical bands and ensemb ..
- Bacchus Pool in Brisbane / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Has taken Brisbane a while, but FINALLY some cool little hangouts are starting to pop up around the city much akin to what Sydney has to offer. On this particular Saturday I hit this new pool bar at Rydges Hotel at South ..
- F1 Grand Prix Singapore!!! / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Ahhhh, Singapore! One of my favourite cities in the world!! I flew down from Amsterdam for a fun week with an AMSLAM Windsurfing event taking place at Mana Mana right next to the most awesome seafood hawker centre on the ..
- PWA World Cup in Turkey / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)The 2012 Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup in Alacati, Turkey! You can’t miss this event; it’s for sure the most amazing stop on the tour. Super hot sun, crystal clear water, stonking winds and a really short an ..
- Starboard Around: Ep. 1 (Video Series) / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Over the next few months I am filming a series of videos for Starboard called ‘Starboard Around’. In Episode 1, we visit Lago di Garda in Italy, and Dream-Team pro rider Alberto Menegatti from Italy talks abo ..
- FW Worlds Daily Reports / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)You can read my Daily Reports from the 2012 Formula Windsurfing World Championships in Liepaja, Latvia right here. Check out the photos, reports and results and get involved by posting some comments or Tweeting using #FW ..
- Wakeboarding in Poland / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Thought I’d break up the 26 hour drive from Lake Garda to Liepaja, Latvia I’d made this week by stopping in Warsaw, Poland and smash out some wakeboarding with my good buddy Markus Bouman. Funnily enough, thi ..
- 2012 FW World Championships / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)FW Class Event Page Official Event Website Final Results (Coming Soon) ..
- MTB MADNESS. / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Decided to mix it up today and do something different. Being based on Lake Garda for the summer I’ve been watching the tourist traffic each day in Torbole, most of whom are here to ride some of the best MTB trails ..
- PWA World Cup – Fuerteventura / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Very interesting and different event on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands this year. Traditionally, we get the holwing 35-50 knot winds consistently through the event and tune-up our smallest rigs and boards but I neve ..
- Tourist Time: Lago di Garda / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Taking the girl around Lago di Garda, Italy while we’ve had a long week with not too much wind to test the small gear before the PWA World Cup in Fuerteventura coming up in 2 weeks. The pics are from the Varone Wat ..
- PWA World Cup – Costa Brava / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Well, that was an event I’d like to FORGET! Traditionally I’ve always skipped the Costa Brava PWA Slalom World Cup as it always seem to clash dates with other World Tour events in the Formula Windsurfing clas ..
- Sopot European Cup! / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Arriving in Amsterdam over the weekend; midweek I drove down to Warsaw in Poland (along the awesome new Polish highway from the Germany border to “almost” Warsaw) to catch up with Steve Allen and then travel together ..
- #TRAVEL HAZARDS VIDEO / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Getting used to these RIDICULOUS travel missions to keep your status on the Windsurfing Pro Tour. Just quickly wanted to break down one such ridic travel escapade I had to make this month. Just another day in the life of ..
- 2012 PWA World Cup Korea / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Wow, Korea was interesting this year. Was in the prizemoney last year with ZERO training and rubbish fins but this year, with winds from the opposite direction and very tricky wave conditions, it wasn’t really my e ..
- Get Fit. Get Windsurf Fit! / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Today I’ve launched my Fitness Training eBook Program for windsurfing! Over the past 12 months I’ve been working hard with my trainer Nic Pillonel from SuperFit Personal Training on a dedicated fitness progra ..
- Creek to Coast (Ch 7) Segment / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)I just finished shooting an episode of ‘Creek to Coast‘ in Australia last week, which went to air over the weekend on Channel 7 on Australian television; nation-wide. The full transcript from the episode is a ..
- Reach for the Lasers. / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Just did a cool shoot for Australian clothing label Aprils Chance. To quote their slogan, “when the reality of the everyday is all a dream… we are Aprils Chance”. Wearing the new ‘Voodoo Skulls ..
- Getting My Malaysia On! / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Just got back home after my first trip to Malaysia for the Penang International Regatta, which hosts this famous marathon on the Friday which I was told is even longer than the horrific Engadine Marathon in Silvaplana! W ..
- 2012 Downunder Pro = #WINNING / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)I’ve just got home from Hawks Nest, where we ran the 2012 Downunder Pro. I was on the organisation crew again and as you can imagine, tons of INSANELY late nights dealing with the horrific-slow internet speeds in H ..
- Singapore on Repeat! / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Just got back from another amazing trip to Singapore! The first time I was there to catch up with some buddies of mine but this time I was there to catch up with some buddies of mine AND compete at the 2012 Asian Windsur ..
- Asian FW Championship Reports / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)The 2012 Asian Windsurfing Championships (and Singapore Open) are about to kick off on Thursday here in warm and sunny Singapore. Get the live reports from me with all the inside action by clicking the picture above! ..
- Asian Windsurfing Championships / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)FW Class Event Page Official Event Website Results (coming soon) ..
- Sean Wins NSW FW States!! / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Literally JUST getting off the plane from Europe I arrived back home to Brisbane and jumped in the car to drive 11 hours to Sydney for my first formula contest of the summer; the 2011 NSW Formula State Championships. All ..
- DRIVE: MIAMI / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Quick video I shot on a trip to Miami, Florida last weekend. The whole video is shot on a tiny Nikon Coolpix P300 compact and completely handheld in the car whilst driving … suprisingly, the footage came up super c ..
- I’m in Miami B*TCH / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Wow. Miami. What a place. Took a quick flight in with my good mate Kurosh to compete at the 2011 IFCA North American Slalom Championships. Rented the most obscenely pimped Ford F150 truck I’ve ever driven. Windsurf ..
- Singapore Weeeeeeekend. / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)So I hadn’t seen my bestie Timmy in about 3 years so figured it was time to swing down to Singapore to catch up with him and also another good mate of ours who’s just got hitched and on his way back to Austra ..
- PWA World Cup, Sylt / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)So once again we hit Sylt, Germany for the biggest windsurfing event on the PWA World Tour calendar, the epic Reno Windsurf World Cup, and after 10 days of sitting around waiting for the wind we were sent home with NO VA ..
- Waterz Marathon in DK / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Today we just finished the Waterz Downwind Slalom Marathon race in Hvide Sande, Denmark. Waterz is a pretty massive watersports event with competitions for windsurfing, kitesurfing, SUP and cable-wakeboarding with the hi ..
- Somewhere in Checkers called Prague. / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)So after skipping the European Championships in Latvia due to an injury, I decided I needed some time out from windsurfing and some kind of European roadtrip. My good mate Andy was floating around Europe so I jetted him ..
- My Turkey ‘Sunkiss’ video! / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
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- PWA World Cup, Turkey / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)We just finished the 2011 Pegasus Airlines PWA World Cup in Alacati, Turkey. This was a super tough event with some uncharacteristically windy days in Turkey up to 35 knots. I didn’t have my small board with me at ..
- My First World Cup Final / Sean O Brien (AUS-120) /
Sean O Brien (AUS-120)Here you can watch the winner’s final of Round 9 where I placed 6th in my first World Cup slalom final. Hahahahaha, had a shocking start and was going so slow on 2m less sail than everyone but hey! 6th ain’t ..