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how Kazuma shaped my custom surfboard part 2

Fetched: October 15th, 2008, 6:58pm CEST by cammar

Here we go, part two of the collection of little videos with Matt Kazuma Kinoshita.

Yesterday (monday) I took the board out at Lowers (first time there on a 6.10).
I was impressed by the fact that catching waves wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but after the first two waves I commented with Michelle that I didn't quite find the sweet spot for the turns yet.

Then I caught a couple more and she saw both, one from the back and one from the front while she was paddling out. I ripped both of them apart (oh come on, let me exaggerate) and she went:"GP, what the hell were you talking about?"
"Well, I guess I must have found the spot!"

Pretty stoked, but it is so much more work. In two hours I caught something like 6 good waves. With the longboard I would have probably caught three times as many. And I was exhausted.
Getting into short board surfing at age 45 is probably going to be one of the most radical things I ever did...

In the afternoon I tested a few standup boards (for the Windsurfing magazine) and that made it for quite an intense day.

Nothing compared to today though, that was absolutely epic wave sailing. Too tired to report about it. Come back tomorrow.

The Official Ezzy Sails Blog

Busted…

Posted: October 15th, 2008, 6:48pm CEST by Tim

from John Drab….gotta love this.

“try to sneak off the the point for a quickie and it ends up in the paper…”

The Official Ezzy Blog

Busted…

Posted: October 15th, 2008, 6:48pm CEST by Tim

from John Drab….gotta love this.

“try to sneak off the the point for a quickie and it ends up in the paper…”

琵琶湖ＦＲＥＥＲＩＤＥＷＥＢ ( WINDSURF & MTB )　ｆｒｏｍ　ＬＡＫＥ　ＢＩＷＡ　ＪＡＰＡＮ

QUIVER PLAN GENERATOR

Posted: October 15th, 2008, 3:37pm CEST by biwako_freeride

http://www.gunsails.co.uk/en/quiverplan.htm

Road Trip '08

One happy sailor... and the longest swim..

Posted: October 15th, 2008, 9:09am CEST

The solid NW swell is still hitting Maui's North Shore, and this morning we awoke to more waves, but very light winds. Passing on the SUP sesh to get some cleaning done around the house, before heading over to Kanaha for Chris' last sesh of the trip - with winds hover around 5 knots at shore and 10 outside the reef, we headed out on longboards with 5-meter sails.

The waves were still huge - as big as the whopper I caught SUPping yesterday. I grabbed a couple then headed in to check on Chris. We headed out Upper Kanaha's 2nd (or 3rd?) reef, where two more shortboard sailors had slogged out. One guy was on an older starboard, and what looked like a 5.8 or 6.0 meter sail. This guy was STOKED. I caught a good look at him coming down the line as I was going out, and he was hootin' and hollerin. We even ended up once on the same wave, and he gave me plenty of room, and was smilin' all the time.

After catching a few more rides, we ended up on the same wave again - we had both gone for what looked to be the set wave. Not wanting to ruin his ride, I jibed over the shoulder - and found myself staring into a wall of blue. I threw the mast down, tried to the sink tip down as far as I could - but there was no chance. The gear ripped out of my hands, I felt my back hit reef - not to hard - just enough to know it was there - and it felt like an eternity before I made it back up for air.

When I did come up, my gear was - amazingly - about five feet away - but I could already tell the mast was broken, about halfway down. Now, if the sail had been torn, I would have just tried to sail it in. But the sail had miraculously survived with no damage, and sailing it in would have almost guaranteed tearing the sleeve, so I de-rigged, figuring my buddy on the longboard would soon be out to lend a hand.

This turned out to be a decision I would (slightly) regret. With the swell, Chris was searching for me with his binoculars, but didn't see me broken down. The wind had picked up, blowing me downwind, through Lowers, all the way to Kite Beach. A big shout-out to Juan from Hot Sails who was the only sailor or kiter to offer me a tow in. His 69-liter board wasn't too hot for it though, so after we accidentally separated I told him to go back in and play with the waves. I was pretty beat by the time I made it back to shore - just in time to get Chris, Heather, and their 7-month-old daughter Myla off to the airport to catch their flight to LA layover, before they carry on to London, then Newcastle.

I wanted to find that other sailor that was sailing Uppers with us... he sure got me stoked.

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Dare We To Dream...of a Windy Saturday?

Fetched: October 15th, 2008, 5:40am CEST by Michael

Thus says Long Island's Coastal Marine Fantasy: Sat N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.Let it be so.

Epic Sessions

Maui Board test : Day 11

Posted: October 15th, 2008, 12:21am CEST

Good swell plus no wind equals afternoon SUP session. The first killer ride was Heather - I was further out and didn't see it, but I HEARD it. I think she was screaming in delight all the way. I got worked a few times - once with Chris and once with Josh with an overhead set that really threw us around.

Then I caught a nice wave - not the biggest, but a really nice high high wave that turned east as it edged the channel and really gave a nice ride.

The ride of the day goes to Josh. Check out his post on his blog. I think he's gonna smile about that drop for days.

I headed out Monday night on the 7pm flight back to the mainland with a quick stop in Kona where I think we picked up about 40 of the competitors for the Ironman competition.

Another amazing Maui trip in the can.

Aloha!

20nudos - Windsurf

Tricktionary II - La biblia suprema del windsurf - por Cesar el 14.10.2008 @ 09:13

Fetched: October 14th, 2008, 11:28pm CEST

Hace unas semanas Michael Rossmeier, co-autor junto a Sandra Schennach del nuevo Tricktionary II, me envió un ejemplar para que lo comentará en la web (muchas gracias Rossi). Aunque todavía no lo he leido por completo (me entretengo releyendo algunas maniobras varias veces) creo que puedo comentarlo e intentaré que sea de la forma mas objetiva posible:El libro está editado de forma impecable, con tapas duras que le dan consistencia (podrás guardarlo en tu biblioteca particular) y con un tamaño que recuerdan las revistas de windsurf que todos conocemos, tanto nacionales como extranjeras.El contenido del libro es muy extenso, dedicando una gran cantidad de páginas a las maniobras de freestyle y de olas, sin olvidar las mas básicas para los principiantes, lo que le hace bien merecedor del sobrenombre "la biblia suprema del windsurf". Podemos encontrar un extenso glosario de términos utilizados en el windsurf, mayoritariamente en inglés, aunque algunos puedan ser traducidos, además de la descripción de los diferentees estilos o modalidades de nuestro deporte, la variedad de clases de tablas y velas que podemos encontrar y algunos buenos consejos para los que quieran iniciarse en la competición.La detallada descripción de las maniobras es inmejorable, siendo comentadas paso a paso y documentadas gráficamente por las secuencias de fotos superpuestas que nos ayuda a visualizar los movimientos y la técnica empleada en cada momento para conseguir completar cada maniobra con éxito; como complemento aparecen los errores mas comunes y el grado de dificultad al que nos enfrentamos en cada maniobra.Todas las maniobras fotografiadas son ejecutadas por el propio Michael Rossmeier o alguno de los windsurfistas invitados, como Remko de Weerd, Andre Paskowski o Víctor Fernández, entre otros.Por cierto, la traducción española ha sido realizada por la canaria Nayra Alonso.Aquí os dejo con un video presentación del libro. var so = new SWFObject("http://tricktionary.net/plugins/content/moseasymedia/players/flvplayer.swf","ocsJWFLVPlayer350189870","480","270","7"); so.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); so.addParam("shuffle","false"); so.addParam("wmode","window"); so.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); so.addVariable("width","480"); so.addVariable("height","270"); so.addVariable("displayheight","300"); so.addVariable("overstretch","none"); so.addVariable("shownavigation","true"); so.addVariable("autostart","false"); so.addVariable("volume","80"); so.addVariable("repeat","list"); so.addVariable("backcolor","0xFFFFFF"); so.addVariable("frontcolor","0x000000"); so.addVariable("largecontrols","false"); so.addVariable("image","http://www.tricktionary.net/images/stories/videos/promotrailerimg.png"); so.addVariable("wmode","window"); so.addVariable("shuffle","false"); so.addVariable("file","http://www.tricktionary.net/images/stories/videos/Trailer_TR2.flv"); so.write("moseasymediaJWFLVPlayerocsJWFLVPlayer350189870");&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt; Como complemento al libro está previsto que aparezca en breve el "Tricktionary DVD". Según comentan los autores, aunque son dos productos totalmente independientes, están realizados pensando en complementarse mutuamente.Podeis encontrar mas información sobre el libro y el DVD en su web www.tricktionary.net donde también podeis adquirirlo; su precio, 34,90€ + 8€ de gastos de envio, creo que es muy ajustado.Personalmente lo considero una muy buena inversión, más ahora que se acercan fechas señaladas para hacer algún regalo o, ¿por que no?, autoregalárselo.Altamente recomendable

Andy Radley IR212

Merry Christmas - Time for the presents!

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 11:03pm CEST

Dear Santa.

Thanks for the new Neil Pryde Fire Fly 6.1 that i got today to replace my Expression 6.1. Great looking sail and im told that its super to sail. Cant wait! Think il be going for a light wind session tomorrow. I also ordered an Jp Australlia 84L twinser wave board. Should have it in a couple of weeks. Yes I was a good boy all year and deserve these new toys.

p.s Sorry about the vid not working at the moment. Somthing got to do with you tube, Blogger or the matrix imploding!

TEAMVOSA

14.10.08 Vääna,Fanatic Freewave 88;Simmer XD 5,4m2

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 7:29pm CEST

On-shore! Laine väike,kuid nikerdatus sai.Mõni forward kah vahele.KUidagi väga easy-päev.Kokku 2,5h. Ilus ja soe ilm.Vist viimane päev,sel aastal,kus veel palja pea sõita sai?.

20nudos - Windsurf

V Begur Freewave X Fun - por 20nudos el 14.10.2008 @ 08:47

Fetched: October 14th, 2008, 5:03pm CEST

La tradicional prueba de funboard del Empordá, la Begur Free Wave X Fun organizada por la Surfera Gironina está esperando las mejores condiciones pera convocar la regata. Del 27 de septiembre hasta el 2 de noviembre el nuevo formato de convocatoria de regata llega a Windsurfcat. Una regata combinada entre tres clubes de la FCV, durante cinco fines de semana. En función de las condiciones de viento y de olas la prueba se convocará en uno de los clubes implicados. Os esperamos en la Playa del Racó de Begur el fin de semana de la regata.Esta regata se encuentra incluida en el Circuito Catalán de Funboard 2008.Próxima fecha prevista: 25 de octubre

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

Everyday is a good day in Jeri

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 4:20pm CEST by admin

Always beautiful

and always learning new things.
Exposure

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 4:18pm CEST by admin

PWA NEWS - Butterfly Effect

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Lovin’ the lycras!

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 4:17pm CEST by admin

MauiSails News

10.14 | MauiSails riders taking top spots in Holland

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 11:37am CEST

Very good news for Maui Sails in Holland National Championship freestyle.

deepfried.tv - Windsurfing news, articles, videos and more.

Auckland windsurf DVD night

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 11:18am CEST

Tabou and Gaastra presents the Auckland windsurf DVD night

Road Trip '08

Scared Sh!tless

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 10:33am CEST

I caught the biggest wave of my life today SUPing. It was, wholly and completely, unintentional.

We headed to Kanaha hoping to sail in the fairly decent sized NW swell - it was easily mast-high on Sunday afternoon when Chris caught his first *real* windsurfing wave - we shared a mast-high macker, me just downwind of him, getting a few turns...

Anyhoo, paddled out - there were a few surfers at lowers, nobody at uppers. Being fairly novice SUP'ers, we headed for the edge of the channel where there some really nasty waves breaking - steep and pitchy. Most of the other SUP'ers knew enough to stay out of there - but we knew enough to know that we weren't good enough to get everyone else's way ;-).

So after getting working and worked and missing waves and falling off, we were pretty beat, and were thinking of going in. Chris caught a wave, and happened to lose his paddle - I could see it, so I started paddling towards it to grab it and bring it to him.... as i paddled toward it, I saw a wave coming.

I kept paddling for the paddle.

I got closer.

The wave was getting bigger.

I was twenty feet away from the paddle.

The wave was head-high.

I was ten feet away from the paddle.

"F*$K THE PADDLE" I screamed to Chris.

The wave was probably now head and a half, and not breaking. I paddled like my life depended on it. Somehow, I managed to switch my feet from parallel to perpendicular. I dug one more time. The wave welled up under the board, and took me all the way up the peak - I could feel it getting ready to break - then I pushed the nose straight down the face - kind of like dipping my toes in the water. Chris was right in the way (I have corroboration!) - and confirmed the look I felt on my face - I was scared shitless. He swears to god that 12 foot board was nearly completely vertical when I went screaming down the face, well out into the flats, as the wave caught up behind me and I rode the white water gasping for air and screaming my head off. It wasn't a ride, just a drop, but, holy crap, it was easily the scariest drop-in of my life.

Windsurfing, surfing, paddling, kiting...

waves make it all the better.

Bill's OBX Beach Life

The Beast of the East Wave FaceOff - You Vote!

Fetched: October 14th, 2008, 8:37am CEST by Bill

Well, lack of solid wind kept the contest from its intended glory this past weekend; however we had 5 participants to battle it out on the beach near the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum at the Hatteras ferry docks. Winds were light in the mid-upper teens/low twenties from the NE. A decent swell produced some fun set waves, though the tide was not on our side. No matter though, we had sailors ready to hit it and photographers shooting!

The judging is up to you the visitor. Below are slide shots of the top picks from the five competitors. Each competitor chose his favorite 10 shots from a collection of over 800 photos shot during the session! Thanks to Dale B and Jim M for capturing the action! Vote for the your top rider choice using Bill's OBX Poll (left column) from the galleries below to name the 2008 Beast of the East Wave FaceOff champ. The voting window will last for one week and results will be posted online following the voting window. Good luck to the participants!

Competitor 1: Caleb Jacobs
Waves, NC

Competitor 2: Andy McKinney
Avon, NC

Competitor 3: George Markopoulos
Savage, MD

Competitor 4: Bill Bell
Nags Head, NC

Competitor 5: Keith McCulloch
Avon, NC

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Freestyle Video "Stacked "...They Keep Getting Better

Fetched: October 14th, 2008, 8:37am CEST by Michael

A windsurfer sails along. Smooth as silk, he ducks the sail into the wind and brings it back up, so he's now planing backwinded, calm, cool and collected. Then he throws a loop.Whatever the name of this move is, whatever...

Ke Nalu

Battle of the Paddle–Lots of Pictures

Fetched: October 14th, 2008, 8:37am CEST

...The beach break behind me looked about head high. I thought "oh great, I'm going to finish the race by getting worked in front of 500 spectators" but I managed to catch it before it crumbled and got out in front of the whitewater. I beached the board at full ...

maui surf/windsurf forecast

NNW swell

Fetched: October 14th, 2008, 8:36am CEST by cammar

The highly hyped NNW swell arrived and Hookipa went off. Choppy conditions due to a very high tide and a mix of windswell. A hundred people out, way too crowded.

Despite the fact that the session was clearly (IMO) dominated by Levi Siver, the best photo of the day goes to guy on a Smack (is it english Phil?).
As Ray suggested (check his photo reportage from the north shore of Oahu), I changed spot and took this one from the beach. Nice angle, but way too many good photos ruined by the other sailors in the way. I went back to my usual spot on the cliff...

Here's a start of a Kai Lenny mini sequence: a push loop.

Unfortunately he breaks the tip of his mast in the process and heads back to shore. He is a bit too downwind, so he tacks and heads out again. He gets a gust, sees a set and...

Throws a big "broken-mast-ditch-mid-air backloop". Click on the photo to appreciate it better.

Here's how his gear looked after that. Forget about sailing back upwind like that, he heads towards that little bay just downwind of the rocks...

Not before having caught another one. If you click on the photo, you can see that he's totally laughing...

A huge backloop by Andres Martinez. I always sit on the same spot on the cliff, so when a sailor reaches the horizon line it means it's a really high jump.

Jason Prior always has peculiar outfits.

Levi.

Pato.

Yoshi hits the water to dominate (and create) the over 60 category... good job!

Francisco Goya mid wave 360.

Patrick Bergeron in a way too busy photo.

What was I stalking about?

Keith.

Levi.

Unkown sailor on a new Goya sail. Interesting talk by designer Jason Diffin about sail stretch control on the Windsurfing mag main page.

My sessions report.

I went out at Hookipa around 1 when the crowd was still acceptable, but soon it became clear that there wasn't enough room for everybody.
Then I moved to Lanes, but it was as choppy as it gets. So decided to save my energy for the evening sesh. I love when I do the right thing...

I caught my last wave at 6.50, after having sailed the last 20 minutes completely alone in the light of a beautiful full moon.
Wave sailing in the dark is a trip. Here in Maui the moon rises upwind (east), so when you go down the line (west) you don't really see the wave. You got to go by feel.
It's a bit scary, since you don't even know exactly how big is the wave you're on and what kind of section you have in front of you.

Nonetheless, I was so lucky to even stick an aerial. I felt the wave becoming steep under my rail, I pictured that there was a lip right downwind of me and I went for it. And I can't even do aerials with the sun light!!! Maybe I should close my eyes every time I'm on a wave... nah, the other sailors wouldn't like that.

Guess, what... that wasn't even the highlight of my session!
In fact, I managed to do a manouvre that I always dreamed of when I first saw Robby Naish and Sean Ordonez doing it years ago. I don't know if there's a name for it.
You're heading out, you see a wave, you jibe on it but don't flip the sail and ride it like that going upwind, backwinded and with the feet still in the footstraps of the old side.
I did it on the first wave of my second session and it felt terrifically good. And then I did it again.

I'm overly stoked.

Forecast.

As you can see, the swell peaked already, but now there's another component of 10 seconds period.

That'll make it more consistent, but less clean/organized and with occasional big sets (when the two components will overlap on the reef).
Windwise, the weather map doesn't look as bad as forecasted. Considering the variety and richness of my light wind quiver (a couple of sailing SUPs, The Experiment and a few over 80 wave boards), I may end up rigging a sail today too... but right now is glassy, I'm going surfing!

PS. I predict a period of prolific blogging. If you enjoy this blog, please do me a little favor to reward me for the huge amount of time and passion that I put into it: forward its address to all your friends that may like it. Thanks!
great party + new blog sponsor + swell on the rise

Fetched: October 14th, 2008, 8:36am CEST by cammar

Thanks a lot to the guys at FWD hawaii for throwing a great party at their shop in Haiku.
Rather successfull I'd say and a lot of fun (with a remarkably high pussy factor).

I'd like to welcome a new blog sponsor: Muai Ultrafins (see the banner on the right). Thank you guys for believing in the potential of this website.
Blog readers, please make sure to let them know you got the link from this blog if you end up getting in touch with them.

Here's the latest blog monthly stats that show the exposure ads get.

Advertising on this blog is still damn cheap: I'm running a limited time special for fifty bucks a month!!! Take advantage before the prices will go skyrocketing...

OK, enough of that crap.
The NW buoy has just (Sunday morning) started to register a few readings at 16 seconds from straight north. The size is still small (3 feet), but the steepness of the Surfline graph is promising. I believe we'll have waves by the late afternoon and tomorrow is going to be pretty damn big with light offshore winds... killer surfing ahead!

Lost In Hatteras

Comp's complete, and some cool videos to check out!!

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 5:00am CEST

***UPDATE: The Polls are up and running, at obxbeachlife.blogspot.com. Check out the slideshows here, and cast your vote for the Wave Sailing Champion!!

Many apologies for the lack of posting!! I assure you, all is well on the Hatteras Front...

We just finished up a windy weekend, with a few days of decent NE wind. I snuck out of work Sunday afternoon, attended a wedding (Congrats to Alice and Art!!!)(had a few Coronas and some cake), and then shot straight down to the Ferry Docks, where we were holding the Hatteras Wave Fest competition. I was a bit late, and everyone was getting off the water just as I showed up. The tide was definitely getting a bit high, and the wind a bit fluky, but I was able to sneak out past the shorebreak and catch a few waves, so all's good.

Dale came out and snapped off about a million pics of the action, and I guess we're going to leave the competition judging in your hands! Keep an eye on Bill's Site, as I think he's compiling slideshows of each of the attending contestants, and then y'all can vote on who you think should win, based on the pictures! If you vote for me, I'll split my winnings of the cash purse with you. I promise : ) Hmm, kind of like tax cuts?

In the meantime, check out these two short videos I came across. The production levels are getting WAY stepped up. Pretty cool stuff, if you ask me or the Peconic Puffin. Enjoy! By the way, if you click the rectangular button to the left of the "HQ" it'll play full screen....

Y_m_106mo
Uploaded by victim-image-production

Vincent_trailer
Uploaded by victim-image-production

Epic Sessions

Shopaholic

Posted: October 14th, 2008, 12:01am CEST

Windsurfers are like moths to a flame when it comes to checking out the shops on the island. This trip there were two standouts. The first was the expanded Neil Pryde Maui shop. Kevin and the crew blew out a wall and the shop, which was already a large one, is now at least 40% larger. Hella selection of gear - and lots of bikinis for the women. So, its all good. ;-)

On the top of my list, the Goya/Quatro shop is a little bit off the beaten path, but well worth the trip. Easily one of the coolest shops I've even been in, only made better by the guys working the biz. Keith has a new shaping room with a glass wall into the shop so you can watch him in action.

Head into the loft and you'll catch Jason working on some new engines.

Or play some foosball.

As a bonus, the Dakine factory store is next door, so bring your plastic 'cause there's a ton of stuff you'll suddenly decide you NEED to have.

And if they're throwing a party - its a must attend event. No excuses.
Sardines

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 11:20pm CEST

Remember the post a few days back about how do you get 11 boards to a dive boat offshore? Well, there's the other issue of getting the team out to the boat as well. Even little Myla made the trip with us.

TEAMVOSA

11.10.08 Ristna,FanaticFreewave 88,Severne Blade 4,7m2. 12.10.08 Vääna,FanaticFreewave 88,SimmerStyle XD 5,4m2

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 8:08pm CEST

Laupäeva hommikul 6.30 praamil,pea nagu kapsas.Margusega sai eelmine õhtu kuidagi jäigalt kokkulepitud,et lähme varasega,sest puhub ennelõunat ja lainet lubas kah just päeva esipoolele.Tahtsime varakult ära teha ja varakult koju jõuda,et järgmine päev Väänas täiega hullada.Ristnasse saabudes avanes suht tagasihoidlik pilt,kuid tuult oli peris parajalt ja seega kaua ei munenud.10.00 kobisime sisse ja lainet sai sõita põhjalahe vasakpoolsel küljel,hüpata ja karata kah.Üks "killer" läks liiga kõrgelt ja tulemuseks jube valus maandumine flätti,mis pani huugama põlveliigesed(mis mul niigi vigased) terveks päevaks,...imekombel jäi kama terveks!? Sahistasin siis aralt edasi,kuni kella 14.00ni,siis hakkas tuuleke hääbuma ja laine polnud enam endine.Suht täpne arvestus siis meie poolt,oligi paras aeg kokku tõmmata ja Marguski ronis peagi välja,rahustades end ,et varahommikune tõusmine polnud asjata.Mnjah,kuid midagi jäi nagu puudu...,kogu aeg viimasel ajal ma ei leia endas rahulolu,ei oma sõiduoskustes ega koha valikutes.Vaatan ka neid teiste sõidupilte ja hetki,mõtlen:küll sõidavad vägevalt! Aga mis siis ise...? Kas tõesti väsimus kallal? Millest,polegi ju nagu millest?!Unistad aga mingist imepäevast,kus paned täiega ja vabalt, mida aga ise tahad! "...ah,ära ohi,osta vildid!":öeldakse selle peale!
Järgmine päev,st.pühapäeval Olimegi Marguskaga jälle Väänas,ilm ilus,päiksepaisteline,ja juuube rahvarohke,kuid tuuleke lahjake,nii umbes 5-sele,laine kah vastav,oli ...ja nagu ka polnud.Otsustasin ikka vette minna ja vaadata äkki leian selle,mis Ristnas puudu jäi.Paar fronti algul,kuid sain kohe aru,et jällegi neid siin hüpata ei saa nagu Ristnas,kurss side-on,pigem on-shore,ja killer ei toimi.Samas olen ju hüpanud on-shorega,kõik on ilus ja lihtne olnud.? Tõmban siis üle õla,aga...no ei tõmba,raisk!ikka killer, madal ja kole ja valus,türamaeivõi!,ja nii terve see aeg,kuni ma lõpuks selle purjeliistu pooleks sain. Mõtlesin:"Paras,tola!mine koju ja vaata korralikult ,kuidas onshore`ga loopi pannakse." Ühesõnaga,midagi minus lekib!? Kuid kõik läheb üle,isegi majanduskriis läheb üle ja hakkab parem,...vot küll näed!
Ristna 5.oktoober II osa

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 5:31pm CEST

KOHE KOHE....

Live to Sail

Hatteras Wave Challenge-The Main Event

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 3:59pm CEST

We ran the Hatteras Wave Fest Wave Challenge Sunday. Wind was light, current was strong, and the shore break had to be be dealt with as we launched on the less than ideal tide. But all that being said, the waves had some size, some were well overhead. I had a blast participating in my first ever wave competition. My skill didn't even come close to matching up with the rest of the sailors that competed, but I learned alot, and I can't wait for next years event!

The winner of the wave contest is going to be determined by you, the reader. Each competitor chose his favorite 10 shots from a collection of over 800 photos shot during the session! Thanks to Dale B and Jim M for capturing the action! Vote for the your top rider choice going to obxbeachlife.blogspot.com and using Bill's OBX Poll (left column) to make your choice for the 2008 Beast of the East Wave FaceOff champ!

In the mean time, here are a few more shots:

It was pretty challenging getting out. Strong current and flukey winds made timing your launch critical

Bill Bell

Andy McKinney

Andy kicks out after his ride and.....

....sails away clew first over...

....some darn big white water. The really good sailors make the most diffcult moves look so easy. I can tell you sailing clew first over white water that size takes a LOT of skill and a TON of confidence.

Keith McCulloch on a nice one

Nice Hit!

Caleb Jacobs heads out

Nice hit!

Caleb in a cool sequence

Caleb takes flight behind Keith

Beautiful Light

I'm working thru the helmet cam video and hope to put that up later tomorrow so check back!

Insane Hatteras forecast for this coming weekend! I'm cleared to come on back down.
I hear The Boiler is good on a northwest and I'm looking forward to sailing there.
I've never been more fired up! I can't wait!

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Life is great

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 3:25pm CEST

Well since the world tour finished up, I have been on Holiday. One week of pure fun, hanging out in California. I got to hang out with my brother and my grandparents a bit and we just tore up the dirtbike tracks. We went looking for some wind but...

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12. Oktoober Vääna 5,3 Manic+ Allwave 85L

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 2:29pm CEST

Kuna ma enam Tige ähvardusel siin kütusekaartide ja tikkude juttu rääkida ei või, siis oli hea Vääna..... Tegelt ka. Päike, tuul mingid lained... onshore. Kuna Anar jäi ööseks meile peale eilset Ristnat ja soetatud rummist jäi väsimuse tõttu pea kõik alles olime täitsa vormis. 11 millegagi vette. Algul oli vähe siis tõstis. Kokku 4,5 tundi käed puru, kints sinine kõik liigesed tuld löömas. Ja siis jällegi ainult bäkki. 2 teooriat. 2 lainesuurust. 2 Teooria suurest lainest on ikka eriti magus kui välja tuleb. Kui jääb puudu, siis ongi õhtuks reis sinine
Kokkuvõttes oli väga mõnus olenemata täiesti p...ses kursist. Ja eelmine päevik sai nii bensiinihõngune ilmselt eelnenud mega-Ristnale.
11. Oktoober Ristna 4,7 Manic + Fanatic Allwave 85

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 2:22pm CEST

Praamisabas ootas Anar ja andis oma autokoha meile...oma asjade vedamise eest. Piletikontrollija paljastas oma ainukese esihamba...naeratas ja ütles "Õnnezzeened" Algul ma ei mõistnud mis ta mõtles, kuid laeva sisenedes sain aru - me olime viimane auto mis peale sai...järgmine praam 14:30 (meie 10:30 sele).... Ristna nagu Ristna ikka. nagu Dejavu. See kõik on olnud.... tekkis mõte peas. Kurss 250. Ehk suht sideon. Natuke veivi, enamus bäkikargamine. Kuna mingi nädal tagasi sain aru et on kaks täiesti erinevat bäkki ja täiesti erinevat tehnikat siis juurutasin neid. Ahja. Kui 5,3 lt 4,7 le rigamas käisin, siis esimene triip välja oli nee lux, et esimesest lainest lasin kohe bäki püsti...tekkis hasart et palju ühe halsiga saaks. Siiis tuli järgmine laine...jälle tehtud... hasart tõusis... sain kiirelt hoo ülesse ja juba parema rambi... ja nii see tuli kolm bäkki ühe halsiga. (peale seda oli vast mingi 20 min pausi järgmiseni

Chris Murray K202

tiree first round

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 1:47pm CEST

had good session at balla loving today first single elimination i was knocked out as could not get set waves but still a double to get back up score board here a Crash pic not looking smooth oo well

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The Real Trip- Dutch edition

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 11:06am CEST

With Saturday's forecast looking promising, and the allure of several heats of downwind slalom in the north of Holland, I made the trip up from Amsterdam to Makkum for the REAL TRIP.
Ill give you this, the dutch know how to throw a windsurfing event.
Nearly 150 competitors for a massive weekend billed for its party and great windsurfing.
The fleet was dived up into 5 randomly generated heats so that you always had juniors, hybrids, race boards and slalom boards in each start. The vintage gear was in full effect with several vanderberg long boards and other centerboard hulls on the course. The juniors were mostly on the BIC one design and the rest of the fleet on medium and larger slalom gear.
Only 2 rules: your board must be under 85 cm wide and 9.9 is the max sail area.

Thanks to Jan deJong for the photos.

As the first heat started, the wind was in full effect in the mid teens.
I had my F2 sx 105 l board on the beach with a 7.3 north warp ready to go.
But with reports of the forecast diminishing later in the day, it was time for a quick change of plan.
Time to rig the 9.0 warp and large 125 l slalom board.
With just a minute or 2 to spare, I made it upwind to the start for the start of heat 4.
It was shallow enough that you could water start with under a minute before the start.
I was the most windward board on the line and got off to a nice pumping start while most of the fleet sat parked on the line. Adrien got off well below me on the middle of the line and led around the course but he ended up sailing in the wrong heat so I took the bullet.
As we waited for the next round to be run- the wind really lightened up with a few puffs in the low teens.
I headed out early before my start to make sure I had enough time to shlog upwind with a 42 cm fin! For the most part- nobody got planning off the start. The hybrid boards and long boards all had superiour speed in the shlogging conditions but some resourceful pumping technique allowed me to pass 2 boards to finish 5th in the heat.
After that we were on postponement for another hour before a pitiful attempt at a long distance race.
So with only 1 planing race complete, I called it quits and headed home with no more racing for the day. Sundays forecast didn't even merit the the trip back.

Up next is the finals of the Dutch Championship in Monnikendam this w-end.
Hopefully a good chance to see how the Z performs in light air again.
Another IFJU fin arrived just in time to test this week before formula racing finishes for the season here in Europe. Still hoping to make it to the final Formula Grand Prix event in Brazil this November to get my ranking up into the top 20.
So far sitting in 25th for the season- a good showing from last years' 50th.www.stevebodner.com

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Top breaks to be national parks?

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 10:53am CEST

Six of the country's best surf breaks are just a short ride away from getting national park status.

Live to Sail

Robbie Naish At The Canadian Hole And Wavesailing Southside

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 7:05am CEST

***UPDATE***
Robby Naish came down and Kited Ego Beach Sunday. The parking lot at the Hole was jammed packed today, and cars were also all up and down along the sand all the way to kite point.. I have some shots of Robby so check back later for those.

this one from June 2006, Maui

I saw a van up in Rodanthe that he'd autographed so I asked him to sign mine.

Robby Naish is a great ambassador for the sport, and the Naish brand is known the world over.

I told him I'd bought those stickers from his shop in Kahului, Maui

And I was gonna sell this van....Maybe the value just went up!

Roland and Wendy get a picture with Robby Naish

What about the windsurfing action you ask? Oh yeah, we got in some really fun wavesailing action southside down by the Hatteras Inlet, and we held The Beast of the East Wave FaceOff! The contest was held on the beach near the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum which is just west of Hatteras Village. Lots of photos, but we are holding them in a secret stash for possible magazine publication. As we zero in on which ones are worthy of publication, I'll begin to post the remainder here, so check back! In the meantime, I'll put these up here to give you a sense of the conditions yesterday:

Caleb Jacobs heads out:

Bill Bell drops in on a nice one. Keith McCulloch behind. Waves had some size!

Anne and Martine

Dale, thank you very much for taking all the time to take these great shots!
We unrigged as the sun was setting, then I hit the road for the drive back to Maryland.

Smooth sailing until Quantico, where a tractor trailor jacknifed, and all northbound lanes of 95 are closed.So here I've been sitting for 1.5 hrs, its 1.30am, and I still have sand on my feet, and a smile on my face! Wanted to put this quick post up here with my blackberry.

Check back later tomorrow for a full report of todays, err, sundays action, which began with a short session at the lighthouse, then to the Naish show at The Hole, and wrapping up with that sweet wavesailing southside. Tons photos and helmet cam video.

Here a few shots from the morning session at the Lighthouse. The rider is Alan from Boca Raton. This was his first time visiting Hatteras. He first stops by the hole, and see Naish in the parking lot. Then down to the lighthouse where the wind was just filling in. I'd say he'll never forget his first time here! Alan, send me your contact info, and I can send you these photos.
Robby Naish At The Canadian Hole And Wavesailing Southside

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 7:05am CEST

***UPDATE***
Robby Naish came down and Kited Ego Beach Sunday. The parking lot at the Hole was jammed packed today, and cars were also all up and down along the sand all the way to kite point.. I have some shots of Robby so check back later for those.

this one from June 2006, Maui

I saw a van up in Rodanthe that he'd autographed so I asked him to sign mine.

Robby Naish is a great ambassador for the sport, and the Naish brand is known the world over.

I told him I'd bought those stickers from his shop in Kahului, Maui

And I was gonna sell this van....Maybe the value just went up!

Roland and Wendy get a picture with Robby Naish

What about the windsurfing action you ask? Oh yeah, we got in some really fun wavesailing action southside down by the Hatteras Inlet, and we held The Beast of the East Wave FaceOff! The contest was held on the beach near the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum which is just west of Hatteras Village. Lots of photos, but we are holding them in a secret stash for possible magazine publication. As we zero in on which ones are worthy of publication, I'll begin to post the remainder here, so check back! In the meantime, I'll put these up here to give you a sense of the conditions yesterday:

Caleb Jacobs heads out:

Bill Bell drops in on a nice one. Keith McCulloch behind. Waves had some size!

Anne and Martine

Dale, thank you very much for taking all the time to take these great shots!
We unrigged as the sun was setting, then I hit the road for the drive back to Maryland.

Smooth sailing until Quantico, where a tractor trailor jacknifed, and all northbound lanes of 95 are closed.So here I've been sitting for 1.5 hrs, its 1.30am, and I still have sand on my feet, and a smile on my face! Wanted to put this quick post up here with my blackberry.

Check back later tomorrow for a full report of todays, err, sundays action, which began with a short session at the lighthouse, then to the Naish show at The Hole, and wrapping up with that sweet wavesailing southside. Tons photos and helmet cam video.

Here a few shots from the morning session at the Lighthouse. The rider is Alan from Boca Raton. This was his first time visiting Hatteras. He first stops by the hole, and see Naish in the parking lot. Then down to the lighthouse where the wind was just filling in. I'd say he'll never forget his first time here! Alan, send me your contact info, and I can send you these photos.

Epic Sessions

Maui Board Test : Day 10

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 6:27am CEST

Day 10 dawned with high expectations and a little sadness as the team is starting to head back to home territories. Aaron pulled out late morning for the quick flight back to SFO and Dave and Jenny caught the mid afternoon flight back to PDX.

That left Ray, Chris, Josh and myself to sail with the afternoon expectation of the incoming swell. The NW buoy was 9 foot at 15 seconds this morning, and around 3:30pm, Uppers was starting to get some consistent action. It was Chris's and Josh's first Maui swell, and they had a killer sesh and are still all smiles from the day. I scored a few logo high sets, and caught one massive set that actually broke on the outside reef and it made my entire trip. Seriously, that one wave was all I needed.

I spent the day on the Wavetwin and while the larger sets were a little big for the board in terms of down the line turns, again this board delivered with killer slashes and float through the notorious dead wind in the impact zone. The Goya 5.3 3D wave sail I was using today not only looks amazing, it IS amazing. amazing range, amazing power... sorry, I'm gushing. Really, I'd like to find something bad about these sails, but I can't. They really suit my style.

We're finishing up some little things with the test, and other than that, we're going to celebrate the swell with some Ahi Poke at Jaques. (and perhaps a little ... er, a lot of sake)

But before we can enjoy Henry's sushi, Chris, Ray and I are soaking our wounds with Epsom salt, and if you could hear the language, I think we'd make sailors blush.

I'm headed back tomorrow evening and I plan to pull it all out tomorrow and board the plane completely used up.

As it should be.

Aloha!

Andy Radley IR212

Caesar Finies - Bonaire- Light Wind Freestyle

Posted: October 12th, 2008, 8:23pm CEST

Looks like another day for the bike. No wind. Not even a breeze. Maybe it will improve later, just enough for a light wind session. Here is another clip of Caesar Finies showing what can be done in lighter winds.

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Väänas päike ja jahimehed

Posted: October 12th, 2008, 12:55pm CEST

Pühapäev.
Vääna metsaalune oli jahimehi ja parkla Kaljo Andrese kisa täis. Räuskas seal koleda häälega ja lubas mulle lõuga sõita, et mina valetavat, et eile hea oli olnud. Mul hakkas teisest päris kahju kui kuulsin, et ta eilset tuult ei jõudnudki ära oodata. Aga täna oli vihma asemel päike kuid tuult oli pigem viiesele. Suund onshore, seega midagi eriti head ei olnud oodata. Aga juu seal midagi ikka oli, sest kohal oli vast sada inimest kellel enamusel naeratus näol. Need kes backi oskavad hüpata, neil oli vist päris hea. Ingvar nende seast keda lähemalt nägin, hüppas kõige ilusamini. Penny aga stabiilselt ja näha oli, et veidi parema kursiga maanduks vist enamuse ära. Robi jällegi näitas mulle, et kui oskad siis saab ka sellise jubeda onshore pudru seest naudingut leida. Jube äge oli vaadata, kõigepealt kihutas mulle otse vastu, mõtlesin et tahab otsa sõita. Siis kerkis kõrgele õhku ja kaldus nagu vastu tuult, mõtlesin et teeb backi. Ja siis kui põrutas pabahh!! sellise forwardi. Oijah.
Mul endal oli rohkem selline spordipäev. Harjutasin paremate päevade jaoks jibe. Vahest hüppasin ja mõne laine leidsin ka kust nati veivata. P

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