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Time to Check out our new site. Head over to www.pritchardwindsurfing.com and check it out for my latest blogging...
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Well somehow I got lost in the air and ended up in the snow.. Dont know what happened there. I was trying to get back to Maui but when God gives you oranges make orange juice.. So I am off to go snowboarding and have some play time in Wyoming :)
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Well that is it for me and Cabo Verde. Sailed a good heat agains Thomas Treversa and Brazino but they just sailed a bit better. Brazino made a sick air taka on the wave and Thomas had the good wave selection going for him. I had some good waves I thought, nothing special but solid enough I though. I guess those new school moves I need to learn a bit better.
Just going through New York at the moment. Had time to smell the roses...so to speak..
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Terrible conditions today. Not to much wind, not too much waves.. they did run some super shaky heats, they did do the final in terrible conditions, Kauli won, Josh sailed amazing considering the conditions to finish 2nd, Jason third and Swift in 4th. Forcast looks kinda bad but you never never know..
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First day of the 2008 Cabo Verde World Cup went off today with great conditions. The wind was a bit light for me. I struggled a bit in the heats catching the waves. I was on my 5.7 in all the heats. I went out on my 6.2 but with the ligth offshore winds it made it too big. I think it is a bit of a disadvantage to be heavier but you just have to make do with what got. I ended up making it to the top eight and just lost out to Swifty and Kauli to make it into the final. I had some ok waves, sailed pretty good but they just sailed a bit better and caught better waves. Looks like they will go into the double elimination tomorrow.
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Today we got all signed up. In the morning there was not a sign of waves and by the evening, the waves were starting to roll in.. looks like we could get some action right off the get go.. They are calling for some more waves tomorrow but boy is that wind light.. light light light. I went out today on 5.7 but it was so offshore and so light it made it really hard to catch any waves at all. I got one but it wasnt that great and it was right on the rocks. Hopefully tommorrow will be bigger and a bit more wind!
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Made it to Cabo Verde. This place is pretty desolate and out in the middle of no where. I had some nice connections which made it fairly easy trip. Went Maui to LA, LA to Newark, Newark to Lisbon, Lisbon to Sal. None of my clothes made it but got my fins so that is a good thing. Still in the same clothes for the trip. Ok time to get some sleep!
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Had a good day today..I have been super antsy lately. Dont know why just feeling like I should be doing something more or different. Kinda strange.. Feelings are strange things. Hard to control sometimes.
Today went down and picked up my ticket, also picked up a new book for the road called Mindset. I hope it will ease my mind a bit and get me into the game of things. Getting on the plane at 10 tomorrow and on the road. Cant wait to go down there and start competing again. I just watched Kelly Slater win the first event of the year in Aus.. Pretty inspiring that he is still out there ripping it up and showing the younger boys how to get it done. I want to do that down in Cabo Verde next week.
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Well what a weekend.. I have been trying to shed a couple pounds to get a bit lighter for Cabo Verde but it just doesnt seem to work for me. I have been cycling like a maniac to get some pounds off but no luck. Today weighed I in at the airport 194, Robby Swift was 182 and Jason was 179. Pretty interesting..
Anyhow been on the bike all weekend. Yesterday did a 32 mile ride and today rich and I made it all the way out to Hana. Haiku to Hana and back was around 62 miles, took us 4 hours 25 minutes, burned 3689 calories, and now I am nackered.. Ready for bed..
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The wind is back here on Maui with some nice sailing today. Got out on some new sails, boards, fins, testing to get everything ready for Cabo Verde. Sailed on a 5.3 and an Acid 80 today. Rode the twin fin vrs the single fin and the single fin felt pretty good in the bigger stuff. Little more stable and drivy through the bottom turns, but not quite as good as the twin off the top. I am definately going to take my single fin out there to CV. We will see what we are going to use when it gets going.
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Had a three sport day without windsurfing.. that is impossible?? I went towing in the morning, stand up paddle in midday and a bike ride in the afternoon.. Boy Maui is beautiful!!!
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This ocean has been amazing!! It draws you into it..
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Man.. hate to complain but I am still sickering up my new Gaastra sails. Since there has been no wind here on Maui it is a great time to catch up on things that you dont really want to do. So I have been stickering up my new quiver of sails.. What a chore.. Anyhow.. All is good. the weather here is amazing. Picture perfect every day.. There is so many shots that I want to take, I dont know where to start. I will try and get you something good for tomorrow.
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Well Josh has come over to get the new 2009 Maui Sails and they look pretty good. Well it is hard for a sail not to look good when they have someone as good as Josh out there ripping on it. That guy is amazing. He was out yesterday in such light wind and had so much power and explosions off the lip.I envy all the talent that Josh has, and his style is pretty amazing as well.
Anyhow, Sailing has been pretty good.. Also been out towing in a bit with Jason Prior and that has been fun. I have to say that I am a bit rusty on the old surfing but it sure has been fun trying to get a bit better at it..
Now it looks like we are in for a Beautiful Winter week here on Maui. We haven't had one of these yet and this is what some of my favorite times when Maui goes windless and gets beautiful!! Yes.. Sorry to all the tourists that are here but yest this is the best part of Maui living. It doesnt happen often but when it does.. it is amazing. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!
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The last couple days on the water have been great. Nice wind and waves. Sailed on the Manic 5.0 and tried out some new Starboard Twin fins which were working pretty good. I think it is pretty funny to watch everyone riding these new twin fins, myself included... you can just see that no one is really pushing the bottom turn as hard as on the single fin. Everyone seems to be really hesitant on the bottom and then just killing it off the top with huge cutback and sprays.
Today started out with a long bike ride, went from Haiku to Maalaea and back. Ended up taking a solid two and half hours on the old cycling seat. From then went out at lower lower Kanaha and had some super fun waves. It wasnt the "Showtime" of Hookipa but it sure was fun. I was out with my brother and we had a couple fun waves. On one wave he made a backside 360 and then I bottom turned around him and spun a sick taka on the wave. It was pretty cool.
After that went home for some nice home cooked Hamburgers at Mom's place. Was a super busy day filled up the way I like it.
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had a fun day out on the water today. Got out at hookipa and it was light but still some waves left a best of all there was no one out. I had the place all to myself. I shared it for a while with a surfer friend of mine and that was it. Was on the 5.3 Manic and was having a great time. In the end Kauli came out for a bit and just as he came out the wind died... oh well.. Was fun.
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So what do you think of the new header? Anyhow.. .got to get out and enjoy the day. Check out how beautiful it is here on Maui after 3 weeks of rain... I guess sometimes you have to pay a bit more to enjoy a bit more!!
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It was Christmas time when I got home.. Wow.. my new Gaastra Sail order has arrived. All the masts and sails one could dream of. I got a bunch of Manic's, some Poison's to test out and all of the brand new 08 Vapors. Cant wait to get them out on the water.
From what I can gather Maui has been a raining mess. My driveway where people park on the grass is completely mud bogged out. My deck and entire house just feels like a mold magnet all moist and oversaturated!
Anyhow it is nice to be back. The trip that I just had was actually really fun. I wasn't looking forward to it too much but looking back on it now it was definitely fun times as well as great slalom training.
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Wow Vietnam is a great place for windsurfing.. We got there and I was instantly impressed with the place after the long long drive. We have been graciously hosted by Pascal who owns the best windsurfing store around here called Jibes. It is a must to at least stop in and say hello and get all the useful info on what is going on around this place. Yesterday we were able to test 8 boards, 101, 96, and 86 all Isonics and a couple of new concept boards. I think we came up with some great test results and these boards will fit nicely into the next range of boards for 2009. It seems hard to believe that we have to test the boards for the next season before we even start this season.. I guess it is all good! Anyhow, we are on our way back to Thailand tonight. I am a bit nervous about the bus ride back to Saigon so wish us luck. I guess hold our breath and close our eyes.. this is the best way to get there safely!
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Shewww.... Next time I go there I am taking a sleep aid or two for the bus ride.. I can not believe how they drive there. It is like a video game. Everyone who drives there is driving like the way you would drive without any rules, like a race to get to the next spot.. and I mean everybody. It is so crazy. But don't take my word for it, go down there and check it out. Once you arrive to the sailing location it is nice, once you make it to the airport it is nice to know you are coming out alive!!
Now in Bangkok, went to the Starboard HQ dropped off the slalom boards and picked up two new wave Proto's. Stoked. Can wait to get back to Maui and start training to take that world title this year. My mom said that all my new Gaastra gear is ready and waiting, over 16 boxes of brand new Vapor's, Manic's, Poisons, and all the new latest and greatest Gaastra Masts. I dont know if you have seen any of the Gaastra masts, but you really should if at all possible. The masts that I have been using from my brother are amazing. They are super light and seem to be strong, as havent had any problems with them yet. I had one mast in my car using it everyday for a month and no problems so that is pretty good.
Hope you enjoy the shots and there are not too many of them!! You have time to check them out while I am sitting on the plane from Bangkok to Tokyo, Tokyo to Honolulu and then to Maui.. Whoo hooo!!!
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Been traveling around alot over here. Was in Bangkok for a day, went out to Pattaya... boy what a crazy town that is.. Really too much to take all in. Got some great Starboard testing in. Managed to sail both days that I was there in great weather. Now in Viet Nam and boy that was one of the craziest drives I have ever been on. Five hours of just pure adrinaline of fingure nails in the dashboard kind of driving. If my mom was in the car, I dont think she could have handled it!! I have been around the world, and NEVER seen anything like it. Not Brazil, Not China, Not Indonesia... this place took the bacon for the craziest driving ever.. Anyhow, cant seem to log on to post some picts for you guys but will do that as soon as I can..
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Man this internet is really such an amazing thing. You can be anywhere in the world and have this mail box in the sky that is just waiting for you to log in and get all your mail ready and waiting.
Today I made it to Bangkok and had a nice mailbox full of birthday wishes, skype messages lined up with all of my friends around the world.. Pretty cool that so many people can be in touch around the world. What a small world it really is.. Here I am on the other side of the earth chatting it up with friends and family.. pretty cool really..
Anyhow here is to another year.. Thanks for all your guys support and continued reading of the daily blog.
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Well I am back on the road again. I am off to Thailand to test some Starboards. Not really my favorite thing to do but sometimes you gotta work. It should be fun because I am going to Viet Nam for some sailing as well. I have never been there so it will be cool to check out a new place. I hope it is fun. We will see. I just hate the sitting on the plane for two days. To top it off it will be on my birthday all day on a plane. Not the best way to spend your birthday.. Oh well. I am sure it is not the worst thing either.
Trying to get back onto getting you guys some good photos that you would enjoy looking at. I will try and make it interesting with some Starboard Factory picts and stuff from Thailand so check back in for some photos..
Here are a couple that I have taken around town.. Trying to get some photo stuff going on again!! I thought the signal light photo was cool. I like it because it is opposite of my "Which Way" photo from before.. here it is telling you were to go. The path is there the direction is there.. all you got to do is follow it!
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Well after a couple weeks of debating what was going to be the best move for me, I went with Gaastra Sails. I am super stoked on the sails, they are working really good, and everyone at Gaastra is very supportive and ready to take the brand to the top. I am happy to be working with Matt again and feel like there is some real positive energy pushing us forward. Dan Kaseler is keen on designing some new fast gear, along with a great group of team riders, it will be fun to see where it can take us.
I always like a new challenge along with opportunity and the entire Gaastra program seems like the right spot for me to go.
There are a couple cool forums out there with some comments on me..
http://forums.windsurfingmag.com/showthread.php?t=309 and
http://forums.iWindsurf.com/viewtopic.php?t=13930It is pretty fun to sit back and watch what everyone has to say about it all. You can also post a comment here as well, nice ones are always perfered!
Thanks to everyone for supporting me along the way! Check back in for some cool stuff later on and enjoy the ride!
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Wow, we have just had some really fun windsurfing over here. I love it when it is good out there. Today went for a great cycle ride out almost to Kahakaloa. If you dont know where that is check out Google Maps and have a look at how beautiful it really is out there. After that went to Hookipa for a super great sail, and boy did I have a good time out there. Made some frontside 360's backside 360's, in fact I have to brag, but yesterday I had my "dream wave" .. for me my dream wave is when you do a fronside 360 and then after that you unwind yourself with a backside 360 all on the same wave. Definitely a good time.
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Today was a great day for me.. Got up and went for an hour and a half cycle from Sprecks to Maalea and back at 8 and then straight to some slalom sailing, then a quick bite to eat and some sailing at Hookipa which kept getting more and more fun the later it got. The waves were small but the wind came in, the clouds dissapeared and it was good fun at Hookipa. Kauli was out and was riiping and did a super cool taka off the lip right in my face which was very cool, and Rich Foster was thorwing in some sick moves out there too. I saw two super sick waves of his and I was like man.. i got to step it up a bit...
Anyhow, isn't this world wide web so cool.. It had changed things so much these days. Then entire media has changed. Things get out so fast it is crazy... I wanted to give a shout out to some super cool sites and the people behind them. First one is Jeff at
www.mauiwindsurfing.net/, this guy is a super cool guy who is always out to get some cool action on the water and onto the web. Sometimes I wonder how he can turn down good sailing to get good footage but I think most of the web crazy windsurfers eat his site up! It is cool and is great to see what Maui is up to every now and then.. When I am on the road I always check out this site to see if I missed anything..
The other cool site is Giampaolo's blog
http://mauisurfreport.blogspot.com/ .. This guy is so stoked on windsurfing it is crazy.. I just actually got to talk to him a bit more than my usual wave on my way out to the water.. and man this guy is stoked on being in the water.. It is good to see someone so stoked on the sport you love!
Finnaly, my friend from Italy, Silvana, her site is
www.surferworld.it/ and she is just starting out with a cool kiting and windsurfing site. Silvana has been here on Maui for the past two weeks and she has to be one of the best reporters on the planet. Her site is only in Italian but it is soon to go in english and it will be one to bookmark in the future.
There is more good stuff out on the web.. it is just finding it!!!
Enough of this computer stuff.. Time to get out on the water!!
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Woke up this morning with some wind in the trees.. Went for a bike ride and anxious to get out on the water but once I went down there the rain had messed it all up. Dont know what happened just wasnt that good out there. Came home and had a wonderful massage for 2 hours.. yeah it is tough.. ate some dinner and just took it easy.. Lovin it!!
Looks like my new sail sponsor is right around the corner. I have tested all the sails out and know which one seems to be working the best for me. Now it is just up to the details!! Check back in for some new info later on in the week!
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Anybody ever feel like the weekend is over before it starts.. I cant believe it is sunday already.. And now it is on to Monday. Not that I really anything too much different from happening but I like the weekends.. Anyhow, Maui has been a bit windy. Went out sailing yesterday, today felt a bit under the weather so took a day off and sat around and relaxed. Watched the San Diego Chargers loose in football today. Other than that just relaxed. Not too bad!
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I am wondering if there is any web site builders out there looking for a project to work on with me. I am looking for someone who is possibly looking for a project to work on that can be used in their portfolio or a school intern that is interested in building a web database type site. Send me an email by clicking on the boards for sale and let me know if any of you are interested in helping out!
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I have been doing a little bit of internet surfing on training.. Found some really cool stuff from the Moto X guys. I guess maybe I just think it is cool cause I like moto x but check out
www.racerxvt.com/Here is one thing I thought everone could use..
Life Events Shape Your Attitude?
If you tend to be a negative person, you must first identify your poor habits and remove them from your life. Pay close attention to how you interpret events that surround you. Your attitude is formed by how you interpret different situations in life. By paying close attention to how you process the information around you, you will be able to identify whether you are a positive person or a negative one. When a difficult situation presents itself, do you look at the situation as a pessimist or an optimist? Do you see the opportunity as a chance to fail or to succeed? Your attitude is shaped by the way you perceive reality and ultimately your attitude is made up of your thoughts and feelings. Since your thoughts ultimately control your actions, the thoughts that you fill your head with are very important. Usually in life the quick easy way will give you instant gratification that fades quickly, while hard work and dedication have no immediate gratification but will lead to lasting success in the future. If you think negatively towards training and give into instant gratification, you are letting your negative thoughts control your actions. Instant gratification is a sign of a week attitude. If you condition your mind to remain positive, your actions will lead you down the path towards success.
A positive attitude is not simply developed by waking up one day and saying, "today I am going to be positive." Although your brain is not a muscle it acts like one in the sense that it must be conditioned over time to accept positive thoughts over negative ones. Developing positive thoughts requires a great deal of energy and time and will require you to live the lifestyle an athlete. Training, diet, riding and all of the other ingredients necessary to become a successful rider (or person for that matter) must be part of your daily life. You have to live the life of a champion to become a champion. I believe this applies to the guy fighting for a factory ride, right down to the weekend warrior. If you condition your mind on a daily basis like you do the rest of your body, eventually the positive thought process will become natural. A strong, positive attitude will replace the weak, negative one. But in order for this to happen, you have to be willing to make the commitment and work every day on your attitude.
So off to work I go! See you on the water!
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Check out some retro footage from Matt and I in Sylt, Germany back in 2002. Not the best footage and not the best conditions but thought you guys would like to have a look at some good ole footage! Looks pretty cold to me.. Good to check it out and see how far we have come. Hope you enjoy!
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Ahh.. I love three sport days. Woke up to a nice good morning wake up call from Jason Prior saying the waves are up lets go surfing.. so got the jetski together and out we went tow in surfing. Was kinda fun, nothing too amazing but some fun ones here and there. Jason was really ripping it up as he was hungry to get out on the water after spending New Years in Canada.
After a couple hour tow session, went back home and loaded up the slalom boards and went down to Kanaha to test out the Pryde sails as well as some of the new 08 Starboards. I went out on the 8.4 RS Racing with my 133 Starboard with the Sl2 Debiochet 44cm fin. The new 133 has really improved alot this year. After that I had the same fin in the 122 Isonic and was surprised that there was not too much difference in speed between the two. Last year I found a bigger difference but this year it seems like I could use either one. So we will have to test it out a bit more but it seems like if you are a bigger guy then you will be fine with the 133 without any compromise to the smaller narrower 122.
After sailing Swift and I went for a nice bike ride from Sprecks to Maalea and back and that was a nice easy flat ride on the bikes. All this was finished off with a nice meal from my Italian friends who came all the way from Italy to make us an excellent meal. What a great day!
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Got out today on the new Gaastra Vapors and they are really nice. Had a nice soft feel to them and the speed was really good as well. My brother was cool enough to go out to Kehie with me and sail around on some new Starboards and test them out. I think we had a pretty good time out there and being on the water together. It has been a while since me and him were out testing slalom stuff together.. After that went for a hamburger at Carls junior and back home. Not too bad of a day considering there was no wind on the north shore. Tomorrow I should be out on the Pryde Racing sails so that will be cool to try them out and get a feel for them. I will let you know what I find out on the racing sail side of things.
It is pretty funny to be testing out all these sails. I think the guys at Windsurfing Mag should hire me to do some of there testing.... While being a free agent I guess I could make some money somehow..
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I got up, checked the swell and bang straight over the the west side where Steve and Dave were nice enough to clue me in to the good conditions. Got there and was the only one out for a while just having a great ole time out there by myself. Was on the Gaastra Manic today and boy is that a nice sail. To me it seemed to be a balance of the NP Zone and the Maui Sails Legend. For me the Maui Sails is a powerhouse. It has all the grunt you need to get through the bottom turn but more difficult off the top. The Zone is light in the hands on the bottom turn and really amazing off the top with very easy control off the top. The Gaastra Manic seems to have a little more power through the bottom turn than the Zone but still manages to smack the lip really hard off the top without so much power due to it's nice and soft luff curve.
After a nice 2 hour sail went for a nice bike ride from Maalea to La Perus, so nothing like making the full day out of what could have been a lazy day.
Here are some shots of me on the Zone NP the other day.. Looks pretty different to see me on a NP after all these years.
Photos are from Darrell Wong. Please do not use without written permission from Darrell. Actually Darrell just launched a new version of his web site and you can check it out at
www.darrellwong.com
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Wow.. what a day on Maui.. Just love it.. the wind was gone all day long.. so amazing.. the views were incredible.. the surf was firing.. ahhh this is Maui.. I love it..
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I love Maui in January.. So amazing.. so much fun. what more can you ask for. Today I sailed with 4 people out mast high side offshore winds.. I think the best session I have had all year.. So much fun. It was me JP, and Robby Naish the only guys out there for a little bit.. Super fun. Super glassy and clean waves.. Gotta love it..
Anyhow, today I went down to Hitech and bought a Maui Sails boom.. Yep you heard it here.. I paid cash money to buy a boom that I developed myself, pretty much paid for myself and had to go down and buy a boom from HiTech.. Felt kinda wierd to be buying windsurfing gear but I only bought it because it is pretty much the best boom out there that I have sailed on and so I thought it was worth it. Kevin Ozze at NP Maui hooked me up with a Zone 5.2 and a mast which was super cool of him to do and I was on my new Starboard custom twin fin which was amazing and just had a super sick session. It is funny how one company will give me free stuff to use and one company takes the gear away..
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Well it is time to start working again... No rest for the strong.. Check out my new wave fin line up. Best of all you can buy them right here on my blog!
Here is whats up with this
MFC and Kevin Pritchard, wave world champion, developed this new fin concept also in G-10 construction. The straight outline allows for very early planning and radical upwind ability, but the fin is incredibly manoeuvrable due to its narrow outline and cord. The profile is the fastest, generated by our SL model and adapted to this wave model. Ideal for all around wave conditions can be use also for freewave conditions.
So that is a bunch of jargon for this fin rips!! Gotta go out and get one. We put this together using some slalom foils on a wave shape. Our mission was to get more speed out of the fin than any other wave fin with out sacrificing the turning and looseness!
Check out some photos! or visit the
MFC website by clicking here!
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Well, I guess it is officially and end of an era. After 15 years of working together with Barry and Phil it is time to take on new challenges and take the other side of the road. Disappointing to say the least but it is time to move on and go into the brave unknown. As for now, I dont have a new sail sponsor and I am currently looking at all other brands. I have some offers from other brands but at the moment I have not committed to any. I am going to go out and test all the brands that will loan me some sails and we will see what happens. I think it will be fun to get out on the Prydes, Gaastras, Norths, maybe some Goya's, Severn also look to have a good range this year so it is all kinda up in the air. I just hope to get some gear soon as it looks like the wind is going to come back and the boys at Maui Sails came and grabbed all the gear that I have been riding, so I have nothing to sail on at the moment. I guess I better go down to HiTech and get out the credit card..
Here is what they had to say about it...
MauiSails and Kevin Pritchard End Alliance
8th January 2008
(Maui, Hawaii, USA - January, 2008)
MauiSails announced today the departure of Kevin Pritchard, who left the brand to pursue new opportunities.
Phil McGain, President of the company, commented on the new direction for his sailing partner of the past fifteen years; “We wish Kevin the best of luck. We have all enjoyed working with him over the years. It’s always challenging to end long partnerships, but sometimes change is invaluable and must be accepted with gratitude and appreciation.”
Designer, Barry Spanier commented, “Working with Kevin and helping him to become a World Champion has been very satisfying and personally rewarding. His participation will be missed. But sometimes it’s like Yogi Berra once said, ‘If there’s a fork in the road, you have to take it.’ I certainly wish him the best in his new circumstances.”
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Boy Maui has been Beautiful!!! After two weeks of storm and rain, now it is amazing and all the green is just jumping out of it's skin! Went for a stand up paddle and a bike ride and had a nice and busy day. Just how I like them.
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Today was a tough day for me. Went down to Hookipa and there was no one out. Kinda strange really as the wind was blowing the waves were up and still not too many surfers out. I had a day off from sailing today but it looked pretty good out there. I actually got out on the water on a Stand Up Paddle board and did a down winder from Maliko Gulch to Sprecks. I am not a huge fan of the stand up thing but maybe with a little practice it might go a bit better. I think it is really good for the core muscles and that is what I am trying to some strength in.
Supercross was on tonight which was fun to watch.. no not windsurfing supercross but the indoor motocross racing. It was really fun to watch those guys and to know what goes into wining a championship and all that it takes for those guys. It really shows some dedication to go out there and succeed with so many other guys out there and pushing the limits. Chad Reed from Australia ended up wining against James Stewart who came from dead last to come second. Looks like it is going to be an interesting season.
Anyhow it is all good when you wake up and look out from your living room window and see this....
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I just threw this together.. I know I shouldn't really post something this bad but what the heck.. I am sure you guys will get a kick out of seeing something new up on the web. Also check out Keith Tebule on his new Goya Sails! Haven't seen a press release on this yet so maybe I am the first to get it out of the bag..
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Well I got out the ole video camera today and took some clips for you guys. I put them all in one very poorly edited video but I hope you guys will enjoy watching some hookipa footage. The wind today was not that great, but it was sunny which was really nice for a change. I had some fun waves and was out on the Twin fin and the 5.3 so it was great to be out there. I will post the video hopefully tomorrow, so check back in!
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Well I figure that I should get back to it and start the focus of being the champ again in 2008. That is the goal is to win that dang slalom title and take it away from the mighty frenchman. It will not be an easy task as Antoine has had some very good speed over the last few years but I think with a little bit more tuning and practice this season I can give him a better run for his money.
We will have to wait and see.. Today went out on the water and did some sailing with my bro which we were the only two guys out there which made it fun. Other than that all is good!
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What do you do when you get to this point in the road?? Well the time is now to take one of them!! Happy New Year!
Since Maui is the last to celebrate the new year i guess it is time to wish all my European Friends Happy New Year. Here's to a super successful and happy 2008!
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Well we made it another year. One more day left and it is over. Was a great year, had tons of fun, good results and now it is time for something new. Cant wait to bring it on.. The wind finally calmed down over here. We had some super windy days but the sailing still wasnt very good even though all of Maui was feeling the wind. It was too east for the island here and made it super gusty and offshore and not that great for sailing. I had a couple days at Sprecks that was fun but other than that was a waist of all the wind!
Anyhow Happy New Years everyone! Be safe and Have fun! Just remember you only live once!!
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Had a struggle of a day today.. went to go slalom sailing and got all rigged up to test out some new boards but my testing partner's batten was broken.. So canceled that mission and went for a wave sail. Went up to Uppers was bad, went down to Lower Kanaha, was terrible and then sailed all the way back up to Camp one where it was kinda fun. Was powered up on the twinzer and the 4.7 and in the end had a pretty fun time. Waves were small and blown out but still had a frontside and backside 360. So in the end that made my session a bit better!
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Well just like everything else around here it is time to get rid of some boards. I have tons of Isonic's I need to unload. I just got all of my new 2008 ISonic Racing boards and I need to make some room!! I have 87 94 101 122... all prices to go.. Send me an email and lets get you one of the best boards on the Planet. All the boards are solid and race ready. All in great shape... I also have 2 93 stype's left and a bunch of red hot custom wave boards for sale!!
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Happy holidays! Hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas. Maui is setting up to be some great sailing.. Lets see if it comes in.
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Been Sailing a little bit but has not been very good. Today had a fun session at Sprecks with some jumps and some fun little smacks ripping around. Friday I had all of Hookipa to myself with some fun little smacks on the new twin fin. Was fun to throw that thing around a bit. This week looks like it is going to be a good week on wind guru so we will have to wait and see what comes up.
Hope everyone is ready for Christmas as it is nearly upon us...
Happy holidays everyone.
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Today went on a two hour bike ride through Maui's Winery in Kula. Went up at 7:30 in the morning and it was amazing. Was so beautiful. The ride was great on the way down with nice hills all the way down. Went for 40 minutes down and had a nice long ride back up. Was different for me but fun none the less. Looks like there might be another swell coming tomorrow so we will have to wait and see. I would love to get a nice day in at the Hookipa soon.
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