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Windsurfing: Success for NZ champion on Aussie stage

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 4:42pm CET

Gareth Wood takes Aussie slalom title

Bill's OBX Beach Life

Hatteras Speed!

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:43am CET by Bill

Last week before Noah arrived, Lane Dupont submitted some photos from an east wind speed session at Kite Point just south of Canadian Hole. East wind at the Hole/Kite Point is straight offshore. Most of the sound water blows out; however, the "Hole" at the site is actually a long (800+ meters) trench which runs parallel to the shoreline about 20 yards offshore. The Hole held the water creating a perfect speed strip for those who like to go FAST!! Not sure if any records were broken during the Speed sesh, but the photos look great! Thanks Lane!

See Andy's report from that day!

Andy M with an up close run along the drag strip!

Keith M locked into high gear along the edge of the Hole!

Donny B one handed on the butter smooth water!

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Iron Pier Pounds Hard (Big Winds Weekend, Part Deux)

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:43am CET by Michael

Driving down Pier Ave, still several blocks from Iron Pier Park I could see explosions of spray twenty feet in the air as the Long Island Sound came into view. Jeff had told me on the phone that he was...
Big Winds Weekend, Part I: Mattituck

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:43am CET by Michael

The Mattituck Yacht Club launch on the Great Peconic needs a lot of wind to work (such is the wisdom of the Wolf and company) but when it blows very hard from the south, then it is the place to...
Jibe! Crash! Projectile Vomit! Jill’s Excellent Adventure

Fetched: November 19th, 2008, 8:43am CET by Michael

Jill Marr’s account of her day at West Meadow last weekend is the most spirited tale of windsurfing I’ve read in awhile. Originally posted in the Yahoo Long Island Windsurfers Group, it got me howling, and Jill has graciously allowed...

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

Robby’s Angels in Germany

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 6:37am CET by admin

ANNITA ASHLEY ME ANN MARIE

pic from Annita Blanc

James' Blog

Gay Rights Struggle: From California Tom

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 4:27am CET

Hey readers. Most of you have probably heard about California's "Prop 8", an anti-gay-marriage ammendment that narrowly passed during the recent election. In my opinion, it was a terrible step backward in our American society's journey towards true freedom and equality.

Anyway, my friend Tom, who is gay and lives in California, has been lobbying and protesting hard for the state to rescind the bigoted ammendment. He sent out this letter and these pictures, and said I could repost them here. I hope you find them inspiring. In Tom's words...

Dearest Friends and Family:

This is a very important time of change. While I am thrilled by the election of Obama, I am personally insulted that in this modern day gay people are still denied equal rights, especially in a country that claims to the land of the free and the leader of the free world. It seems odd to me that other countries that don't make these kinds of claims have to show America how to be free. Somehow homosexuality is being called a threat to national security and a sign of the coming apocalypse. In truth, it is that kind of ignorance is a far greater threat to our global security! For how long are we going to deny the realities of the world in which we live? This is no time to make false accusations and encourage superstitions.

Please enjoy the photos I have attached from a few of the world-wide protests that have taken place since the elections. Some of these photos I took myself, others are ones the press took. All of these images are from protest marches that I took part in at West Hollywood, Hollywood, and in Downtown Los Angeles. The numbers of people who come out to make themselves heard and the energy of those who participate is very inspiring. Let's ALL join together and take a stand once and for all for equality.

Thank you and my best wishes to each of you,

Tom H.

UK Windsurfing Association

Crew songs

Posted: November 19th, 2008, 12:15am CET by admin

From the end of year party, the crew's outstanding performance on stage drew a lot of attention and lots of people wanted to get a hold of the lyrics. Well, there's a taster below, or download all the songs! Pics hopefully coming soon.

Live to Sail

Juiced 4.5 Conditions At New Road

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 7:50pm CET

Strong NNW wind blowing at New Road (paved lot). Nice ramps on both tacks. Come out and join me.. The temps was around 38-40 degrees all day today, but that didn't keep me off the water. I arrived around noon to solid 4.5 conditions.

and chilly temps

.....and blowing sand across the parking lot

SWEEEEEEEEEEET!

Small Kit! 4.5 is my favorite sail.

Amazingly, the UV rays where so strong that I felt comfortable enough to go out for the first session w/o gloves. It actually wasn’t too bad, and I stayed out for about 45 minutes, before coming in to put on a pair of gloves. In case you’re wondering, I wear a Neil Pryde dry suit, along with a superfreak booties, NP mittens, and a full hood.

The character of the water was a lot saner than the jump-a-looza session Sunday. Lots of space in between the ramps to get comfortably dialed before bearing up to hit a ramp at full speed.

It was honking today!

On the drive home thru Deleware, it began to snow a little. Gotta love it

reminds me of that scene in the Wizard of Oz. so sleeeepy..

No one else came out to sail today, so no action photos. I did however shoot some mast mount video today, here you go:

Live2sail

TEAMVOSA

Mida rohkem seda uhkem...ruumi veel on..natsa

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 4:39pm CET

Issanda loomaaed on suur ja lai.... TÄPSEMALT

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

Cannondale Carbon RUSH

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 2:34pm CET by biwako_freeride
Cannondale Prophet

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 2:22pm CET by biwako_freeride
The Cannondale PERPetrator

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 2:08pm CET by biwako_freeride
Committed Realoded Mistral

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 1:56pm CET by biwako_freeride

James' Blog

Fixed, Enriched

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 5:16am CET

Last week I was in a bit of a tight spot, as described in the post "Broke, Broken".

Yeah, well, now it's all better thanks to a perfect storm of good fortune. (Be warned, the ensuing post is a bit of a shaggy-dog story.)

It started on Thursday when aspiring Olympic Windsurfer Farrah Hall stopped by Fort Pierce on her way to Miami for a regatta. She took me to meet one of her windsurfing mentors, 5-time Olympian, 2-time medal winner Mike "Gebi" Gebhardt. I knew Gebi lived in Fort Pierce, but I hadn't met him yet because he had only recently returned from Luderitz, Namibia. Down there he was coaching world-speed-record-breaking kiteboarder Rob Douglas. (Kiteboarders recently took the speed record away from windsurfers and will probably keep it because they can generate more power with less drag.)

Anyway, Farrah and Gebi are really into to natural foods because of their athletic training, so the first thing we all did together was go to Publix to buy a bunch of organic fruits and vegetables.

While we were having dinner at Gebi's house his neighbor Mike, who is also a windsurfer, came over to say hi. Mike offered to give me his 460 cm mast on an indefinite loan because he has become a wind snob who never uses the large mast anymore. I gladly accepted. That was the first bit of good luck.

The next bit of luck was when Farrah took my for-sale board down to Miami with her and for-sold it, putting moolah back in my pocket. That moolah joined some more moolah I made moonlighting Saturday as a windsurfing instructor at the Jensen Beach Sailing Center. I felt so rich I treated myself to a subway sandwich - I even splurged for the combo meal. (I was actually going to treat myself to a hotdog from a quaint roadside stand in Jensen, but I overheard the quaint proprietor telling a really nasty n-word joke to some guffawing redneck repugnicans in line ahead of me, so I peeled out of there and will never go back. If any of y'all are visiting Jensen Beach, skip the racist hot-dog stand just north of Mulligan's bar.)

Then yesterday I ran into John P. (the guy who sold me the bum mast) at the beach and told him the story about the mast breaking. He was such a gentleman that he refunded most of my money before I even hinted at anything. Shucks, all I was gonna ask for was a subway sandwich.

In honor of honest-John, here is a picture of him riding my gear the other day.

The End

Live to Sail

Go-Pro Video from Saturday at Tower Road

Posted: November 18th, 2008, 12:44am CET

I'm super stoked at how this video turned out. I used my new "Clew-View" mount. This was an experimental session, and the video far exceeds my expectations. I'm so used to the mast mount and the helmet cam as the only two POV perspectives. But with the clew-view, I feel the action is better represented, and I'm excited to get it out on the ocean!

The added weight was not an issue. After a bit, I didn't even know it was there.

Andy Radley IR212

Nailed my first Boomerang Gybe

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 8:25pm CET

I went out for a quick sail this evening at kilcrea and completed my first boomerang gybe. I had no plans on trying this move until i let the sail slip on a planing gybe and it hung in the air for a moment. This gave me the idea to try a proper boomerang gybe. After four attempts i nailed one. The trick seems to be to carve fast downwind, throw the sail forward with a little more strength in the back hand. Keep carving with your weight kept forward and over the inside rail. If all is going well the sail will swing around and come back up to you. Cool!
(This is the only pic I could find on the net for a Boomerang gybe)

Fish's Windsurf Journal

Military style

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 2:05pm CET

RMC is short for Royal Military College. Its located in Kingston, bounded between the Cataraqui River outlet to the west and Navy Bay to the east. They've got a really cool little windsurfing club - lots of enthusiasm, lots of keen participants and a sweet as club house: The RMC Windsurf Club.

Picture this: It's cold and rainy, but frickin' windy. Not exactly inviting. But RMC is totally THE place. The club house is part of a maintenance building: heated, sliding garage doors on the back (to get gear in) and on the front by the water (to get out), showers, rigging space... It's blissful. Not to mention the floating dock which makes it dead-easy to get in and out - your feet never have to touch bottom! And in Kingston, that is a big deal.

Anyway, long story short, sailed there last thursday on an extended lunch break with my friend Greg (RMC club VP) - about 10°C, pissing rain and 25-30kt southerlies. A totally fun spot. The reach across the little bay can't be more than 200m, so its a bit tough to find ramps coming into the bay on such 'short notice'. But it was certainly working well on Thursday and I finally got the chance to rejuvinate my shove-its in strong winds. It is SO much easier in strong winds than on big gear. I also claim my first waterstart-out (feet-in) Wymaroo!! Stoked on that.

I love that place! Kudos to RMC for having such a neat club and lots of energy to go with it. Thanks to Greg for the photos.

This could be the last session of the year. Nothing but -ve temps in the forecast until next weekend. Sunday has some promise, but highs of 3-4C. Fingers crossed for southerlies!!! Otherwise, done. :(

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

Ricardo Campello V111 attempting triple Forward

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 12:53pm CET by biwako_freeride
JP Highlights 2009 Freestyle

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 12:47pm CET by biwako_freeride
JP Highlights 2009 Freestyle Wave

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 12:45pm CET by biwako_freeride
JP Highlights 2009 Pro Wave

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 12:39pm CET by biwako_freeride
JP Highlights 2009 Real World Wave

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 12:36pm CET by biwako_freeride

maui surf/windsurf forecast

how Kazuma shaped my custom surfboard part 5 + SUP shirt initiative

Fetched: November 17th, 2008, 4:37am CET by cammar

Part 5 of the Kazuma series. After this, we'll move to the shaping room.

Surfing has been absolutely epic here in Maui. The lack of wind and the not too big size of the swell has brought some real gems to our reefs. Tons (literally!) of perfectly shaped A-frames. Let's celebrate that with a few blurred shots (haven't opened the manual of the new camera yet... too busy surfing!).

After a couple of fantastic regular surfing sessions I had to switch to standup (much easier on my back). Still heaps of fun, but one thing has been bugging me. About 80% of the pack of standup surfers (that now outnumber the regular ones in some breaks) is absolutely unrespectful of the etiquette and hog the waves leaving little chance to regular surfers to have their share of fun.

I thought about having made some custom lycra shirts to wear when to go SUP surfing. On the back:
"Regular surfers can drop in on me (as long as it's safe)"
On the front:
"I'm not going to take advantage of my unfair advantage in catching waves"
or, if that is too long:
"Unfair advantages bug me".

That would give a strong message to the other standup surfers, don't you think?
Please post a comment if you have ideas for other sentences or if you want to join the initiative and share the cost of it.

I also opened two threads about this on the Standup Zone forum and on the Hot Sails Maui forum.

See you in the water. Surf with aloha!

PS. Thanks to Maui Ultra Fins who decided to renew their banner (check the new twin fin one) till the end of the year. I'll use that money for the lycra shirts!

The number of blog readers keep growing, but the banner's price just went down (they follow Wall Street): 40 bucks a month!
Here's the stats of the last two weeks.

Epic Sessions

International stoke!

Posted: November 17th, 2008, 1:08am CET

So, I'm sitting in an English pub minding my own business when a bunch with Swiss sit down around me and we strike up a good conversation.... Next thing you know, I'm chin to chin with a swiss guy who rips in the North Sea!

No matter where you go, you run into people who are not only like minded, but seemed to have been crafted from the same mold.

I've always wanted to sail Klitmoler, and now I'm gonna. After all, I've got a good friend who'll show me his home turf.

Pray for wind, my friend! ;-)

Live to Sail

Lewes, De. The Secret Spot

Posted: November 16th, 2008, 9:05pm CET

Today James Roe and I scored fabulous conditions on the Deleware Bay! The Secret Spot was firing! I've dubbed the session "The Jump-a-palooza" at the Secret Spot!
The wind was WNW which is pretty much side shore at this venue. The ramps on the outside where perfect for busting out big floaty jumps.

We hit the water around 9.30, I rode my 91 ltr and a juiced 5.0. Sailed that for about 30 minutes, then it got really windy. Time to pull out the 77ltr board! Rigged down to my 4.5. I was LIT! In the gusts, could of been on a 3.6! Beautiful sun light off the water on the reach back to the beach. Pretty magical and was great to share the experience with someone else.

Pulled from the go-pro footage

Man, the junps on the outside where some of my biggest ever on the Deleware bay. That aint too hard in side shore 4.5 conditions at a deep water venue! Huge!
small kit

mast mount

I took a few minutes out of the action to snap a few shots of James. He was on a 4.2

Driving home thru Deleware

Red Sky at night............

COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
330 AM EST MON NOV 17 2008

Tuesday and Weds look great:

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...

TUE
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT...INCREASING TO 25
TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW.

WED
NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT...DIMINISHING TO
20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

looking forward.........

Lost In Hatteras

Beached Boats and Blustery Breeze

Posted: November 16th, 2008, 8:10pm CET

***Update*** I just uploaded the Buxton Slick video, it's at the bottom of this post...

****Update #2**** The Island Free Press has posted an informative news item about the beached sailboat, here. Apparently, this isn't the first time this boat has been in trouble...

Big news in Avon this weekend! Some fella from up North ran his 50 foot sailboat aground across the street from the Food Lion. Rumor is, he went below deck and mistakenly fell asleep while underway... Doh! No one got hurt, and his boat seems kinda OK, so everyone's just laughing about the whole thing. He's pretty lucky that the swell isn't very big right now, and that he missed the Pier (by about a half a mile). Word is, they're going to try to pull him out tomorrow morning at high tide. I wish them luck, because if they fail, there's another big blow forecasted for Tuesday and Wednesday.... Drew has some great pics from last night's rescue mission here.

Nino's delivered a Pizza to him!

High and Dry!

Might as well clean the hull while she's dry docked...?!?!

It's been a super windy weekend! It cranked out of the South all day yesterday, with temps in the 70s and occasional showers. I snagged a dawn and sunset session, both of which were kinda lame performances on my part. I was up way too late Friday night, so my energy level was terrible for the dawn sesh. I still had a great time, and nailed a few loops and spocks and stuff, but was definitely dragging out there. Then, at work, Drew brought in a bunch of leftover brownies, and then Anne showed up with a box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts that she bought for a fundraiser... So all I ate all day was sweets, and then I tried for the sunset sesh... Needless to say, I had ZERO energy... I'm usually pretty careful about what I eat, but man, yesterday was just terrible...

From what I hear, Ego Beach lit up pretty well in the afternoon, about chest high on the newly formed outer bar. Hope fully that sandbar stays put for a few swells, because it looks pretty well shaped. This was the scene when I showed up:

Whole lotta standing around going on

So yeah, the wind died off, and the tide got too high. Luckily, the sound is right across the street! There were quite a few people out there, who had come down for the weekend forecast. They definitely scored a sweet day!

This morning was cranking NW and a bit chillier. Anne, Stuart and I sailed down in the Buxton Slicks. Anne tried out her new 3.7 World Sail Surge, and claims "It's GREAT!" Stuart was on fire this morning, nailing spocks on BOTH tacks now!! Solid performance! And I, well, yeah... I wasn't really feeling it this morning... Oh well, it was still super fun! I took the camera out there again and shot some video. Enjoy!!

The forecast for this coming week looks INSANE, AGAIN! This Fall has just been incredible! If you're not here, GET here, 'cuz it's gonna be good!

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

JP Highlights 2009 Twinser Wave

Posted: November 16th, 2008, 3:11pm CET by biwako_freeride

Live to Sail

Warm Day At New Road

Posted: November 15th, 2008, 11:36pm CET

Wow, it was just bizzare warm today, pushing 70! Wore the wetsuit.
Lots of sailors there for fun 5.0 conditions.

If anyone is interested in buying my van, get in touch with me soon, cuz I'm either gonna sell it to a sailor who can enjoy it, or I'm trading it in on a 4x4.

The water at new road today, dare I say it, was nice to look at. I think in the dead of summer, all sorts of algae, and other stuff, sort of discolors the water. But in the fall, and today, the water is a lot cleaner, and down right pretty.

Tons of floaty port jumps, and full on raging!

Here is slide show of some jumps that we zoomed on:

Andy Pierce was ripping today. Bob, sorry you where under the weather today, and look forward to sailing with The Zamboni again, soon!

Nice Andy!

James Roe has a beautiful gybe. And he was hitting some nice jumps too.

Here's a few more of Andy

Few more of Andy. Great to sail with you again today Andy. Hope we can do it again real soon.

After the first session on the bay, Janis and I checked out Tower road, and it appeared that a fair bit of decoupling was going on, so I think I made the right call. Still, that stinking feeling that I was missing some thing special on the ocean nagged at me all day.

I used the “clew-view” mount for the go-pro today. It seem to work ok, although half way thru the session, it swung down below the boom. That should be ok, just providing a different view. I’m looking forward to reviewing the footage, and check back later for the action.

This mid gybe shot is pulled from the video file.

Toward late afternoon, Jules and his wife Donna showed up too. Wind wasn't as steady as early in the day, but still fun.

Jules, Janis loves the colors on that sail! Is that a Naish?

Linda is a sailor we met who is down from Jersey. Great to meet you Linda!

Forecast for tomorrow is for the wind to clock around to the west-northwest. I’m targeting a secret spot sesh if that happens, with a fall back to New Road if it has too much west in it.

Road Trip '08

First Florida Sesh

Posted: November 15th, 2008, 11:27pm CET

I woke up this morning amped - we had a killer adventure the night before (which you'll find out more about later), and I was stoked for my first florida paddleboard sesh.

That lasted about five minutes after I got wet. Florida, you see, is not Maui. The wave faces are choppy. The wave period is short. All the paddleboarding I'd done in Maui (and in the lake near my office last week) was for naught - I felt like I was a beginner again. The sunken tail, one-stroke board 180 I had thought I had mastered? Pssshh. I could barely stand on the board.

My frustration lasted for about ten minutes before I said "Screw it, I'm getting a sail." \

That changed EVERYTHING. The wind was VERY light and very offshore, and the waves were breaking pretty close to the beach, so I didn't get many rides as I really wanted to only take the set waves that would give me a chance to ride then pop out before getting caught in the dead zone of the shorebreak. The few rides I did get, though, were top notch, according to my buddy Brent who was surfing.

Post-sesh, we grabbed some IHOP, then headed back to the resort to get Brent windsurfing - he'd taken a lesson a few years ago, but hadn't sailed since. It's a tribute to his athleticism that he was basically sailing on his own after just a few minutes of instruction. I bounced between boards and sails (Aerotech Phantom 6.8, Severne Element 7.5, Sailworks NC4 8.5, Kona 11'5, Kona One, Starboard Serenity, Exocet S-Cross 145...) the wind picked up enough to send us all running for shortboards, but the wind died just as a I got the 8.5 rigged and on the water.

Oh well.

Andy Radley IR212

Who said you have to get wet?

Posted: November 15th, 2008, 9:01pm CET

Came across this clip of Andy Brandt doing some cool sail spinning stuff on you tube. Looks like light wind tomorrow. Maybe i'll give it a go.

Check it out

Bill's OBX Beach Life

I'm a Dad!!!

Fetched: November 15th, 2008, 5:12am CET by Bill

Noah Ryder Bell was born Thursday, Nov 13 at 8:15am!! What an experience, and one for life. The little guy came to us with no problems and Mom and he are doing great. Though Mom still has some pain in her abdomen from the c-section delivery. I have been spending the past 24+ hours in the hospital, and came home today for a few hours to check in at home, and get some photos out to family and friends. Of course a blog post too!

Noah was born on a SE windy day, and though I missed it (waiting to read the Cove report?!), along with likely the SW forecast for tomorrow..., his arrival makes the windsurfing "Missed It" in the calendar totally worth it! In his calendar, it was a total epic session for me!!

All in all, a quick post that all is well and Lauren and I look forward to the coming days, weeks, months, and years ahead! Thanks again to all the support from everyone. Its a magical moment!

Mom and Dad patiently waiting for the little one!

Hey Noah, nice diaper! Dad will become an expert changing those!?!

A family photo!

Son and Dad!

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

The New York Times Shows Some Love to The Peconic Puffin

Fetched: November 15th, 2008, 5:12am CET by Michael

It had nothing to do with windsurfing. But to be in New York City the night of Election Day...to hear the sound of the city when Barack Obama was declared the next President of the United States...it was so overwhelming...

Epic Sessions

Get a frozen sesh

Posted: November 15th, 2008, 4:52am CET

As the north winds usher in winter, I might be conspiring to jet away somewhere warm and windy but I'm also keeping an eye on where winter delivers some freshies. Now you can track snow reports in realtime with this handy little app if you have an iPhone.

If you don't have one ... what are you waiting for??

Lost In Hatteras

The Mega-Update

Posted: November 14th, 2008, 4:25pm CET

Sorry to keep y'all hanging...

Here goes:

Veteran's Day: Obviously: Thanks to anyone who has ever selflessly served this country!! After thanking our "Silent Heroes," you all must thank Anne and me for sacrificing to the wind gods. We spent the day on Ocracoke being tourists. We brought beach chairs, bicycles, books, and booze. We did not bring windsurfing gear... So of course, the sunny part of the forecast came true, but the windless part did not...

Riding bikes around the village

They have trees in Ocracoke!!

But they don't make such a big deal about the Lighthouse...

Congratulations! You are 88.5 miles away from anything!

The fishing boats were out in force

The beach is firm enough to ride a beach cruiser!

Even though we missed a solidly good 5.5 day, we definitely had some fun. It was good to get off hectic Hatteras Island for a day, get a change of pace, yada yada yada... Looking at my logs, that was my first, true, full day off from the shop since September 7th! That's over two months straight! How's that for being a dedicated employee? In any case, I can think of no way better to spend the day than hanging out with my lady.

Wednesday was a bit lighter for wind, but still sailable. I got stuck in the shop, catching up on everything from the day before... And with the super short days this time of year, the sun was pretty much gone by the time I got out of work. Not to worry, though, with the full moon and some parking lot lights, Drew and I snagged a sweet skate sesh. What a great option for these lighter wind or shorter day sessions! Drew learned how to sail clew first, and dialed in his duck jibes and heli-tacks, while I worked out some kinks in the spocks and grubbys.

Speedy gonzales, aka Drew

Full Moon, helping us out in the visibility department

And yesterday, Thursday, was just plain old wicked!! It was pretty stormy all day, with gusty SE winds and rain squalls pushing through. By early afternoon, we couldn't take it anymore and headed to the Cove. Stuart, Keith, Chad, Rick, Mike Burns and his NY crew, and Lane, Jay, and a few others hit it up, despite the inclement "coastal" weather. It was perfect 5.0 with chest to overhead set waves, slightly onshore conditions. It was pretty much impossible to not go huge on the jumps. Almost landed a few back loops... but not quite there yet... I just can't stick the darned landings...

Thursday, November 13th, Frisco Pier Meter (courtesy iWindsurf.com)

There was one squall that blew through, that actually had me a bit nervous for a minute. The wind went from 22-27 mph (perfect 5.0), to 27 gusting to 40 mph almost instantly, with basically no warning... Tailwalking, barely under control, I got completely worked by one of the outside bombs. Man, I've never held on to my boom so tightly! No way was I letting go of my kit, way outside, in such a strong squall with building seas (The buoy jumped from 7 feet to 13 feet over the course of a few hours)! Once I surfaced, the gusts were so intense, I could only clear my sail during the lulls, try to waterstart, and basically get immediately ragdolled... Eventually, I scored a lull long enough to get my feet in the straps and the harness on, and then I was finally able to make it back to shore, tailwalking and avoiding waves the whole way in... I was stoked to touch dry land, that's for sure!

After the squall, Stuart and Keith relaunched.

And the sun appeared as the wind crapped out!

Overall, it was a killer session in the Cove! Stuart and I were commenting that this Fall has seen quite a few sailable days out in the Cove/Hook area... Pretty unusual, but we're certainly not going to complain about that!

And a final piece of visual entertainment for ya:

I finally got around to editing some footage that Ace took out at the Reef, from about a month ago... There's some slightly bouncy helmet cam footage in there, but I think it came out pretty well overall! Enjoy!

UK Windsurfing Association

ISAF chooses RS:X as windsurf class for London 2012

Posted: November 14th, 2008, 4:05pm CET by admin

From the RS:X Class website: The ISAF Council has just voted to select the RS:X for both men’s and women’s events at the 2012 Olympic Regatta. The chairman of the ISAF Event’s Committee, Bjorn Unger, proposed to the council that they take 8 sets of equipment (all those apart from…

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corn wall was epic last weekend

Posted: November 14th, 2008, 3:18pm CET

sweet week end had by all love gwithian a short vieo of what happend sweet

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Talentos gemelos para el windsurf

Posted: November 14th, 2008, 11:01am CET by yann

Desde hoy podrás ver en EURONEWS, y en el programa TALENT a las gemelas Daida e Iballa Ruano Moreno; un reportaje rodado en Pozo Izquierdo el pasado mes de Octubre.
las Moreno Twins, dominan el circuito mundial de windsurf desde hace una década. Compiten como si fuesen una y afirman sin dudar que su condición de gemelas las ha ayudado a desarrollar más rápidamente sus talentos individuales como windsurfistas.
Enlace: [euronews.net]

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No wind and big waves

Posted: November 14th, 2008, 10:45am CET by admin

The first real NW swell of the season hit today. Everyone was out somewhere around the island. I went to Ho’okipa. It was uncrowded and pretty fun. I haven’t been in waves like today for a while so it got a little getting used to!

Earlier Nayra, John and I checked out a secret little pool.

My camera is broke, so thanks Nayra for the fun pics!

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