Photo courtesy Martyn Willes

The Commodore’s Cup (5th - 6th December) at Caliraya Lake, Cavinti/Lumban, Laguna, is organised by the Philippine Windsurfing Association and brings the best windsurfing and kiteboarding practitioners from around the Philippines and across Asia together for the final event of the 2009 Philippine Windsurfing Series. The Commodore’s Cup event is open to all national and international windsurfing and kiteboarding enthusiasts.

The Commodore’s Cup is an annual event designed to close out the Philippine Windsurfing Series racing season, that this year started in Puerto Galera way back in February. At Caliraya Lake the 2009 Philippine windsurfing and kiteboarding champions will be crowned.

Photo by Jijo de Guzman - Caliraya Lake, Laguna province, “just past Pagsanhan Falls” was the venue last weekend for the last of five legs in the national windsurfing championship season of 2008. The Caliraya Lake Commodore’s Cup attracted both Filipino and international windsurfing participants; breezes of 25 to 30 knots across the lake ensured some fantastic competition and super-fast action.

The windsurfing season kicks off next year in Boracay. Between the 11th to 17th of January, 2009, you need to be at Bulabog Beach, Boracay Island, where the 21st International Fun Board Cup is almost guaranteed to surprise in the extreme. Concurrent with the windsurfing there is also a