Jürgen Hönscheid

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

• 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)