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Cape Cod’s first cold windsurfing day…. but still fun!!

Posted: November 21st, 2009, 12:15am CET by Jerry

I set up my video camera on the dash of my van and just let it run. This is what I came up with. I was the only windsurfer for the fist part of the session. A bunch of other windsurfers showed up after I was done filming.
Blocktober Fest 2009

Posted: November 21st, 2009, 12:05am CET by Jerry

Went to Block Island ( Small Island off the East Coast) For 5 days in October. Killer 5 days! Had some good wind and waves to ride, good friends, a few beers and some great weather!! We did not get some great pictures because no one wanted to sit on the beach with a camera.

Here is a shot of one ride but we had much better rides than this.

Down the line in side-off wind.

Eduardo Díaz

Derecha del Roque 19 de Noviembre

Posted: November 20th, 2009, 9:24pm CET

Before the start of the wind, I was surfing "La Derecha del Roque".
I was only 45 minutes but fun because the waves were coming hard and very clean.
With the arrival of wind, I decided to go to Lloret where I met my old friend Jaime, also with the Stand Up Paddle.
Smaller waves in the north but this time with two old friends in the water, Jaime and Ale Mumbai.

Aloha
see you soon!

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

Surfwax vending machine - NZ

Posted: November 20th, 2009, 7:53pm CET by Tatiana Howard

Check out this new idea that came a reality in New Zealand. My boyfriend and his friend came up the idea of having the first ever surf wax vending machine. Click here to read more about it on The Dominion Post (New Zealand Newspaper).

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Off Season Action!

Posted: November 20th, 2009, 10:32am CET

Most of you guys are all packed up and starting to think about wintertime fun! Here on Maui you can see how spoiled we are by Kev’s great blog shots- Warm wind, sandy beaches, and perfect aqua blue waters with whitecaps as far as you can see! I know,...

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

夏のトレイルの虫よけ対策

Posted: November 20th, 2009, 8:43am CET by biwako_freeride

　夏のトレイルの虫よけ対策として、今のところ一番よさそうなのが、携帯式の蚊取り線香をバックパックに取り付ける方法です。
　長所は、液体の虫よけスプレーのように、汗で流れたりしない。電池式のベープに比べて、煙やにおいで効いているのが分かる。１巻きで１日程度は十分持つことなど。短所は、取り付け位置に工夫が必要で、トレッキングなど、歩きの場合は、ズボンのベルトに取り付けたりできますが、自転車用のウェアや自転車には、直接取り付けづらいです。

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Maui..

Posted: November 19th, 2009, 10:25pm CET

Maui..

Bill's OBX Beach Life

Windsurfer International Issue 3 is Out With Killer Hatteras Coverage!

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 9:27pm CET by Bill

Issue 3 of the new blank">Windsurfer International is out, and the online wind zine includes killer Hatteras coverage of the 2009 wavesailing season! George Markopoulos at Live2Sail wrote an excellent feature about his Hatteras experience along with a piece I put together on the Hatteras wavesailing safari.

Along with the Hatteras content, Brian McDowell includes some of the best international windsurfing coverage seen in either print or digital format. Excellent work and what an awesome new windsurfing magazine!! Definitely check it out!!

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Erosion at The Bowl

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 10:21am CET by Michael

The Bowl lost quite a bit of sand last week, making the prospect of launching and landing there a bit less appealing. We'll have to grab a few sessions there to see if the waves have been affected (hey maybe...

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

Shark Sighted

Posted: November 19th, 2009, 8:41am CET by Tatiana Howard

I pulled up at Ho’okipa just like every day for a windsurf session. As I arrived and start rigging, the lifeguards launched the jetski into the water and stabbed this sign in front of the beach(sign featured below!)…yikes! I then started thinking to myself that I should not go out, but than I thought again that sharks are always out there. I was just hesitant because some one saw it and there was a sign now on the beach. Crazy what the mind does. I decided to go out anyways after 20 minutes of debating on the beach. I can say my hair stayed dry the longest ever! I fell once and swam the fastest I could. I tried to stay calm but the thought of a shark was definitely in my mind.

petschmoser.ch

New Board (3)

Posted: November 19th, 2009, 8:01am CET by petsch

Thanks to the guys from quatro my new board is almost finished. It just needs the footpads, texture and its done. Looking forward to get it saturday morning.

Philippe did already the paintjob and before he does the texture, he puts the sticker my windsurfingfriend Michael from speedygrafx has made. If you ever need a sticker, whatever size and design, he is the guy to talk too.

Bill's OBX Beach Life

Rt 12 is Back, and Serendipity Must Go!

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Bill

Two excellent pieces of news for the OBX!!!

The Island Free Press has reported (scroll down a little bit on the page) that yesterday Rt 12 has opened to all traffic! The NCDOT has done an excellent job to get the area back in action for access to Rodanthe and points south.

Additionally, the Island Free Press reports that the Nights in Rodanthe house, Serendipity must go! Dare County will declare the property a public nuisance with choice for the owners to either move it or remove it. Excellent news to help save more construction debris from endangering our beaches and inshore waters. Hopefully, this is only the beginning and all "lost cause" ocean front properties will be "forced" to take action to prevent more property waste from polluting our beaches and coastal waters.

Oh yea, and Andy at Lost in Hatteras reports excellent wavesailing at the Lighthouse yesterday!! Killer shots of Keith M lined up and then eaten by a big one!! Fun times!!
PS: You all wondering where I was at, especially since I have a brand new Quatro Tempo 92 PVC waiting to get wet?! Well, I am finally in the final stages of a SW application construction/deployment which I have been working on since mid-summer. The effort has cut into much of my windsurfing time this Fall as I have missed a number of days over the past month or so (really bummed I missed that Cove Sesh!)... Friday is the rollout, and though work will continue, perhaps I may be able to slip down to Avon to catch a few more sessions once into the operations and maintenance phase...
Remarkable Devastation... Rt 12 at Mirlo/S-Turns Ravaged by Friday the 13th Nor'easter

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Bill
Caleb Jacobs sent these remarkable images of the Friday the 13th Nor'easter devastation to Route 12 at S-Turns just north of Rodanthe. We all knew it would be bad down there, but the way the road is literally destroyed lays credit to the power of the ocean. Likely, Rodanthe and Avon will be cut off for some time as the aftermath kicks in. Ironically, this storm was really not the worst the OBX experiences, yet given the destruction of the S-Turns dune line the week prior by a relatively minor NE blow, and the literal naked beating of the area again over the past few days, there is not much left... To add additional injury to the mess, more NE wind is forecast for start of the week! Good luck NC DOT!!

Amazing the Nights in Rodanthe House, Serendipity remains standing out in the ocean's wash. That place is going to fall soon, and all its material will litter the beaches as does all the other ocean front properties which have fallen to the surf. If anything, be careful if you head out into the zone, or even a casual beach walk; not for the pounding Hatteras bombers, but rather that decking or roof truss with nails sticking out of it!! Actually, all these houses which are in the water, and condemned to fall, should simply be demolished in a controlled manner to prevent the littering of the beaches. On a calm sunny day, Serendipity should simply be brought down and hauled away, rather than allowing the Atlantic to do the job.

More Images from South Nags Head to Hatteras Island:
Dramatic shot sent in from Dale Bendula highlighting the storm surge in Buxton.
- The destruction in South Nags Head - Bob Muller
- Island Free Press Rt 12/S-Curves Photo Coverage - Don Bowers
- Pursuit of Paradise, Great comparison photos from past storms, current coverage, and commentary
What a Mess....

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Bill

What a mess on the OBX right now! Pouring rain, miserable weather, washed out Rt 12 down at S-Turns, and a bubble wrapped new 2010 windsurfing board. At least it is easy to sit in front of the computer to get some work done.

Andy has an excellent video recapping the "Big Nor'easter" experience.

If you are not here on the OBX for this weather event, definitely worth staying dry at home...

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Windsurfing Hamptons "Best of Long Island" Nominee

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Michael

The Long Island Press (my first employer...I had a paper route with them a zillion years ago) is running a "best of Long Island" survey, and in the Sports category Windsurfing Hamptons is a nominee under "extreme sports". As it's...
And the Tweaked Shall Paddle the Earth: SUP session at Bowl #2

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Michael

Yea, though Jon Ford put a mighty hurt on his wrist last month and is not expected to be windsurfing until the Spring, SUP surfing in six foot waves is apparently not on the "thou shalt not" list. And so...
Down and Outhauled at North Sea Road

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Michael

One must save the term "nuking" for those days when it's really over the top. Thursday at North Sea Road had been 4.0 conditions, Friday was windier. Nuking. I started with my smallest sail (3.4) and board (77 liters) and...
Sailing with Jeff’s Ghost

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Michael

Blowing about 27 at North Sea Road…Jeff on a 4.2, me on a 4.0, taking long reaches out to the fast current between the launch and Robins Island, because that’s where the current are serving up 4-5 foot standing waves...
Gale Warning

Fetched: November 19th, 2009, 1:27am CET by Michael

Got any "personal days" available for the taking? If not, keep your fingers crossed for Saturday. Thus spake NOAA: Today NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Occasional gusts up to 35 kt this afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Fri...

azuldeultramar

Quiver en proceso

Posted: November 19th, 2009, 12:15am CET

A pesar de la famosa crisis me estoy haciendo con un nuevo quiver, todavía faltan tablas, pero no he podido resistirme a hacer una pequeña presentación previa en sociedad.

PD: soy un friky, lo reconozco :)

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Maui Sailor

Posted: November 18th, 2009, 7:08pm CET

A lone sailor heads out.

thehappysurfertormod

Tow in and padle surf at Honolua bay 12 Nov 09

Posted: November 18th, 2009, 9:50am CET

Ok..here we go. I have promised some pictures I took at honolua bay some days ago. I had plan with some sequences but I rather put out some of the highlights. First of all from a definitive non Honolua bay skilled surfer perspective that I am, I think the conditions that day was not epic at all. I have seen the waves there much much more cleaner and mush more in system. It had probable something to do with the direction of the swell? But the waves who was there was in what I could judge wery fast, and there was a loot of current in the water. And about epicness there was really some clean clean glassy waves there, as you can see from some of the pix it looks like the rider probable could check his hair style before the ride was over :-) There was only few paddle surfers in the water. If that was because of the messy waves or because of the current I don’t know. We sow a surfer paddling out at the point outside the last parking spot, and when he was in the water I think he mowed about 0,5 meter/min in paddling. When he finally got a ride, as he afterword called a shitty wave, I think he got a long one completely past the cave, and was driven back again by a car..and was going out again.. And about the tow in at Honolua bay this day, I think the few paddle surfers out there gave the opportunity to do some rides with the tow in. And again I don’t know why they did the tow in there, maybe because of a nice day to practice tow in and really tune in the communication between the surfer and the jetski driver, and then be prepared for bigger waves later. And I must admit I was impressed about their timing and communication for safe rides. About Jetski, I don’t know if I like them around. For me as a now in the start of being a real surfer I really have started to like the purity of it. For sure the trip here to Maui for me is mainly windsurf, but I most admit that after a surf session and when you have had a couple of nice rides, in small waves for me, you are in a state of mind with balance and calmness after a kind of clean communication with mother earth and the nature. But anyway, I must admit, if someone asked med, would you like to do some tow in? I will probable had said yes. But such an offer would have been unthinkable anyway, so I'm spared the dilemma, and I can keep myself on my 9" Kazuma performance board in small gentle waves and be a happy surfer in that way :-)
I know about the potential surfer windsurfer, and the windsurfer kite surfer conflict, but I don’t know about there is a potential conflict between tow in and paddle in surfers. But as you can see from pictures below I don’t think there was any grounds for conflict there. Everybody help out each other in the strong current.
So for me it was super cool to be there, watch the waves, watch the paddle surfers and be impressed of the timing and the speed in the tow in surf, and in my own opinion take some cool pictures, and as I could see the tow in surfers has so fun, clearly smiling form ear to ear…truly some happy surfers!
"Anybody there?"

And for me. Super nice windsurf together with a windsurfing friend Florian at Upper Kanaha 2 days ago. I think it was my best up there, with the conditions, waves here, there and everywhere. Finally after so many sessions up there I now understand how it can be there on windswell days like this. I heard that Sprcks was filled up with a lot of pro windsurfers that day..take a look at pix on: Mauiwatershoot
Yester day super nice surf session at the southshore together with windsurf and surf friend Andrea and more, now in waves with a bit more power. Some nose dives when the waves was steap in the take off, but we got many nice rides.
And to day I tested out upper again with Petsch and Andrea. It was for me definitely no good day up there, and after brake I ended up at lower K together with Florian and Jim and for me I had ia super nice session there, super fun in small waves but some to turns on even up to 3 small bottom turns, even when the wind sometimes was quite gusty. Tomorrow hopefully there will be more swell coming.

petschmoser.ch

little session at Kuau

Posted: November 18th, 2009, 5:54am CET by petsch

Sunday I sailed the first time this winter at Kuau. Somehow I am always a bit nervous sailing there. The parking is limited and if you come late, you have to carry your gear for quit a distance. Once you are at the shore it’s a rocky beach (specialy going in and out of the ocean with your gear is a challenge) and then continues with the small channel to go in and out. Still I like to go there sometimes. If there is no wave at Lower Kanaha, up there you find always some to play and because it is close to the shore it’s nice for pictures too.

The waves were quit small and with the east wind it was really light inside. Going out is no problem, the current takes you right out. When I decided to stop the wind inside got even lighter and I had trouble to make it inside the channel. At my second attempt I ended up in the rocks. I was not so worried about myself, but about my gear. Thanks to my shoes my feet are ok, only a few scratches on my legs. Unfortunately the board and the 4.7 sail ended with minor damages.

Just a little cut in the sail, but it still hurts when you damage something new….

The little crack on the board I fixed myself. Good I did not have my new board yet…

For a little while I will stay down in Kanaha, much safer and easier. For sure one day I will return to Kuau.

Because of my back issue I mostly not jump but sometimes I just can’t say no not getting some airtime….

Lost In Hatteras

RT 12 is open, and the waves are firing!

Posted: November 18th, 2009, 3:16am CET

First item:

Route 12 is open to ALL traffic! 2wd cars, tractor trailers, everything. NC DOT built a temporary surface on top of one lane of the existing highway. You may have to wait a few minutes until oncoming traffic clears, but that's a heck of a lot faster than taking the Stumpy Point to Rodanthe emergency ferry service... That also means that the supply chain is wide open again, so things like gas, groceries, mail, et cetera are all readily available again. Don't fret, you WILL have Turkey for Thanksgiving! More updates here.

Next item:

The Lighthouse was Firing today! Well overhead set waves, and pretty light winds kept the faces clean and barreling, and the consequences high. Keith, Caleb, Stuart and I windsurfed, and every one of us took a pretty solid beating at one point or another. Personally, I schlogged/positioned for 27 minutes before I caught my first solid wave. It took me 9 minutes to get to the outside, and 18 minutes to get back up to the peak and find a good set wave that was lined up. It was worth the effort. After that first good wave, I lost all inhibitions and sailed much more carelessly, dropping in on most anything that came my way. 'Twas a very fun sesh!!

Keith gets the only pictures of the day:

And I caught a rare glimpse of his secret weapon- a 34 cm freeride fin!! No wonder he never has any trouble staying upwind...

More wind in the forecast! GET HERE!!

azuldeultramar

Abrumado

Posted: November 18th, 2009, 3:03am CET

Para los que siguen este blog, no es ningún secreto que la que para mi es la mejor ola de Canarias es El Frontón, pero lo del domingo es algo que todavía no he podido asimilar, un auténtico espectáculo de la naturaleza, nadie entró al agua (lo comprendo perfectamente) pero no por ello dejé de hacer fotos, de hecho hice unas 600 fotos en un par de horas y al verlas ahora, las odio y me encantan; me encanta la ola y cada imagen que me la recuerda, pero por otro lado, ninguna de las fotos hace justicia a las sensaciones que esa ola provoca al verla al natural y es por eso (y por la cantidad de fotos) que me está costando hacer una selección y decidir cuales voy a editar.
De todos modos ya publiqué un par de ellas en el blog de CUTRE.

SURFANDMORE

Spot Y

Posted: November 17th, 2009, 10:08pm CET

Epic forecast for Norwaiis Gold coast (Jæren) this week. actually theres been a lot of good windsurf/surf days lately. Spot Y`s beautiful lefthander seems to be the place ! today is was kind of regretting that i didnt bring my surfboard out to the coast. as the wind dropped early afertnoon. apparently the early birds had mythical tales of strong side off winds (we had to make do with a kind of light sideshore..) However i rigged my 5.3 and went out. was underpowered and wasnt able to do much. cool to be out there though the ocean was kind of going up and down.. cool to see one part be several meters taller than another part etc.. well give me 1-2 ms more and ill show you ! BTW i think JOMPA the swedish surfbum needs some help.. he broke his only mast and trashed a sail today,his boom is fucked up and his harness is held together with downhaul rope.. he might be interrested in some second hand stuff ! The sequence is Erik Tobiassen. watch and learn..

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

20mm AXLE FORK ADAPTER

Posted: November 17th, 2009, 3:38pm CET by biwako_freeride

　これで、ようやくGEMINIをフォークダウンタイプのサイクルキャリアで、自動車に外積みできるようになった。

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

7 D inspiration

Posted: November 17th, 2009, 1:12pm CET

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Chris Murray K202

this week end haha on news for 2 sec haha woop

Posted: November 16th, 2009, 9:30pm CET

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Maui Maui

Posted: November 16th, 2009, 8:28pm CET

THe beautiful sights we get to see. The swell has dropped off and so has the wind and in comes the rain!! But good to get things going and get stuff done that I love to put off!!

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

1.2.3.4.5

Posted: November 16th, 2009, 7:51pm CET by Tatiana Howard

pritchardimaging.com

Lost In Hatteras

Ida Action (2 Videos)

Posted: November 16th, 2009, 6:33am CET

It's no secret, Ida caused her fair share of destruction across the Eastern Seaboard, including taking a good chunk out of NC12 up in Rodanthe. NCDOT is working furiously to repair the road, and they even had a lane open at low tide today to let 4wd vehicles on or off the island. There's lots of info all over the net about the storm damages and repair schedules and what not, so I'm not going to add any more to the confusion. Check out islandfreepress.org and ncdot.org for the latest info and some crazy slideshows.

I will, however, add to the action report! Ida kicked up some serious swell, but our winds were slow to catch on as the low hung out pretty much directly over us. So, the first day or two were a wash (literally). By Friday afternoon, however, the low slipped off shore just enough to kick up some North winds. Friday had potential to be an epic wavesailing day on the southside, but North winds are straight offshore down there. It doesn't sound like much of a difference, but NE is really the money direction, while due North is downright dangerous, especially when it gets big. With the East beaches an out of control washing machine, we decided to hit up the sound side at Island Creek. 4.2 and freestyle board. Check da vid:

Ex-Ida Windsurf HQ from Andy McKinney on Vimeo.

Major thanks go out to Drew for filming and Ace for the loaner on the camera!!

We had another batch of wind on Saturday morning. Fluky 4.7 at the same spot, with really very similar conditions to the video. By late evening, the wind died down, and the swell backed off to 12 feet at 15 seconds or something ludicrous like that. I caught word that a few guys were thinking about paddling out down at the lighthouse, so I grabbed Anne, Banana (the dog), and the video camera and headed to Buxton. Joey Crum and Brett Barley made their way off the beach in the fading light and caught a few mackers. I've got nothing but respect for these guys, as these were exceptionally difficult conditions, and they made it look easy. Check da vid:

Ex-Ida Surf HQ from Andy McKinney on Vimeo.

Yow!!!

Fish's Windsurf Journal

Clear Out!

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 8:34pm CET

Equipment for sale / a vendre (Kingston, ON)

Sails/Voiles:
• 2008 Goya W3D 5.3 - Good Condition (red, rigs on a 430). $350

• 2008 Goya W3D 4.7 – Good Condition (black, rigs on a 400). $350

• 2008 Goya W3D 4.1 – Excellent Condition (black, rigs on a 370/400). $350

• 2007 Goya Wave 3.7 – Excellent Condition (black, rigs on a 370). $300

Masts / mât:
• 2008 Goya RDM 430 – Good Condition, with bag. $300

• 2008 Goya RDM 400 – Good Condition, with bag. $300

• 2005? Naish Firestick RDM 370 – Good Condition, with bag. $250

Booms:
• 2009 211 Components (Goya proto) 140-190 Alloy boom – Very Good Condition. $100

• 2005? North Progression Comp Boom – Size A+ (150-200). Well used but with life left. $50. I can throw in a comparable A (140-190) version as well, with a slight bend in one of the arms. It is still usable, but more importantly, could serve as a source of a spare boom head and tail piece. SOLD!

Photos available on request. Packages or complete rigs are a possibility. Make an offer and I'll consider.
Contact Mike/Fish at fishinator@hotmail.com

SURFANDMORE

Surf !

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 6:31pm CET

Martin is looking to get tubed this winter !

Norways new hope in Rock played here on Saturday ! John olav Nilsen & Gjengen. Theyre good !

Have to be satisfied with this weekend ! Freeriding with my 5.3 on Friday and Saturday. decent surf today. well at least until i paddled out and it dropped.. nice photoshoot though ! good to spend some time at the coast again. been a lot of work commitment lately. Planning a long christmas vacation. looking forward to that !

petschmoser.ch

New Board (2)

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 7:53am CET by petsch

It looks as if my new board will be finished and ready to sail soon. They put the footstraps inserts, the finboxes and a first layer.

Now the board has to dry out and wait for the next step.
Maui cars

Posted: November 14th, 2009, 10:43am CET by petsch

The windforecast was not quit right for today. Very light, not at all as predicted. Well lets hope for tomorrow. As I drove around today I saw quit a few real Maui cars.

Maui/Hawaii is the land of pickup trucks. Big engine with fat tires. On the other hand you see some just like the movie “fast and furious”.

Also no matter how rusty, how many dents or crashed, as long as the engine starts you can drive. And it is no problem to pass the yearly safety check. You just have to pay 20$, they don’t look at your car and you are all set. What a difference to the german tüv or the swiss inspection. There your car gets lifted and they check with flashlight everything, even do a testdrive.

How do they say here? Have a safe drive…..

Chris Murray K202

WEATHER WARNINGS STAY IN DOORS STRONG WINDS

Posted: November 14th, 2009, 12:22am CET

WOOOOOOPPPP GET YA SAILS OUT DUDES IF ANY ONE IS AROUND SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND I WILL BE AT HAYLING IN MORNING THEN MOVE ON FROM THERE LETS HOPE WE CAN GET OUT

Moritz Mauch G-103

Alessio and me were already investigating all ...

Posted: November 14th, 2009, 12:12am CET

Alessio and me were already investigating all week wind and wave forecasts for Gran Canaria. And we were lucky: perfect conditions hit the island, with wind around 30 knots, waves around 3 meters and, best of all, right at the weekend!

So we spend plenty of time from Friday until Tuesday on the waters of Pozo, Salinas de Pozo and Mosca Point, where the pictures were taken. Mostly we were sailing with 3,4 sails and, like always we had lot of fun.
See you!

Eduardo Díaz

LAS SALINAS DE POZO

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 9:21pm CET

Last swell, last windsurf session!!Fun, good waves and 3hours sailing in Las Salinas, Pozo Izquierdo.
The next swell for surf is coming,see you soon!!
AlohaED

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

Paia Bay

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 7:40pm CET by Tatiana Howard

I hardly ever surf here, but with this big swell it was actually kind of fun!

Thanks for he pics Shaun Stodder!

thehappysurfertormod

Thunderstorm at Maui in the dark

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 11:45am CET

I manage to take some quite cool pictures of the sea at Maui during the thunderstorm this evening. The plan was to try to take a picture of a flash of lightening with a long exposure time on my camera. But I ended up with these pix ..maybe hard to understand but it is totally dark in the sea, and the light is from a flashes in the thunderstorm, and it gives the strange light. The pictures is not edited except the lightest one where I had to turn down the light in the pix. The lightening made it like sunlight in a short second and the thunder was so extreme that the ground was shaking.
I am totally stoked about this nature experience
Prefect Lower Kanaha day after day!

Posted: November 12th, 2009, 9:03am CET

Finaly time for some new post. I have not had time to post for a while, so much to do: “Sleep, eat, drive to Kanaha, rig up the gear in time before 11, windsurf , brake with food and water, windsurf, break with food and water, even more windsurf sessions, talk to all the nice people at Kanaha about the perfect ride you had on a shoulder on a wave, about a wave you missed because somebody dropped in on, about a kite who was weary close, about a nice kiter who helped you in to the shore, talk about windsurfing gear, and talk about how nice these days have been, then rig down the gear drive home make some food with lots of proteins, go to sleep dream about windsurf, and the same all over again next day”
So as you understand we have had so so nice conditions now, even one day with mast high sets, but I think we in average have had around head high to logo about every day. Some few times we also have had some big sets coming even more than logo high. But sometimes, and particularly in the start of the wind period we had was it sometimes quite crowded. The picture above a windsurfing friend, Petsch and his girlfriend Yvonne took of me point that. The title of the pix is “you are never alone at lower kanaha” And below 2 pictures of an another windsurfing friend Andrea with the blue NP zone sail. As you can understand you have to be observant with all the people around you, and you have to be extra concentrated to follow the roles in the waves.

But the bad part is that not everybody follow the roles in the waves at kanaha so you can be quite stressed. But if you are clever you can find time on the day when it is not so crowded.. and that is during the morning and afternoon session. The windsurfing friend Petsch have now started to look at the clock if I arrive a bit late before 11 o’clock and then he say with an Swiss accent “you are late” with an slightly gruffness in the voice. But I have had my payback days when I have had my gear almost tuned up when he arrive and been able to say “you are late”
About my new Quarto quad boards, I am so in love with them, they work absolutely perfect for me. Some days I have used my 95 liter some days my 80 liter. I hope I soon have time to write some more about them at my quad board article series.

So now rest day yesterday and surf at the south shore today, and probably surf tomorrow. It was in fact now wery wery good for the body, arms and mind to have some rest. It looks like we probable will get huge swell and wind on Friday. The forecast the following days also predict much wind. As I also have heard is that there is some lowpressure/highpressure disturbance south of Maui the mess up the normal wind. So my conclusion for that and that the forecast have changed a lot form hour to hour we can not be to secure that we will get wind as we hope for. But anyway when the wind suppose to arrive I think we can score with some windsurf if we really follow the conditions and goes on the water when the wind probable arrive, even if it’s only for some hours.

So here in the end of the post a couple of pictures I took with my zoom lens of upper Kanaha a day we had mast high conditions. (I go Lower Kanaha on days like this)

Lost In Hatteras

Epic!

Posted: November 12th, 2009, 2:21am CET

You guys are not going to believe how sick it was today! Remember that forecast I showed you the other day? Well, check out what ended up happening:

Epic!! from Andy McKinney on Vimeo.

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Jon Ford Tweaked

Fetched: November 12th, 2009, 1:18am CET by Michael

Jon Ford never seems to get hurt. Big Bill just got back from an injury, Scott dings himself on occasion, Jan is walking with a crutch, the Wolf had an arm thing, Jeff usually has a complaint, and I'm on...

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

Vana

Posted: November 11th, 2009, 8:30pm CET by Tatiana Howard

Vana - the Hawaiian sea urchin… don’t step on these when you’re out in the water!

petschmoser.ch

New Board (1)

Posted: November 11th, 2009, 8:35am CET by petsch

Very light wind today, even too light for kiters! This morning I went to the cannery to check on my new board.

Two weeks ago I ordered a custom quatro quad fins 100Lt for all those light wind days wavesailing sessions coming up. They were out of foam, so it took a while until they got started. Now shaper Keith Teboul and his team are working every day to get the board finished by the end of next week.

The first shape was made by a machine. And then Keith started with the finish. Here are some pics, where he is shaping the upperdeck.

Epic Sessions

The Gales of November

Posted: November 11th, 2009, 6:18am CET

No, I didn't forget. I just am a little late.

34 years ago today, November 10, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank with all hands.

My backyard is still. Only the call of the gulls and the lines of migrating geese interrupted the somber silence that had settled over the water this evening. In a replay of last week, the winds will clock back to the south and increase Thursday into Friday where they'll peak with gusts to 40mph.

While the voice in your head tells you that this is just a lake, the voices of the dead remind you that caution is an attribute of the living. I've learned to never turn your back or rest your eyes when dealing with her. She'll strike fast, hard and without remorse.

Andy Radley IR212

Andys Music from the Past

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 10:05pm CET

Here is a selection of music that was recorded in Radley bedroom studios many moons ago!

Andys old rock songs by Andy Radley

Moritz Mauch G-103

Here just some pics of a really ...

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:31pm CET

Here just some pics of a really nice weekend.
Today it was the last day of wind, I was on the 3rd bunker...
Hope you like them

Saludos Moritz

Chris Murray K202

last KIT BIG SALE

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 7:09pm CET

OK GUYS HERE IT IS I HAVE ONE SAIL AND ONE MAST LEFT FOR SALE THATS THE 4.1 AND THE 370 GOYA MAST MASSIV SALE ON THIS ONE £150 FOR THE SALE 2009 GREEN GOYA WAVE AND 370 SKINNY MAST £80 ITS A STEAL CONTACT ME ON K2020MUZZA@MSN.COM IF YOUR INTERESTED

Fish's Windsurf Journal

Blue

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 1:03pm CET

Wow! I have never seen blue on the windguru maps before, probably a testament to where I live.

Check this out: [lostinhatteras.blogspot.com]

Andy McKinney from SailWorld Hatteras is reporting a very nutty week coming right up in Cape Hatteras!

Definitely a great blog from the Cape that we Canadians all like to invade every spring. Take a look.

Here's a direct link to the insane windguru forecast

That's gonna shake them vacation homes real good.

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

New Photo

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:09am CET by Tatiana Howard

Kevin Pritchard capturing a fun moment of mine in the Ho’okipa winter waves! Thanks Kevin!

pritchardimaging.com

Lost In Hatteras

OBX Marathon, some surf, and looking ahead

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 3:12am CET

So Anne ended up doing really well at the OBX Marathon yesterday! She ran the 26.2 miles in 4 hours 15 minutes 40 seconds, which is 30 minutes faster than her last marathon time! It was one heck of a scene up there, with a total of almost 7,000 people running in the 8k, 1/2 marathon, and full marathon. What an event! Here is a little video showing the scene:

OBX Marathon 2009 from Andy McKinney on Vimeo.

After we made it back to Avon, Drew, Stuart and I paddled out and caught some waves. It's been a really long time since I've surfed... It's just been so dang windy! Luckily, my first wave lined up perfectly, so I got a great ride, and built up some confidence for the rest of the sesh. Laura and Anne stretched out on the beach and snapped a few pictures of the action:

Drewski

Drew posted quite a few more pics and a recap of the Marathon here.

Keep an eye on that forecast! It looks like it's going to get pretty crazy out here... of course, you never know what you're going to get until it actually happens, but some of the forecasts have been touching on 50+ knot winds and waves in the 8+ meter swell range... Yikes!! I doubt it'll get that crazy, but I won't be surprised if the road gets washed out. I'd plan on being here by Wednesday afternoon or not at all. Oh, and make sure you don't have to be anywhere until next Tuesday, because that might be the first time you'll be able to leave!

windguru.com forecast as of Sunday evening. We don't see that shade of purple all too often...

James' Blog

Kite Size Calculator / Weight Translator

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 9:37pm CET

Most kite manufacturers make wind range recommendations for their kites based on a "typical" kiter who weighs about 170 lbs (77 kg). I made this table so people of different weights can translate those recommendations for themselves, or figure out proportional kite sizes relative to what their lighter or heavier friends are using. E.g., if 110 lb Tina is perfectly powered on her 8 msq kite, then 230 lb Lars should use his 16 msq kite.

I also included approximate wind speeds in the right hand columns that you can match to your weight and kite size. BUT the particular relationship between kite size and wind speed depends on the style of the kite, the quality and direction of the wind, the type of board, length of lines, etc. So take the wind speed versus kite size recommendations with a grain of salt, and be careful.

Bill's OBX Beach Life

Big Nor' Easter Later this Week?!

Fetched: November 9th, 2009, 7:46pm CET by Bill

Looks like the first big nor'easter of the OBX Fall season is in the forecast for later this week, beginning Wed. Big waves, big wind, and crazy conditions! If heading to Hatteras, and the road is closed at Mirlo/S-turns, be sure to check out Jockey's Ridge, especially with gale force NW wind!! Quite fun! You will know the conditions if there is sand blowing across Rt 158 as you pass the giant sand dunes in Nags Head.

Looks like the 2010 3.7m Legend may be coming out of the plastic bag this week!

PS: If anyone needs a 2008 3.7m or a 2009 4.2m MauiSails Legend for the upcoming gale, send me an email!

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Pumped For A Little Meschutt Action

Fetched: November 9th, 2009, 7:46pm CET by Michael

It should have been me at dawn patrol at Meschutt, but a broken sump pump delayed me (I am a master at swapping in fresh sump pumps…ours breaks every three years like clockwork.) So by the time I arrived and...

Chris Murray K202

Hitch hikeing video haha woop

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 7:39pm CET

i stoped off on the way home in nottingham hiched a lift with a friend down to corn wall ended up in the back of van with massiv dog comedy journy many thanks to rich
tiree 2009 video hope you like no music dew too copy right boo!!

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 7:34pm CET
tiree 2009 video hope you like now with music

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 7:34pm CET

James' Blog

4.7 Onshore Wind Session

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 3:27pm CET

The wind here in Florida has been relentless for a week, every day around 20 mph. Yesterday was probably the windiest yet, with 20 - 30 mph. I used a 4.7 msq Ezzy wave sail that I got last year from a guy who had switched to kiting. The waves weren't huge where I launched near Fort Pierce's South Jetty, but I still had some trouble getting out due to the onshore wind direction. Once out, however, it was great. There were some nice waves on the North side of Fort Pierce Inlet, and some very challenging voodoo swells in the inlet itself, where the incoming waves met the outgoing tide.

4.7 Windsurfing in Fort Pierce, FL from James Douglass on Vimeo.

Today is even windier, but I really really really need to catch up on work since I'm leaving for a conference in California tomorrow.

petschmoser.ch

Happy Days

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 8:08am CET by petsch

Today on the water I had my best day so far. All week I have been windsurfing and because I stay out there only a short time, I am doing ok with my troubled back. The time on the water I don’t feel my back as much, but when I stop, thats when I notice its not 100%.

All week we had wind and waves, usually about headhigh but sometimes a set as big as masthigh. A lot of time the wavezone was way too crowded. I don’t like it, instead of focusing your waveride you have to watch all those others. Not to mention all those “angry”-ones, it’s like on the road, no respect and wreckless.

One thing I dont understand clearly is why do some kiters need to be in the middle of 100 windsurfers. Specially when its crowded it should be separated. There is a gentleman agreement, but some just don’t give a …..

And even as I have seen today, one kiter did a big jump, then crashed and the kite smashing down in front of windsurfers. Not very safe. And this in the land where safety is the most important thing! So dangerous with those lines.

Today was mostly relaxed. Except a few “angry” windsurfers, we all shared the waves. Which makes your session a lot easier and happier. I don’t like to fight, after all its just a wave and it suppose to be fun. There are some rules, unfortunately not everybody follows and then things get messy. Thats when I stop or go windsurfing somewhere else.

Thank you Alex, Chico, Petra, Jim, Tormod (thehappysurfertormod.blogspot.com), Blackfeet-Andrea, Gary (Kramer) and many I dont know the name for the good time. I wish to have more days like this Sunday.

James' Blog

Ocean Sailing with Workin' Dave

Posted: November 9th, 2009, 12:43am CET

"Working" Dave Zaijcek is a stoked windsurfer from Stuart, Florida, who maintains a windsurfing blog called "Treasure Coast Windsurfers" and a local windsurfing forum called "Treasure Coast Windsurfing". Dave usually sails the flat water of the Indian River Lagoon, launching with a good group of mellow, mostly older windsurfers at the Stuart Causeway. But Saturday he got motivated to try the ocean, and braved some challenging conditions with me at the Fort Pierce South Jetty. We experimented with swapping different fins, sails, and boards and figured out that Dave's new Mistral Syncro 92 l board didn't work well with his 6.0 cambered race sail, but worked great with my 5.5 and 6.6 wave sails. So I think Dave is going to get a 5.8 wave sail and come to sail with me more often. Woo hoo! It's always cool to have other windsurfers on the water instead of being the only one among the kiters.

Unbeknownst to me, Dave took some cool pictures when I was sailing in the outflow of Fort Pierce inlet, where nice waves and swells form. I'm reposting some here. The full set is on Dave's blog.

Also, I've been trying something new on the water...

Epic Sessions

Video test

Posted: November 8th, 2009, 2:37am CET

I've been working on some configuration changes to the video encoder and playback, so I could use some feedback on the viewing of this video in terms of smoothness, speed of download, etc.

This is just some random video from the board test that I pulled off of a larger video that I'll be uploading once I get these encoder issues worked out.

Enjoy and gimme some feedback!

Lost In Hatteras

Loop Face

Posted: November 8th, 2009, 12:56am CET

My, oh my, it has been windy... Until today. But that's okay, because we needed a break anyway. I strapped up Stuart with the GoPro camera yesterday for his Buxton Slick Sesh on a 4.7. Check out his flat water loop face:

Haha, nice!! I took a bunch of footage of him from shore, too, with Ace's hand-me-down video camera (THANKS ACE!!!) but it's going to take me a while to get around to editing anything.

In the meantime, check out this video from the Reunion Wave Classic. These guys scored some unbelievable conditions, it's pretty insane, really. Chargin' it, too!! Bear in mind, the wave breaks over a really shallow, urchin infested reef. Yikes!! My vote for best overall rider goes to Alex Mussolini, mostly for his smooth, yet aggressive, style... For example, his wave that starts at 1:20... unreal!! Although, it might be Thomas Traversa on Alex's gear, so, uhhh, yeah, maybe Thomas gets my vote. Don't skip out on the video's ending, either. Watch it all the way through for the grand finale!

Ravine on Fire from Arnaud on Vimeo.

Wicked, eh?? (For my Canadian readers, haha)

In other news, the shop will be closed on Sunday the 8th, because Drew and I are going up to Manteo to cheer on our ladies as they run in the OBX Marathon!! Wooohoooo!! These gals have been training hard. I think we're going to see some new personal bests! Wish them luck!

Epic Sessions

Quick Sheboygan video

Posted: November 7th, 2009, 6:12pm CET

Great day yesterday at Sheboygan. Super powered, lots of sunshine. The Elbow was firing and the surfers were putting in at the outside ladder since the waves were breaking way outside.

I must have had old batteries in the GoPro's, since after 3 hours of sailing, I only had a few minutes of video. No matter - that day is seared into my brain. ;-)

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

MTB 繖山

Posted: November 7th, 2009, 4:55pm CET by biwako_freeride

　先週、GEMINIで走った際に、下りで跳ねるような感じがあったので、リア・サスのセッティングを変えてみた。GEMINIのフレームは、リア・サスの取り付け位置を変えることで、トラベル量を、140mm、150mm、170mmに変えられるようになっていて、オールマウンテン的な登りも行けるかなと思い、140mmで乗っていたが、下りで、もう少し安定感があったほうが良いので150mmにして、リアサスのFOX VANILLAのサグも再調整した。スプリングのトラベル量が2.39in(60.7mm)なので、FOXのマニュアルにより、25%の15mmとして、プリロードを調整したが、今日は、一人で、脚立に足をつきながらMTBに乗って、コンベックス・メジャーで計測したので、大体15mm程度である。リバウンドは、とりあえず全開放にして、繖山に行ってみた。
　走ってみた感じでは、下りでしっとりと安定して、路面をトレースする感じになり、当分の間は、150mmで乗ってみようと思う。トレッキングタイプのSPDシューズも、歩きやすかった。

Andy Radley IR212

Andys Music from the Past

Posted: November 7th, 2009, 4:04pm CET

Reds Keys -1997

Russian Roulette -1993

South Beach

Darth Vader

Here we Go

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

SHIMANO MT60 MTB SHOES

Posted: November 7th, 2009, 1:00pm CET by biwako_freeride

　最近、SPDペタルにも慣れてきて、MTBには、SPDが欠かせなくなってきたが、今、履いているM182のようなXCレーシング用のSPDシューズは、ベルクロとバックル留めで、ホールド感が良く、ソールも固めで、漕ぎやすく、乗車率が高い林道などでは問題無いが、担ぎや押しが続く山道では、逆に非常に歩きにくいので、トレッキング・タイプのSPDシューズも購入した。靴底のカバーを外すと、クリートナットは、前後に２箇所、ソールに埋め込まれている。足の親指の母子球の位置から、後ろ側の位置にすることにして、クリートは、シングルモードのSH51を取り付けた。MTBに乗ってみた感じでは、M770とM545のどちらのペダルでも特に問題は無く、MTBトレッキング（山サイ）など、SPDでも行動範囲が広がると思う。
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Posted: November 7th, 2009, 1:00pm CET

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Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Fun Fun

Posted: November 7th, 2009, 12:30pm CET

It is still good here. Fall has set it and it is firing. Looks like it is not going to stop.. I had to check the forecast cause I was starting to get tired and see if it was going to die or what but nope, doesn't look like...

SURFANDMORE

De Lillos @ Folken

Posted: November 7th, 2009, 10:19am CET

One of the "Dinosaur" bands of Norwegian rock played Folken the other day. theyre recent records have been really boring,but live they were better ! as long as they did their more rock oriented songs. would be cool to see Lars side project "the Young Neils" visit Folken though. A Neil Young cover band !

petschmoser.ch

Myself and the new sails first time on the water

Posted: November 7th, 2009, 8:22am CET by petsch

Believe it or not, my back feels better and I am able to windsurf. It feels so good just to be out there in the ocean, even my skill is not 100%. I am going slowly, doing no stupid or crazy things, no jumping and so on.

After about one hour I start to feel my back, so I take a break and then go for a second hour. Anyway it is great to be out there, feeling the wind and also knowing it is a lot colder back home in Switzerland. Life is good, specially when you are healthy.

There is enough wind to get me going with my new 4.7.

About the sails, Jeff from HotSails will fix the empty side, hopefully it’s all done by the end of this month.

Moritz Mauch G-103

Hola a todos,Today we had pretty ...

Posted: November 6th, 2009, 11:38pm CET

Hola a todos,
Today we had pretty good waves but strange wind:S
it was very gusty, I was out on a 3.4 full overpowered in the gusts.
Yesterday I was out on a 4.2 and good waves too.
The forecast is looking really good; hope to get some pics:)
Saludos Moritz

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Still good!

Posted: November 6th, 2009, 1:06am CET

What a week it has been!! Wow.. If you planned your trip to Maui this week.. oh how lucky you are!! Wind and waves for everyone. Hookipa was not even crowded today.. maybe everyone is just too tired. I had a bit of a fun day. Had some...

James' Blog

Clew Mount Camera Glory

Posted: November 5th, 2009, 4:07pm CET

I was inspired by the awesome videos on Andy McKinney's "Lost in Hatteras" blog to try mounting my GoPro camera on the clew end of my boom instead of just wearing it on my head. I did it exactly like Andy showed, and it seemed to work. Conviently, yesterday evening provided 15-20 knots of breeze and some nice lighting for testing it out. I used a 5.5 msq Aerotech Charge and 106 liter Exocet Cross.

Clew-Mount Camera Windsurfing in Florida from James Douglass on Vimeo.

Epic Sessions

Real quick

Posted: November 5th, 2009, 3:16pm CET

Nice GoPro HD review here.

Mine are en-route. Hope to have them before tomorrow when the lake goes 8-12 feet, but I doubt it.

Next post will be FULL of GoPro video goodness. (Carl - this ones for you!)

Chris Murray K202

mormaii cornwall classic was awsome

Posted: November 5th, 2009, 2:05pm CET

this week end was the mormaii cornwall classic had some great results weel not at first on the first day i was knocked out in the first round i was very disapointed and keen to do as well as i could in the double. the double started on the fri afternoon around 1 and i was in the second heat and to work my way back up i had to sail 3 hours of heats and even an extera one againsed jack hunt as the judges thought he had a serious interference on a wave by a surfer durfing the heat in the end i came 6th my run throught the double was stopped by the g man graham woods great fun event and had wicked time on the sunday at mazzaz marozine soo much fun i am back at polkerris now for a wile and then ill be back at poste office noooooooooooooooo for dec my plan is to go to west aus for the winter so i am going to have to put in some serious work time. has to be dun work hard play hard woop woop

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Its been good here.. real good

Posted: November 5th, 2009, 12:03am CET

Man this is why you live on Maui.. Wind, waves and fun.. The only small problem, well not really a problem, is Remi from Starboard is up here to test out the 2011 boards.. So when it is firing, I have to go down and test out the new slalom...

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Loop In Four Steps?

Fetched: November 4th, 2009, 8:03pm CET by Michael

Jill Marr posted this in Facebook...I like it...I like any loop tutorial that appears to be low impact! It also blends nicely with Andy Brandt/ABK's loop lecture. This clip was excerpted from the DVD "Seven Sons of Freestyle" and was...

James' Blog

Another Round of Wind

Posted: November 4th, 2009, 4:47pm CET

Now that the "season" has started, Florida has become a darn good place for windsurfing again. Tuesday had about 20 knots sideshore at the Fort Pierce South Jetty, perfect for a 5.5 msq sail and my 83 liter waveboard. As usual, I was the only windsurfer amongst a bunch of kiters. I really don't feel the need to kite in strong winds like this, because I think windsurfing on small gear is plenty fun and challenging. I need to learn some new moves, though, to spice up the GoPro videos, if nothing else.

Windsurfing Ft. Pierce, FL on 3 Nov 2009 from James Douglass on Vimeo.

Doug the kiter gloats about his great session while Tim and Marc fuss with Tim's 8 meter kite.

A Kona longboard atop my minivan marks me as the only windsurfer at the jetty.

azuldeultramar

El Lloret

Posted: November 4th, 2009, 2:25am CET

Por fin he terminado de editar las fotos de El Lloret del viernes pasado, las podéis ver todas AQUÍ.

Lost In Hatteras

Old Road

Posted: November 4th, 2009, 12:54am CET

From the dunes, the setup at Old Road looks very tempting- little itty bitty waves lapping up on the shore, an inner bar that looks fairly heavy but fun, and then an outer bar that gently throws and fizzles for upwards of 50 yards... Very inviting!

Until...

...you actually step foot into the ocean. Immediately, the sideshore current sweeps you off your feet. And you realize that there's no shorebreak because the inner bar is shin deep and 25 yards wide, eventually opening into a little thigh deep tidal pool at water's edge. That fun looking inner bar now looks mean, as it sucks out below sea level, hurls a thick lip, and then continues to churn all the way in, coming to rest in the little pool that you're standing in.

A tiny puff fills your sail, just enough to lure you onto the board. As you drift with the currents, you inch your way closer to the heaving section. The water pushing in under the board gives you a sense of speed and power, that really isn't there. As soon as the tidal push evens out, you sink to the bottom, with zero actual sail power. Just in time to watch the next wave heave, peel down the line, and then spit it's churned up exhaust as the last section closes out just 5 yards in front of you. Ain't no gettin' over that one, so you get washed all the way back into the little pool, in a matter of seconds.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and declare "Old Road" as unsuitable for windsurfing, at least for now. Maybe with more wind? Here's the best moment of my windsurfing session this morning:

Other than that little swimming sesh, it's actually been really fun down here for the last few days! We've had decent wind every day, 4.7 or 5.2, decent temps, and that chilly, overcast, spitting rain that keeps most normal people indoors. Luckily, we as windsurfers, know how to make the best of a crappy day!

Looks like more wind through the end of the week, with an emphasis on Thursday and Friday, which might provide the first real solid NW blow of the Fall. Reef Run, anyone?

Fish's Windsurf Journal

SessionLogs - Check it out...

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:41pm CET

Ever want to show off your best epic sessions?
Check out this application, developed by one of my old kiwi mates back in New Zealand. It has recently gone global! Well done Chris!
Consider signing up and logging your sessions! It's not only for windsurfing either - pick a sport and show off your photos and videos.
SessionLogs

thehappysurfertormod

Perfect afternoon session at Lower K

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 9:19am CET

It was typical day you wait for wind. It was side onshore conditions and gusty light wind with sort of messy waves. I was on for a long time and I almost packed my gear to get for a surf somewhere instead. But I am so glad I didn’t ..in the end of the day the direction suddenly turned to slightly side off and some nice nice sets was coming in, even some few probable logo high sets. I am now a extreamely happy windsurfer, my self confidence out there have made a huge progress last days, and all my fear factor advisers in my head are now totally fired from the central brain, and I gos out in the middle of the break with no fear. Alex a good windsurfer at Kanaha is a witness to that when he was coming in on a maybe logo high…he was only waiting for me coming over it on my way out to do the ride on the wave,, and he sow me go vertical up the face and it break down right behind me. It was so cool the afternoon session, with a lot of good riders to be inspired of. For my selves I have had a huge progress in the wavriding past days.
But when staying at Maui for long time and with so mush windsurf, it can happened that you do mistakes, and for me it happened again this day, my second fault during my staying on Maui this time. I remember a story a windsurf friend told me from Australia that there was a windsurfer there they called “drop in king” for me I don’t want to be a drop in king, I want to be a gentleman in the waves, but today I did a mistake. I did not remember exactly the situating but I probable jibed on a wave wish the already was a windsurfer on, and started to ride it and forced for my right on the wave because I was up on the wave, and that was not gentle. I really try to do my best , but at kanaha there is sometimes crowded and people do a lot of horrible things, and you can get confused. Ok, anyway and again so sorry to the female super skilled windsurfer for my fault, I give you all my waves next time. Glad I was forgiven at the beach after the session. For the maybe non windsurfing readers..stealing a wave is a serious crime! If someone wonder about rooles in waves read this article on Bill's OBX Beach Life blog.

Ok so no pictures from today, but here a pix of Kieth at Ho’okipa yesterday. I really like the colors and the water drops in the picture. The Goya sail looks so so cool, and there are so many sailors on with them at ho’okipa.

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Canon 7D video

Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 2:22am CET

This is a video filmed exclusively with the Canon 7d. For all of the action I used my 500mm 4.0 lens and an 85mm for all of the other stuff. All of it was filmed in with manual focus so sorry for the blurry stuff. this is my first try...

Fish's Windsurf Journal

3 nukes this year.

Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 4:52pm CET

We've had 3 occasions this year to own a 3.0! Impressive. I usually consider myself lucky if I can use my 3.7 once or twice a year. I love the high wind stuff, so this has been a treat for sure!

Halloween was another very windy day. Unfortunately, I could not get my motivation up, sufficient to overcome the dismal morning rains to drive out to Sandbanks... which is where I should have been sailing. Alas, I had Bob the Builder and Wendy waiting for me to go trick-or-treating, so no way I was going to miss that for anything.

Sailed here in town with the locals:
1 hour on 4.1 in strong southerlies at Everitt, and rain...
1 hour on 4.1 in strong, but dropping southwesterlies at Patterson Park...
1 hour on 3.7 maxed, in very strong westerlies at Emily St.

I'd say it's been a reasonable fall - but definitely hoping for more!!

Sorry, no photos...

The Peconic Puffin Windsurfing Blog

Treat or Trick Halloween Sesh at Ditch Plains

Fetched: November 2nd, 2009, 2:53pm CET by Michael

I’ve been trying to get Steve to sail the ocean with me for a couple of years now. Back in the Original Puffin days (circa 1993) Steve tried his hand at Long Island wave sailing, shortly after which he coined...

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

NEW LIBERTY STREAMLINED CARBON EXT

Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 1:50pm CET by biwako_freeride

　STREAMLINEDのRDM用のジョイントを探していたところ、ちょうどカーボンのニューモデルが入荷したところであったので購入した。外観的には、ノーマルカップが入る部分から、径が細くなっていく部分の形状が変わっているのと、表面はクリアの光沢仕上げとなり、カーボン・パイプの厚さも増しているなど、以前のモデルに比べて、改善されているようだ。
　今回、ニューモデルを購入して気づいたのだが、エクステンションの長さの目盛りの位置が、新旧では全く違っていた。旧モデルは、カップが入るジョイントの一番下側からの長さになっているが、新モデルはクリートの位置からの長さが表示されているようだ。セイルのラフ長からすると、クリートの位置からの長さを表示する方が、正確だと思うが、今使っているEZZY SAILは、セイルのリーチの目印を目安に張ると、旧ジョイントで、ほぼセイルの表示どおりであったので、どうもよく分からない。
　実際の違いについては、旧ジョイントで+12cmは、新ジョイントで+10cmと+8cmの間の位置になる。

Kevin Pritchard Windsurfing Blog

Jaws Photos

Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 11:36am CET

So I am trying to get more traffic to my site to try an sell more stuff... Although I am pretty sure Pritchard windsurfing sold more Starboard Isonics than any other shop in the US, I am still wondering why the shop doesnt sell more. Do you think it is...

thehappysurfertormod

Big Ho'okipa 1 Nov 09

Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 9:00am CET

Josh Stone
Photo session at big ho'okipa today, before I went Lover K in descent maybe around logo sets, with my 80 liter quad board and 4,7m2 sail. Somone told me that some of the waves was mast high at lover Kanaha, but the waves I found was not that big (maybe they have a shorter mast than my 4 m mast) :-).
But first I filled up my memory card at Ho'okipa. I am glad I only have one memory card, if I had more, it would be to mush work to go trough all the photos. I will put more cool pictures on my blog later on, have not time…must sleep and rest for more wind and swell tomorrow. I suffer a bit of TMS (to mush surf)

This post was not in special meant as a teaser to keep readers follow my blog…it is just that I want to put some work in some albums with different riders. Maybe I post them in separate posts later on. I also took some pictures of some kiters at Ho’okipa. I don’t know how popular it is with them there, I thought lanes was more their spot, anyway they probable know what they are doing, and for me it was cool to take some photos of them.
I just love to be at Maui, “another day in paradise!!!!!”

Here some more few photoes from the day:

Camille Juban

Levi

Kiter

Surfer in front of waves at Lanes

James' Blog

Furry in the puffs- understanding windsurfing slang

Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 4:41am CET

The other day someone requested that I do a post on windsurfing lingo. So, here it is. For the sake of brevity I'm leaving out most of the gear terminology and focusing more on words describing windsurfing conditions, action, and enthusiasm. If you're a non-windsurfer or a beginner, maybe this will help you figure out what people are talking about on the beach.

It - The wind and water conditions. "How is it?" "It's windy!"

Launch - Noun; a beach where you can put a windsurf in the water. Verb; to put your windsurf in the water.

Walk of Shame - When you are unable to return the to spot on the beach you launched from, and you have to walk back carrying your gear.

Yard Sale - A dramatic crash that ends with you and your gear scattered in disarray.

Downwind - The direction the wind is flowing towards. "Larry drifted downwind and had to do the walk of shame."

Upwind - The direction the wind is coming from. "I had to tack and point to get upwind away from the pier."

Point / Pinch - Windsurfing as close to upwind as possible. "Dave beat me to the upwind buoy because he was able to point higher."

Tack - 1: When you change directions by turning the board upwind and switching sides. 2: Your direction of travel; to the right side with your right foot forward is called starboard tack and to the left side with your left foot forward is called port tack.

Carve - When you tilt the board to do a sharp turn. "Sally carved so hard she threw spray, like, 10 feet in the air."

Jibe / Gybe - Carving a turn in the downwind direction while switching sides of the board to change tacks. "I'm having a hard time planing through my jibes."

Planing / On a plane - The high-speed mode of windsurfing where your board is skimming on top of the water, rather than merely floating in it. "I'll never forget my first time planing."

Onshore - Wind that is blowing straight at the beach. "It was hard to get out past the waves because of the onshore wind."

Sideshore - Wind that is blowing parallel to the beach, which is what windsurfers usually prefer.

Offshore - Wind that is blowing from the beach towards the open water. "Ed got blown out to sea when the wind turned from sideshore to offshore."

Light - Not particularly windy. "It's light."

Teaser breeze - Wind that looks decent, but proves disappointing. "It was a teaser day."

Cranking / Honking / Howling / Raging - Wind blowing hard.

Blasting / Trucking / Booking - Windsurfing fast.

Ripping / Jamming - Windsurfing with skill and aggressive style.

Dialed / Dialed In - In tune with the wind and water conditions and windsurfing well. "Glenn is always totally dialed."

Gust - A short-term increase in wind speed affecting a small area.

Gusty - Wind characterized by frequent and severe gusts.

Puff - Another word for gust; sometimes a bigger or longer lasting gust. "It's really getting furry in the puffs!"

Furry - Ragged water texture with some blowing spray, associated with very high wind.

Liquid smoke - Beyond furry, when there's lots of blowing spray.

Nukin' - Extreme high wind. "Look at the liquid smoke, it's nukin'!"

Epic - Exceptionally good or strong / scary conditions. "Remember that epic Nor'easter we caught at Buckroe Beach last year?"

Powered / Juiced / Lit - When there's lots of wind in your sail and you're enjoying it. "How was it on your six-five?" "I was f'ing LIT!"

Overpowered - When there's too much wind in your sail, and you're struggling to stay in control.

Flattened / Spanked / Nuked - When you're overpowered to the point that you actually can't sail.

Survival Sailing / Victory at Sea - When conditions are so challenging that you don't bother trying to do any cool moves or anything; just being able to avoid disaster is a good accomplishment.

Tailwalking - When you're going fast in strong wind and the nose of the board flies up in the air unexpectedly.

Spin-out - When you're going fast and the fin loses its grip in the water, causing the board to skid sideways. "I was blasting along great until I caught some seaweed on my fin and spun-out."

Shift - A change in wind direction.

Shifty - Wind that is changing direction a lot.

Header - A wind shift that forces you to veer away from your destination.

Lift - A wind shift that helps you reach your destination.

Lull - A short-term decrease in wind speed.

Hole - A serious lull affecting a certain area. "I was leading the race until I got stuck in a hole and everyone passed me."

Holey - Wind characterized by frequent and severe holes.

Patchy / Spotty - Wind with a mix of gusts and lulls.

Gassed - When someone passes you on the upwind side, temporarily blocking your wind and slowing you down. "I know John is a fast sailor, but it's annoying the way he keeps gassing me."

Marginal - Barely windy enough to do the desired kind of windsurfing. "It was marginal for my six-six, I had to pump to get planing."

Six-six, five-seven, four-oh, etc. - Sail sizes; 6.6, 5.7, and 4.0 meters squared, respectively. Sails go from 12.5 down to about 3.0. Smaller sails imply stronger wind. "How is it?" "Awesome, I started on five-five and I'm about to re-rig to four-seven!"

Pump - Flapping the sail to generate power, usually done to help initiate planing.

Slogging / Shlogging / Schlogging - The slow and awkward windsurfing you do when it's not windy enough to plane with the board and sail you're using. "It started out good, but then the wind died and I had to shlog back to the beach."

Session / Sesh - An outing on the water. "It was a good session, I was planing most of the time."

Rig - Noun; a windsurf sail. Verb; to assemble a windsurf sail. "What [size of sail] are you rigging?"

Re-rig - What you have to do if the sail you put together the first time proves inappropriate for the wind conditions. "I was underpowered on my six-oh, so I had to re-rig to seven-five."

What was he on? - What size and type of board and sail was he using?

T.O.W. - Time on the water invested in the practice of windsurfing. "Fred doesn't get much T.O.W. since he's such a wind snob."

Wind snob - Someone who only windsurfs when it's really windy. "I'm usually the only guy out on light wind days, because everyone else around here is a wind snob."

Smooth / Glassy - An undisturbed water surface, usually associated with very light wind, but sometimes found between rolling waves or in the lee of a sandbar or jetty.

Butter - Smooth water that is fun to carve though. "Between the swells it was total butter."

Chop / Choppy - Small or medium-sized, non-breaking waves like you'd find on a small lake or bay on a breezy day.

Chop-Hop - A small jump initiated in flat or choppy water.

Psycho-chop / Voodoo-chop - Steep, large, disorganized chop that is challenging to sail through. "I got catapulted going too fast through the voodoo-chop by the bridge."

Catapult / Slam / Over-the-handlebars - A crash where you get thrown forward into the water. "I accidentally hooked in before I was ready and I got catapulted."

Hooked in - When you have the hook on your harness belt resting in the harness loop on the boom, supporting your weight from the sail. "It's hard to stay hooked in when the wind is gusty like this."

Swell - Medium or large-sized, non-breaking waves that form when the wind blows over a long, uninterrupted area. "When the wind is steady from the North it builds up nice swells that you can carve on."

Wave - What a swell becomes when it hits shallow water and starts to get steep and break.

Shore Break / Shore Pound - Waves breaking right on the beach, which suck because they are impossible to ride and because they make launching difficult. "I got denied by the shore pound."

Denied - When you are trying to get out past the breaking waves but can't make it because the waves smack you down. "I got denied twice before I finally made it to the outside."

The Outside - Away from shore, beyond where most of the waves are breaking. "The swells were really big on the outside."

The Inside - Close to shore, within the area that the waves are breaking. "I stayed on the wave too long and got caught on the inside."

The Impact Zone - The specific area where the waves are breaking hardest. "It was a great session until I went down in the impact zone and broke a mast."

Closing Out - When a wave is breaking along it's entire length, making it difficult to avoid or escape the breaking part or the whitewater.

Whitewater - The white mess of foamy, roiling water after a wave has broken. "I was trying to get out, but I kept getting pushed back by the whitewater."

Mushy / Crumbling - When the waves are breaking gradually, as opposed to rearing up and curling over abruptly. "The waves were kind of mushy, but I still got some good rides."

Mast Munchers / Crunchers - Big waves that are breaking hard.

Head high / Logo high / Mast high - Descriptions of the height of breaking waves. Logo high is over your head, but not quite as tall as the sail.

Ramp - A steep chop, swell, or wave in a position where you can do a big jump off of it.

Baf / Back-and-forth / Flatwater blasting - The typical kind of windsurfing where you're just going back and forth perpendicular to the wind, enjoying yourself but boring your spectators.

Bump & Jump / B&J - Like baf, but with some jumps thrown in. Usually takes place at venues with some chop and swells, but is not true wavesailing.

Wavesailing / Waveriding - When you're sailing in and around breaking waves, specifically positioning yourself to ride waves as they break.

Backside [waveriding] - When you're on a wave with your back to the wave, which is typical for onshore winds.

Frontside [waveriding] - When you're on a wave with your body facing the wave and the sail between you and the wave. It's the most fun type of wavesailing, but it requires well-organized waves and sideshore or offshore winds.

Going down the line - Traveling sideways along a breaking wave, staying on the part that hasn't quite broken yet. "Dude, I did, like three frontside turns going down the line!"

Teabagger - Kiteboarder.

Stoke - Enthusiasm, happiness, and excitement. It comes from the word "stoked", describing a fire that is burning hot because it's getting blown on.

petschmoser.ch

Big Sunday

Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 4:23am CET by petsch

Well today the first big swell came to Maui with strong wind. Beautiful sunny day.

My lower back is still not feeling good, so I decided not to go. After watching my friends having fun I had to leave the beach, before I got to grumpy!

Tonight Gary from Boston, is joining for a real Swiss Raclette. He likes that smelly cheese. Still got 4Kg left.

Eduardo Díaz

GoodBye October, Hello November Surf

Posted: November 1st, 2009, 7:15pm CET

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

MTB 奥島山

Posted: October 31st, 2009, 1:09pm CET by biwako_freeride

今日は、GEMNIのタイヤを、KENDA NEVEGAL 2.35に交換してから、奥島山へ行った。奥島山林道の終点の広場から南側斜面の方に行く新しい林道は、今年２月に行った時は、まだ工事中だったが、今日は工事が終わっているようで、先に行ってみたが、途中で行き止まりになっていた。２万５千分の１の地図には、奥島山の南側斜面に、ほぼ等高線上に長命寺の方に行く歩道の線があるので、新しい林道の終点付近を、探してみたが、全く分からず、来た道を引き返し、林道を一気に下って帰った。
　今日は、ドライで締まったダートから、ウェットでルーズな粘土系の路面まであったが、タイヤについては、NEVEGALでバッチリだった。

Waves & Powder

Cruising around in LA

Posted: October 31st, 2009, 11:30am CET

On our way back from Maui we had 11 hours in LA, we rented a Ford Mustang Concertible ( at the cost of USD 181,-) and cruised around. First we went down to Seal Beach where we had breakfast at an Irish pub on Main street. Then we walked around, took some pictures and ended up at Harbour Surfboards wich is probably the worlds oldest surfshop and surfbrand, it was established in 1959 and was celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. After a couple of hours in Seal Beach we went down to Huntington Beach (aka. Surf city) to check out Jakes's Surfboards and Huntington Surf & Sport, they are probably two of the worlds biggest surfshops.
After this we cruised up Pacific Highway all the way from Huntington to Venice Beach with the cab down and the wind blowing in our hair. When we had checked out Venice Beach for a while we had to head back to LAX to get on our flight back to Europe. The flight went realy smooth for me, I guess I slept for about 8 hours of the flight, and after a short stop in Frankfurth we landed in Oslo shortly before 4 o'clock where the temperature was about 0 celsius, it seemed absolutly unreal that less than a day ago we where cruising around in LA and that it was less than two days ago that I was sailing at Hookipa.

thehappysurfertormod

Perfect Kanaha, Perfect quad 95 liter board.

Posted: October 31st, 2009, 9:29am CET

There is in fact no time to blogging now, so much to do, surf, windsurf and to Halloween party tomorrow. But I have to blog about this day. I try to do it short…need time to digest the impressions from the for me perfect day, and I need good sleep for preparation for more wind and swell tomorrow,

First of all sorry to al windsurfers that I don’t had time to anny photos today. I have got a lot of feedback on my photos, and all the pro windsurfers have starting to nag me..”heei Tormod take a picture of me,,,,see here I do a bacloop wit no hands…see here I do an new move..and so on” as you readers understand a joke about they asking me to take pictures, what’s in fact is true Is that I have got some good feedback from some pro windsurfers about the pictures, and I am so happy for that. I have also had nice discussion with the blogger and windsurfer Giampaulo, He have a cool discussion on his blog about the Boom height. Cool my pictures have been helpful. And thanks to Giampaulo for sharing a maybe secret surf spot and for the info about the importance of surfing, as a basic for windsurf in waves. I have the last days before the super windsurf today had a huuuuge step and progress in surf now with sooo many takeoffs and soo may rides. I am later going to write an article about how to deal with fear in waves and the article will definitely involve a importance part of surf. I am now so in love with my Kazuma performace longboard, I was so happy to get from Jørgen, thanks Jørgen, the board is so abselutely perfect for me!!!!!!!!

Ok, so it was not time for pictures today, so I found a picture of Kieth at Ho’okipa 21 Okt, from my big big picture archive ..Hope that’s good enough.

And then about today..I think this day, ye right now this day was my best day on a windsurf board ever in my life. My boddy is now so fitted and longlasting after days with surf and windsurf so It is so eacy for me to stay out there in long time, today in 3 long sessions. For me Kanaha was so perfect as it could be with sets about up to logo High, some people thought it was bigger but I think logo is correct. Some of the waves had a tendency to close out, but if you found the right one you could easy go on the sholder and take turns all the way from the channel down to kite beach. My quarto 95 litre board is so on my team, it works so absolutely perfect. The board kind of do what you think and want to do..not more not less.
But it was also a day with a lot of people on the water so, it was sometimes a bit to crowded. There was also many horrible and close maneuvers as drop in on the waves, people loffing up against you when you are on the top of the wave, people going really close and so on. But I did a mistake today as well. I must admit I was a bit to mush focused on some swell sets coming in and was taking a jybe right in front of a swell, and forgot to see me enough back before the jybe and there it was a windsurf friend coming right behind me. ..It went ok, but I hate to do mistakes like that…so sorry.
So then more wind and swell tomorrow.

Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog

Good day

Posted: October 31st, 2009, 3:30am CET by Tatiana Howard

Today we had really good conditions for windsurfing. The past couple days have been super calm or gusty offshore winds, but today was great! I loved it! The waves were a good size, the wind was steady, and the sun was shining.

azuldeultramar

21mm

Posted: October 31st, 2009, 12:11am CET

Cuidado al jugar con angulares que se disparan solos :D

Lost In Hatteras

Telltales

Posted: October 30th, 2009, 3:52pm CET

It has been a super windy Fall, here on Hatteras Island. Wanna know how I can tell? Check it out:

These are some of the only flags left here in Avon. All of my shop flags have been completely thrashed by the relentless winds. Most everyone else already took down their tattered remains, and probably won't put up any fresh flags until Spring time. How will I ever know what direction the wind is blowing? : )
Stuart needs a shout out for yesterday's freestyle session at the Canadian Hole. He was ON FIRE out there, just killin' it on his 4.7. I'm going to need to chug some Red Bull to keep up with him... Yeeeehaaa!!

Bill's OBX Beach Life

Surf Down South at Izzys!

Fetched: October 29th, 2009, 11:06pm CET by Bill

Following the warmth and southerly wind of Saturday, Sunday served up cool N to NNE winds across the islands. The south swell continued with some sizable surf hitting the southern beaches. With near straight offshore winds, the surf was quite clean for the sailors hitting it at Izzy's!

Caleb caught this shot of Charlie M from Ride Hatteras (looks like new website is in the works) on approach showcasing the new 2010 Aerotech Charge in action!

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Posted: November 16th, 2009, 6:33am CET

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 8:34pm CET

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 6:31pm CET

Posted: November 15th, 2009, 7:53am CET by petsch

Posted: November 14th, 2009, 10:43am CET by petsch

Posted: November 14th, 2009, 12:22am CET

Posted: November 14th, 2009, 12:12am CET

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 9:21pm CET

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 7:40pm CET by Tatiana Howard

Posted: November 13th, 2009, 11:45am CET

Posted: November 12th, 2009, 9:03am CET

Posted: November 12th, 2009, 2:21am CET

Fetched: November 12th, 2009, 1:18am CET by Michael

Posted: November 11th, 2009, 8:30pm CET by Tatiana Howard

Posted: November 11th, 2009, 8:35am CET by petsch

Posted: November 11th, 2009, 6:18am CET

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 10:05pm CET

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:31pm CET

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 7:09pm CET

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 1:03pm CET

Posted: November 10th, 2009, 9:09am CET by Tatiana Howard