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Staff Professional windsurfer and accountant Mariel Devesa secured sponsorship from her employer, accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, to compete at the Windsurfing World Championships in Australia in December 1997. According to Deloitte & Touch, the sponsorship is in keeping with the company's effort to attain a "work/life" balance for its employees.
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According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
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Microsoft In a major coup for a windsurfing sail maker, three of the four 1997 PWA world championship titles were earned using Gaastra sails as well as the production board championship.
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Laptop Computer We received some great response to the November/December 1997 issue's AWIA trade show stories. Readers were particularly interested in Wyoming Wear's SplashGear kayaking and windsurfing clothing (307-733-2889, fax: 307-733-2868); the Terra Sailor land sailor (541-386-4106, 604-896-1526, 808-573-4203); and the Orca Land Sailor (541-684-4413).
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Desktop Computer Tough-to-find ART sails - who's newest team rider, Rush Randal, is the new King of the Surf champion - will once again be available at your local shop or importer-direct through a new branch of the Canadian Fanatic importer, Wind Addiction. Word has it that ART is also coming out with an innovative, possibly even revolutionary, new no-cam slalom slalom sail. More details on that later.
Notebooks Rumor has it that the '98 Black Dog Windsurfing Pro-Am slated for May 14-17 in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts may draw World Cup sailor Jimmy Diaz as well as some other PWA sailors.
Lenovo In the December 1997 issue, the Web site address for travel company Excursions Extraordinaires was incorrectly listed. The correct address is www.eewindsurf.com.
Hard Drive Windsurfing Hawaii's Doug Brown and his wife, Bettina, are the proud parents of a new son, 8-pound, 5.7-ounce Torsten Joseph Brown, who was born December 17, 1997. And Jon and Adrienne Davies, also of W.H. fame, have a new daughter, 8-pound, 8-ounce Samantha Kellog Davies, who was born November 25, 1997.
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Laptop Parts Plans are under way for the first U.S. Windsurfing National Wave Sailing Championship Series. Sanctioned by U.S. Windsurfing, this series of three events will claim and give titles to the champs of the men's, women's and juniors divisions. It is intended to be an annual series.
Software Adam Locke, founder of the South Florida Boardsailing Association, was awarded the U.S. Windsurfing 1997 National Sportsmanship Award.
Hard Drives Jamie Douglas is U.S. Windsurfing's new Northeast regional director.
Electronics The August 10-14 Nike World Master Games in Portland, Oregon, are slated to include windsurfing at the Hood River Event Site in the Gorge. The games, which are held every four years and feature 25 sports, are expected to draw some 25,000 athletes. Nike is shooting for 200 windsurfers to take the challenge. For more info, check out their Web site at www.worldmasters.org.
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