Jürgen Hönscheid (born 1954, in Sylt) is a German windsurfer. He became the vice world champion in tandem windsurfing in 1974, setting a land speed record in 1981; was a founding member of the Professional Windsurfers Association in 1982, and has authored several books on the subject including Heavy weather windsurfing : on funboards and sinkers (1984), Brandungssurfen (1985), and Mein Arbeitgeber ist der Wind 50 Jahre Surf- und Windsurfgeschichte(n) (2008).[1][2][3][4]

Jürgen Hönscheid and his wife Ute in 2009
Hönscheid riding a wave in Hawaii on a standup paddleboard in 2012
Waveriding in Fuerteventura in 2004

Literary works

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  • Hönscheid, Jürgen; Winner, Ken (1984). Starkwind Windsurfen mit Funboards u. Sinker (in German). München. ISBN 3-570-02018-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Heavy weather windsurfing : on funboards and sinkers. London: Stanford Maritime. 1984. ISBN 0-540-07285-0.
  • Hönscheid, Jürgen; Zotschew, Stefan (1981). Brandungssurfen (in German). Bielefeld. ISBN 3-7688-0345-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Hönscheid, Jürgen (2008). Mein Arbeitgeber ist der Wind 50 Jahre Surf- und Windsurfgeschichte(n) (in German) (1. Aufl ed.). Kiel. ISBN 978-3-00-025708-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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  1. ^ "Fuerte Islander: Jürgen Hönscheid". free-magazin.de (in German). Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Jürgen Hönscheid: Windsurfing 1982". www.windsurfers.de (in German). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. ^ Tillmanns, Jürgen Schall, Christian (13 January 2020). "Jürgen Hönscheid: Northshore Geschäftsübergabe". dailydose.de (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Jürgen Hönscheid - Buch". www.dailydose.de. Retrieved 13 December 2022.