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Greek windsurfing action movie featuring local wave warrior Thomas “KOUS” Kousioris ripping at Alepoxori near Athens…
KOUS is using:
Angulo Boards, Ezzy Sails & Masts, Flying Objects, Gecko Headgear,
Chinook, Al360 booms and is testing all these in some of the hardest
conditions Alepoxori has to offer. (all available in Greece at [windrider.gr])
We enjoyed this email from Robin.
“It was my first time in “la Reunion” Island for the contest RWC and after fews month in Britany without so much wind, I had some perfect conditions for training…
Solid mast high powerfull wave with strong wind for my 4m² and 4,5m² panther and my AHD trusters.
I try to do the best with all the other riders and I was happy to make a 360 during my heat on the big day !
Good contest with good guys and perfect hardcore conditions, I hope I return next year !”
photographer : Mathieu Demachy
Got a couple of pics that my friend Steinar took earlier this october. We had a storm comeing through, and we got this nice peeling wave in a sheltered bay. I was sailing my 3.7, and my friend took a couple of pics when he had a break.
Best wishes to all of you!
Robert
“19/21-09-2009
The WindRider’s team visited lovely Crete island.
KOUS and Antonis visited probably one of the friendliest island there is in Greece.
KOUS stated “I am really happy for some of the best days of my life I had there. What can I say about the island, the people, their hospitality, the wave conditions and the local wave sailors. Everything overthere is just perfect. Everybody has to pay a visit to Crete. I am really grateful for the hospitality and the welcoming of Michael Farsaris (local wave guru hero), Antonis, Ilias, Paraskeuas and the rest local wave sailors. Definitely I will go back and pass all the good moments we shared together to all the people. I would also like to thank from the bottom of my heart the leader of this trip Antoni Metaxa for his knowledge and helpful hints regarding the place and the wave spot”.
Check out and enjoy the action in attached photos!!!
Regards,
Panagiotis”
Look HERE for more pics.
Look HERE for some videos.
David,
I wish to share with you that my nephew and I have tremendously enjoyed our very first year windsurfing. Your sails ( free ride) with skinny masts are absolutely fantastic. We have both excelled tremendously such that we can beach start, do some jibes, and use the harness…..and believe that the the quality of your sails have made this possible.Without hesitation we are proud and pleased to own ‘’Ezzy’’ sails.
Sincerely,
Paul
“Hello Ezzy,
I was the very lucky winner of the Free Wave 6.3 that was donated for the event. I have never had a new sail, and am very excited to give it a go out on Lake Michigan this weekend in the waves. (Lake Michigan gets some enormous waves for an inland lake, swells reaching over 10′. And fall is a great time on the Great Lakes (and salt free!))
Thank you for supporting the local guys over here. We aren’t very high profile, but love to sail, and love to show others how to sail (i run a teen travel camp and teach wind surfing as part of it). ‘And no, i won’t let them beat up on the new sail – they get the old Gaestra 4.6 and 5.0 to play with.
I’ve been sailing for several years, and very much enjoy the competitions. They push your skills, and are great camaraderie. I came in 2nd in the long boards this year with my old poly board and the pink and yellow sail below. If winds are better for the new sail next year, i look forward to 1st place. (This year was a lot of pumping).
The other picture is the award ceremony, and includes Mark Beaumanm of the GreatLakeDemoTour.com which have been great supporters, and Nat Siddall the event organizer.
Dave, i really appreciate the rigging video’s on the web site. I’ve never really had much instruction or any experience with newer sails, so they are very useful.”
“The wind just shut down here in September but fortunately have logged 134 days (14 short of 2008 all time high total) through August and expecting to end this year with a new personal best. Really enjoying the sails (56 days logged) and masts.” – Mike Murphy 9/14
Thanks to Sven for emailing us this stellar shot taken in the Gorge this summer by www.jockbradley.com.
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we just love this clip. Really gets to the heart of what Windsurfing is all about.
we just love this clip. Really gets to the heart of what Windsurfing is all about.
thanks to Noga Perry for sharing this video featuring Alon Kaplan!
I wanted to share a recent video I edited showing me windsurfing at Point Henry, Melbourne, Australia. The Go Pro wide camera (courtesy of Mick green @ Drift media) is mounted at the clew end of a 2008 5.5m Ezzy Wave SE. I just love this sail, it’s probably my favourite Ezzy sail as it has such a large wind range and just feels nice in the conditions I often sail in. Board is a Starboard Kode86. Conditions 18-22 knots, flat water.
Point Henry – 23/08/09 from Evan Mackenzie on Vimeo.
Here is a great email we want to share:
“Hi,
First of all let me congratulate with your great brand.
After a long pause I restart windsurfing 5 years ago, and two years ago I bought the my first Ezzy (Infinity 7,5) . I was so happy about this sail that last year I bought a Panther 5,5 that got me really satisfied. It is a great product; where the robustness joined with the lightness.
I am not a “pro” but I love this sport since I started the first time in years 80′.
I feel exactly a person described in one of your interview when you described the Ezzy athletes team: “normal” people that when goes into the water put the passion of a “pro”.
I have also another great old passion “painting”. So, also if I paint from many years (the last year I was involved in three nice exhibitions ) only in the last two years I merged these two passions, painting pictures about this wonderful sports.
These pictures was part of an exhibition this summer in Rome (where I leave); exibition hosted by the local government in a prestigious site in the center of the city.
I am pleased to send you some pictures.
If you are interested in this “artistic aspect ” and if you like some of them I will be willing and pleased to make a free trade with some of your wonderful product. .
In any case, fell free to keep the pictures and publish them in your Ezzy internet site.
from your team athlet….(also if turned 50 this year … 
)
Massimliano Benedetti”
“Luca & Francesco ripping waves in Masirah Island , Great time with the wind , waves and Ezzy Sails.
Great product for Great condition . The right married
Thanks , Dave”
have a look at these recent shots sent by Chris Cady. The pictures were shot by Brendan of UMI pictures.
Getting Ready for the Sessions….
WindRider’s Team Riders: Thomas (KOUS) and Nikos
WindRider’s Team Riders: Thomas (KOUS)
Equipment: Ezzy Panther - Ezzy Mast - Angulo Victory Twin Fin - Chinook Boom and Bases
Here is a nice review from Boardseeker.com
EZZY WAVE PANTHER Released: Sep 08Sizes: 2.9, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, 4.0, 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, 5.0, 5.2, 5.5, 5.8, 6.0, 6.3, 6.9Price: £415Tested: 4.7m on Ezzy 400cm RDMThe Wave Panther was introduced in Sep 2008 to replace the very successful Wave SE. We hadn’t had a chance to try the Panther yet, so with the launch of the new Black Panther (Limited Edition) hitting the headlines, we thought it was a good time to try the sail and get some first impressions.
There is no doubting that Dave Ezzy has a real passion for what he does. Last summer we had a chance to meet the main man, and his enthusiasm for detail and product refinement is absolutely mind blowing.
With the current trend in windsurfing of producing massive product ranges and continually re-launch year on year, its refreshing to see Dave opting for a minimalist line of sails and a program of continual evolution and refinement. You can tell that every detail of the sail has been thought through over and over and over again. And lets face it; what other sail manufacturer is meticulous enough to rig every single sail before it leaves the factory?
Rigging the Ezzy is slightly different to most other sails on the market because of the amount of outhaul the sail requires. With downhaul only, the sail sets extremely full at the front and the outhaul is then applied to lock this fullness into place.
Tuning the sail is idiot proof, thanks to the great trim guide. Check out the video here for more info: Ezzy Panther. When rigged on the beach, it looks quite different to most wave sails, mainly because of the amount of fullness in the battens.
On the water, the Ezzy has in our opinion, three main distinguishing factors:
To elaborate on the later point, some wave sails can feel quite ‘baggy’ and low on skin tension, whereas the Ezzy feels nicely tight and springy in comparison. This is a real bonus when its windy, providing a very stable, balanced feel. In lighter winds its a matter of personal preference whether the slight lack of feedback that this configuration gives is a concern to you or not.
There is a really decent amount of power to the Panther which is delivered in a progressive, forgiving manor. Its not a razor sharp on/off style of power, instead the power is delivered in a much softer, smoother way. This gives really nice, balanced handling characteristics in pretty much all conditions.
Ezzy have a very solid reputation (literally!) for build quality and the Panther certainly looks to be in keeping with this theme. The Technora film gives the sail the ‘tinted’ appearance and offers excellent strength to weight properties, particularly compared to X-Ply. Its worth noting however that visibility through the material isn’t great and if you ride a lot in bigger cross on conditions (where you tend to look a bit more through the back edge of the sail at the wave), it will take a little bit of getting used to. However, for all other sailing conditions (where you are looking through the middle of the sail), visibility is very good through the main window.
Rotation is slightly more noticeable than most wave sails due to the extra batten shape, but manages to avoid being clunky thanks to the lack of contact between the battens and the mast.
Overall, with the amount of time that Dave Ezzy dedicates to his sail range, its no real surprise that the Wave Panther is an extremely accomplished and very refined wave sail. Its hard to find fault with the performance of the sail which gives very good bottom end power combined with top end stability. The power is delivered in a very progressive and smooth manner which may leave a select few wishing for a little more of a direct feel, but will be very welcome to the majority of wave sailors who put comfort, control and good handling at the top of their priority list.
Related links:
Gary will be available for free demos or to tweak your Ezzy Sail (any year). Head out today (Friday)!
4.0 conditions at Nitinat Lake in British Columbia. On days like this, the wind is much more consistent than 4.0 conditions down in the gorge, but look how much flatter the water is up here compared to the gorge (at least the Hatch) 
Man, I need another swell (or coast) fix.
thanks to Jeroen of “Best Surf” for sharing these!
Just wanted to drop you a note of thanks for producing such an exceptional kids rig.
Click here for evidence of my 4-yr old’s success! We’ve been very happy with the whole the rig, and I was very impressed with the quality. I’ve taught 4 kids on it already.
I’m a “Wave SE” sailor myself, so happy to say the whole family is on Ezzy.
Congrats on a continued reputation for excellence.
Steve Lowe
Norfolk, VA
Gary Morris will be running demos of the Ezzy Panther and Freewave sails first at the Hatch then in the afternoon he will be moving out to Doug’s Beach. Come out and try one!
check out some recent pics of Jem Halls guests in Rhodes, Greece.
Read more about it on Jem Hall’s website.
Thanks for the email and the pics Gray!
“You’ll find a few at the below url from 4th of july week at a Crooked Lake cabin we rented…and also a couple shots from a powered-up 7.0 westerly.
The rest are from a longboard+8.5 cruising day
hope you’re having a nice summer out there!”
“Hi david! I wanna share with you my last windsurf sessions on Moulay*Maroc! I used my 69 lit board with 3.7/4.2 for 9 days in a row - Great place to go when is not windy in Europe! Still in love with your sails!
Cheers,
Ricardo Pacheco”
We have a good forecast! Gary Morris will have the Ezzy Fleet rigged and ready for you to demo for free.
Join him at Doug’s Beach beginning at noon!
David and Tim,
Here is a little update on the July 4th weekend at Sherman Island out on the
Sacramento River. We got started on Thursday afternoon and sailed 3.5 to 4.5
for the next four days. I think I got about 18-20 hours of time on the water
and had to pass on sailing on Monday the 6th from just being spent. Lisa
sailed Monday too.
First, thanks to JD for taking time off from sailing to take a bunch of
pictures while the rest of us just sailed and sailed.
Our buddy Andy (two shots below) sailed all weekend and then took off and is somewhere in Gorge this week.
There are a few shots of me and then Lisa (wife) and I. We spent a couple of
hours on the 4th sailing in tandem. When I turned Lisa turned, when I fell
Lisa fell. I think we figured out a new sport. “Pairs Windsurfing” or
“Synchronized Sailing”. I’m a lucky guy with a wife that is totally stoked
on sailing and is weeks if not days away from showing me how it’s done on
the water.
The Sunday morning flood with 3.5 winds served up a “river wave’ at a shore
break on a small island upwind about 1/2 mile. Real breaking waves (knee
knockers to thigh high) with side shore wind. You could actually bottom turn
and then hit the lip. Not exactly Maui, but waves none the less. A rare
treat on the river, just a couple of us sailing it and unfortunately no way
to get photos but the Panthers got to wave sail (at least a little)
The last couple of shots are of our camp spot at the park on Sherman.
(Windsurf Villas” just down the aisle from “KiteTown”). Thursday night was a
retirement party and pot luck dinner for Osh (he and Karen and moving to the
Gorge this week), Friday was a birthday party for Michael (he is vacationing
in the Gorge now), and Saturday night was another party for the 4th. With
25k to 35k winds every day and every night for four days and parties
continuely, a good time was had by all.
The Panthers are awesome. We both love sailing them and have had many days
at Sherman, Crissy, 3rd, Berkeley, Treasure Island, Alameda, Waddell, and
our local spot near the house “The Rock”. I love hearing comments as I’m
walking to the launch like “nice looking sail” or ” is that the new Ezzy
Wave Panther”.
the staff at Windance knows their stuff…especially now that David has spent some time getting them up to date on the new Panther.
Things were going smoothly until the baby snake messed up the evening!
we got some wind! Enjoy some pics of our successful weekend at the Event Site with David Ezzy and Gary Morris.
thanks for sending this clip Jeffrey! Here is Ian crusing at the Event Site on the new Ezzy Infinity.
Gary Morris will have the Ezzy Fleet at Celilo Park this afternoon. 12 noon on. Pray for good wind!
Gary Morris will have a fleet of Ezzy’s to try at Doug’s Beach today (Thursday) from noon to five pm. Get your butt out there and try some of the Panthers and Freewaves!
Thanks to David Ezzy and Gary Morris for firing of the ‘09 demo season. Strong wind at Doug’s had sailors out on 4.7-3.7 most of the day!
Gary Morris is firing up the Ezzy demo fleet today at Dougs from 1-5ish. Come on out! We’ll try to get David Ezzy there too!
I am celebrating my 25 year anniversary as an Ezzy Sails customer.
I purchased my first Ezzy Sail while living on Maui in 1984. It was a 57 sq. ft. wave sail. I recall the sail handled extremely well for such a “big” sail. That sail allowed me to get out onto the water while others sat on the beach.
What followed has been a succession of various models and sizes of Ezzy designed sails, from the Wave Spyders and Zeta wave sails, to Prisma race sails, and the original Infinity freeride sail. The Wave SE models and the current generation of the Infinity have been my sails of choice in recent years.
I continue to be an Ezzy Sails customer for many reasons. The paramount reason is David Ezzy’s commitment to provide the windsurfers of the world a very high quality product. I am very impressed at the way the sails continue to improve in power and ease of handling, as well as the attention to detail of the sail’s components. The easy to understand rigging indicators on the sails and rigging videos that can be found on the website make it simple to get the best performance out of each sail are other reasons I am a still an Ezzy Sails customer.
In closing, I hope to enjoy windsurfing with Ezzy Sails for many more years to come.
Sincerely,
Tom O’Connor
Writing to you from Michigan
Graham popped in and visited our main man in Holland last week. Jeroen with Essentialstore was kind enough to share a few pics. Enjoy!
Thank you to Tim Verhoeven for sending these pics.
“Pics from my trip with our university to the Ringköbing Fjord in Denmark.
Greetz from Germany”
For ‘09 Jem Hall has a new addition to his world famous ‘Performance Boost coaching tour.’ On August 21 he will be running a Punta San Carlos / Solosports wave camp in Baja, Mexico. Jem went and checked it out last year and scored some awesome sailing. Check out www.jemhall.com for pics, movies and info. He will also be joined by the legend that is Roberto Ricci as the camp is fully stocked with RRD boards and he will be there to present the year 15 collection.
It is a week long camp with travel either side of it. The adventure starts once you board the 4-seater planes, which take us on the 2-hour flight from San Diego to Punta San Carlos. On arrival you land 5 metres from the centre and can roll straight on the water to go wavesailing or surfing – amazing!!
This is a ‘down the line’ wave sailing camp with steady side off winds and long peeling waves. The waves are easy to pick up and you can really concentrate on improving your wave riding from developing more speed and better turns to getting in some aerials and gu screws. There is also a sweet peak out the back for skying some big jumps off. Also on offer is the option of surfing or SUPing and some fantastic mountain biking.
Punta San Carlos has been the venue of some world-class wave comps and our hosts SoloSports will look after us in style. Join Jem on this amazing experience and give your wavesailing a serious performance boost. Book now with CONTACT _Con-3D14BB3E247 SoloSports Adventure Holidays, www.solosports.net, kathy@solosports.net
“I received the Infinity 7.5 about a month earlier, thank you for your help.
I’d like to tell a few words about the sail. I really find it extraordinary. I’m planning at 5 m/c already, 12-15 m/c was also OK for me with 7.5. Center of effort (maybe it is not a correct definition) is very stable - for low and high wind I did not change the position of harness lines. Very good behavior on gusts. Easy and comfortable handling. Though I suppose you know yourself very well all of that
Also I have to say I like the way Ezzy approach the customer. Sail rigging step-by-step guidance, different masts compatibility tools/cams, and of course the quality of the sail together with the use of technologically superior materials, all these things make your company the best in the industry… Even the quality of the sail cover says it is extraordinary company.
Thank you and all your team,
Volodymyr
Ezzy forever :)”
thank you Volodymyr!
The 16th and 17th of may the first Punta Blanca “Get High or Die” contest was held.
A fun contest with everyone watching being a judge through voting. There was a regular competition and also an expression session with prices for the biggest crash, the highest jump and the gay-est manouevre.
Not only the most radical jumps scored but also progression/commitment. To land or even just try moves for the first time also counted.
The winds weren´t as strong as predicted but there still was some good action with many riders going for new things.
After the regular competition the results were:
1-Will Ward (Witchcraft-Ezzy)
2-Victor Moncloa (Sailboards Tarifa-Ezzy)
3-Pieter Delaleeuw (Witchcraft-Ezzy)
Here is the video:
Thanks,
Bouke
What a great time we had at Lake Isabella! Thanks so much to everyone for coming to celebrate a stellar sendoff for Southwest Boardsports.
A heartfelt thanks goes out to everyone who helped with this event. John, Richard, Dawn, Kate, Bob and Bob, and of course Peter Jones. Peter, you have been a critical dealer for us for many years and we’re going to miss not having you as our Southern California powerhouse dealer. No one is more stoked on the sport of windsurfing than Peter. We know good things are coming down the road however. We look forward to working the details out soon.
The wind was a little light but Peter’s margaritas made everything just fine. Again, thank you all for coming and for trying out our ‘09 sail collection. All hail the king!
Kind Regards,
Tim
The pics are taken from some of my recent riding sessions in Italy with Fanatic twinzer and Ezzy Panther…. cold and gusty, but overall good conditions!
Ezzy Panther is awesome in such conditions, delivering always the right power with both the gust on and off.
I am really enjoying these sails!
Ciao
Marco Revel (Fanatic, Chiemsee)
Yeah definitely, And its been about 15 years!! This is my good friend Carlos Herrero from Puerto Rico..Also Stoked on the sport. And me on the black shirt!! That’s one of my favorite pictures. We mounted a camera on the mast and with a little pump, we shot this nice pictures!
Manuel Aleman
Today I sailed for the first time my new Ezzy Freeride 2009, 7.0m.
This sail is great!
Never feels as a 7.0 and really delivers great power, speed, control and performance.
I was planning quickly on 13 to 14 knots of wind with a 122 lt board.
Here is a video with the sail, sailing in Punta las Marias, Puerto Rico
Thanks!
Jose Pla
what a great pic!
Check out that beautiful water in Puerto Rico.
“We had a great demo today (Saturday) so I thought I’d give you some feedback on the new 8.5 Infinity.
The conditions were 20mph with gusts 25+. The sail was rigged to the white settings and the draft was very stable and locked in place.
Also, good progressive twist. There was good acceleration following the twist not just a spilling of the air. Sail rotation in jibes was very fast and smooth. Cambers moved effortlessly. It was also rigged on an Ezzy 490.
Brian Deimling sailed it most of the day and I had a couple of rides on it too. Needless to say, it was smiles all around.
Sincerely,
Mark Beauman”
PICS courtesy of Oceansource.net
Jem Hall is just back from the Oceansource.net centre in El Tur, Egypt where he got some more testing on the NEW Ezzy Free(ride) 3 and is totally stoked. In comparison with last the previous model he found it lighter in the hands and through moves. The sail is more throwabout with duck gybes and 360s no worries on the 7.0. It still has the same bottom end power and coupled with that joy wind range. It felt to Jem like a scaled up Panther.
He got out on the 8.5 on his NEW RRD X fire 112 Slalom machine back in the UK and really got to test the speed as he found himself taking down other speedsters on slalom boards and cammed sails.
Easier rigging, huge wind range and whistles through gybes, put some freedom in your ride and dust your mates on the water.
I’m coming back from Cap Hatteras and I was happy to be back on Ezzy sails again !
The Freewave
It’s good to now have an Ezzy sail more freestyle oriented. The Freewave, like the SE and Panther , is really easy to rig. Nothing to adjust. This sail is light, smooth and have a lot of power. With my 6.3 on my 100 liters freestyle board I’m one of the first reach the planning on the spot. Earlier than many windsurfers with larger board and larger sail. I believe this sail will make me a better windsurfer this year and will help me to progeress with new freestyle tricks !
The Panther
The new Panther is just awesome ! I have SE sails since many years and - I don’t know how it’s possible - the Panther has a lighter and smoother than the SE. Unbelievable ! This wild cat is seems already tamed and do not fear the water ; o)
Here is some pictures attached. If you like some you can maybe use it for your web site… Keep the good work and congatulations to your son for the Windsport cover !
francis
thanks for sharing this Ricardo!
“I got to say that from October 2008 when I had in my hands my very first EZZY, even ridding in places like Costa da Caparica (São João beach), Peniche (Baleal beach) and Guincho, where the wind is quite instable and sometimes unpredictable, I never had to change my sail - my board many times. I don’t know why (or maybe I do…) but with my former sails it was really usual to enter the water and feel that I was with the wrong sail. Riding Ezzy I always feel that I am with the right one, and if after a while I don’t feel comfortable.. Increasing or decreasing a bit the outhaul solves the problem! =)
I am sending you 2 photos of me ripping waves on a 4.7 in São João – Classic side off shore - conditions where some people that never tried Ezzy say that the sails weren’t supposed to work good because they are powerful and stuff like that – the reality is that with 5 to 10 liters less on my board and with 0.5 less on my sail I was able to sail great waves with the sail depowering perfectly when you turn off the power button! =)
I hope my girlfriend to don’t see this but I think Ezzy sails, my mother and my father, will be my only love 4 life!=)
Cheers,
Ricardo Pacheco”
we LOVE getting updates from JP. The guy puts in more hours on the water than I think he does on land.
“I had an amazing winter, best ever….. Although I think I say that every winter. We were up in Nor cal for Oct, then Baja for 3 months, then mainland Mexico for almost 2 months. I was heading up to the Gorge last week and packing up in LA but the swell that was forecasted was too much. I had to do a quick run to carlos. Glad I did.”
Enjoy THESE pics, thanks to Clark Merrit.
“Here is picture of my kids when they received their new toy!! Others are pictures on the water..where the fun is!
We held a regatta ton Sunday and it was awesome!! We are lucky to have such a wonderful place to sail!!! Take care”
Thanks for sharing Manuel!
Jem Hall has been ripping up some Egyptian waves in El Tur courtesy of www.oceansource.net whilst on one of his coaching weeks and he even found it into the the contents pic of the great Boards Magazine UK. You can also find in the May Edition of Boards the continuation of his long standing “Wannabe a Wavesailor” series. If you wish to download some of the back issues of his series go to Jems Blog.
Here are some shots of Ezri Heymans from the Curacao Challenge. Ezri was competing in the juniors slalom under 17 category with 10 in his class. He ended third and was very pleased with the result. Way to go!
click text below for a readable interview with David from UK Windsurf Magazine.
Boardseeker.com has just posted a review of the new Free3ride here.
“The dark panel on the Free(ride)3 consists of Technora® fibers. Technora® is a para-aramid fiber that weight for weight is 8 times stronger than steel and 3 times stronger than nylon and Dacron®. Since Technora® is so light, we are able to save considerable weight in the sail. Furthermore, the low stretch of Technora® means less stretch distortion along the leech when a gust hits, producing a more stable feeling sail.
How does the Free(ride)3 compare to our previous Freeride sails?
1.The new Free(ride)3 points significantly higher and has a much
greater reaching angle.
2.Higher wind range. You can comfortably sail the new Freeride one
square meter bigger and one square meter smaller.
3.Lighter and much easier to handle.
Other key features:
* Contains no monofilm.
* Body panels made with Spectra X Ply.
* RBS epoxy battens.
* Vinyl window. Removable triple block tack pulley with D-ring option.
* Colour coded outhaul and downhaul rigging indicators.
* Every sail is rigged and checked in our factory.”
The Windsport team has created a sail blog for some of the new gear released this season. We’d love to get some feedback posted on the Pather. Go here to check it out!
As my ‘06 SE’s are used “all over the world” (capetown, maui, west australia, holland, UK, cabarete) for a couple of years they need relpacemend. I just ordered a new ezzy 4,2-4,7-5,2 and 5,8 quiver. I love them. Off to mauritius in a couple of months to give it them a proper test
Thanks for a great product.
Keep living it up and pls keep producing great sails!
Cuno
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Congrats Graham!
Thanks to Bouke for sharing these shots from photographer Carlos Zúñiga.
Read this fine article on Graham from Boardseeker Magazine.
Thanks to Bob Zinc for sharing this shot.
“This is LA bay 10 minutes before it started to blow 15 knots.”
Our top international coach, Jem Hall, has just taken some time out from his overseas clinics and his role in the marketing and R & D departments of Ezzy sails to do an interview with a popular English website, check out the full interview here.
Jem is just back from one of his coaching weeks at the fantastic Oceansource windsurfing centre in El Tur, Egypt which features Ezzy Panthers, Freewaves and Freerides and he will give us an update on this soon. Catch him and his joy Ezzy toys on one of his coaching weeks soon, before they all sell out, more details on Jem’s site!
thanks for sending these great shots Frank!
thanks for sending these pics Petra!
… more cool news from Bonaire! Ezzy Sails are now availabe at JIBE CITY.
Get in touch with them when you are ready to plan your next vacation!
thank you Mino for sending these!
“Here gianmarco revel with good action moves in Porto novo ANCONA town (100 km under CESENA)”
Good things come to those who wait. Last Friday, the wind along the Santa Cruz coast was very marginal early on and despite going out many of us wound up landing on the point and packing it in. Some of us waited. A few adjustments to the new panther and a half hour later the wind had shifted from side on marginal to side off powered. The waves all began to magically line up forming perfect head high walls and clean sections. Jordan Deltscheff got this killer shot of me popping an off the lip out of the shadow of the wave into the light of the late evening sun. I just love the way the colors work in this shot.
Gerritt Rutgers
thank you for sharing these Tim!
“hey there,
here are some pictures of me and my blue panther sails in dahab.
i love them.
cheers from germany
tim verhoeven
german pro rider ezzy sails.”
Just in from Germany:
“we just received the Panther Windsurfing Jahrbuch test result.”
Here is the text in English:
Sail tested: 4.7 Ezzy Wave Panther.
The first impression:
The Panther makes at first sight has a very good and well built impression. The largest difference to the predecessor Wave SE is the shorter boom. In the Leech a new material is used, that allegedly is more UV resistant and in addition lighter than monofilm. The mast sleeve is likewise very high-quality. Apart from the good building quality a surprise waits at the foot of the sail. One can use a trim block or alternatively a d-ring in case you prefer using a trim hook with your extension. The Panther has no longer as much profile as its predecessor, but nevertheless a strongly preformed belly within the foot area.
Rigging and tuning:
The sail is to be trimmed mainly over the outhaul. At the downhaul one has actually only a very little range to play with. The downhaul should not vary more than one cm. That has the advantage that you can get along with mainly tuning the sail on the outhaul. The 4.7 needs a four-meter mast. Rigging is easy.
Handling characteristics:
The Panther lies well in the hand, feels directly and the new material in the Leech lets the sail feel light and respond quickly. The drive, which the sail supplies, is very pleasant and although it has less belly as its predecessor, it is quite early to plan. If the wind picks up it mostly is enough to increase the outhaul and the sail again is balanced and neutral in the hand. There is a wide tuning range without touching the downhaul which is very pleasant. The pressure point is very stable and gives the rider the pleasure of riding very relaxed also in rough conditions. If one adjusted the harness lines correctly, one can remain on the water for a long time on the water without getting tired. The sail has enough power to plan through lulls and accelerates quickly, as soon as the wind is back. Also because of the large wind range the sail is not only suitable for waves only. The large wind range of the sail, however, compensates this small deficiency by far.
Result:
The Panther has everything, for which Ezzy stands: It offers simple handling in combination with a lot of performance and a really huge wind range. According to our opinion, the Panther is the best Ezzy ever.
Pro: Great power, well balanced and very large wind range.
Con: None.
Go here for interview in German
(here is a very rough english translation)
Hello Graham. This year started very well for you. You won the supersession on the Worldcup Cabo Verde 2009. Cabo Verde offers the biggest waves on the tour. Was it your first Worldcup participation?
This was my first time to Cabo Verde…ever. I showed up the day before the contest straight from Princeton without windsurfing for a month. That wave is so long, so powerful, so smooth, but it took me a few days to learn it, so only by the supersession did I feel comfortable on the wave.
Riding big waves is business as usual for you. You were born in Maui on Hawaii. But how did you come to windsurfing?
My father taught be to windsurf when I was around 10, and I started sailing Hookipa in less than a year because my dad did not want to sail anywhere else. In fact, I was sailing mast-high Hookipa before I could jibe- not because I wanted to, but because it was the only place my dad would drive me!
Your father is the owner of Ezzy Sails and a former Windsurfpro. Is he still a big role model for you?
David is a large role model for my life. He has always followed his passions (skiing, windsurfing, sail designing), dedicating himself fully. I want to have the same motivation, focus, and discipline in my life.
How does it work father and son in a brand and the family as your sponsor? Are there sometimes troubles?
No, not really. We have a relationship more like friends.
So it works. Are you involved in the sail development?
Sail designing is my father’s passion, not mine. I am really interested in business and economics though, so I might run Ezzy Sails one day, and I try to give my dad good ideas.
Windsurfing is a big part of your life. But on the other side you graduated high school in May of 2007. What goes first studying or windsurfing?
Both! I am trying to compete at the highest level academically and athletically. But I still skip a lot of school to go windsurfing…
As I heard you are studying at Princeton University. It is a renowned university. Why did you choose Princeton?
I chose Princeton because it is the best university in America. I decided that if I was going to take time off from windsurfing to get a degree, I should go to the best school. I’m studying economics at the best department in the world; I love it.
Wouldn´t it be easier for you to stay on Maui and focus on your windsurfing-career?! Why did you choose the east coast?
I have never devoted a whole year to windsurfing! I’ve always been in school. The East Coast is really new for me, but it’s great to spend time in cities, wake up to snow on the ground, and do some mental work.
Princeton is famous in the world. But how does “a day of Graham Ezzy on the campus” look like?
I have classes in the mornings and early afternoon (economics, math, more economics, physics, and poetry), then I row with the Princeton Lightweight Crew team (one of the best in the country). After rowing, I eat dinner, do some studying, and write a bit. Then I either go to sleep or party! All the parties here take place in mansions we call Eating Clubs. Dancing, girls, and intellectual conversations about philosophy! Sometimes I stand back and laugh at how funny and different my life here is.
For outstanding people your life may appear unmanageable and overwhelming? How do you keep the balance?
It’s incredibly overwhelming! But that’s what I love about it. I love waking up in the morning and having a million things that I have to do, and not knowing if I’ll be able to do them. Such an adrenaline rush.
Does Princeton support Windsurfer and are there any other famous athletes on campus?
I’m trying to convince Princeton to support a Princeton Windsurfing Team. I’m not the only professional athlete here. Joey Cheek is also in my class; he has an Olympic gold, silver, and bronze in speed skating. I also have some friends who are some of the best rowers in the world. The best part of Princeton is that everyone is amazing at what they do.
Is there a good spot around New Jersey and how often do you go there?
A couple months ago, I had a perfect mast-high waves a 30-minutes drive from New York City. When it’s good it’s good! But it’s a secret spot, so I can’t tell you where it is.
How often during a season do you have the chance to train on Maui?
I go back to Maui for about 4 weeks per year to train and do some photos. I’m never home; It’s like I’m a tourist now!
On the island of Maui you are on the water with the world´s best windsurfers. Who is your favorite and why?
I grew at Hookipa watching the windsurfers, so I have many favorites. Polakow throws down the best turn even to this day. Teritehau was doing triple forwards before Ricardo was doing spocks. Levi Siver, Alex Mussolini, and Florian Jung are my favorite to surf with. It is so much fun to be pushing each other to try new moves, ride bigger waves, and do higher jumps. Flo is a great training partner; he’s always motivated, happy, and fun to be with.
You won the supersession on Cabo Verde with a taka on the wave. How much freestyle-elements are good for Waveriding in the future?
It is good to combine freestyle and waveriding, but that’s not my style. I am a surfer. The tricks that I do in the waves (the 360s, takas, goiters) are surf moves, not freestyle ones just put on top of the wave. I place the moves into the line of the wave. Not many people do that. Surf-style is a lot harder and has a lot more flow.
Thank you for answering the questions.
thanks to www.windsurfersmag.de
thanks to Kaleb Smith
Images from White Caps Photography
“The start of February saw sailors from across Australia converge on the pristine and wind ravaged waters of Tasmania’s North West Coast, primarily the world famous coastal areas surrounding Marrawah and further south to Arthurs River and its adjacent beaches that are buffeted by the Southern Ocean and it’s ‘Roaring Forties’, the name given to the extreme elements that traverse the Globe at 40 degrees latitude. The reason for this gathering of like minded wind and wave specialists was to test their wave sailing skills against the elements and each other. The last man standing from the double elimination man on man heat format would walk away with the 2009 Australian wave sailing Title.
Six days had been set aside for the event, unfortunately someone forgot to tell Huey and it took several days before the first expression session could be run. The Expression session format was used to cull the numbers in the open division down to a more realistic number of competitors. Sixteen places had to be filled in the Open division, three of these places had already been filled with Dan Berry, John Pott, and myself Kaleb Smith being seeded through from last years National placing. The conditions for the expression session were marginal Port tack, with 15-20 knots of wind and a small 1-2foot mushy swell. Many were claiming that it was the flattest they had ever seen Marrawah, but it wasn’t any surprise, it was the Nationals after all, that’s got to be enough to scare the wind and waves away.
All week saw Marrawah bathed in sun with little to no swell (shoulder to head high); however, spirits were still high as there was always plenty to do; surfing, diving, SUP boarding, four wheel driving, beach volleyball, ultimate frisbee, table tennis -the list goes on and on. Oh! Did I mention the pub! The sponsors and organisers had done a fantastic job, every night there was a social event to go to, be it the local bands, Nationals table tennis tournament, a huge spit roast and crayfish night or just a gathering of friends for a few quiet drinks.
Saturday 7th February saw the first day of man on man heats held at Greens Beach, to speed things up two heats would be run at the same time. The conditions were not ideal with a very gusty north easterly, starboard tack wind ranging from 5 to 20 knots. The swell was small with sets around shoulder high. The forecast was for a south west change during the afternoon and an increasing swell, this didn’t eventuate and the north easterly only eased as the day progressed leaving only the first few heats in all divisions with a result.
Sunday 8th February, the final day of the competition and Huey had answered our prayers, finally the swell had increased. It was only a marginal increase but it was due to build as the day progressed. Unfortunately the wind was cross on and around 18 knots, so it was going to be a battle. The first and second round of heats in the open, women’s and masters were fought out in challenging conditions. Around the middle of the day things hotted up, the wind swung cross shore, the swell cleaned up and increased to be over head high on the sets and best of all the competition stepped up a notch. I was knocked out during the second round of heats by my good friend and sailing buddy Simon Hanson. This relegated me to the double elimination standings and I had to fight hard to get back up the rankings.
By late afternoon the competition was into the final rounds, the Women’s was being hotly contested, local sailor Karen Robertson and Lisa Edlund-Tjernberg from Victoria were set for a showdown, until Karen hyper -extended her left elbow and had to settle on third with Marieke Machinnon moving into the final and taking second place. Lisa dominated the final with her aggressive wave riding, taking home the Crown of National Women’s Champion for 2009.
Terry North from West Australia took out the Masters crown with some huge forwards and impressive wave riding. Oliver Barta from Queensland proved that age had no boundaries as he ripped the waves apart to take home the Grand Masters trophy.
Unfortunately only one junior sailor, Alistair Mcleod was able to take time off school to attend, thanks to his Mum! Alistair also entered the Open, he sailed aggressively and proved to all that he is going to be a dedicated and serious contender in years to come.
Heading into the Open finals I had battled my way through the repechage heats to finally find myself pitted against Victorian pin up boy Joel Ryan. We were both on a high; the worst we could do was a third place. The conditions were looking good, clean waves, 18 knots cross shore. We were both using 85 litre twin fins and 5.2 sails. I had my Ezzy Panther rigged with very little down haul to try and maximise the amount of grunt I could receive. Dave Ezzy has nailed it with the Panther; the stable crisp feel of this sail delivers power when you need it without wanting to rip your arms off or compromising the performance needed to get you into, and out of the most critical section of a wave.
I started the heat with a ripper set that gave a long clean wall with several sections to charge and smack through. This sent me down the beach several hundred yards; I milked all I could out of the wave until finally I turned to head back out. My heart was pounding, my arms ached and for the life of me I couldn’t seem to get enough air into my lungs. The full day of sailing through the repechage heats to get to this point was starting to take its toll on the body, but I didn’t care, this was a Nationals semi final and I had to dig deep.
During the semi the wind dropped to around 10 to 15 knots and even back to no wind at all in the break zone. The wave riding was still great with enough wind on the face to do what was needed and get the wave count up, however, there would be no jumps to be had and it took all our stamina to continue to battle out through the white water.
At the end of the heat there was not enough wind to try and sail back to the car park, Joel and I had to settle on carrying our gear 500meters back up the beach, this was going to be hard as we were both collapsed on the beach near exhaustion and feeling very ill. Luckily for us a couple of mates ran down to carry our gear and inform us of the result, I had made it to the final.
As I stumbled off the beach, I was informed that I had 5 minutes before the final would begin; I ran for a drink and headed back to the beach to great my final opponent, Dan Berry and exchange pleasantries. As we headed into the water it was apparent that the wind was not improving, if I thought the semi was tough this was going to be tougher. Dan started the heat with a good sized wave and tore it up in usual Dan style, heaps of speed and impeccable timing. I wasn’t careful enough with my wave selection. I wanted to start the final with a good set wave, as I had done in the previous heats but I just couldn’t find one quick enough, so I settled on what I thought was a moderate sized wave that would wall up nicely on the inside. This didn’t happen and I ended up riding a fat mush ball with no wall and no wind. Then as I dogged back out the sets appeared with Dan charging back in, that’s when fatigue left me and with a scream of frustration grabbed the last set wave and finally had a great wave all the way to the beach and passed Dan as we hooted at each other.
Dan and I both managed to get our wave count for the final but I knew Dan had the superior rides, the conditions certainly suited the lighter riders and Dan only rubbed this into me further by floating past me on a 76 litre board while I’m up to my thighs on an 84 litre. He just smiled and said ‘not much wind’. Dan also rubbed salt into my wounds by getting the only jump of the final, a nice loop out the back. Regardless of who the conditions suited it really didn’t matter, Dan Berry’s sailing is flawless wether it’s 10 knots or 40 knots, waist high or mast high, he proves time and time again the he is on of the best competition and free sailors around.
Back at the Marrawah Pub that night for the presentations I was knocked for six when competition organiser John Pott announced that I had won Wave of the Competition as well as coming runner up, what a great bit of icing on an all ready fantastic couple of days.
To have events like this come to fruition you need to have special people behind the scenes, working hard, sometimes with no thanks and reaping little reward other than the personal satisfaction of being an asset to the community they selflessly represent.
To that note I would like to thank John Pott for doing the ground work in Tassie. If John didn’t step up as a representative of Tasmania the event would never have gone ahead.
Event sponsors Neil Pryde and JP. Represented by Hudson and David Godfrey-Smith the dynamic father/son combination that has given so much to the sport over the years once again put in all their effort to ensure the event was the success it was and always ran on time, with all the information past onto competitors.
Head judges Matt Tobin and Stuart Martin ensured that the consistency in their judging was impeccable. As extremely talented watermen with both judges having spent many years as highly competitive wave sailors, their contribution to the competition and development of competitors was boundless, freely giving advice when approached.
Big personal thanks goes to Damien Wallace from Jay Sails in Tasmania and Ezzy Sails for supplying me with the fantastic gear that I use. Ezzy Sails have for years been my only choice, they have never let me down regardless of the punishment they receive. The sail I start the season with is the sail that’s there at the end of the season. That is no fact to take lightly. With Ezzy’s latest developments in materials and sail shapes, the sails have entered a new level of excellence with a crisp controlled feel that delivers power progressively as you ask for it.
And well done to all those that took the time to come to Tassie, see you next year!
Competition Results:
Open Mens
1st – Dan Berry (Neil Pryde/JP)
2nd – Kaleb Smith (Ezzy Sails)
3rd – Joel Ryan (Hustler, RPS the Board Store Calvin Kien,)
4th – Simon Hansen
Womens
1st – Lisa Edlund-tjernberg (SHQ)
2nd – Marieke Machinnon
3rd – Karen Robertson
Masters
1st – Terry North
2nd – Matt Cudmore
Grand Masters
1st – Oliver Barta
Junior
1st – Alistair Mcleod (SHQ)
Best wave: Kaleb Smith (Ezzy Sails)
Best Jump: Oliver Barta”
Some pictures of my friend Theodoros my team rider.
Thanks
Vassos
Maryhill State Park
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Enjoy!
Speed Freestyle Montreal Windski 2009 from Guy Trudeau Jr on Vimeo.
We’re stoked to announce our newest Ezzy Dealer! Drop in and say “hi” to our ripping team rider Russ Faurot, manager Jake, or owner Ralf.
Second Wind Sail, Surf & Kite
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Kahului, HI 96732
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thanks for sending these!
“A December rally that was written up in Sailing Magazine Feb 08. That is me gobbling up a Sunfish on a longboard”
hey everybody,
Check out Jem Hall’s latest post.
Graham Ezzy Windsurfing 2009 from Graham Ezzy on Vimeo.
Join KOUS taking greek wave windsurfing in the next level. KOUS proves Athens has great waves nearby and demonstrates the 1st greek wave move ever “JUDAS” with the Ezzy Sails support.
Supporter: Ezzy Sails - Greece, WindRider.GR
Welcome to Gianluigi Pischedda
A very good rider tha started the new Ezzy adventure winning the end of year Sardinia wave contest!!!
Thanks to all !
Mino & the white reef gang …
(a gentle reminder) From Jem’s website:
This year I have a new addition to my ‘performance boost tour. ‘ On August 21 I will be running my Punta San Carlos / Solosports wave camp in Baja, Mexico. My motley crue and I went and checked it out last year and what joy we experienced. Check out the pix in the gallery and the movie page, streamed courtesy of USPmedia.tv
It is a week long camp with travel either side of it. The adventure starts once you board the 4-seater planes, which take us on the 2-hour flight from San Diego to Punta San Carlos. On arrival you land 5 metres from the centre and can roll straight on the water to go wavesailing or surfing - amazing!!
This is a ‘down the line’ wave sailing camp with steady side off winds and long peeling waves. The waves are easy to pick up and you can really concentrate on improve your wave riding from developing more speed and better turns to getting in some aerials and gu screws. There is also a sweet peak out the back for skying some big jumps off. Also on offer is the option of surfing or SUPing in the ams and some fantastic mountain biking.
Punta San Carlos has been the venue some world-class wave comps and our hosts Solosports will look after us in style. I am so excited about getting back out there and really want you to enjoy this amazing experience with me. But, you know this bit is coming, please book early to avoid disappointment as I only have a few places left and with plenty of interest. Please get in touch with me for your booking or any further questions.
check out this cool video of Roy zipping around on a “Yoloboard”
“This is my daughter Mckenzi she is 10 years old and her dog Frosty is 5
years old. They love to windsurf together, and play together and sleep
together!!! I got the idea to bring the dogs out to get my three kids out on
the water more often! And it worked and I would tell any father to do it,
the kids love it!” - Roy Massey/Ace Performer
This is my son Mitch 14 years old and Madison 11 years old and my wife Betty.The three white westies are Frosty,snowflake,snowball and the brown dog is Scarlet, the super short legged dog!!!!!!
Thanks to “sailorbluepr” for virtually transporting us to Puerto Rico today! Those of us buried in snow might appreciate it!
image courtesy John Carter/PWA
“The Cabo Verde PWA World Cup - Super Session Saturday
The 2009 Cabo Verde PWA World Cup - 02/21 from CaboVerdeWorldCup.com on Vimeo.
EVENT STATUS >> Super Session Results Announced!
1st Graham Ezzy - Taka (Dakine)
2nd Ricardo Campello- Backloop off-the-lip (JP / NeilPryde / MFC)
3rd Marcilio Browne - Air taka (Fanatic / North)
Winning the super session is Graham Ezzy with a perfectly landed taka right in the critical section. Ricardo Campello finished in second with a truely mad back loop off-the-lip. Sadly it wasn’t landed, but it was inches away from being perfect. Marcilio Browne took the final podium position with a smooth air taka, landed back on the wave face before going over the falls. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all the sailors who took part, putting themselves in harms way to deliver an inspirational hour of sailing.”
Here is the play by play:
13.50 Ponta Preta’s churning out mast high monsters and hammering 25-30 knot wind. The super session is going to fully go off. Tune back at 3.00pm to follow all the action of the best move jam.
15.00 Super session format: 1 hour heat free-for-all, the best move wins. The heat has now started.
15.06 No moves as of yet, but there’s some big sets coming through.
15.07 Marcilio Browne attempts an awesome taka right in the critical section, landing it but then going over the falls. Seadi lands a flaka on the wave face. Some decent moves there.
15.11 Guilloul tries a backloop of the lip of a massive set. Balls out stuff, but he gets worked.
15.15 Fernandez lands a really nice air taka, but drops off the back of the wave.
15.19 Campello boosts a monster backloop off the lip, landing it clean in front of the wave, but then getting knocked down by the massive wall of white water behind him. He’s way out ahead with that move, it was epic.
15.29 Nothing new at the moment. Campello leads right now, Browne second.
15.36 Swift and Ezzy go for 360’s in the critical section of a couple of huge waves. Sadly they don’t stomp them, but it was a fine effort from the pair.
15.44 The wind’s dropped down a fair bit now, so nothing to report on at the moment.
15.47 Klass Voget has just broken literally everything, even his boom has snapped. Really impressive kit abuse from him.
15.51 Swift and Porcella go down hard. Swift’s gear is beyond trashed.
15.54 Angulo boosts a properly massive aerial, the biggest of the session so far. Fernandez has also scored a decent aerial with a rail grab thrown in for good measure.
15.56 Ezzy steals the show with a sick taka, landed perfectly on the wave face. Properly awesome. Siver pulls an air taka, but falls right at the very end. Two awesome moves there.
15.59 Lenny lands a flaka on the wave face right on the sound of the horn. A good move, but we’ve had better. Heat ends. Stay tuned for the result.
Read more about it here and here.
Congrats Graham!
This mini film was shot on a side-onshore trashy day at Sprecks. Most people didn’t even get on a plane…but somehow Thomas Hasch from Windance found the “send” button. Hear the Panther roar??
This mini film was shot on a side-onshore trashy day at Sprecks. Most people didn’t even get on a plane…but somehow Thomas Hasch from Windance found the “send” button. Hear the Panther roar??
thanks for the great shots from South Africa Andrea!
thanks for the great shots from South Africa Andrea!
Hi David!
This was in our in box this morning and we wanted to share:
“For first time I’ve rigged one of my 5 sails Wave SE 2008 with less downhaul that you recommend and I just loved loved the behavior of the sail – I was on a 5.2 with 80lit ripping really small waves with cross off shore wind. I was planning most of the times but just with some pumping.
Ricardo Pacheco”
Hi David!
This was in our in box this morning and we wanted to share:
“For first time I’ve rigged one of my 5 sails Wave SE 2008 with less downhaul that you recommend and I just loved loved the behavior of the sail – I was on a 5.2 with 80lit ripping really small waves with cross off shore wind. I was planning most of the times but just with some pumping.
Ricardo Pacheco”
Harry Vogelezang is on holiday in South Africa from The Netherlands.
Check out these fantastic shots!
Harry Vogelezang is on holiday in South Africa from The Netherlands.
Check out these fantastic shots!
Marcelo is a ripping sailor. They have some serious conditions in his back yard.
Check out the pics:
Marcelo is a ripping sailor. They have some serious conditions in his back yard.
Check out the pics:
Here’s some shots of Dan Orodenker sailing Kailua Bay on Oahu. Kailua was the original windsurfing spot in Hawaii. Dan gets out every chance he can get.
Here’s some shots of Dan Orodenker sailing Kailua Bay on Oahu. Kailua was the original windsurfing spot in Hawaii. Dan gets out every chance he can get.
From Jem’s website:
This year I have a new addition to my ‘performance boost tour. ‘ On August 21 I will be running my Punta San Carlos / Solosports wave camp in Baja, Mexico. My motley crue and I went and checked it out last year and what joy we experienced. Check out the pix in the gallery and the movie page, streamed courtesy of USPmedia.tv
It is a week long camp with travel either side of it. The adventure starts once you board the 4-seater planes, which take us on the 2-hour flight from San Diego to Punta San Carlos. On arrival you land 5 metres from the centre and can roll straight on the water to go wavesailing or surfing - amazing!!
This is a ‘down the line’ wave sailing camp with steady side off winds and long peeling waves. The waves are easy to pick up and you can really concentrate on improve your wave riding from developing more speed and better turns to getting in some aerials and gu screws. There is also a sweet peak out the back for skying some big jumps off. Also on offer is the option of surfing or SUPing in the ams and some fantastic mountain biking.
Punta San Carlos has been the venue some world-class wave comps and our hosts Solosports will look after us in style. I am so excited about getting back out there and really want you to enjoy this amazing experience with me. But, you know this bit is coming, please book early to avoid disappointment as I only have a few places left and with plenty of interest. Please get in touch with me for your booking or any further questions.
From Jem’s website:
This year I have a new addition to my ‘performance boost tour. ‘ On August 21 I will be running my Punta San Carlos / Solosports wave camp in Baja, Mexico. My motley crue and I went and checked it out last year and what joy we experienced. Check out the pix in the gallery and the movie page, streamed courtesy of USPmedia.tv
It is a week long camp with travel either side of it. The adventure starts once you board the 4-seater planes, which take us on the 2-hour flight from San Diego to Punta San Carlos. On arrival you land 5 metres from the centre and can roll straight on the water to go wavesailing or surfing - amazing!!
This is a ‘down the line’ wave sailing camp with steady side off winds and long peeling waves. The waves are easy to pick up and you can really concentrate on improve your wave riding from developing more speed and better turns to getting in some aerials and gu screws. There is also a sweet peak out the back for skying some big jumps off. Also on offer is the option of surfing or SUPing in the ams and some fantastic mountain biking.
Punta San Carlos has been the venue some world-class wave comps and our hosts Solosports will look after us in style. I am so excited about getting back out there and really want you to enjoy this amazing experience with me. But, you know this bit is coming, please book early to avoid disappointment as I only have a few places left and with plenty of interest. Please get in touch with me for your booking or any further questions.
“Please, enjoy some fresh action photos from Greece: Sunday 11th January 2009.
Aloha,
Panagiotis”
“Please, enjoy some fresh action photos from Greece: Sunday 11th January 2009.
Aloha,
Panagiotis”
I wanted to share what David wrote in a recent email:
“The most important tuning point to pass on to people concerning the Panther is not to over-downhaul. People are conditioned to really crank the DH, especially when it gets windy. As you know I have gone away from this type of sail design because the excessive DH flattens the leading edge and makes the sails twitchy and unstable. Instead, the Panther relies on the outhaul for flattening. Flattening with outhaul is a more effective flattening method because it flattens the sail without flattening the luff. In order to have a sail (like the Panther) that flattens mainly with outhaul, there needs to be much more profile built into the front of the #3 and #4 battens. If you over-downhaul the panther, the shape at #3 and #4 gets pushed back and the sail get gutless and hard to handle.
Make sure you check out the outhaul and other videos at: [ezzy.com]
Some people find it kind of tricky discerning the correct downhaul. You have to bounce the upper leech off the ground. Even at max downhaul, the leech still looks quite tight.
People are welcome to email me pictures of their sails rigged up at david@ezzy.com“
I wanted to share what David wrote in a recent email:
“The most important tuning point to pass on to people concerning the Panther is not to over-downhaul. People are conditioned to really crank the DH, especially when it gets windy. As you know I have gone away from this type of sail design because the excessive DH flattens the leading edge and makes the sails twitchy and unstable. Instead, the Panther relies on the outhaul for flattening. Flattening with outhaul is a more effective flattening method because it flattens the sail without flattening the luff. In order to have a sail (like the Panther) that flattens mainly with outhaul, there needs to be much more profile built into the front of the #3 and #4 battens. If you over-downhaul the panther, the shape at #3 and #4 gets pushed back and the sail get gutless and hard to handle.
Make sure you check out the outhaul and other videos at: [ezzy.com]
Some people find it kind of tricky discerning the correct downhaul. You have to bounce the upper leech off the ground. Even at max downhaul, the leech still looks quite tight.
People are welcome to email me pictures of their sails rigged up at david@ezzy.com“
Thanks to Johan from Sweden who sent in this great video
“Yesterday we sailed for about an hour on the ocean in about +2 degrees Celcius, and on our way home we spotted a nice “frozen area” which we just had to play with. Very fun and really simple, even though a 4.7 was a bit to large for skates in 25 knot wind”
David Ezzy is currently accepting applications for an apprentice sail making position on Maui.
Please contact David direct at david@ezzy.com
thank you for the photos and email Lorenzo!
“Hi Dave,
i really love your sails and i’m a big your supporter.
Attached some photos (shooted by Fabrizio La Mela) of last december surfing day with ponente wind in Latina near Rome Italy.
I have read your interview on bullshit mktg and i agree with you and your work (so i feel myself an official ezzy sailor; totally free as well).
Bye
Lorenzo FRG-2″
Thank you to Domenico for sending this email and these cool photos.
Burrrr!!!
“Hi David it’s me again. first of all happy christmas to you and all the guys in Maui!! Here in attachment the pictures of our last day on the water: last december 26 was really really cold outside were not more of 3 degrees and water was about 12. I had my 2006 se 4.2 and fanatic 82 liters but was really really hard even if you think that I’m a fan of the speed slalom and not of the waves…
A very strong and cold wind called “bora” (coming down from balcanic area) was about 35 knots average up to 40-42 and you can understand that it’s not the usual condition we used to board. Waves of 2,5 meters and very very choppy sea so the first fight was to stand up on the board: it was very tough but we were happy because we tested your new Panther 3.7 4.2 4.7 of a friend of us and that sails are great as usual but unfortunately we don’t have these conditions everyday so as you move on this little sizes it seems not to be able to board at any time and crashes were about every 15 seconds…
But we had a very good times and this is the most important thing. Congratulations again for your new masterpiece Panther even if my s.e. is still a very great sail.
hope to hear from you soon
ciao from northern eastside Italy!!!
Domenico”
Info about this spot can be found here:
http://www.witchcraft.nu/spotprofile.php?id=39
Come on and join the fun!
We have added a new Ezzy page to Facebook.
Please take a look, and add some pics or videos while you are there!
thanks George! We love this clip.
Many of you may recognize the name. Andrea is a world renowned Formula One racer.
He also loves to sail Hookipa. Check out the recent pics we received.
Here is a fresh one…
Graham is on a short holiday from Princeton.
Check out his wave 360…
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Here is a little pic of Joe coming off the water. We’re happy to hear Ike didn’t spoil the fun for windsurfing in Texas!
“Post Ike, the windsurfers are coming back out for Wednesday night racing. This is one of our Wednesday night racers, Joe Livingston, on his Mistral Prodigy, which is the prevalent race board on Galveston Bay. Hauk Wahl, also a Prodigy racer, took this picture. He regularly circulates a picture to the email thread of windsurfers in our Club and in the Wednesday night racing group.
Peter O’Connor”
Thank you to Robert Torkildsen for emailing these cool pics from Lista.
John Skye Wins Pro Title at Tiree Wave Classic 2008. Read all about it here.
from John Drab….gotta love this.
“try to sneak off the the point for a quickie and it ends up in the paper…”
Special thanks to Beppe DNA SURF SHOP and Paolo from Windspirit.it for this test of the Panther.
A big thanks to Javier Iglesias Curras for sending along this wonderful video of the kids rig in action. This is the first time his 5 and 3 year old son used the Ezzy Kids rig.
keep charging Tim!!
We just got a great email from Guy Fletcher from the UK. Guy is a brilliant musician who works with the likes of Mark Knopfler among others. He was part of the band “Dire Straits”.
Guy learned to windsurf on the island of Montserrat, which was once home to one of the worlds finest recording studios (AIR Studios). Lots of other musicians shared their love of windsurfing and music on the island, like Sting. Sadly, hurricane Hugo and later volcanic activity shut things down.
Guy writes the following:
“Anyway, I just wanted to say that your sails absolutely rock. It took me a while to get used to the ’08’s but I have to say they are SO powerful and controllable. Now I have a couple of ‘09 Panthers and I can’t wait to really test them out.”
At home this month on the RRD FSW 90 and a 6.9 Ezzy wave SE in about 16 knots of warm South Westerly
…and ducking it
..no way…
yes that’s right…you can’t jump that high off that small chop. It IS me though. (the actual jump was probably around 8-10 ft.)
We look forward to hearing more from Guy!
thanks Frank for these very cool videos!!
First, here is some action on the Freewave
Tenerife on the Ezzy Wave Panther
Of Cape Town
J.P. BOWLES just sent us these pics as a reminder why the Gorge is so awesome…
Enjoy.
Check out this very cool video from Baja this last August.
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running a free demo featuring the ‘09 Ezzy Wave Panther and Freewave today at Roosevelt from 11 to 5. Come on out!
Here are a few great shots we got from Jem Hall shot during his recent wave camp at Solo Sports.
Jesse Brown joined him for a fun filled week. They got a crack at the new ‘09 Wave Panther. It appears they work just fine…
just look at that beautiful water!
Here are some images from our importer in Greece. The sailors name is “Nikitas”, and
the photos are from the Summer 2008, Vassiliki seaside - Lefkas Island.
Gary Morris will be at Doug’s Beach from 12 to 5 with a fleet of ‘09 Ezzy’s to try.
See ya there!
we received this email from our importer in Singapore…and felt we should share this incredible story.
We had a close-call yesterday when one of our local rider’s (named Ngo) rig had been struck by lighning when he was about to come on to the shore. Luckily he had suffered only minor numbness to his left foot.
Attached pictures showing the torn and damaged sections of the sail and mast.
Apparently the lightning charges hit through the top piece section of the sail into the mast tip and it travels downward to the mast extension when his foot got hit as well.
We are happy to report Ngo is doing just fine!
Our friend in Germany Wolfgang from Surf9999 sent us this footage from a recent demo of the new Panther.
Pictures provided by Frank Schneider, Borken
Be careful…footage is a little wobbly.
Best Wishes!
Wolfgang
Steilweg 5
53639 Königswinter
Steuernummer 222/5053/2308
USt-ID DE814670498
Tel. 0 22 44 / 87 30 82
Fax 01212-6-266-69-999
info@surf9999.de
Zertifizierter Internetshop: www.surf9999.de
Gary Morris will be at Rowena from 12 to 4:30 with a fleet of ‘08 and ‘09 Ezzy’s to try.
See ya there!
Here is a recent artice you should read if you ever plan on going to Greece to Windsurf!
Boardseeker just posted this interesting interview with David Ezzy.
A big heartfelt thanks goes out to Dave Nunn and the staff at Windance for our big party on Saturday.
Turnout was incredible. I pulled in the parking lot at 6:45 and managed to grab the last parking space in the whole lot! People were walking in from all directions.
Jackie had to go on multiple keg runs, as we managed to suck the well dry within the first 45 minutes. It was great seeing so many people all together in a post session glow. The wind had been 5.0-3.5 up and down the Gorge (see Gary’s post here about Doug’s earlier in the day).
After the sun set we got to peel out a brand new 2009 Ezzy Wave Panther and run thru fine tuning. People sure seem excited about getting a chance to sail this new beauty.
Thanks to Pete DeKay for forwarding the images!
Today’s Doug’s demo will be featuring ‘08 and some ‘09 Ezzy Waves as well as a selection of Quattro Boards!
Don’t forget to join us for at the Windance party after sailing from 7 to 10pm
Gary Morris will have an fleet of ‘08 Ezzy Wave SE’s and some ‘09 Freewaves free to demo from 11 to 4:30 at Doug’s. Swing by and try ‘em out.
Windance’s Dave Nunn is throwing aparty on Saturday night, hosted by Graham and David Ezzy. Free food, free beer….what else could you need? If you haven’t had the chance, drop by the shop - it looks great, and Dave and his staff are super-stoked.
Windance’s Dave Nunn is throwing a party on Saturday night, hosted by Graham and David Ezzy. Free food, free beer….what else could you need? If you haven’t had the chance, drop by the shop - it looks great, and Dave and his staff are super-stoked.
1 to 5 with Gary Morris and Graham Ezzy. Come on out to Doug’s!!!
Check out the youtube video from Jalama Paul of Lake Lopez.
See if you can spot the ‘09 Freewave…
the ‘09 Freewave (one of two new wave sails we will be releasing for ‘09) feedback is beginning to come in.
check this out
Here is a cool blog post on David’s recent visit to the “Beach Bar” in France.
[welcomebeachbar.blogspot.com]
More to come soon!
Gary Morris and the Ezzy fleet will be at Doug’s Beach today from 12 to 5. Come on by to try the ‘08 Ezzy Wave, ‘09 Freewave, or get your own Ezzy Sail rigged and tuned by a specialist.
‘08 Ezzy Wave SE’s free to demo today at Rowena from 12 to 5.
Also, bring any year Ezzy along too for a rig check from Gary Morris.
Take the opportunity to meet the legend behind the highly acclaimed Ezzy sails. David Ezzy will be in the UK and available to talk through his new and improved wave sail the ‘Wave Panther’, along with his other new sails the ‘Freewave’ and ‘Freeride MKII.’
He will show you how the sails work, how they have been put together and their key features. If there is wind he will sail with you and will also be happy to rig any past Ezzy sail to show you how to get the best out of it.
The Seasprite brand manager, Jem Hall, will also be in close attendance offering tips and help in his own inimitable way.
So get yourself to one of these venues:
· Andy Biggs Windsurfing, Gosport on Monday 28th July from 10.30 to 1pm - www.andybiggs.co.uk 02392 582614
· Shoreham Beach in association with Surfladle on Monday 28th July from 4pm till 7pm. www.surfladle.co.uk 01273 465366
· West Wittering Windsurfing Club on Wednesday 30th from 11am to 6pm. www.2xs.co.uk 01243 513077
Here are some shots from Denmark from the Ålsgårde Surf & Sejlklub.
The kids love ‘em!
Gary Morris will have demo’s on hand at Doug’s from 11:30-4pm.
Feel free to bring your older Ezzy’s too for a tune up!
12:30 to 4 today July 6th, at Doug’s.
Come on out for rigging tips (old or new sails) or free demos on ‘08 Ezzy’s!
Be sure to tell Gary how you found out!
Gary Morris will be at Doug’s Beach today from 12-5pm with a fleet of Ezzy Wave SE’s to Demos for free. Ezzy masts and carbon booms available.
If you have any rigging questions about ANY year Ezzy, Gary is there for you!
Have you ever wished that you could just have David at the beach to help you rig and fine tune your Ezzy sails?
Well now you can bring him along on your Ipod or PDA to help you rig step by step!
We have just added Ipod/Quicktime video files that are available to download at our video rigging pages on the website. Just go to our Ezzy Video Rigging pages to access all of the files to download and then save to your personal video device!
Instructions can be found at the top of the video pages.
Hi folks!
After sailing with my Wave SEs for more than 3 Years now I just thought its time to let u know how super happy I am with your sails.
In my opinion they are truly the best wave sails ever, and after having issues in durability with almost every part of my surf-gear I am surprised that my sails never had anything bad, nothing! And I can tell that I used my
4.7 a lot because it works fine for me from 4 to 8 Bft.
They even still look quiet up-to-date if u look at the design and colors, as a buddy of mine noticed yesterday after we had a very nice wave riding session.
He is, by the way, going to go back to the Wave SEs too, after he switched to NP Alphas last season, which I tested lately and feel powerful but unbalanced to me.
Another point why I enjoy your sails is that they just have soul. I mean that something unique that only comes out if you do your work with all your heart…
Just to give something back it`s always nice to post some pics at the pic of the day side at stehsegelrevue.de, wich is easy for me having a friend that is a professional photographer (Claus, madpixs.de).
And I made a little video, if u like to watch:
so long, greetz from Germany!
kind regards, Tobi
Here is an email we got from Robert (Rubbertoe) Torkildsen in Norway.
Name of the spot is “Pisserenna”
“I got a pic from my homespot here in Norway after getting washed:) My Ezzy sails takes the beating! I`m standing where I landed after being in the washing machine for a few rounds Further downwind in front of the pier (sharp rocks!) I launch in a channel. The spot gets sideshore with northwesterly winds. This day it was more westerly and sailing is more kamikaze!”
Thanks for the pics Robert!
Have a look at this rather pleasant shot of Bob Rhett cruising at Lake Lopez in Southern California. A happy hour cruise at sunset.
Shot by John Drab.
Grayson just emailed me some pics of a couple of small gear tweaks that he has found really helpful, and thought others might find useful too. Check them out!
double harness lines:
I know this is nothing new, but I’ve found it really useful especially for modern longboard sailing (kona one in my case). I hook into the long lines when I’m in longboard mode (or even when I’m schlogging on my shortboard), and then it’s a really easy switch to the short lines when I plane up and step back into the straps. Rigged as shown (short lines outside) makes it so the long lines don’t get in the way at all but are always there even on my short board if I need to save my arms for an extended schlog. Way easier than on-the-fly adjustable harness lines in my experience. I’m sure the new dakine “mono” line would make a great long line with the added plus of being easily removable.
quiver bag mod:
Anybody who uses a dakine duplex quiver bag will love this mod if they have skinny masts. Just put 1.5″ I.D. pvc pipe in the mast sleeves and your masts will slide in and out without loosening the straps.
Plus the bag will hold its shape even with all the masts removed. Cut a section of 1.5″ dowel to fill the front of each pvc pipe so you don’t have to fish deep into the pipe for your mast each time. Btw, I really love the way I can combine different Ezzy mast sections so my 3 Ezzy masts cover everything from my 8.5 down to 4.0 and smaller.
simple is good!
Ezzy Team Rider Jem Hall
Photos: Greg Dunnett
The one and only Ezzy freeride sail was called the Infinity and it had two cams. That differentiated it from most of the other brands who had ditched cams from their freeride sails. Cams were seen as hard to rig and hard to handle for the ‘intermediate’ sailor. But Ezzy stuck to its guns until 2007 when they brought out the Ezzy Freeride – their first no-cam freeride sail. Now it’s a year later and we have the Freeride Mark II model, again with no cams. It sits alongside the 2-cam Infinity as part of their overall blasting/speed/freeride sails. So why ditch the cams?
Over to the man himself, Dave Ezzy:
Why did you wait until 2007 to produce your first freeride sail with no cams?Dave: I have always felt that you can’t beat a ‘cam’ as far as the performance is concerned. A cam puts a nice curve into the sail and holds the shape very stable. This is something both intermediate and expert sailors desire. The two most common complaints people have against cams are that they don’t de-power easily and they rotate hard during tacks and jibes. I tried making no cam sails in the past, but they were too flat and unstable. Then in 2007, I developed a different method of seam shaping that allowed me to get a profile very similar to what the cam gives and is nearly as stable. Many people look at the Freeride and just assume it has cams, yet the Freeride is almost as stable as the Infinity and has about the same power.
There seems to be quite a lot of change from the 2007 Freeride to the Mark II model? Are you learning all the time about no-cam Freeride sails?Dave: Absolutely; I am learning so much these days. I have been designing sails for 25 years and I feel like I am now starting to really understand what makes a sail tick. The no cam sail actually grew out of my work on the wave sails and a lot of the stuff I have learned recently on the no cam sails has gone back into the wave sails. I feel like there is so much potential to improve sails over the next few years.
Explain more about the ‘refined technique of seam shaping’ which gives the sail a cambered look without the cams.Dave: Sorry, can’t divulge…trade secret!
If a freeride sailor has been used to sailing the Infinitys but then decides to switch to the Freeride, what differences will he feel on the water?Dave: I think they will feel the power and the stability that they are used to in the Infinity, but have more fun carving jibes. The Freeride is also a bit lighter.
Finally, is there anything exciting coming from the Ezzy loft for 2009 that you can tell us about now?!Dave: I will be introducing two new wave lines: 1) Freewave and 2) Wave Panther. Both sails will share a similar planform (outline) with the differences being in the materials and the draft profile and depth. The Freewave will have a slightly lighter construction and a flatter profile. It will be well suited for intermediate sailors and freestylers. The Wave Panther will be our premier wave sail. With new Technora fibered cloth on the leech it will be 20% lighter and 40% less stretch than our standard Spectra X film.
Features of Mark II Ezzy Freeride“The Ezzy Freeride has cracked the conundrum of how to achieve a sail with the speed, power and stability normally associated with sails featuring cams but without actually using any cams at all. The deep, draft forward profile of the Freeride Mark II actually looks similar to a cammed sail, but the shape comes from a refined technique of seam shaping. This means faster rigging and easier gybing but still retaining an awesome wind range”
Construction
check out Connie blazing around at Hilton Hotel in Mission Bay, San Diego.
Check out the new footage!
Great new pics sent in today from Ezzy Sails German team rider, Karin Dornbusch riding the 2008 Ezzy’s in Gran Canaria.
Thanks to Heinrich Dornbusch for getting great pictures of his amazing wife!
Bouke from Witchcraft Customboards Fuerteventura just sent me this excellent video.
Have a look!
Read this interesting article on Graham Ezzy from the Daily Princetonian.
Did you know Solo Sports has the largest demo fleet of 2008 Ezzy Sails in the world?
Not only that, Punta San Carlos has some of the most epic conditions for getting your wave riding dialed.
Join Ezzy team rider Jesse Brown and UK rider/master instructor Jem Hall as they show you the ropes on improving your sailing skills and sail tuning at Solo Sports on August 2nd - August 9th.
To sign up or get more details, go here.
Joe Dihl is one of the kindest and most sincere people I’ve ever had the privilege to meet.
He is a huge asset to the sport of Windsurfing and he happens to be a great sailor too.
Read this!
When not racing cars for a living, Andrea likes to hit the lip for fun. Here is some recent footage of trips from Hawaii and South Africa. Enjoy!
