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  Premios ROLEX a la Mejor Regatista Mundial del año - por Blanca Manchón Racing Team 29.09.2009 @ 10:32

  Posted: September 29th, 2032, 7:32pm CEST

  BLANCA MANCHON, NOMINADA A LOS PREMIOS ROLEX A LA MEJOR REGATISTA MUNDIAL DEL AÑO
  
  La sevillana, que ya estuvo entre las cuatro nominadas en 2005, recoge un nuevo fruto a su gran temporada 2008/2009
  
  La Federación Internacional de Vela (ISAF) ha dado a conocer este lunes, 28 de septiembre, los nombres de los nominados a los Premios ROLEX al Mejor Regatista del año 2009, relación en la que se incluye la sevillana Blanca Manchón, que de esta forma repite en estos prestigiosos galardones tras su presencia entre las cuatro finalistas del año 2005. La campeona absoluta de la Copa del Mundo, además de vigente subcampeona mundial y europea de la disciplina olímpica del windsurf, la clase RS:X, recibe así el reconocimiento a una temporada plagada de éxitos, con podios en todas las regatas internacionales en las que ha participado, 12 en total.
  
  Para la selección de los nominados, el máximo organismo internacional de la vela ha tenido en cuenta los resultados conseguidos entre el 1 de septiembre de 2008 y el 31 de agosto de 2009, que en el caso de la sevillana incluyen las victorias en las pruebas de la Copa del Mundo de Melbourne, Palma y Medemblik (Holanda), el triunfo en la Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2008 y la Regata de Año Nuevo de El Puerto, además de la segunda plaza en el Campeonato de Europa y la Regata Internacional de Sydney, y la tercera en la Copa del Mundo de Miami y Francia, y el Campeonato Suramericano, en Buzios (Brasil).
  
  La regatista del Club Náutico hispalense, imagen de Andalucía y patrocinada por la firma Roxy, tendrá que acudir el próximo 10 de noviembre hasta Busan (Corea), donde tras la conferencia anual de la ISAF y en el transcurso de una cena de gala se darán a conocer los nombres de los ganadores, tanto en categoría masculina como en la femenina, de este codiciado premio que previamente sólo ha ganado una regatista española, Theresa Zabell (1994), y en categoría masculina Fernando Echavarri y Antón Paz (2005).
  
  Las tres rivales de Blanca Manchón por el galardón femenino son las británicas Sam Davies, cuarta en la Vendée Globe, la vuelta al mundo en solitario; Hilary Lister, la primera mujer con discapacidad en dar la vuelta a Gran Bretaña a vela; y la estadounidense Anna Tunnicliffe, campeona de la Copa del Mundo de Laser Radial.
  
  Más información: [sailing.org]
  
  www.blancamanchon.com
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  Fórmula Windsurfing en Santa Pola - por 20nudos 22.09.2009 @ 08:29

  Posted: September 22nd, 2029, 5:29pm CEST

  Hasta el último tramo no se decidió el Campeonato del Mundo de Fórmula Windsurfing de Santa Pola, que disputó su última manga con cambio de líderes. El australiano Steve Allen desbancó al polaco Brzozowski, mientras que en féminas, la polaca Marta Hlavaty destronó a la australiana Allison Shreeve.
  
  WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FORMULA WINDSURFING, SANTA POLA 2009 - Images by Ignacio Baixauli
  No se podía poner un broche final mejor a once intensos días en la bahía de Santa Pola con los campeonatos autonómico, nacional y mundial de Fórmula Windsurfing, ya que hasta la última prueba no se decidió el oro ni en hombres ni en mujeres, lo que deparó una jornada vibrante que hizo disfrutar al numeroso público que llenó las gradas en Gran Playa. La última jornada del Mundial se abría con el polaco Brzozowski y la australiana Shreeve con la lycra amarilla, pero con una ventaja de solo un punto sobre los segundos clasificados. Hubo que esperar hasta las cuatro de la tarde la llegada del viento. Los mejores españoles en la general fueron Iván Pastor (14º), Pablo Ania (34º), Fernando Martínez del Cerro (35º), Juan Manuel Moreno (48º) y Marcos Fernández (60º). En categoría ligeros, el oro fue para el santapolero Iván Pastor Lafuente.
  
  En el podium femenino, Hlavaty fue oro, con 13 puntos, plata Shreeve, con igual puntaciónn, y bronce la francesa Morane Demont, con 35. En cuanto a las españolas, buena actuación de la castellano-manchega Pilar Prieto, 12ª clasificada, y de la juvenil del Club Windsurf Santa Pola Esther Coves, 13ª y quinta del mundo en categoría júnior.
  
  Iván Pastor se cuelga el oro mundial, en la categoría “ligeros, en Fórmula Windsurf en Santa Pola, Alicante, su ciudad natal, donde se vino disputando el Campeonato del Mundo de Fórmula Windsurf, convirtiéndose así en Campeón del Mundo; algo que ningún otro español había conseguido hasta ahora. Asimismo, en la general absoluta se coloca en 14º posición.
  
  "No me esperaba este resultado" comentaba un emocionado Iván Pastor que continuaba relatando: "Venía aquí con la idea de pelear entre los ligeros y ponerle las cosas difíciles a los favoritos, pero de ahí a ganar… Es algo increíble”. Lo cierto es que el de Santa Pola cogía por primera vez una tabla de Fórmula Windsurf el pasado lunes 14 de septiembre, día en el que empezaba la competición mundial. “Me dejaron todo el material y aunque no es mi clase habitual, lo cierto es que al pasar de los 12 nudos el RS:X y la Fórmula Windsurf se parecen muchísimo".
  
  Sin duda, se trata de un broche de oro a la temporada de Pastor, que gana en casa el título mundial después de dos semanas de intensa competición; y es que el alicantino finalizaba en aguas de Weymouth el Mundial de RS:X para, tres días después, comenzar el de Fórmula Windsurf. Dicho de otra manera: 23 mangas disputadas en tan sólo 15 días. Sea como sea, el del "Team movistar" no dudó en expresar: "Quiero dedicar este triunfo a Santa Pola, que ha organizado un Mundial de sobresaliente"
  
  El joven Pablo Ania, del Club Windsurfing Burriana, se ha proclamado subcampeón de España y campeón de la Comunidad Valenciana en las competiciones celebradas entre los días 9 y 13 de septiembre en Santa Pola (Alicante), mientras que su hermano Pablo fue tercero en juveniles y Miguel Aleixandre Leiria, también del CW Burriana, fue quinto en el Campeonato de España y segundo en el autonómico.
  
  Pablo Ania, de 20 años de edad, recibió el pasado 30 de junio un reconocimiento por parte del Ayuntamiento, cuando fue recibido por el alcalde, José Ramón Calpe y el concejal de Deportes, Enrique Safont, tras proclamarse campeón de la Copa de España de Windsurfing. Anteriormente, Ania fue homenajeado el 23 de agosto de 2007 en un acto celebrado en el salón de sesiones tras haber logrado en Tallin (Estonia) el subcampeonato del mundo en la categoría youth.
  
  Las regatas en Santa Pola comenzaron con el duelo entre Pablo Ania y Fernando Martínez del Cerro, que se pelearon el título nacional metro a metro y regata a regata, mientras el portugués Miguel Martinho demostraba su superioridad. El viernes 11, tras varias y disputadas mangas, la clasificación general seguía encabezada por Martinho con 4 puntos, seguido por Fernando Martínez del Cerro, Pablo Ania y Alberto Cano, empatados a 12 puntos y con sólo uno de ventaja sobre Alex Büchau con 13. Fernando Martínez del Cerro se posicionaba al frente del campeonato de España y Pablo Ania, al frente del autonómico.
  
  El sábado 12 mantuvo como líder a Miguel Martinho, que vio reducida su ventaja sobre sus más directos rivales. Pablo Ania ascendía al segundo puesto con dos victorias y un segundo en las tres pruebas disputadas y dominaba el campeonato de España con un solo punto de ventaja sobre Fernando del Cerro, que a su vez puntuaba un tercero, un segundo y un primero.
  
  El domingo 13 Martinho remataba la semana y se proclamaba ganador de la regata, aun sin poder puntuar en los campeonatos nacional y autonómico. Fernando Martínez del Cerro, superior con este régimen de viento, se llevaba la revancha y con dos victorias y un segundo, se descartaba la descalificación de la segunda prueba y se proclamaba campeón de España con 14 puntos (dos más que Martinho), y segundo en el trofeo, seguido a 4 puntos por Pablo Ania (CW Burriana), que no pudo repetir su proeza del sábado y con dos cuartos y un tercero, sumaba 19 puntos.
  Pablo Ania recibió también el premio al mejor regatista en la categoría ‘Ligero’ (menor de 75 kg.) y tercero en el trofeo.
  
  Regatistas, técnicos y aficionados han coincidido en destacar el gran nivel organizativo que ha tenido este Campeonato del Mundo Santa Pola 2009, gracias al trabajo del Club Windsurf Santa Pola y el Ayuntamiento de la villa, y a la aportación de más de 300 voluntarios que han contribuido a engrandecer este evento que pasará a la historia de este pueblo marinero que se ha convertido en la capital mundial del windsurf.
  Clasificaciones: MUNDIAL MASCULINO

  1. Steve Allen 26 - Australia
  2. Wojciech Brzozowski 29,5 - Polonia
  3. Przemek Miarczynski 32 - Polonia
  4. Alberto Menegati 44 - Italia
  5. Arnon Dagan 49,9 - Israel
  ...
  14. Ivan Pastor Lafuente 107 - España
  ...
  34. Pablo Ania Barrachina 249 - España
  35. Fernando Martinez del Cerro 259 - España
  ...
  48. Juan Manuel Moreno Vega 372,2 - España
  ...
  60. Marcos Fernández 473 - España
  ...
  63. Miguel Marques 528 - España
  64. Alberto Sempere Vidal 532 - España
  65. Juan Erades Bisquet 533 - España
  ...
  75. Erich Zobel 620 - España
  ...
  77. Pablo Carmona 626 - España
  78. Rafael Ros Pardo 647 - España
  79. Oscar Ania Barrachina 685 - España
  80. Jose Maria Machado Sanmartin 729 - España

  MUNDIAL FEMENINO

  1. Marta Hlavaty 13 - Polonia
  2. Allison Shreeve 13 - Australia
  3. Morane Demont 35 - Francia
  4. Agnieszka Pietrasik 36 - Polonia
  5. Sarah Herbert 41 - Arrmenia
  ...
  12. Pilar Prieto 102 - España
  13. Esther Codes 113 - España
  14. Marina Alabau 127 - España

  CLASIFICACIÓN NACIONAL

  1. Miguel Martihno 12 - Portugal - Club Naval Portimao
  2. Fernando Martínez del Cerro 14 - España - Andalucía OCS
  3. Pablo Ania Barrachina 19 - España - Club Windsurf Burriana
  4. Alberto Cano Slaute 23 - España - R.C.N.P
  5. Alex Büchau 32 - España - Surf Formentera
  6. M. Alexandre Leiria Estacio Marq 58 - España - Club Windsurf Burriana
  7. Nacho Fernández García 61 - España - Club Náutico Cangas
  8. Alberto Sempere Vidal 63 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  9. Ruben Serra Merckens 64 - España - Club Vela Calella
  10. Rafael de la Figuera Von Wichmann 80 - España - Independiente
  11. Joan Erades Bisquet 83 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  12. Oriol Gili Rico 86 - España - Club Nátuico El Garraf
  13. Juan Vieito Cobián 86 - España - Club Náutico Cangas
  14. Francisco Jose Sabio Flores 101 - España - Club Regatas Valmayor
  15. Joaquin Sant Albors 109 - España - Club Náutcio Bétulo
  16. Rafael Ros Pardo 125 - España - Club Nautico Port Saplaya
  17. Pablo Carmona Kempew 132 - España - Club Nautico Castelldefells
  18. Alejandro Muset Lara 134 - España - Club Náutico Cabrera de Mar
  19. Joan Gallart Viñals 140 - España - Club Náutico Cabrera de Mar
  20. Oscar Ania Barrachina 155 - España - Club Náutico Burriana
  21. Alejandro Elua Pinin 163 - España - Club Náutico de Cangas
  22. Jordi Sabater Morante 164 - España - Club Vela Sant Antoni
  23. Pilar Prieto Calvo 175 - España - Club Náutico Serranillos
  24. Alfonso Tertre Torán 185 - España - Club Serranillos
  25. Cesar López Rodríguez 196 - España - R.C.R.S.R
  26. Francisco García 197 - España - Club Chipiona
  27. Alejandro Sirmó Vesperines 225 - España -Club Náutico El Balis
  28. Esther Coves Quiles 257 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  29. Salvador Pastor Carralero 265 - España - Comunidad Valenciana
  30. Tomás Ruiz Company 266 - España - Independiente
  31. Daniel Pascual Albarranch 276 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  32. Edurado Navarro Serrano 285 - España - Independiente
  33. Eric Zobel Balmes 290 - España - Club Náutico Sitges
  34. Fernando Maestre Orts 302 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  35. Marc Mari Torres 308 - España - Club Náutico Ibiza
  36. Juan Lozano Begoña 310 - España - Club Náutico Serranillos
  37. Juan Vicente Riera Huguet 338 - España - Club Náutico Ibiza
  38. Cesar del Saz Mascamay 351 - España - Club Náutico Castilla
  39. Agustin Ferrero Dolader 375 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  40. Rafael Jorge Fernández Nespral Cue 377 - España - WAF Surf 3
  41. Alberto Alvarez López 392 - España - WAF Surf 3
  42. J. Maria Machado Sanmartin 402 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  43. Rafael Arnal Mora 416 - España - Club Dehesa Saler
  43. Angel Ania Presa 416 - España - Club Náutico Burriana
  43. Carlos Botella Collado 416 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  43. Rafael Coves Mongtesino 416 - España - Club Windsurf Santa Pola
  43. Ricardo Tudela Rios 416 - España - Club Windsurf Burriana
  43. Ricardo Campos Fructuoso 416 - España - Independiente
  43. J. A. Henández Mora Fuster 416 - España - R.C.R.S.R
  43. Cristina Ros Garcia 416 - España - Port Saplaya

  Mas info en windsurfsantapola.com
  Algunos videos en: elperiodiconautico.com
  
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  Cto de España y del Mundo SANTA POLA - por Angel 07.09.2009 @ 15:26

  Posted: September 8th, 2026, 12:26am CEST

  De Jueves 9 a domingo  13 se disputará el Cto de España de Formula Windsurfing en Santa Pola (Alicante), en este tenemos buena representación  (Comunidad Valenciana) para lograr los títulos de Féminas (Esther Coves CW Santa Pola); Juveniles (Chema CW Santa Pola y Oscar Ania CW Burriana); Gran Master ( Joan Erades CW Santa Pola y Rafa Ros) y en Senior (Miguel Marquez y Pablo Ania CW Burriana).
  A partir del lunes 14 empieza el Mundial, dura hasta el sábado 19, con la presencia de los mejores.
  La organización ha desplegado muchos medios, carpas, gradas, actividades paralelas, solo les falta que acudan los AFICIONADOS.
  Puede que la Formula no te atraiga para practicarla, pero ver a los mejores en directo es una oportunidad única, si además animas a los "nuestros" mejor que mejor.
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  Marina Alabau, campeona del Mundo - por 20nudos 17.09.2009 @ 10:25

  Posted: September 17th, 2025, 7:25pm CEST

  Marina Alabau ha logrado su gran objetivo este año al proclamarse Campeona del Mundo de RS:X (modalidad de windsurf olímpico). Y es que después de encadenar seis victorias consecutivas en las rondas clasificatorias -todo un éxito de por sí-, la joven sevillana del ‘Team movistar’ se enfrentaba hoy a la la gran final con un colchón de doce puntos sobre su inmediata perseguidora, Blanca Manchón.

  Con un sexto en la Medal Race -por lo que suma doce puntos en su casillero particular ya que se trata de una prueba cuyo valor es doble y no se puede descartar-, la tricampeona europea suma en su espectacular palmarés el título mundial.

  La Medal Race comenzaba en aguas de Weymouth con puntualidad británica. Eran exactamente las 14:00 horas (15:00 horas en España) cuando las tablas olímpicas femeninas escuchaban el bocinazo de salida. Tan sólo las diez mejores podían competir en esta definitiva prueba, en la que Alabau y su tabla “movistar” dieron toda una lección al marcarse un sexto en la llegada; parcial más que suficiente para lograr su objetivo: el título mundial.

  Información remitida por el Equipo Telefónica.

  Clasificación general Campeonato del Mundo RS:X Femenino.
  1. MARINA ALABAU (ESP)
  2. Blanca Manchón (ESP)
  3. Charline Picon (FRA)
  3. Agata Brygola (POL)
  5. Marine Rambaud (FRA)
  
  (fuente: elperiodiconautico.com)
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  Nuevas Aerotech Charge 2010 - por Windxurfer 08.10.2009 @ 08:23

  Posted: October 8th, 2023, 5:23pm CEST

  Aquí van las primeras imagenes.
  
  + Info aquí
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  Campeonato del Mundo / Final - por Blanca Manchón Racing Team 17.09.2009 @ 10:17

  Posted: September 17th, 2017, 7:17pm CEST

  BLANCA MANCHON, NUEVA SUBCAMPEONA DEL MUNDO DE LA CLASE RS:X
  
  La regatista sevillana, cuarta en la Medal Race final, en la que llegó a coquetear con el título, se cuelga la plata en Weymouth
  
  La regatista sevillana Blanca Manchón (Andalucía/Roxy) se ha proclamado este jueves subcampeona mundial de la clase RS:X. la modalidad olímpica del windsurf, tras ocupar la cuarta posición en la denominada Medal Race, reservada a las diez primeras de la general, de puntuación doble y no descartable para la clasificación final. La virtual campeona de la Copa del Mundo se adaptó a la perfección a las condiciones de viento de la jornada final en la bahía de Weymouth, al sur de Inglaterra, con una máxima de 17 nudos, para sumar el que es de momento su undécimo podio consecutivo de una temporada en la que ha logrado también, entre otros éxitos, el subtítulo continental y que cerrará la próxima semana en este mismo escenario, sede de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012. Para ello, marcó distancias de salida respecto a sus máximas rivales, relegando a posiciones retrasadas a la francesa Charline Picon, a la postre tercera tras ser quinta en la prueba final y superar en la despedida a la polaca Agata Brygola, octava hoy.
  
  Aunque el premio de la plata pudo incluso pudo ser incluso mayor, ya que durante la primera parte del recorrido, la hispalense llegó a mandar en una flota en la que su compañera en el equipo preolímpico y el Club Náutico Sevilla, Marina Alabau, líder con 12 puntos de rédito, no pasaba de la séptima plaza, circunstancias que de mantenerse hasta el final le hubieran dado la corona mundial a Blanca Manchón.
  
  Finalmente, el hecho de que la británica Bryony Shaw, bronce en los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín el pasado verano y séptima en la cita mundialista, pasara a dominar la manga junto con la francesa Marine Rambaud, quinta, y que Alabau recuperara una posición, hicieron que la sevillana se marcara como objetivo mantener el color de su metal para subir al segundo cajón del podio. Recoge de esta forma un nuevo premio a una temporada sobresaliente en la que añade esta medalla mundialista al oro logrado en la clase Mistral en 2005.
  
  Blanca Manchón: “Estoy muy contenta con la plata, y aunque llegué a pensar que tenía opciones al oro durante la regata de hoy, me sabe a gloria esta medalla, ya que pinché durante los primeros días y he podido recuperarme.
  
  Me he sentido muy cómoda, rápida y sin presión, teniéndolo muy claro desde el principio. He salido a por todas y cuando he visto que el título estaba complicado, he marcado directamente a la francesa, ya que la polaca se había descolgado.
  
  Marina y yo hemos demostrado ser las grandes protagonistas del campeonato, como ocurrió en el Europeo de Israel. Está claro que el hecho de que nos entrenemos juntas ha servido para que subamos el nivel y dominemos el circuito, como estamos haciendo esta temporada”.
  
  Más información: [rsxclass.com]
  [theresults.org]
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  Copa del Mundo Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta / Final - por Blanca Manchón Racing Team 22.09.2009 @ 08:16

  Posted: September 22nd, 2016, 5:16pm CEST

  BLANCA MANCHON ESCRIBE LA PRIMERA PAGINA DE ORO EN LA HISTORIA DE LA ISAF SAILING WORLD CUP
  
  Con su triunfo en la séptima cita del circuito, la Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, la sevillana se proclama primera campeona en RS:X y absoluta de todas las clases en la Copa del Mundo
  
  La sevillana Blanca Manchón (Andalucía/Roxy) ha entrado este sábado, 19 de septiembre, en la historia de la ISAF Sailing World Cup al proclamarse en aguas de Weymouth (Inglaterra) su primera campeona, y no sólo de su especialidad, la RS:X, sino absoluta de todas las clases en una competición puesta en marcha esta temporada que aglutina las principales pruebas el circuito internacional de vela olímpica. La regatista del Club Náutico, que llegaba a la última etapa del calendario, iniciado en diciembre en Melbourne (Australia), como campeona matemática de la modalidad olímpica del windsurfing, tenía que asegurarse el podio en la Skandia Sail for Gold británica para inscribir su nombre en el palmarés de la Copa del Mundo como su primera vencedora en todas las clases, tras superar en puntuación al resto de campeones. Y así lo ha hecho. Y a lo grande, tras sumar en el Canal de La Mancha su cuarta victoria de la temporada en el circuito, en el que previamente había ganado en Melbourne, Palma y Holanda siendo tercera en Miami y Francia.
  
  La ausencia de viento que ha caracterizado la última jornada en aguas británicas, impidiendo desarrollar con normalidad la Medal Race, reservada a las diez primeras clasificadas de la clasificación general, de puntuación doble y no descartable, ha acelerado lo que parecía inevitable desde la primera jornada de competición al sur de Inglaterra, escenario de los Juegos de Londres 2012. Y es que Blanca Manchón, que esta misma temporada también lograra previamente los subtítulos mundial y europeo de la clase RS:X, ha dominado desde la primera jornada la Skandia, en la que ni un fuerte resfriado le impidieron ganar cuatro de las diez mangas celebradas, siendo segunda en otras tres y tercera en otra. Eolo ha querido de esta forma adelantar el merecido descanso de la campeona absoluta de la primera edición de la ISAF Sailing World Cup, que con 19 puntos ha estado acompañada en el podio de la última etapa por la británica Bryony Shaw (27) y la italiana Flavia Tartaglini (30).
  
  Esta última, con la tercera plaza lograda en el cierre, se ha hecho con el mismo lugar final en la clasificación final de la Copa del Mundo en la clase RS:X femenina con 68 puntos, por los 77 de su compatriota Laura Linares, sexta en la Skandia, y los 116 de la indiscutible campeona.
  
  Blanca Manchón, que también hiciera historia en 2005, con tan sólo 17 años al proclamarse última campeona mundial de la clase Mistral, la ya ex tabla olímpica, siendo posteriormente, en 2006, la primera campeona europea de la RS:X, completa con esta victoria una excepcional temporada, iniciada precisamente en Weymouth hace un año, también con triunfo en esta misma prueba. Y el oro ganado hoy no es sino el duodécimo podio consecutivo en otras tantas regatas internacionales.
  
  Blanca Manchón: “Que no hubiera regata hoy ha sido como un regalo, porque con el resfriado que he ido arrastrando toda la semana me he quitado de encima una hora de ir remando para poder avanzar. Pero la verdad es que tenía un buen colchón de puntos y era muy difícil que me quitaran la victoria.
  
  Por lo demás, estoy muy contenta con esta victoria, que supone incluso que me proclame campeona absoluta de la Copa del Mundo, uno de mis grandes objetivos de la temporada. Creo que ha merecido la pena después de tanto esfuerzo y de tantas regatas, aunque se haya hecho un poco largo.
  
  Además, hay que reconocer que tiene su mérito, porque he sido la única regatista de mi clase que he subido al podio en todas las pruebas, seis en mi caso al coincidir la cita de Kiel con el Europeo. Esto es mucho más difícil que subir al podio en un Mundial, que se celebra sólo durante una semana. Y yo he subido al podio en seis pruebas distintas, con todo lo que te puede pasar en cada una; desde diciembre hasta septiembre, en Australia, Miami, Francia, España, Holanda e Inglaterra. Pero todo este sacrificio al final ha dado sus frutos y no me puedo creer que sea la primera campeona de la historia”.
  
  Más información: [sailracer.co.uk]
  
  [sailing.org]
  
  [blancamanchon.com]
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  Blanca Manchón, a punto para el Mundial - por Blanca Manchón Racing Team 20.08.2009 @ 08:15

  Posted: August 20th, 2015, 5:15pm CEST

  BLANCA MANCHON: “UNA MEDALLA ES EL OBJETIVO; DE ORO SERIA EL PREMIO A ESTOS AÑOS DE ENTRENAMIENTOS”
  
  La regatista sevillana, en su último descanso antes del Mundial de Weymouth, analiza sus opciones en un año que roza el sobresaliente
  
  Blanca Manchón regresa hoy a su Sevilla natal para disfrutar de unos días de descanso antes de viajar de nuevo la semana próxima hasta la localidad británica de Weymouth, donde se ha estado entrenando con vistas a la gran cita de la temporada: el Campeonato del Mundo de la clase RS:X (4 al 10 de septiembre). Entre las islas y Santander, en una preparación de cinco semanas que comenzaba el 13 de julio y que ha compartido con la británica Bryony Shaw, bronce en los Juegos de Pekín, la campeona de la Copa del Mundo y actual subcampeona continental ha ultimado su puesta a punto para afrontar con total garantías el cierre de una temporada prácticamente perfecta en la que sólo ha conocido el sabor del podio en las diez regatas disputadas hasta la fecha. “Nos fuimos para allá el 6 de agosto en Ferry desde Santander para adaptarnos al medio y al clima”, apunta la regatista de Roxy, Andalucía y el Club Náutico Sevilla, a la que, tal y como confiesa, sólo le vale una medalla en el Mundial a la hora de analizar su brillante recorrido durante esta larga campaña.
  
  - Después de una primera toma de contacto con el escenario de la gran cita del año, ¿cómo es la sede olímpica de vela de los Juegos de Londres?
  
  - “Pues está muy bien, porque era un pueblecito perdido al sur de Inglaterra y lo están preparando todo nuevo; primero para este Mundial. La verdad es que lo están montando muy bien, con muchas comodidades para los deportistas y espectadores”.
  
  - Copa del Mundo, subtítulo en el Europeo y podio en todas las regatas disputadas. ¿La guinda a un año casi perfecto sería subirse al podio en Weymouth?
  
  - “Este Campeonato del Mundo va a ser muy importante. Es el gran objetivo del año y en un sitio donde me encuentro muy cómoda navegando. Además, hemos entrenado mucho para esto y hay que hacerlo bien. Eso significa que hay que subir al podio como sea”.
  
  - Pero igual no se contenta sólo con una medalla y aspira a lo máximo.
  
  - “Una medalla es el objetivo. Que sea de oro sería el premio a todos estos años de entrenamientos”.
  
  - Está claro que hay mucho en juego, comenzando con la beca ADO de la próxima temporada.
  
  - “Es fundamental hacer un buen resultado. Contar con un buen apoyo económico para la preparación olímpica sería muy importante, así que es una motivación más para darlo todo”.
  
  - Eso sí, Blanca Manchón ya ha demostrado este año que está entre las grandes de la tabla olímpica.
  
  -“Eso intento. Hay mucha competencia, como en todos los deportes, pero yo me entreno para estar arriba y parece que poquito a poco lo estoy consiguiendo y ganando eventos, y eso me motiva”.
  
  - Lo que es seguro es que será su último desplazamiento de una temporada muy larga que curiosamente empezó hace prácticamente un año allí, y ganando.
  
  - “Empecé y voy a terminar en el mismo mar, ganando allí en septiembre la Sail for Gold Regatta, que cerrará el calendario y la Copa del Mundo tras el Mundial. Ha sido un año muy largo, dando la vuelta al mundo, pero ahora es momento de centrarse en Inglaterra y en sus aguas, nada más”.
  
  - Aunque estos días, toca obligado descanso en casa antes del último viaje…
  
  - “Tenemos unas mini vacaciones para desconectar un poquito, pero el 28 de agosto volveremos allí a navegar para ultimar el equipo y preparar todo para la gran cita, que empieza el 4 de septiembre.
  
  - ¿Algo que se escape?
  
  - “Quiero dar las gracias a mis patrocinadores, Andalucía y Roxy, por confiar en mí para estos próximos cuatro años y decirles que, si todo sale bien, vamos a empezar este ciclo olímpico ganando el Campeonato del Mundo”.
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  Alex e Iballa ganan en Sylt - por 20nudos 05.10.2009 @ 15:10

  Posted: October 6th, 2010, 12:10am CEST

  Alex Mussolini y Iballa Ruano han ganado la prueba de olas de la PWA Sylt 2009.
  
  Finalmente los campeones del mundo del 2009 han sido:
  Josh Angulo en olas
  Daida Ruano en olas
  Antoine Albeau en slalom.
  
  
  Resultados:
  
  Slalom
  1. Antoine Albeau
  2. Bjorn Dunkerbeck
  3. Cyril Moussilmani
  
  Hombres Freestyle
  1. Elton Frans
  2. Kiri Thode
  3. Everon Frans
  
  Hombres Wave
  1. Alex Mussolini
  2. Klaas Voget
  3. Josh Angulo
  
  Mujeres Wave
  1. Iballa Ruano
  2. Daida Ruano
  3. Nayra Alonso

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  Formula Report – Weymouth

  Posted: November 7th, 2009, 6:19pm CET by admin

  James Briggs reports from the RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships:

  Initially all racers were sent afloat when wind on the race course was a steady 10 knots. By the time the first Formula race was due to start, the wind had dropped to a light 6-8 knots.…

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  wednesday 11 4

  Fetched: November 6th, 2009, 10:04pm CET by cammar

  This day I only sat a few minutes trying to shoot from a different angle. I don't have a favorite shot, so here they are in chronological order.
  
  Nico at the bottom.
  
  
  Nico at the top.
  
  
  Browzinho.
  
  
  Josh Stone at the bottom.
  
  
  Josh Stone at the top.
  
  
  Israeli guy at the bottom.
  
  
  Israeli guy at the top.
  
  
  Camille at the bottom.
  
  
  Camille at the top.
  
  
  This one was buried in the internal memory of my camera.
  May 19 2007, 6.03pm. Naples, Italy.
  
  
  What a scare yesterday.
  I was testing a non-dacron sail and forgot how those battens pop when the wind hits it from the other side. For some reasons, the way I tack I get three bangs: bang-bang-bang! Not used to such "rudeness" I fucked up the first few tacks and on one - I don't know what I hit - but I did hit something hard with the arch of my right foot. Quite painful, but nothing broken, I kept sailing on a slight pain for two hours.
  Yesterday night though, the arch was swelling and very painful. I put lots of ice and this morning it's a lot better. Had to give up a morning surf sesh (there's waves on the south shore), but hopefully I'll be able to sail this afternoon.
  There's still some fun waves to be ridden and tomorrow there will be a new NNW swell. 8 to 12 feet faces, uncle Pat says... and in uncle Pat we trust!
  
  Fantastic long lasting wave sailing stretch indeed.
  
  Great november start for this blog (1,265 unique readers on Tuesday!).
  
  
  Thanks to all the readers for tuning in. Here are the advertising rates for a banner:
  $50/month, or $45/month if you order 3 to 5 months upfront, or $40/month if you order 6 months or more upfront.
  
  Oh, unfortunately I'm about to give up with the Hookipa Rockstar Contest. Even though I think it's a fun idea, the execution is almost impossible. I can't keep track of all the people that go on the rocks and the self claiming system is not working.
  It would be nice to have a blackboard by the lifeguard tower on which the rockstar could write his/her name, but that is definitely not doable.
  Maybe I could "hire" rockstar spotters and rely on their feedbacks...
  Anyone has better suggestions?

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  Solo Dawn Patrol Sesh-Lewes, De.

  Posted: November 6th, 2009, 8:36pm CET

  Scored and absolutely fabulous morning on the Delaware Bay, Lewes. Conditions where basically hi tide, and heavy shorebreak. 4 footers routinely crashing on the beach, however getting out was no problem. Fully juiced 4.5 conditions on my smallest board. Huge rolling swell on the outside, especially as you approach the jetty. We're talking very ocean like, and quite clean and organized. I was boosting some big and floaty jumps. Ahh, the main beach in Lewes is so good on a strong NW blow. 4.5 conditions here are pretty epic. Kellar, you should of come out, it was a good one.
  
  Looplicious eh?!
  
  Juiced 4.5 conditions. Gybing on the outside in big swell is so easy and fun. When it gets that big, it pretty much is smooth in between the swells, and a pretty generous period gives you something akin to a freshly grooomed ski slope to carve your turn. Yehaaaa!
  
  Looking upwind toward the secret spot
  
  Lewes lite. Funny thing happened to me for the second consecutive week. I lost my hat and then found it. Today i was out with full suit on, and a helmet on as well in case the mood strikes me. Anyway, I notice something aint right, and figure out my helmet is missing. The genious forgot to tighten his chin strap. Oh well, i say to myself I have another one back home, so no worries. Bout 20 minutes later, i see it bobbing around in the rolling swell, so i sail over to it, hop off, and reclaim my property, remembering to tighten the chin strap this time.
  
  I wrapped up the day on my 5.6 and 91 ltr. Still some big jumps to be had. Its funny, the morning sesh on the 4.5 was lit up full power. But perhaps the biggest jump i hit all day was with this setup. Man it was good :)
  
  
  Dave Coyle showed up, but missed the prime window which was 9.30 - noon.
  
  More action on tap for tomorrow. Wind will be light, but the tide and forecasted pickup in southerlies is lining up for a fun afternoon.
  
  cya out there...
  
  live2sail

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  Wind and Waves Continue

  Posted: November 6th, 2009, 7:42pm CET by JeffBennett

  

  Kai Katchedorian had Hookipa to himself for awhile

  We’ve had about a week straight of continued wind and waves here on Maui. Wave size and wind strength has varied a bit, but the conditions have been great. Waves yesterday were down to mellower levels, but there were still some occasional big sets. I stopped by Hookipa first yesterday. Not many folks out. Kai Katchedorian was the first out on his pumpkin orange Simmer and had the place to himself for at least a half an hour. Some occasional mast high sets at time but on average the waves were  bit smaller than the last few days. Kai was soon joined by Kevin Pritchard, Tatiana Howard and several other “regular Joe’s.” Snapped a few photos and some video before deciding to head down to Kanaha to get in a session there.

  Down at Kanaha, wind was lighter than I was expecting. 5.3 and my floaty wave board were the call. Still some occasional big sets at Uppers – in the logo high range I’d say, but a bit less consistent and starting to do that Uppers disappearing/splitting wave trick that makes Uppers so endearing sometimes. Lowers was still going off as well, looking head- to logo-high.

  [View with PicLens]

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  Solid Weekend Forecast

  Posted: November 6th, 2009, 3:57am CET

  The weekend forecast has me up tonight tending to my gear.
  Lewes dawn patrol Friday morning.......
  
  and then a fun light wind wave sesh saturday afternoon
  
  Stoked!

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  Plus Size

  Posted: November 5th, 2009, 9:09pm CET by JeffBennett

  Plus size waves on Maui’s north shore the past few days. Big surf on Tuesday with Hookipa being mostly closed out. Lowers, Kanaha, logo- to mast-high. Uppers, mast-high and bigger, adrenaline inducing sets. Here’s a quick undedited video of Uppers on Tuesday. Don’t adjust your audio, this one’s got no audio track.

  Both wind and waves decreased yesterday. Still some nice waves, but wind was only in the mid- to upper teens at Kanaha. 5.3 was too small for me – needed my 5.7 and  floaty wave board, but alas I left it at home.

  Click here to view the embedded video.

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  awesome monday (and tuesday)

  Fetched: November 5th, 2009, 8:35pm CET by cammar

  I'm running out of titles here...
  
  You guys lucky. It's wednesday morning and once again I'm beat up from too much awesome sailing yesterday and I don't feel like going surfing. And even though I got a thousand projects, I'm going to delay them again and post the photos from Monday. Blogging, what an addiction... well, at least it looks like you guys are enjoying. Thanks for all the compliments in the comments and at the beach.
  
  Let's start the show. Well, guess who gets the photo of the day? The usual Levi... (Mark will be stoked to be in the background!).
  
  
  And now the rest of the bunch.
  Mark Angulo.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Mark in one of his crazy rotation. He's completely mad.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Mark. Perfect wave 360 UNDER the lip.
  
  
  Nice one, Anatol.
  
  
  KP.
  
  
  Levi. Love the simmetry in this shot: the photographer on the right is Jace Panebianco shooting for The Windsurfing Movie 2 and the one on the left is Erik Eader.
  
  
  Kai K.
  
  
  Browsinho, king of the goiter.
  
  
  Browsinho.
  
  
  Always happy, always smiling, always positive energy... and ripping hard! Nayra Alonso, what a girl!
  
  
  Keith. Nice shorts, brah!
  
  
  Get out of there, Nayra!
  
  
  My client Lucas continues to score good shots. Is this the start of a professional photographer carrier for me? Nah, it's just one of the many ways I find to get a little extra cash (in a fun way) so that I can have even more time to play! Wonna have a (cheap!) photoshoot in Maui? The email is on the right...
  
  
  Browsinho.
  
  
  Kai Lenny.
  
  
  Glenn finds a ramp.
  
  
  Philippe too.
  
  
  Quatro's shaper and top team rider together.
  
  
  Browsinho.
  
  
  My sessions report.
  Monday wasn't good for me. In the morning I was testing a new board and struggled to tune in. In the evening I was just too tired and decided to cut it short and go for a beer.
  Tuesday instead... did I say in the last post that Kanaha was now too soft of a wave for me? I take that immediately back. Classic Lowers winter conditions. Super fun mushy rollers to play with. It feels so good to go all the way up there on logo/mast high waves and hit the crumbling lip without any fear at all...
  What a difference in steepness and power compared to Hookipa, where I'm quite nervous even if it's just head high.
  I caught a wave around 6.10 and did three turns so good that I felt like Francisco Goya. Even though there was probably light for a couple of more waves, I decided that that was a feeling good enough to sail back in... good idea! Imagine if I caught those two more waves and did some typical GP's fuck-ups instead...
  
  Forecast.
  All of a sudden, the forecast looks great for the whole week. Here's the summary of the NOAA forecast: Outlook through Monday Nov 9: rough surf along north and exposed east facing shores will decline late tonight and Wednesday as the short period north swell subsides. A new north northwest swell will build on Wednesday, producing surf near the 15 foot advisory level along north facing shores Wednesday night and Thursday. Another north northwest swell will maintain moderate surf through Saturday, with a decline on Sunday and Monday. A small south swell is possible Thursday through the weekend.
  Plenty trades too. If September was great and October sucked (for windsurfing, I mean), November sure had a good start...
  I'm going to add that if you are in Baja, in a few days there will be a major NW swell... check out that fetch!
  
  
  My car needed new backdoor support lifts. At the shop they were $110 each! A friend (thanks Frank!) pointed me to an online shop that had them for $25 each, new. How's that possible? Anyway, they just arrived and I will finally go back to using my plyers for more proper purposes... life gets better and better!
  
  
  Almost forgot. Jammin Jones sends the link to his Paia Halloween photo album. Who's number 9?? And more importantly, where was I???!!

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  MAHA TUULIKUD ! ! !

  Posted: November 4th, 2009, 12:40pm CET

   
  Igal aastal hukkub tuulegeneraatorite tiivikute vahel tuhandeid linde, enamasti ohustab selline lõpp just suuri tiivulisi nagu kotkad, kullid ja toonekured... EDASI

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  Are You Ready To Light It Up?

  Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 11:15pm CET

  Friday is Looking real good.
  
  STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY:
  FRI
  NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO
  20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7
  FT...
  
  
  
  
  
  Cya out there....

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  Awesome sunday

  Fetched: November 3rd, 2009, 11:07pm CET by cammar

  What a couple of gorgeous days we had here in Maui: big waves, wind and sun!
  
  Sunday Hookipa was a great show with sets over mast high, very difficult conditions with a strong current that created big chops on the wave face. Nonetheless, a bunch a very good sailors were out there ripping it up.
  
  Different sailors may excel in specific categories. For example Keith is the one that goes more vertical, Browsinho is incredibly consistent in sticking goiters, Mark Angulo is the craziest and so on... but if you ask any Hookipa sailor who they think the best is, I bet you will only hear one name: Levi Siver.
  He sailed divinely and deserved the photo of the day.
  
  
  Another good shot: Browsinho bottom turning on a monster.
  
  
  From now on, chronological order.
  After an early morning Kanaha session together, Nico called me to tell me that Hookipa was sailable and there were people out. He added:"there's also some good looking girls on the cliff. Take care of that..."
  
  
  Done.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Andres.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Kai K.
  
  
  Luke, just before...
  
  
  ...he went on the rocks.
  
  
  Soon to be followed by Mr. Diffin.
  
  
  And by Polo, also known as the argentinian Ligabue.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  I was shooting Lucas again. I think he's going to be happy about the return of his investment.
  
  
  Not too bad for being his first time in Maui...
  
  
  I'm sure this guy has some very good reason to protect his skin from the sun. Please believe me that I don't mean to make fun of him at all.
  I just hope he has a good sense of humor when I say that every time I see him, I can't help myself but thinking of the sperms in "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask" ...
  
  
  Here, 10 very fun minutes. Woody Allen: what a genius! Roll out the tongue!
  
  
  Where were we? Camille.
  
  
  Camille.
  
  
  Jesse Brown.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Jason.
  
  
  Francisco Porcella had a slow start. My guess was Halloween hangover. But then he recovered...
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  And then he went over to Lanes to catch a couple of lefts...
  
  
  ... and practice that upwind taka thing.
  
  
  Francisco P.
  
  
  Kai K.
  
  
  I also took a shitty short video.
  
  
  My session report.
  Yoga in the morning was great. 11 o'clock session at Kanaha was good only in the first half hour. Then it got choppy and crowded. Photoshoot session at Hookipa was awesome. Sunset session at Kanaha was good (even though not epic... is it that I need a more powerful wave now? Nah, it just wasn't epic...).
  To top it off, I had dinner in front of Juventus - Napoli.
  Here's how it went in the colorful comment of a very impartial napolitan commentator...
  
  
  Yes, it was an awesome sunday indeed.
  
  PS. I got plenty shots from today (Monday) too, but I feel like I need a break from blogging. See you guys in a few.
  
  PPS. Sharon got some great photos too.

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  UKWA Party – Update

  Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 1:13pm CET by BobIngram

  Inland trophy winners list announced. Further winners to be announced soon. ‘Watch this space’. The following competitors will be awarded prizes at the UKWA Party at Barnsdale Lodge for the Inland series: inland trophies 2009

  There are some tickets left for the party on Saturday,14th November 2009 – Closing date is this Friday…

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  UKWA Party – Update Wednesday 4th

  Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 1:13pm CET by BobIngram

  The following competitors will be awarded prizes at the UKWA Party at Barnsdale Lodge for the Inland series, Cup Series, Slalom Series & Wave Series

   cup trophies 2009 inland trophies 2009 Slalom trophies 2009 wave prizes 2009

  There are some tickets left for the party on Saturday,14th November 2009 – Closing date is this Friday 6th November…

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  UKWA Party – Update Friday 6th

  Posted: November 3rd, 2009, 1:13pm CET by BobIngram

  The following competitors will be awarded prizes at the UKWA Party at Barnsdale Lodge for the Inland series, Cup Series, Slalom Series & Wave Series

   cup trophies 2009 (amended), inland trophies 2009 ,

  Slalom trophies 2009 ,wave trophies 2009 (amended)

  There are some tickets left for the party on Saturday,14th November 2009 – Closing date is this Friday 6th November…

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  Halloween Hookipa Video

  Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 9:25pm CET by JeffBennett

  Here’s a quick little video from action at Hookipa a couple of days ago on Halloween. Keith Teboul and Levi Siver dominate once again, but Kai Lenny, Fabrice Beaux (?), Luke Siver, Francisco Porcella and Antoine Albeau also star.

  Click here to view the embedded video.

  

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  no yelling, but still great

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

  I'm talking about Saturday, but it's actually my fault.
  I knew the first sets of the new swell would have shown up at sunset and I should have chosen a different spot more down the coast. Instead, where I went out most sets were closing out and I had to kick out most of the times... no complains, still beautiful out there, live and learn.
  
  Here's the photos I took at Hookipa from 2.30 to 3.30.
  Brazilian friend of Brawsinho and blog reader Lucas hired me for a photoshoot. He gets the first photo of the day. He's now going to be a celebrity in Fortaleza, where it seems that a lot of windsurfers follow this blog. Thanks guys, sooner or later I'd like to come visit... gostaria falar portugues!
  
  
  
  Julien in really good form. He likes low boom too...
  
  
  Beautiful legged Anne Marie.
  
  
  A couple of turns of old school, low boomed, most famous windsurfer in the world, legend Robby Naish.
  
  
  
  
  Camille.
  
  
  It's not a Halloween costume. It's Kay Lenny with a camera setup that I bet has seen Robby Seeger involved...
  
  
  Nayra Alonso broke her mast and went on the rocks. To get a point she will need to claim it either with a comment on this blog or by telling me at the beach.
  
  
  Levi.
  
  
  Glenn was showing off his new Hot Sails Maui Bolt.
  
  
  Having completely disregarded the Halloween celebrations I was up and ready on Sunday morning at 6.30am. I could have gone surfing, but seen the size I decided to save my energies for sailing. The NW buoy went up to 12 feet, 18 seconds from around 320. The Waimea buoy is still ramping up with 8 feet, 18 seconds, so here in Maui expect the swell to build throughout all day.
  
  Just saw a monster set on the webcam at Pipeline in which third reef fethered and second reef broke. A couple of body boarders were trying to paddle out, they got pushed right back in. Here's what the surfline morning report says:
  "WNW swell is going mental this morning with very few spots rideable and the outer reefs popping off. Surf is in the overhead to double overhead range with some easy sets in the 15-18 foot face value range".
  
  Hookipa is going to be massive and with all these pros in town, I'm sure someone will venture out. It's going to be a great show.

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  Un helicóptero rescata a un windsurfista en apuros en la playa de San Felipe al norte de Gran Canaria - por Cesar 02.11.2009 @ 08:40

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

  Un helicóptero del Grupo de Emergencia y Salvamento (GES) del Gobierno de Canarias rescató el pasado sábado a un joven de 19 años de edad que se encontraba en apuros mientras practicaba windsurf en la playa de San Felipe, en el municipio de Santa María de Guía, al norte de Gran Canaria, según informaron fuentes del Centro Coordinador de Emergencias y Seguridad (Cecoes) 112.
  
  Los hechos ocurrieron sobre las 17.00 horas, cuando los propios amigos de la víctima alertaron al Cecoes al percatarse de que su compañero se encontraba en situación de peligro. De este modo, el 112 activó de inmediato el dispositivo de emergencias necesario. Hasta el lugar, de difícil acceso, se trasladó un helicóptero del GES que logró rescatar al herido y evacuarle hasta el Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín para su observación. Las mismas fuentes precisaron que el joven se encuentra "en buen estado de salud".
  
  (fuente: europapress.es)

UK Windsurfing Association

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  Weymouth-Day Two

  Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 8:39am CET by BobIngram

  Weymouth Sailing Academy

  RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships

  Day Two – Blown out

  Unfortunately day two of the RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open was blown out with strong winds 30-50 Knots all day. There was a short window around 12 noon and everyone rushed to rig…

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  Weymouth – Day Two

  Posted: November 2nd, 2009, 8:39am CET by BobIngram

  RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships, Weymouth Sailing Academy

  NOW Including RYA Press Release

  Now Including Raceboard-Report-Champion Raceboard-Report-Champion by Dave Hackford

  Day Two – Blown out

  Unfortunately day two of the RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open was blown out with strong winds 30-50 Knots all day. There was…

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  Uppers vs. Lowers Kanaha

  Posted: November 1st, 2009, 8:44pm CET by JeffBennett

  

  Keith Teboul goes vertical off the top

  Super fun day out at Uppers yesterday, perfectly powered 2 hour session on 5.0. Lots of fun logo-high waves and miracle of miracles didn’t even get snaked by anyone. Got on the water a little before noon and the first hour was the most consistent. A bit of inconsistency in the sets overall, but just being patient and waiting for the better sets was the trick of the day. Pretty decent swell direction for Kanaha, which surprised me since I thought it was going to have too much west in it.

  After my session on Friday I thought I’d see if I could get any video so I set up on the point between Lowers and Uppers and shot a bit of video of both. Both are pretty far away, especially Uppers, so the result is not that great, but I wanted to show a comparison of Uppers vs Lowers on a typical day. The two videos below are both shot within the same half hour time span and they show pretty well the difference in crowds between Uppers and Lowers.

  Uppers:

  Click here to view the embedded video.

  Lowers:

  Click here to view the embedded video.

  Uppers tends to be less crowded and usually the waves are a bit bigger than Lowers, but the waves at Lowers usually a bit more readable than Uppers. In the Uppers video, it was getting pretty inconsistent.

  After sailing yesterday, I stopped off at Hookipa. Tons of people there both on the water and on the beach. Lots of pros are back in town now that the tour is over, including Slalom champ Antoine Albeau. The Poor Boyz were out shooting some of the action. Here’s a few photos, video to come later.

  [View with PicLens]

Live to Sail

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  Birthday Sesh

  Posted: November 1st, 2009, 1:20pm CET

  Scored another great day on Assateague. Wind was marginal 5.8, only planed up on the wave face, and had an absolute blast. The waves were pretty sloppy, mostly one hit wonders. But the occasional clean one would come thru allowing for 2 turns.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I hit the water around 11am, which was just about lo tide. No shorebreak, and no current. Also hardly any wind due to the temperature differential between the water and the air, mid 70s for late October! Sailed for about 5 hours, water is still quite warm.
  
  I love this sequence, I caught this wave just right, and it felt soooooo good.
  
  Beautiful
  
  
  
  Note, this is one of my favorite pics from the day. It coincidently is photo 1111 hehehe
  
  Of course it closed out, but still came away hooting and hollering
  
  
  
  I don’t think the waves ever reached 5-6 foot, mostly waist to shoulder high. Period was quite short, and I gotta a lot of practice going over short period walls of white water. Love it! Training for those big days that are right around the corner
  
  
  sloppy waves
  
  
  
  
  but still fun to play in the white water
  
  New Nikon 300mm lens! No more camera envy
  
  
  Gimme a puff!
  
  Ken, look, its a fin! I saw this pic and thought of you. Couldn't resist ;)
  
  
  
  
  Fun sequence of setting up to
  
  to go front side and..
  
  come around
  
  to go...
  
  backside.
  
  so smooth and effortless when you link the turns together correctly.
  
  Stoked!
  
  slow it down
  
  almost there
  
  
  sloppy waves but fun
  
  
  
  they had some kick to em as well
  
  
  
  I was out of position on this one
  
  
  and it...
  
  swept me off my feet
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This one?
  
  They where mostly closeouts
  
  
  Mostly closeouts, but still fun!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Setting up
  
  Keep it together now...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  don't give me any lip cuz i'm in the wrong spot
  
  
  
  
  
  Longer harness lines are the way to go. I've switched to 26 inch. Much better for wavesailing
  
  Wild Ponies of Assateague island
  
  
  
  Live2sail

UK Windsurfing Association

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  Weymouth-Day One

  Posted: November 1st, 2009, 12:45pm CET by BobIngram

  Weymouth Sailing Academy RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open Championships

   

  124 sailors turned out to race last weekend 31^st October / 1^st November for The RYA Youth & Masters / UKWA British Open at Weymouth sailing academy.

   

  Saturday greeted competitors with sunshine and a light chilly breeze. The race officer ran 2 rounds of racing for all raceboard…

Live to Sail

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  Trick or Treat?

  Posted: November 1st, 2009, 12:21am CET

  Assateague is always a treat
  
  
  
  
  My awesome wife surprised me with this birthday gift, a Live2sail flag.
  
  
  
  Only in Assateague
  
  
  
  Full post tomorrow from todays action

UK Windsurfing Association

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  News Elsewhere for 2009-10-31

  Posted: October 31st, 2009, 11:12pm CET by admin

  • Belmullet Wavesailing Final in Ireland, with consistent 35 knot winds with 49 knot gusts. [windsurfing.ie] #
  • ISAF have published the list of new "Approved Production Boards" that are eligible from 1st January 2010. [tinyurl.com] #
  • (via @WindsurfingMag) New website for the IWA [bit.ly] #
  • Ross Williams (GBR83) wins 2009 Sao Paulo Grand Prix [bit.ly] #
  • Ross Williams leads…

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  bloody awesome. beautiful. you got to be kidding me. yaaaaaaaa.

  Fetched: October 31st, 2009, 9:57pm CET by cammar

  You know those waves that when you kick out of them you just have to yell something out of your lungs? Specially when you're completely alone and you're not conditioned by the presence of others?
  
  If you know what I'm talking about, you know how rare they are.
  Well, today I had four of those. And listed in the title of this post are the short sentences I yelled out of my lungs when kicking out of them...
  
  What an amazing day it was.
  
  - surfing from 6.45 to 9.45.
  - work from 10 to 2.
  - photos at Hookipa from 2.30 to 3.30.
  - windsurfing from 4 to 6.
  
  The eight yoga lessons I took in the last three weeks are doing miracles and even though I clearly feel a bit shattered after a day like today, I feel very strong indeed.
  It's a really good time to be me...
  
  Hookipa was a great show since many non Maui resident pros are in town.
  Photo of the day goes to Browsinho with a sick taka off the lip (or whatever that is called). He landed this one perfectly.
  
  
  Here's the others in strict chronological order.
  Mark Angulo.
  
  
  Robby Swift bailing out a goiter.
  
  
  Laurent.
  
  
  Keith.
  
  
  Upside down Swift.
  
  
  When I told him about the rockstar contest, Browsinho excitedly accepted to enter:"I'm gonna win it", he said.
  To all Hookipa sailors: you'll be stoked to be announced that you are officially in a windsurfing contest against Browsinho that you can actually win.
  
  
  Francisco Porcella doing what he does best. (well, he's actually pretty good at getting barreled on a surfboard too)
  
  
  Long time no see Jennifer Henderson at Hookipa. Sure she didn't forget how to sail it... nice legs, btw!
  
  
  Camille.
  
  
  Philippe.
  
  
  Jason Polakow.
  
  
  Manu.
  
  
  9.45pm. Tomorrow, more waves. Sunday, even bigger. Life good. Very good. Goodnight.
  
  PS. Both the NW and the Waimea buoys already had some readings of the new NW swell at around one foot. What's so exciting about it? It's the first time EVER that I read 25 seconds as the period...
  Clearly those are just the small forerunners and the period will go down, but it's going to be a good one. Way more west of today's swell though. Today the direction was just right.

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  Light Winds and North Swell

  Posted: October 31st, 2009, 8:35pm CET by JeffBennett

  

  Typically crowded Lowers, Kanaha

  The trade winds picked up a notch or two yesterday, enough for me to be able to get out on my 5.7 at Uppers. A fairly good sized northwest swell was running yesterday with the bigger sets in the logo- to mast-high range. The sets got a bit less consistent as the day progressed. By the end of my session at 3pm it was getting spottier and spottier.

  Lots of people out. Lowers was its typically crowded zoo. Took a few photos of that so that those of you unfamiliar with Maui and Kanaha crowds can get an idea of what it’s like. Uppers was a bit congested as well, but no where near as bad as Lowers.

  We should have a new reinforcing swell arriving today that’s even bigger than yesterday’s and the winds should be a little stronger. Both wind and waves should last through the weekend and into Monday. After that the forecast starts looking a bit unclear.

  [View with PicLens]

WaterTurtle

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  What Does a Windsurfer on Hatteras Island Do When the Wind Stops Blowing?

  Posted: October 30th, 2009, 10:20pm CET

  What can windsurfers on the Outer Banks/Hatteras Island do when the wind goes away and the swell is flat? Go on a recon to find where some fun small waves are breaking so you do some stand up paddle surfing.
  
  This is a short video of 4 inland and lake bound windsurfers still learning how to surf their stand up paddle boards in some fun small waves on a beautiful sunny and early fall day. It includes some footage of the local wildlife as well. This took place between 2 windy bookends to our week's adventure that included the Hatteras Wave Jam. See the "Hatteras Island Windsurfing Fall 2009" video for the rest of the week, which includes some footage of us doing some light wind wavesailing on our SUP boards.
  
  Laird Hamilton said in Endless Summer 2, (paraphrasing) "I'd rather surf in 2 foot waves with my friends than surf in 20 foot waves with a bunch of jerks". And Dave Kalama said something similar in Step Into Liquid about surfing small waves. Cheers to that. And cheers to the big waves too of course. It's all good.
  
  Oh, and by the way...if you don't like The Clash, there is something seriously wrong with you.
  
  

  Life Without Wind from WaterTurtle Productions on Vimeo.

  

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  a little bit of more environment catastrophe and a little bit of boom height talk

  Fetched: October 30th, 2009, 5:40pm CET by cammar

  More bad news for ocean lovers (and not). I saw this on Jeff's blog.
  
  
  
  And this is the video that Windwiner linked in the comments:
  
  
  
  Boom height.
  Remember that sequence of me doing a couple of bottom and top turns and looking with the boom way too low in the shots right in the transition between the two? It's just two posts down.
  I met Tormod and told him that I would have liked to check some sequences of the good guys to see if it happens to them too.
  Didn't have to wait too long... he was nice enough to send me the link to some of the sequences he collected.
  Let's have a look at:
  - Keith Taboul
  - Robby Naish 1
  
  - Robby Naish 2
  - Robby Naish 3
  
  So, I was right. There is a moment in the transition between bottom and top turn in which the sailor is standing straight up (Robby's 1 and 3 in particular caught this moment perfectly) and has his arms bent so that the boom is quite close to the body. In this position, of course, the boom appears to be too low... but it's not.
  In the bottom and top turns, as I said, in fact the sailor is coiled (sorry, using Kelly's words.. see below) like a cat and in the regular sailing the sailor is leaning upwind forming a triangle with mast, body and straight arms and so the boom is not upper belly high anymore, but between nipple and shoulder high as it should be.
  Cool, I'll be happy to go back to exactly were I was putting my boom before Tormod took the sequence, because that one inch higher that I was trying didn't feel good at all.
  
  Waves are up here in Maui and will be up for a while. The wind should be blowing today and the weekend, but right now (6am of Friday) it's calm and I'm going surfing. Let's see if I feel like trying a carving 360. Kelly Slater just explained me how... yeah, right.
  
  Not too exciting weather maps in the next week in the north pacific. There will be a strong high pressure NW of Hawaii and that's a very bad (and unusual) place for it: north onshore winds will prevail and no major NW ground swells (there might be stormy N windswells though). Nice long lasting south swell around mid next week though. Could be worse... could be a lot worse!

TEAMVOSA

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  Burusports Freestyle Challenge 2009 Riia

  Posted: October 30th, 2009, 9:40am CET

   
  

  Burusports Freestyle Challenge 2009 from Māris Minkevics on Vimeo.

  
  PILDID Tutaniselt
  PILDID Maris
  Ja siit me läksime. Mina Ave (kohtunikuks) Christofer ja Tony.
  Kell 5:30 oli Tallinnas +3...lux.
  Nagu autosse istuti, vajusid kõik kohe oma unenägudesse tagasi. Mina baranka taga tänu Rahvaomakaitse 3 le saatele..kuni Riiani välja.
  Riias hakkas "Käsnakalledel" kohe iga burgerirestorani peale hääl tõusma ja silmad särama, nii saigi McDonaldss kõhtu ja võistluspaika.
  Kusjurres jummala lux sõidukoht, meenutab sellist Harku ja topu vahepealset veekogu, chopi ja muu poolest. Surfiklubi "360" oli ka kohe rannas ja väga ilus, sauna baari ja kõigemuuga.
  Kui Christofer oma 100 eurosega üritas stardimaksu maksta, sai kõigile selgeks, et kohal on euroopa prootuuri PRO, kes juba teenib oma oskustega :):):)
  Ühesõnaga peale esimest heati jooksin sauna, sest see +6 oli ikka natsa karm. Chris ja Tony panid ulmeheatid, nii et kohtunikele pidi tõlkima ja ettelugema mis trikki nad just tegid. Mul läks ka suht hästi, Jevgeni kes on minust ikka üle ja harjutab ka seda noorte asja oli nibin nabin parem ( Vähemalt ise arvan:) )
  Lõppseis siis Chris 1 Tony 2 Jevgeni 3 mina 4 siis tulid sõbrad Tutanis ja Maris.
  Tagasitee oli eriti sweet, sest mingi hetk Christoferil hakkas paljapeagasõitmine lõpuks mõjuma ja ta lauseehitused muutusid talumatult naljakaks, parem käsi ja pool nägu tundetuks. Hea et ma ta nägu ei näind sest ta istus taga, muidu oleks vist püksi teinud.
  Õhtul 23 ajal olime juba kodus.
  Suurtänu Jevgenile kutsumast meie jaoks oli see väga lahe üritus. Tagantjärgi ei tule meeldegi, et sõistime kinnaste ja +6 ga - ok võibolla Chrisi ltuleb.
  
  

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  Reach for the Sky!

  Posted: October 30th, 2009, 6:11am CET by sergem

  Seeing on WRAMS a promise of improbable winds at this time of year, I promptly took a day off. Although 30kt average did not materialize, I was able to sail my 84L wave (and tack it twice). Never mind his messed up ankle, Kevin Kan delivered quite a performance. Team Crushpad (Dave) showed Aaron a [...]

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

  Posted: October 29th, 2009, 9:59pm CET by JeffBennett

  As windsurfers, we play in and on the water. As water men and women we should appreciate the value of this resource more than the regular public and do our part to educate ourselves about ocean issues and take action where we can. For that reason, I believe it is my responsibility to help inform other windsurfers of issues facing our oceans. That’s why I have the Oceans section of this web site as well as a separate Save the Ocean blog.

  One of the major problems our oceans face these days is ocean acidification. Scientists refer to ocean acidification as the “other carbon problem.” The first of course is global warming. But excess carbon in Earth’s atmosphere is absorbed by the Ocean and the resulting chemical process is turning our oceans more acidic. I think ocean acidification has gotten far too little press. I’ve been wanting to find the time to develop my own presentation on it, but this one developed for Discovery Planet Green and the National Resources Defense Council is far better than I’d be able to do. Check it out and learn about some issues affecting  your playground.

  Click here to view the embedded video.

TEAMVOSA

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  F...ng SWEET Classic jälle

  Posted: October 29th, 2009, 1:31pm CET

  Ravine on Fire from Arnaud on Vimeo.

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  November 2009 Maui Windsurfing Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

  Posted: October 29th, 2009, 3:08am CET by JeffBennett

  November’s Maui windsurfing desktop calendar features none other than windsurfing icon, Robby Naish. This is absolutely free. Just select the size you want from the list of links below the photo, click on the link, wait for the photo to download completely then save it to your computer. If you want to a windsurfing calendar you can hang on your wall, check out the 2010 Maui Windsurfing Wall Calendar, available only through the Maui Windsurfing Cafe Press shop.

  

  November's Maui Windsurfing Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

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  As for windsurfing on Maui the last few days, we got a few days in on the weekend. Sunday brought a nice little surprise. After several days of light wind and a forecast for another light wind day, it was a big surprise to see the wind come up at Kanaha to what I would call decent Maui-strength levels – average wind speeds around 20mph.

  We rushed down to the the beach. It looked a bit offshore so it was a bit tough to call, almost went with the 5.7 but decided to rig optimistically and go with the 5.3.

  As it turns out, that was a bit too much. 5.0 would have been plenty. Winds were pretty gusty, waves were pretty sloppy and choppy, but since I wasn’t expecting to sail at all, it was still pretty fun. Only lasted a bit less than an hour as the wind started getting flukey and showing signs of dying. Not relishing the thought of a swim in, I opted to head in. Good call as the wind did drop off.

  Monday brought the Beast from the East. Can’t say too much favorable about the conditions on Maui that day. Yes it was windy enough to sail, which I suppose we should count as a plus. But winds were very east/offshore meaning, very light inside the reef, a long slog out to the wind line and once there super gusty and holey. Waves were a sloppy, choppy mess and crowded to boot. That said, given the poor wind we’ve had this October so far, I’m grateful to have gotten out.

  Winds yesterday were very light almost all day. A brief spike into the mid teens was no doubt enough to lure some out. Somewhat similar today. Barely above 10 until about 1:30 when onshore breezes kicked in into the upper teens and even some low 20 readings for  a bit. Checking the cams I could see folks planing for a little bit, but as of 4:00 the winds at Kanaha are reading calm and all I see on the cam is a lot of slogging and bobbing around. So for those camping out at the beach all day, they probably got a little bit of sailing in today. Those of us who wait at home until it’s good… we missed out.

  Looks like Friday we’ll see an improvement in our trade wind strength. After the remnants of a cold front pass by to our north the high pressure should have a chance to build and strengthen and kick our trade winds into normal mode again. And, it looks like some new north swells headed our way just in time too. Could be a good weekend for sailing and I might even get a chance to get some new photo and video action at Hookipa.

Live to Sail

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  Happy Halloween

  Posted: October 28th, 2009, 11:21pm CET

  Saturday is Halloween, and that also happens to be my birthday. I’m hoping for a repeat of last year's epic session on my birthday.
  
  and looking at the forecast, saturday is gonna rock, so bring it on...
  
  Here is the coolest house decorated for Halloween that I've ever seen. If I was a kid, that would scare the heck out of me!
  
  
  
  Leatherface
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Some random shots from Deleware:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Looking forward to the next year of my life full of travel, adventure, and lots of windsurfing!
  
  Question is, will the weekend forecast be a trick or a treat?!?!
  The forecast is actually looking really good. I'm all over that....
  Looking forward.............

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  a message in the waves that we keep ignoring + new rockstar contest sponsor + couple of videos

  Fetched: October 28th, 2009, 8:51am CET by cammar

  A few years ago I saw the wonderful movie "Hawaii - Message in the waves".
  
  That film changed my life. Since then, the amount of plastic bottles I personally introduced in the environment has been zero. For many years I've been using my refillable metal bottles and that's something that everyone should do.
  Plastic bottles are only a part of the problem of course, since every plastic object will eventually deteriorate in small bits, but they're so easily replaceable! That's why I'm pissed off when I see people (I'm talking also to you guys) buying huge amounts of them.
  Same as the plastic bags, of course. So easy to replace with a reusable non plastic bag, but no many give a shit.
  What's the problem? Well, if you don't have the time to watch the trailers on the movie website, here's a few pics that should be clear enough.
  
  
  Shocked? How's this one? Those could be the tops and bits of a water or soda plastic bottles that you drank a few years ago... and yes, that WAS a bird. A beautiful albatross to be precise.
  
  
  "Why in the world those stupid birds eat the plastic bits?", I hear someone saying...
  Ever heard about the pacific gyre?
  This video should answer your question.
  
  
  More info here.
  
  So pleeeaaaase, don't introduce plastic in the environment that is not strictly necessary.
  Halloween is coming up. Just the other day I say a stupid plastic fake battery operated candle to put into a pumpkin. Now, already the fact that one uses a pumpkin for purposes other than eating it when there's people in the world that has nothing to eat should make everyone feel guilty... am I so strange?
  But inserting an extremely unnecessary and polluting object in it, is just too much for me.
  Nothing wrong with celebrating, just do it in a responsible (for the environment) way please: don't buy NEW plastic for your costume!
  
  Hookipa Rockstar Contest update
  I'd like to welcome yet another sponsor for the Hookipa Rockstar Contest: Cafe Mambo in Paia is kind enough to offer $50 certificate with the motivation that anybody that ends up plastered on the rocks needs a Margarita on the rocks to celebrate. They are hosting a scary karaoke night for Halloween.
  
  Looks like there's more sponsors than contestants so far... Elena entered the contest with a rock visit last week. The problem of this contest is that not many people are aware of it (believe it or not, not all Hookipa sailors follow this blog), so please help me spread the word.
  I'm also thinking of putting the biggest price for the winner and the other prices as a lottery for all the other contestants. Your name will be in the lottery as many times as you've gone on the rocks, but in this way everyone will have the possibility of winning something. All you have to do is to leave a comment on this blog or on the contest facebook page to claim your rockstar point.
  
  Couple of videos.
  Last summer I shot a video for some visitors. It was flat and they were not pros, but I was able to pull out 17 minutes of footage. Kind of boring at times, but not if you're in it!!! I uploaded the last song (which is Funeral by The band of horses... and I totally copied it from Bruno Sillac's video!). Here it is.
  

  summer video from giampaolo cammarota on Vimeo.

  
  Oh, if you really got nothing to do, here's the whole 17 minutes!
  
  I'm about to receive the new amazing High Definition GoPro cameras... so email me if you want a nice video of your windsurfing vacation in Maui!
  
  One more vid. Cookie (who is a french guy called Aurelien, but americans can't pronounce it, so someone nicknamed him Cookie... just like my name and GP) put together a few wipeouts of last Thursday at Hoookipa.
  

  Des windsurfers se sont font gentiment corriger par leur maitre. from windsurfing fever on Vimeo.

  
  
  As I said already in fact, Hookipa last week was pretty fun with clean waves and veeery offshore winds. This week the offshore wind continues but the waves are pretty much gone.
  Pat Caldwell is forecasting rough big waves out of the NW for Thursday (12 to 14 feet faces) and Saturday (14 to 18 feet faces). I personally think that those sizes are a bit overestimated. What I agree with him, unfortunately, is that right after that, at the beginning of next week, we'll have strong onshore winds with big rough windswell, kind of like Sylt conditions... that must be karma!
  
  Anyway, it's still Hawaii, one of most beautiful places on Earth. Let's keep it as such, using as little plastic as possible. Thanks.
  
  Hang on, one more. Blog reader Rafn sends another video of surfing in Iceland! Bloody hell, those guys are good. Respect!!!

UK Windsurfing Association

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  Weymouth Y & M/Brit Open-Update

  Posted: October 27th, 2009, 10:45pm CET by BobIngram

  Saturday Night Party

  There will be a party at Weymouth this Saturday night for all competitors, partners, family and friends to celibrate the 18th Birthday of Jamie Ingram. You are all welcome at Spinnakers from 8pm to 11pm.

  weymouth plan Please see the enclosed parking plan for the weekend. The event area will…

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  The Graveyard Of The Atlantic

  Posted: October 27th, 2009, 8:16pm CET

  One of my favorite places in the world, Cape Point, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
  Diamond Shoals in the background, ominously dubbed The Graveyard Of The Atlantic
  
  David Stick writes in his book, "Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast" the following: "You can stand on Cape Point at Hatteras on a stormy day and watch two oceans come together in an awesome display of savage fury; for there at the Point the northbound Gulf Stream and the cold currents coming down from the Arctic run head-on into each other, tossing their spumy spray a hundred feet or better into the air and dropping sand and shells and sea life at the point of impact. Thus is formed the dreaded Diamond Shoals, its fang-like shifting sand bars pushing seaward to snare the unwary mariner. Seafaring men call it the Graveyard of the Atlantic."
  
  
  Note: these pictures where taken on a "calm" day, with zero wind
  
  
  
  In 1794, Congress saw the danger to Atlantic shipping due to all of the ships foundering off of the coast in this area and approved the construction of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
  
  
  Hatteras is a magical place. If you've never been, why not?

TEAMVOSA

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  MEIE KODU

  Posted: October 27th, 2009, 9:10am CET

  
  Kas tullakse meie õue peale kaklema ?
  Kas ajame Tõnissoni vihaseks ?
  ....hoidke oma "parvel" silma peal... tuulikumehed.
  -------------------------------------------------
  
  Ilmselt on kõik purjelaudurid ja lohetajad juba kursis, et 4 Energia
  planeerib ehitada Hiiumaale Ristnasse merepealset tuuleparki, mis saab
  plaanide kohaselt paiknema Eesti parimast lainesõidukohast vaid mõned
  kilomeetrid eemal.
  
  Et selgitada tuulepargi erinevaid mõjusid nii tuule tugevusele ja
  kvaliteedile kui ka lainete muutumisele, on tellitud mitmeid erinevaid
  keskkonnauuringuid.
  Vaata kahte uuringudokumenti siit linkide alt ja soovi korral avalda
  kindlasti arvamust nt purjelaualiidu kodulehel või meili teel
  info@purjelaualiit.ee
  
  
  
  Hiiumaa wake impact
  
  Hiiumaa tuulepargi mõju
  
  

WaterTurtle

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  Lake Images

  Posted: October 27th, 2009, 1:59am CET

  Sailed in light winds on Saturday in what was supposed to be stronger wind. But it turned out to be a beautiful day after all the evening and morning rain. Probably the last combined warm air and water temps day on the lake this year. Very thankful.
  
  
  
  
  Resting between runs - couple of shots at one of the lake's islands
  
  
  
  
  Rob and his purty new sail...
  
  

UK Windsurfing Association

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  The Rob Cartwright Memorial Trophy

  Posted: October 26th, 2009, 11:10pm CET by admin

  

  The Robert Cartwright Memorial Trophy will be awarded this weekend at the RYA Youth & Masters/UKWA British Open

  Robert Cartwright was a young Windsurfer (aged 12) who was a member of the West Zone Windsurfing Squad coached by Helen Cartwright and Ian Roberts. His older sister Sarah had been a member…

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  What a fantastic Sunday! (part 2)

  Fetched: October 26th, 2009, 4:27pm CET by cammar

  Did I say I'll post part 2 the day after I posted part 1?!?
  Shoots, I must have been busy!
  
  Anyway, as usual, I got so much stuff to post about and little time. So for now all you get is a slide show of a nice two turns sequence that Tormod took of me that day. The action is lame compared to the pros, but it gives an idea of how much fun it was...
  

  

  
  
  Let's have a look at this photo now.
  
  
  One of the many things I like about the Superfreak is that it has the widest PVC window in the market. Most wave sails (like the one in the background for example) don't have a proper clear window anymore. Manufacturers assume that you can see through the X-Ply just as well, but I find it distracting.
  On the other hand, I hate monofilm windows (well, I hate monofilm!), because they scratch easily and they get cloudy pretty quickly (and they're noisy!).
  So PVC is my favorite choice for a window: it doesn't scratch as easily and if it gets temporarily cloudy (like if you rinse the sail off with fresh water - what an overrated thing! - and don't let it dry), you can wash it with soap and it will come out as new. It also gives a softer feel to the whole sail and that, as you probably know, is what I like.
  
  Thanks again to Tormod for the photos. Check his blog he has some great shots of Francisco Porcella. Hookipa in fact has been quite good every day this week, with waves and veeery offshore wind. Lots of big aerials, I feel like mentioning Camille Juban's ones too. Gun sails had a fotoshoot and he was just going off.
  Allright, off to surfing.

TEAMVOSA

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  Läti avatud Freestyle Meistrivõistlused

  Posted: October 26th, 2009, 2:27pm CET

  
  
  After 2 months of waiting for good forecast we are ready to announce Burusports freestyle Challenge 2009 competitions. It will take part on Wednesday 28.10.2009 in Riga, Annas sakses str. 19A, windsurfing club 360 territory.In case of unstable forecast organizers can transfer competitions till 27.10.2009 12:00.Competition schedule:
  9:00-10:00 Registration
  10:30 Opening ceremony & Skippers meeting
  11:00- 17:00 Competitions
  Price giving will be half hour after the last heat of the day.Jevgenijs Gavrilovs LAT161
  Burusports Team
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  Boards.lv Läti Meistrivõistlused Wave video

  Posted: October 26th, 2009, 8:42am CET

  
  

  Latvian Wave Sailing Championships 2009 from Māris Minkevics on Vimeo.

Live to Sail

• 

  Lewes Dawn Patrol

  Posted: October 25th, 2009, 10:04pm CET

  Well, I woke up super early Sunday morning to knock out the post covering Saturday’s action. I knew the wind was gonna be up, and with most NE blows, you needed to get on it early, cuz it would probably die off by lunch time. I really had no intention of sailing. But the wind was strong, and the sun was shining bright. Around 9am, it had shown no signs of easing, blowing in the mid to upper 20s. So I suited up in the garage, and cruised down to the main beach in Lewes.
  
  
  
  I tell you, after living here for several years now, I’ve got the Delaware bay unlocked. Lewes is definitely the spot to be on a NW or even WNW. It was absolutely fabulous conditions Sunday. The waves where nicely shaped and vertical, and the NW wind gave you the easy angle to bust out big floaty jumps. Ahhhhh I love Lewes on NW.
  
  There were several other sailors out. James was alone up at the secret spot. Then there were those three guys that sail just downwind of the secret spot. I don’t know who those guys are, but they were having a blast. I saw one of them, some guy with a yellow helmet on, bank a really sweet turn off a long period swell on the outside. I noticed the board had a lot of rocker, and thought it was probably a fun board to ride in these powered up wavy conditions. This picture here is one of those sailors. Don’t know if they follow Live2sail, but if they do, I’d be stoked if they left a comment. Hey guys, I thought to come into the beach when I saw you resting to introduce myself, but was having too much fun to stop! I’m sure you understand :)
  
  It was rockin! Easily 5.0, but I rigged my 5.8 in anticipation of the drop off that never came! So I held on in the gusts, and blasted thru the lulls.
  
  
  I really didn’t expect to be sailing much past noon, but it kept blowing, and stayed strong well past 1pm. So I kept sailing. Was one super long-several hour session. As I said, the jumps where heavenly, especially out near the jetty next to the ferry. In fact, blasting past the jetty, into the ferry channel heading toward the light house, it was really cranking so I’d blast into the channel, just lit up like a Christmas tree, totally in my element and content.
  
  Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Stoked!
  
  
  ps: its early, but this coming weekend looks to be quite fun, and just in time for my birthday on Halloween. Assateague anyone?
  
  Live2sail
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  Now, Is A Great Time To Be A Windsurfer

  Posted: October 25th, 2009, 1:30pm CET

  Packin a punch!
  
  Saturday we scored a really fun day at Assateague Saturday. Kiters and windsurfers both shared the waves. Windsurfers out with me were Ken Kellar, Bob Ramsay, Sam Postlethwait. Kiting was Steve Sabia, Sam Postlethwait. and a couple others I’m not familier with. Everyone was respectful out there, and there a great vibe and lots of positive stoke. Cheers to more of that!
  
  
  The day began with us hooking up with my friend Sam. I met him in the main parking lot.
  
  We walked up to check out the conditions, and were pretty excited to see a nice bump out there, even at hi tide. We knew it was going to get pretty good as the tide went out and wind filled it. You simply cannot pass final judgement on the conditions, labling it disappointing, when you’re several hours away from prime time. Patience, optimism, and a positive attitude is a must to wave sail Assateague. If you don’t posses these, you may as well just stay at home.
  
  From left to right: Bob Ramsay, Ken Kellar, Myself, Sam Postlethwait
  
  The waves today where simply fun! They had some size, and at lo tide, packed a nice punch. Perhaps head high, maybe a little bigger on some sets, and consistently spaced, and easy to catch. They were mostly one hit wonders, with a few two turn waves. But where surprisingly groomed, with a nice big face that gave you something to work with. So much fun. And it was so warm today, temps mid 70s. I love Assateague.
  
  Sam loaded his stuff into my truck as I gave him a lift out onto the beach. He brought his 5.8, his super sweet pro edition JP 84 liter (So freaking lite!), and his 10 meter kite. There, I said it. I had a kite in the my truck (better than thru a windshield right?). I even helped him launch his kite, not bad for a card carrying member of RFKA, Recovering From Kitemares Anonymous huh! ;) I had no problem launching the kite, but thankfully Bob was there to help land him. I’m still frankly terrified of those things on the beach, but I’m coming around. You’ll never see me on anything but a sailboard, I can promise you that, but life is too short, and I’m tired of sailing Assateague alone.
  
  
  Ken on a nice one
  
  Sam again
  
  
  getting over some big white water. lift up on the booms and get that nose up
  
  
  
  nice jump Ken
  
  
  
  For me, the there were several moments that stood out. I was water starting in the impact zone, got up just in time, I look upwind, and see Sam drops into a nice head high wall, the same one that I waterstarted just in front of. The wave was oh so groomed, and he lays into a bottom turn. Was a beautiful view up the line. Whoot! The other time was where I think it was Steve Sabia kiting on the wave behind me, well I lay into my wave ride, go down the line, come up off the top turn, I look out behind my wave and I see Steve riding the wave right behind me. Man oh man, we both were hooting and hollerin! The other moment was me getting smacked by a close out on my top turn, Steve was headin out, as I came up for air with a big smile, Steve was screamin yeah--yeah!!, oh man so much fun!
  Get it onnnnnnn!
  
  
  
  Sam in fron of a close out
  
  waves had some size
  
  just snuck over the shoulder of that one!
  
  
  
  So much power in those kitess, makes it easy I think to throw some serious spray!
  
  Sam getting over it
  
  Ken in front of the froth
  
  there is no worse way to fall on a bottom turn than into your sail, but i came away unscathed
  
  
  
  Bob Ramsay bought his ORV pass today and is officially a member of the Assateague crew now. He struggled with some serious shorebreak today. Bob, there is no shame in trying. You frankly have to pay these dues.
  
  
  
  I’ve surely paid mine, and shoot, I still do. Sure you could have probably scored a 4.0 day at Pewey with the rest of the crew up there, but I think you’ve seen the light, and baffing at the baby pool just doesn’t do it for you any more right? Keep your chin up and keep at it pal.
  
  
  Yeah!
  
  Well Sam is a very accomplished kiter who is making the transition back to windsurfing. I’m very impressed with him, and he does both sports very well.
  
  
  I got tumbled once, and lost my beanie hat. It was off for at least a minute, and I was resinged to the fact that it was gone forever. Then I find it like right next to me. I was shocked. Hahahaha. Getting tumbled is fun, and if you can't find enjoyment in being down in the water with waves bearing down, well, you need to be. Its a prerequisite imo. Relax, keep the heart rate low, and take your time, enjoy the beauty of the ocean and the waves that are rolling under you. You'll get your stuff lined up quicker that way, and be much more relaxed both before and after the sesh. No worries, and its all good.
  
  Surveying the lineup
  
  Ken
  
  Yah!
  
  
  After days like this, I have difficulty sleeping. I usualy wake up at 3.11 am. yes, 3.11 am (at least last night it was 3.11) lol, and I can't get back to sleep. Then I'm giddy for the next 24 hours, acting like a kid. dancing around the house, doing the electric slide and generally acting like a fool. Its all good, and I CAN'T WAIT to get back in even bigger waves.
  
  I don't think you'll see this anywhere but Assateague.
  
  
  Fall colors are honkin
  
  
  We were very bummed that the Nikon zoom lens died today. The auto focus wasn’t dialing in, and the manual focus wasn’t working either, Don’t ask me why, frustrated. All the shots on this post are using the 50m lens, so not what we’re used to here at live2sail. No worries, that zoom lens has lived a full life. Probably over 100,000 photos, three cover shots, pics in Windsurfing, and a soon to be released story and accompanying photos in the International Windsurfing magazine. Stay tuned later this week for our story on the magic of Cape Hatteras.
  
  
  Bill scored down at Coquina, so check out his report here.
  
  Ok, Lewes is crankin 25+. Time for a dawnpatrol. Where is my drysuit.
  
  
  Perpetually stoked.
  
  Live2sail

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  Whole Lotta Sloggin’ Goin’ On

  Posted: October 24th, 2009, 5:55am CEST by JeffBennett

  

  Light, slogging conditions are prevailing on Maui right now

  Back into light wind mode again here on Maui for the past few days. Trade wind strength has dropped quite a bit. Not to say that it’s been totally unsailable the last few days – lighter than I’m willing to try, but there’s definitely folks out making the effort. Winds have come up to the mid-teens in the afternoons off and on, and it’s been tempting at times, but every time I get tempted to go down to the beach, I check and see that the winds have dropped to below 10 or some such dismal reading. Thursday it even came up to 22mph for a couple of readings but that was followed by the wind completely tanking. And looking at the streaming Kanaha cam (which is indispensable on days like this for those of us who don’t have the luxury of hanging out at the beach all day waiting for the wind to come up) I’ve rarely seen anybody planing  - just a whole lot of slogging.

  More of the same yesterday but even a notch lighter. Checking the iWindsurf graph a few times an hour to see if it’s worth the effort to head to the beach. A few readings in the upper teens. Then a big drop. Kanaha cam showing lots of people slogging. Just not worth it to me.

  No doubt some are still managing to maximize the stoke factor like our anonymous commenter in the previous post that recounted “epic” conditions at Uppers on Wednesday despite wind never getting above the mid-teens. I’m a firm believer that epic is in the eye of the beholder and stokifying conditions are completely subjective so I won’t question his sanity – just that our definitions of “epic” are completely different.

  Looking into the future of windsurfing on Maui, it’s not looking like it’s going to get any better in the next week or so. In fact the Wind Guru numbers are looking a bit more dismal than they have the past few days and the guys at the National Weather Service office in Honolulu are saying it’s going to get lighter still. Surf is also on the decline on the north shore.

Live to Sail

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  Another Solid Weekend Forecast!

  Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 8:30pm CEST

  COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM-
  108 PM EDT FRI OCT 23 2009
  
  
  SAT
  S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
  
  SUN
  N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
  AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT...
  
  Saddle up!

UK Windsurfing Association

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  UKWA Windsurfer of the year

  Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 1:16pm CEST by admin

  It’s time to decide who will be the windsurfer of the year. “But how on earth do we decide? So much has been happening!” I hear you cry, well that’s right, so the UKWA bods have been hard at work, furiously whittling down the contenders into five mighty qualifiers to make it that bit easier for you.
  Vote on Windsurfer of the year.
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  News Elsewhere for 2009-10-25

  Posted: October 23rd, 2009, 1:12am CEST by admin

  • Tiree Wave Classic Crown 2009 – Mother Nature and the North Atlantic delivered the goods! [bit.ly] #
  • Waveriding from the perspective of Kauli Seadi. [bit.ly] #

Live to Sail

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  Hawaiian Pro Line Carbon Boom Head Retrofit

  Posted: October 21st, 2009, 4:08pm CEST

  So during the recent Hatteras wave contest, during the preheat warm ups, I seariously screwed up an attempt at a forward. And don;t let them tell you that so long as you hold onto the boom you wont get hurt. The better way to frame it would be so long as your hands hold onto the boom, AND, your feet hold onto the board, you wont get hurt. On this crash, i bent the hinge on the boom head, and seriously bruised my shoulder.
  
  
  
  I also won the award for most spetacular crash during the event.
  
  ...and also destroyed the hinge on the boom head.
  
  I don’t about ya’ll, but I was pretty upset when HPL when out of business. In my opinion, the boom had self actualized with their product. Nothing else I’ve ever used even comes close. My boom is 4+ years old, has been to Maui three times, Hatteras countless time, and too many sessions to remember. Well worth the money invested. Always buy quality.
  
  My new Hawaiian Pro Line boom head arrived just in time for the recent Noreaster. Thanks Bob! Lots of good karma is comin your way pal.
  
  
  New Boom head on the left, whats left of the old on the right
  
  See that pin, lemme tell you it was a bit&h trying to pull that out. I started by tapping a screw driver wit a hammer to drive the pin thru the hinge. I could do no better than what you see here, about an inch or so. It took brute force to just get it this far.
  
  
  So i took a hack saw and literally cut thru the plastic hinge, so that the pin eventually simply dropped out. Of course you literally destroy the old boom head, but I saw no other way, and there wasn't much that was salvagable from the old one anyway
  
  
  Here is how the boom looks once you've completely removed the boom head
  
  Nice
  
  
  Brand new retrofited boom, with new 26 inch harness lines to boot, ready to rock and roll!
  
  
  
  
  ***Update***
  Well, I've sailed three straight days in the Gale of a Noreaster, and the boom held up fantastic:
  
  One small issue that will need to be addressed. There are two bolts that fasten the head to the boom. One of the bolts comes thru about 2-3 threads too far, and the inhaul snags on the end, and begins to fray and deteriorate. Thats a problem. I went thru two inhauls over the weekend, and while I don't mind replacing them, I'm not comfortable with this. Perhaps filing down the end, or maybe even a washer? Any feedback is much appreciated
  
  
  
  cya in the straps

UK Windsurfing Association

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  Pre Youth & Masters Training

  Posted: October 21st, 2009, 2:44pm CEST by BobIngram

   

  

  Techno Support Group offers a chance for techno sailors to improve their skills before the RYA Youth & Masters/UKWA British Open at Weymouth

  TSG – WINDSURFING SKILLS EVENT

   

   

  The TSG alongside Oli Woodcock will be holding a “Windsurfing skills” event at Weymouth (WPNSA) on Thursday 29^th & Friday 30^th Oct  09

   

  The emphasis of the…

WaterTurtle

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  Hatteras Island Windsurfing Video

  Posted: October 21st, 2009, 12:50pm CEST

  Hatteras Island Windsurfing Fall 2009 from WaterTurtle Productions on Vimeo.

  
  
  This is a video compilation of our Hatteras Island adventure in late Sept/early Oct before it got cold and wetsuits were required.
  
  Comments:
  - Some of the video is from the new Sanyo Xacti HD waterproof camera. HD is a whole new ball of wax when it comes to editing. If you don't have the proper PC specs (like a $6,000 machine) which I don't, it can be a nightmare editing a final cut. Combining HD footage with regular digital avi footage (GoPro) can also be an editing nightmare when rendering. I spent way too many late nights troubleshooting these problems, lots of format conversions, error messages, restarts, etc...and I'm not completely happy with the outcome...you can see how the video is "boxed" in...I didn't have much of a choice. Click to the actual Vimeo link for the video and it shows up better for viewing. I have to rethink this whole HD thing and the editing hw/sw I have.
  
  - Some of you aren't in the video. Sorry about that George, Ken, and Bill. Either we were on the beach at the same time and you weren't on the water when filming or the camera didn't get focused on you for various odd reasons....we just didn't have any good footage of you...sorry about that. This video comes from footage taken by Rob, Mark, and myself...and from Go Pro, Sanyo Xacti HD, and regular DV footage.
  
  - It was a great week...period. Andy already commented on how we wrapped it up....tearing it up out in the sound under the moonlight after the sun had already gone down. That was a great experience. But what a week....it was still mostly sunny, 70s, mostly in boardshorts, wavesailing, bump & jump windsurfing, speed sailing, SUP wavesailing, along with SUP surfing in fun small waves and crystal clear water. And we participated in the Hatteras Wave Jam, which was a lot of fun...thanks again Bill!
  
  Always looking forward to the next Hatteras trip...

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  what a fantastic Sunday! (part 1)

  Fetched: October 21st, 2009, 12:25pm CEST by cammar

  This island is magic.
  
  
  
  I've lived here for almost 8 years now and I'm still impressed (almost shocked, actually) by its beauty and by the all it has to offer to the ocean lovers (and not).
  
  As I wrote in the previous post, Sunday morning I didn't wake up early enough to go dawn patrol on the south shore. So I went to check Hookipa and found that even though already windy, there were head high peaks to be surfed and one guy out. Evidently the out of season south swell was big enough to be known by everyone (or everyone in Maui reads my blog...), so I guessed that everyone was on the south shore.
  Michelle called for a report and we decided to paddle out, just to say:"hey, we surfed The Point with only another guy out". Actually she ended up having some good fun catching the very first waves on her brand new 6.0.
  I cut my session short to save my energies for windsurfing and managed to take a pic of her. Good style, shoulders right above the board and no one else in sight!
  
  
  That's the other guy. Not a bad wave to be caught without any competition at all!
  
  
  At 11am I hit the water with 72l and 4.5 together with a couple of other early sailors. The first hour was super fun: I caught tons of waves before the usual crowd showed up and the wind got even stronger and gustier. I quit at 12.30 and ate my lunch with the appetite of a hungry wolf.
  Two different people happened to take photos of me, but I'll publish those tomorrow.
  
  While I received an afternoon invitation to a free Ukulele festival at the MACC, I followed the call for more ocean action and drove Makena side. As usual, the kids were challenging the impressive shore break. Some of them, very, very close to the rocks on the east end of the beach.
  
  
  
  
  I love this shot. Pure fun and joy to play with your buddies. So cool! Click on it to appreciate better.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And now the surfing. These are some of the best surfing shots I've ever taken. The light was beautiful and the stiff offshore wind created a huge white spray that stood out in contrast with the black lava rocks in the background. The water color was unreal. But that's too many words, I'll let the photos speak...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Well, the photos make it look epic, but it was super crowded and the SSW direction often didn't allow to make the whole wave. So there was a massive number of people dropping in along the way and sometimes that created some hairy situations. The following clip shows a small set.
  
  
  Occasionally the wave opened up better and if you were lucky no one would drop in. That's the case of the photo on the very top. That's Michelle again, "everyone's best surfing buddy" as Juan once defined her.
  Here's a little cronicle that wave. It was the last one of a big set, so the face was a bit frotty, but most people had already gone for (or got washed by) the previous waves. She did a big drop, a sweet bottom turn, the awesome top turn that I caught in the picture, then she trimmed the board halfway on the face of wave, got completely barreled on the final section and even came out of it.
  A perfect 10 from the italian judge. Very good job sistah!
  "best first day on a board ever!", she commented in a Skype chat we just had... I believe that!
  
  Around 5pm I decided to go to Little Beach. Met a couple of friends, surfed the left over there, drank a beer, watched a great sunset, admired the fire dancers and the stars.
  
  As I said: fantastic.

The Official Ezzy Blog

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  “Committed” Windsurfing Action Movie from Greece

  Posted: October 20th, 2009, 9:02pm CEST by Tim

  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])

  

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  October Potpourri

  Posted: October 20th, 2009, 8:26am CEST by JeffBennett

  Mixed bag of sailing these last several days on Maui. Saturday brought a little stronger wind than Friday – barely/marginally powered on 5.3. A lot of work to make it up to the mellow, waist-high, crowded waves at Uppers.

  After being a bit underpowered the previous two days on 5.7 and 5.3, the wind made up it for it on Sunday with sizzlin’, smokin’, howlin’ winds – maxed out on my 4.5.  4.0 would’ve worked fine. Pretty bumpy, messy surf, but some still some waves to ride, just nothing very clean.

  Harsh sailing on Maui today. Fun in a bucking bronco kind of way. Wave faces that only a momma could love – sloppy, choppy, bumpy and bouncy. Wild and erratic 4.5. Great conditions if you’re a chiropracter looking to drum up business.

  We should get another day of wind tomorrow – anybody’s guess as far as quality and strength. Then Wednesday and Thursday they’re saying winds are supposed to go light and southeast as a tropical storm passes to the south of the Hawaiian islands. Sounds like trade winds should return on Friday and we should be getting some new north swells throughout this week as well.

The Official Ezzy Blog

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  Contest in “La Reunion” Island

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 11:35pm CEST by Tim

  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

  
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  Pics from Norway

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 6:34pm CEST by Tim

  

  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

  

UK Windsurfing Association

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  Two Weeks-To RYA Youth & Masters/British Open

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 6:16pm CEST by BobIngram

  

  Just Two weeks to go until the RYA Youth & Masters / British Open 2009 at Weymouth

  On Line entry closes Monday 26th October

  Enter On Line Now Note entry is via Sailracer

  On line entry is the prefered entry option but entry will close at 10pm on Monday 26th. You will be able to…

The Official Ezzy Blog

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  Evening Session with Graham Ezzy

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 5:33pm CEST by Tim

  Graham Ezzy’s short Hookipa windsurfing session from Graham Ezzy on Vimeo.

  

Live to Sail

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  Noreaster Day Three-Bump n Jump Disneyland

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 2:38pm CEST

  Well, I don't know if its unprecedented, but two storms in a three day span, and gale warnings posted for 60 straight hours is something that doesn't come around too often.
  
  I sailed Broadkill beach again. It was bump n jump disney land out there! It was blowing a steady 30-35 all day long. Hardly ever seen it blow so consistently steady this side of Maui.
  
  
  I was in Heavan out there, huge floaty jumps, gybes of swell, and ripping action. Several mile off shore, there is a section at Broadkill has breaking waves, and there is lots of white water out there, alot like the inside lounge of an ocean sandbar, foamy and smooth off of the breaking waves, which line up perfectly to the side on wind.
  
  Ken came out to sail with me, struggled with his kit on his first run, came in frustrated, and questioned my choice of venue. Had you had the patience to dial you gear, I contend you would have loved it out there Ken, gotten a lot more sailing in, and had a much better day. Broadkill was definately the spot to be today.
  
  Right about that time, ratboy Coyle came out of the closet, showing up looking like a a charactor from Ice Station Zebra with full artic parka (it was 50 degrees for christ sake). Ken bailed on me, opting to road surf and head south. They wound up sailing 30+ knots in dead onshore malestrom at the secret spot. I'm sure it was backside fun, and its all good. But me, I stayed at Broadkill where it was side on, and sailed alone lit up on my 4.5 from 12.30 to 5.30. Had the place all to myself, and would give the day an epic rating, but for the fact that there was no one else out there to sail with.
  
  Janis couldn't come out today, so no action photos. This one from Saturday's action:
  
  My mom came out to watch (thxs for taking the pic Ken)
  
  lit 4.5 again
  
  Delaware Bay. Don't let the looks deceive you, the outside is quite fun!
  
  
  Phew, what a weekend. I think the Delmarva was the dead smack in the sweetspot, and I'm blessed to have been here to experience the entire event. Time to attend to the gear and the truck. 35 knots has a way of trashing your ride.
  
  live2sail

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  week recap + Hookipa Rockstar Contest sponsor updates

  Fetched: October 19th, 2009, 2:36pm CEST by cammar

  Been busy... doing what? Here you have it.
  
  
  Thursday 15: absolutely epic, glassy waves most of the day. Unfortunately I had already committed to helping a carpenter that I hired for a small construction project at my new studio, so I had to work with him from 8am to 5pm. Probably the last time I worked all day like that was my last day of work at HP in Italy, circa end of January 2001.... omg, does that suck or what?
  Reduce your needs, work less and play more you guys, that's all I have to say.
  
  Friday 16: I had a day off and had to make up for the day before. Hence I surfed for 1.5h, took a yoga class for 1.5h, took a fat nap for 1.5h and then went sailing super fun waves with super light wind at Hookipa for 2.5h. Ah, much better now.
  
  Saturday 17: I sailed Hookipa with more fun waist to head high waves and very light wind on the inside. Sunset surf on the south shore with the new south swell on the rise.
  
  Sunday 18: didn't manage to wake up early enough for south shore down patrol, so I'm taking it easy... at this point it's gonna be crowded no matter what. But I know that already, so I won't care and I'll have fun anyway. Where and doing what? Somewhere beautiful and something fun. Plenty of both in Maui.
  
  I don't like posts without photos, so I'll use the Alex files again.
  The one on the top is Nico with a high jump. This one is 12yo Bernd with a backloop.
  
  
  Mark Winslow did this nice SUP surfing video and I'm happy to publish it.
  

  2 WAVES 2 DAYS 1 NW SWELL from Mark Winslow on Vimeo.

  
  
  He makes the SUP Neptune paddles with an interesting shape. I never tried them and probably never will, since I'm living a very NON-SUP phase of my surfing... unless I end up winning the Hookipa rockstar contest, since he kindly offered one of his paddles as a price!
  
  Another potential sponsor for the contest is Maui Fin Company which will add prices to the already existing mast extension from Hot Sails Maui.
  
  So there's nice prices to be won out there, hurry up and go on the rocks you guys!

WaterTurtle

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  Sean Aiken video

  Posted: October 19th, 2009, 4:20am CEST

  Thanks to Alan for alerting to this one...great GoPro video of Sean Aiken sailing the Gorge (Stevenson)...includes footage of sailing away on a plane after looping. Enjoy...
  
  

  Sean wants to take you for a ride on his windsurfer from Sean Aiken on Vimeo.

  

UK Windsurfing Association

• 

  News Elsewhere for 2009-10-18

  Posted: October 18th, 2009, 1:12am CEST by admin

  • Initial results and pics form Tiree Wave classic. [bit.ly] #
  • From @k66uk: Peter Andres show right now on itv2 his windsurfing lessons on it tonight [twitpic.com] #
  • First look at the new RS:X prototype for 2016, and the new colour for the sails. [bit.ly] #
  • Naked Windsurfing at Tiree, typically covered by the Metro and Sun.…

Live to Sail

• 

  Noreaster Day Two-Epic Broadkill Beach

  Posted: October 17th, 2009, 11:46pm CEST

  Balls to the wall lit up 4.5 today
  
  The spot to be today was Broadkill beach. As oppposed to the voodoo chop yesterday, the swell at Broadkill was groomed, and the period between each was such that you could be completly lit and just honking and hit those ramps at full speed.
  
  It was without a doubt the best session i've ever had here.
  
  Nice!
  
  I hereby declare that on a NNE, if the ocean isn't working, the venue is Broadkill beach. No where else even comes close to the epic ramps we experienced today.
  
  
  Bob Ramsay stepped up today and charged those breakers on the outside. He's really come along, and is chompin at the bit to raise his level of sailing.
  
  I'm telling you, Broadkill was firing! On the outside, this spot actually has breaking surf. Big rolling swell, just reach back, sheet in, bank that 77 ltr of that jacking swell and carve it around and back down the face, flip the sail and sheet in! Epic stuff. My home patch just miles from my house. Stoked!
  
  Sure light wind wavesailing kicks all kinds of ass, but balls to the wall bump n jump conditions is pretty fun too :)
  
  
  Andy, get your butt back down here. I think Ken is comin out, and tomorrow is gonna be even more intense than today!
  
  Happy to see John Waters again today, and he sailed a new spot
  
  
  Janis has a scrapbook weekend in full flight right now. Her friend Linda is spending the weekend in Delaware, and the cropping, embellishing, and matting is off the charts! But that didn't keep my most awesome wife from coming out to the beach to take these shots right! Lemme tell you true love is hard to find. I'm blessed.
  
  I'll be spending the night again tonight in the Andy Pierce wing of he Zamboni cave. I'm being served up world class treatment here, and I'm very thankful.
  
  Huge forecast tomorrow! What a weekend!!
  
  Live2sail forever

Maui Windsurfing Blog

• 

  Trade Winds Finally Return

  Posted: October 17th, 2009, 6:48pm CEST by JeffBennett

  Definitely been a lighter than normal October so far, with super light winds on the north shore for about the last two weeks. Kihei has been about the only place with decent wind and even it has been too light to sail on some days.

  I finally got back on the water at Kanaha yesterday after a nearly two week hiatus. Marginally powered 5.7 was the call with some small, mellow surf at Uppers. Good to finally be sailing again.

  Looks like winds should increase in strength today and tomorrow. The forecasters are even using the word “fresh” in the wind forecast description.  After Monday it looks like the weather will get weird for a few days with some wet storminess coming up from the tropics south of us, but then trades should then return late next week again.

  As for the surf forecast, surf along north facing shores will remain 3 to 5 feet through Saturday.

Live to Sail

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  Noreaster Day One

  Posted: October 17th, 2009, 2:04pm CEST

  My original plan was to sail Indian River inlet with Stan. However, the project to retrofit my boom delayed my morning. man lemme tell you that was a project.
  
  I finally arrived at the inlet around 11.30 to see Stan coming back in after his first session
  
  Few surfers out
  
  
  The beauty of Indian River southside is the jetty that knocks down the current and shorebreak.
  
  Great spot that I'll definately adding to my venue list.
  
  However, today the wind was too onshore for any serious wavesailing, so i didn;t see any real benifit to sailing here today. Checking the wind readings, Lewes was blowing 25, so I made the tactical decision to change venues.
  
  
  
  
  Dark and stormy at the Lewes main Beach
  
  powered 5.0 conditions
  
  my retrofited boom with the new head. Thanks Bob! (full post coming later this week on the retrofit process. it was a bi%ch)
  
  
  
  
  
  but on the outside there was this psycho chop which I've never experienced there. so we stayed moslty on inside.
  
  
  Not the funnest day I've had here, but any day of sailing............
  
  The Zambomi is going thru a metamorpahsis. He's more frequently rigging smaller, and get slashier with his style. May have to come up with a new moniker for him.
  
  Andy Pierce
  
  
  Andy has been off the water almost an entire month, but today he picked back up and sailed very well. Way to get on it Andy!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Janis has a friend over and they're scrapbooking this weekend, so I've been kicked out. I'm staying with the Zamboni. Thanks Pal!
  
  Big wind on tap for today, and tomorrow, and the day after that...... Andy come on back tomorrow. Ken, Bob says you're welcome to stay here with us if you can come out tonight
  
  OK, its Saturday morning now, and its been blowing 30 out of the was all night. Bob and I are gonna check out Indian river around 11.30, then proabaly wind up at Lewes again.
  cya in the straps
  
  ps: Bob has a bunk room in Hatteras (Rodanthe) that he has already paid for, but now is unable to go. If anyone is interested, $200 gets you a bed in Hatteras for the entire week. Call Bob @ 410-279-3935

The Official Ezzy Blog

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  Action shots from Crete Island

  Posted: October 16th, 2009, 8:30pm CEST by Tim

  

  “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.

  

CarbonSugar.com

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  The 10-Step Carbon Extender

  Posted: October 16th, 2009, 4:41am CEST by Sean OBrien

  If you’ve been sailing FW for a few seasons then no doubt you’ve broken a mast at some point or know someone who has. Ever wondered what you could do with the broken pieces? With just one ‘bottom section’ you can build yourself a custom carbon extender at any length, which will help prevent you bending your expensive aluminium extension when you are extending it +30cm. In 10 easy steps we will show you how to build an extender out of your broken mast section and impress your friends at the beach.

  INGREDIENTS:

  • 1x mast bottom section (broken or complete)
  • 1x mast top section (to be used as a hammer!)
  • Hacksaw & sharp knife/blade
  • Sandpaper with block (80-120 grit)
  • Acetone & an old rag
  • Epoxy & Q-Cell Filler
  • 300mm x 200mm piece of 200g per m² “plain weave” carbon
  • File (the bigger the better)
  • Bank/Credit card (an expired one!)
  • Plastic cup & stirrer
  • Rubber gloves
  • Masking Tape & a Pen
  • Clear Plastic film (any thickness, any size)
  • Tape measure.
  • Glass of beer (optional)

  Let’s get to work. I would suggest doing this outside (or in the garage if you’d like to escape your other half).

  

  Step 1 – Cutting.

  Cut the broken mast section to a length of 460mm (obviously one end is the bottom of the mast) – important to make the cut square to the edge of the section (otherwise in use the mast will bear on a point instead of the full circumference – refer Step 9.).  You can check by putting the cut edge against the bottom of a mast and marking the high points; sand the high points using 80 grit on a sanding block.

  Step 2 – Sliding.

  Select the section to use as the spigot which needs to be 270mm long (pink section in Figure 1a).  The mast has a taper starting at about 600-900mm above the base.  Slide the ferrule of the broken mast through the mast extender from the bottom until it is a firm fit.  Mark 150mm above the top of the mast extender; this is approximately the top of the spigot.  Remove the broken mast and mark the 270mm spigot + 50mm both ends of the proposed spigot. I use the masking tape to make these markings.

  Step 3 – Knife Me.

  Remove any plastic film/stickers/graphics on the mast so that carbon is exposed (best to use the sharp knife/blade to scrape and remove any film).   Give the spigot  a clean with the acetone to remove any glue used on the film and then a light sand to remove any high spots.  Now slide the broken mast inside the mast extender, get a firm fit – maybe force it a little and then re-mark 150mm above the top of the mast extender.  This point may have moved from the mark you made in Step 2. After you have removed the film and given it a sand, remove the broken mast.

  Step 4 – More Cutting.

  Cut the mast 270mm below the mark made in Step 3. Next, cut the broken mast 50mm above the mark made in step 3.  Now the spigot will be 270mm long + 50mm at the top as a contingency that you will remove later (Step 6) after the spigot is glued to the mast extender.

  Step 5 – Cleaning & Peanut Butter

  Clean the inside of the top of the mast extender and the outside of the bottom of the spigot with acetone.  In your plastic cup, mix up an adhesive paste using epoxy and Q-cell (filler) to the consistency of soft peanut butter and coat both surfaces with this adhesive.  Slide the spigot up from the bottom until you have 150mm + 50mm of contingency extending above the top of the mast extender.  Now with a rag and acetone clean any adhesive on the inside of the mast extender below the spigot (otherwise it will foul the adjustable mast extension).

  Step 6 – Cutting? Oh yes we do.

  When the adhesive is set, cut the extension of the spigot to length – 150mm above the tip of the mast extender.  Next repeat Steps 2. 3. 4. & 5 for the reinforcing cylinder (blue section in Figure 1a).  Tap the reinforcing cylinder into position with a mast top section.  Important to get a firm fit;  it will not be perfect as the taper angles vary slightly, but it needs to be firm!

  Step 7 – Carbon Time!

  When Step 6 is complete before the adhesive sets, you can then build up the diameter of the spigot where it extends inside the mast.  As this section is tapered use 1 layer of carbon reinforcement 150mm long and then a second wrap 75mm long (carbon rectangular strips will be approx 170mm wide – circumference of spigot + 10mm overlap).  Mask the top 50mm of the mast extender to avoid painting with epoxy in the next step.  Give the spigot a light sand and then clean with acetone. Wet-out the carbon with epoxy resin on a film of plastic and then use your bank card to remove the surplus resin.    Apply a light coat of epoxy resin to the surface of the spigot and then lay-up the carbon over the spigot using a gloved hand.  Now you need a strip of clear plastic about 40mm wide that you will wind tightly around the carbon overlapping the proceeding layer by 50%.  If you cannot find plastic, use insulation tape (do not use masking tape – it will stick to the carbon).

  This plastic/tape clamps the carbon around the spigot to ensure a good adhesion and squeeze out the air and surplus resin that may be entrapped below the carbon.  Do this step carefully so that the carbon threads in the weave remain straight (If you try to tighten too much the carbon layer will twist around the spigot).  Position the lap in the top layer at 90⁰ to the lap in the bottom layer.

  Step 8 – File Me!

  After the epoxy has cured, use a file or sand paper to remove surplus epoxy at the step where the mast touches the mast extender.  It is important to have a well defined step to seat against the bottom of the mast.  Now sand the carbon layers on the spigot until the mast will fit; it is preferable to have a firm fit not sloppy. You will need to sand the lapped areas first to remove high spots.  I find it best to get a strip of sandpaper about 50mm wide, 250mm long and use it like you would polish your shoes (covering half a circumference).

  Step 9 – More Filing.

  When the mast will slide over the spigot check that you have good contact around the full circumference at the step; you may need to use a file to remove any high spots.

  Step 10 – Oh yes!

  Drink your glass of beer.

  SAFETY

  Use a pair of disposal gloves to avoid getting epoxy or acetone in contact with your skin.  Step 7 is quite messy as you will have to handle the wet epoxy carbon laminate.  If you get epoxy on your skin it is preferable to use a laundry power to remove the epoxy – not acetone as it is absorbed through your skin and will lodge in you kidneys.

  

  Photos by James Briggs & Sean O’Brien

  

WaterTurtle

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  Great Quote

  Posted: October 16th, 2009, 12:10am CEST

  Found this one on Glen's site:
  
  "The man who has not given himself completely to the sun, wind and cold sting of the
  waves will never know all the meanings of life" - Annette Kellerman
  
  ...That's deep.

UK Windsurfing Association

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  End of Year party

  Posted: October 15th, 2009, 4:41pm CEST by admin

  The details are up and tickets are available... It's on 14th November 2009, at Barnsdale Lodge - Rutland. It will have the usual end of year prize giving, as well as the Windsurfer of the Year. Read on or enter the 2009 end of year party...

Live to Sail

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  1st AND 2nd Noreaster of the Season

  Posted: October 15th, 2009, 12:43am CEST

  
  
  I know all of ya'll have been asking to see the pics from competition. We're almost ready to release them.
  
  
  
  
  
  In the mean time, saddle up for a solid forecast:
  
  
  
  On on the heels of thursday/friday storm, we could get hit with a second wind generator.
  
  
  FRI
  NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11
  FT. RAIN.
  
  FRI NIGHT
  NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 6
  TO 9 FT. RAIN LIKELY.
  
  SAT
  NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
  AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. RAIN LIKELY.
  
  SAT NIGHT
  N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS
  4 TO 7 FT. RAIN LIKELY.
  
  SUN
  N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...
  
  I'm ready! cya out there.
  live2sail

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  lots of surfing these days in Maui

  Fetched: October 14th, 2009, 8:30pm CEST by cammar

  I actually managed to squeeze in a sweet light wind wave sailing sesh on Saturday. No regular water start (only the light wind technique) and a couple of uphauls... that's how light it was. But smooth, glassy waves. At the beginning my timing was a bit off (September has been windy..) but towards the end I did slightly better. Not as good as Pascal, Jake and Peter who are true light wind masters.
  
  Other than that, it's all about surfing. I surfed Paia bay, Lanes, Middles, Kanaha always with the 6.10. Loving it.
  Still glassy conditions for a few more days, then a short spell of trades during the weekend (together with the confirmed south swell) and then the north pacific will go again in El Nino mode, as the following weather map (6 days from today) clearly shows. Doesn't look like a good winter for windsurfers, but the surfers should be stoked. The trick is to be both, so you're always happy!
  By the way, the low south of the islands should bring unusual SE winds and lots of rain mid next week.
  
  
  A couple of shots from the Alex files. There's a few sailors that you can tell just by watching the amount and shape of spray they throw in the top turn. Luke Siver is one of them.
  
  
  
  Polish blog reader Michal sent me the link to his gopro wipeout video. Nice one!
  
  
  It's 6.15am, waves are calling!

Live to Sail

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  First Nor'Easter Of The Fall

  Posted: October 13th, 2009, 3:29pm CEST

  First Nor’easter of the fall is forecasted to impact the east coast this weekend and I’m ready to rock n roll.
  Only question is whether or not I’ll have my new boom head installed in time. I’m certain I’ll be needing it, as it should be pretty intense!
  Hopefully the waves will organized enough to be ridable. 8
  -10 seas…ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh bring it on!
  cya in the straps

TEAMVOSA

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  090909 Ristna Lätisurfaritelt

  Posted: October 13th, 2009, 10:20am CEST

  
  

  090909 Ristna by Jurgis from Krisjanis Tutans on Vimeo.

WaterTurtle

• 

  Sanyo Xacti waterproof digital camcorder/camera for sale

  Posted: October 13th, 2009, 3:42am CEST

  I have two Sanyo Xacti digital camcorders for sale on Ebay:
  
  one is waterproof up to 5 ft deep....
  
  and the other is weather-proof (not submersible)....
  
  both are used but in very good working condition....both also take 6 megapixel stills.

The Official Ezzy Blog

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  Letter from Paul

  Posted: October 12th, 2009, 8:23pm CEST by Tim

  

  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

  

  

TEAMVOSA

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  Reunion Hardcore Classic

  Posted: October 12th, 2009, 11:17am CEST

  
  

  Reunion Wave Classic 09_Final Video from Open Ocean Media on Vimeo.

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  and that's another lovely fetch we got there, lads!

  Fetched: October 12th, 2009, 7:37am CEST by cammar

  This time it's in the south Pacific...
  
  
  That'll send a big south swell around Oct 17th. These "out of season" south swells go relatively uncrowded because there's waves on the north shore. So if it happens that you score thanks to this blog, I'll demand gratitude...
  
  Couple of links.
  As already seen on beachtelegraph.com, Bruno Sillac and Fabrice Beaux posted online the preview of their new video.
  
  Francky has been shooting the awesome surfing action at Hookipa and posted the photos on his website. Nice flash light shots too! And very nice use of facebook albums. Even though I'm not the greatest fan of FB, I might have to think about it.
  
  Too many words and not enough photos? Allright, here's a random shot from the Alex files. For once Levi is not the main protagonist of a windsurfing shot. Don't know the jumping sailor, though.
  
  
  NW buoy clearly on the way up with 7 feet, 10 sec from around 330 at 6am. Nothing yet at the Waimea buoy. Here in Maui, we might see something by sundown this afternoon (Saturday). But there's still leftovers from the previous swell to be caught! I just received a report from Lowers that was still breaking... and with a 10 feet tiger shark in the lineup...
  That calls for an uncrowded session!

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  North Shore Wind Search

  Posted: October 11th, 2009, 8:00pm CEST by JeffBennett

  

  Pascal Bronnimann at Kuau

  Light trade winds returned yesterday and I set out on a north shore search for the best conditions. I thought the best shot for powered up sailing would be Kihei and that turned out to be the case, but Kihei rarely appeals to me. I started out by checking Hookipa since the iWindsurf readings there looked good. Wrong! Turned out to be much lighter than advertised on iWindsurf, plus there was a surf competition going on and all the Hookipa breaks were teaming with surfers.

  Downwind at Lanes there were no surfers out, but it was pretty light. Further downwind I could see a few sailors out at Kuaua, so I headed there to check it out. Still super light, but three sailors, including Goya Sails’ Pascal Bronnimann and Jake Miller were out doing the slog and surf, managing to catch some rides. Got a few photos of that…

  [View with PicLens]

  Continuing on my downwinder I stopped at Baby Beach and Sugar Cove. At Sugar Cove I could see a couple of sailors limping along at Sprecks. Still too light in my book. On to Kanaha.

  At Kanaha there were several people out on the water, all slogging, most just outside of Weird Wave. With northerly winds, Weird Wave was actually looking rideable. But with barely any whitecaps at all, I opted to head back upcountry to escape the hot and muggy temperatures.

  Conditions are looking a lot more promising for the north shore this morning. It’s already reading 20mph from the northeast at Kanaha. It will probably go up and down a few times between now and the 11am start time, but that’s a really good sign that we’ll have some powered up sailing on the north shore today.

UK Windsurfing Association

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  News Elsewhere for 2009-10-11

  Posted: October 11th, 2009, 1:12am CEST by admin

  • Bryony Shaw interviewed in the Oxford Mail. [j.mp] #
  • Medal Races at the Skandia Sail For Gold Regatta – ISAF Sailing World Cup [bit.ly] #
  • Best wave pics from PWA Sylt: [bit.ly] #
  • Best pics from the PWA Sylt slalom. [bit.ly] #

Live to Sail

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  Lewes Main Beach Fires!

  Posted: October 11th, 2009, 12:38am CEST

  Lit up off of the main beach today.
  
  
  
  We sailed the main beach today so Janis could retreat to the truck if some nasty weather rolled thru. I gotta say that the sand bar was firing today. Some of the nicest rollers i've ever experienced here, and the jumps were working off both tacks.
  
  
  
  It was great to meet and get to know Sam Postlethwait. He's from Wilmington and a part of the kite crew out here. I was stoked to see that hes starting to windsurf again!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  jumpin my a$$ off today :)
  
  
  
  Kind of a neat shot huh
  
  Sam hasn't been winsdurfing all that long, and I think he still kites, but i'm certainly not gonna hold that against him.
  
  He can throw some spray.
  
  
  and was ripping out there today
  
  What are you looking at?
  
  
  almost hit that bird, i went right, he went right too
  
  
  
  
  
  This is such a cool shot
  
  
  
  
  
  The sand bar had some really fun swells rolling thru
  
  
  Ooooops
  
  taking turns jumpin!
  
  for joy
  
  
  
  
  
  Sam
  
  
  
  
  Gybing
  
  
  
  
  Hands free
  
  
  
  Checkin out Sam's new board.
  
  
  some sizey rollers coming thru at times!
  
  
  
  
  Delaware Bay beach
  
  
  
  
  Quite a few sailors out today, several launching upwind of the main beach
  
  
  
  so I sailed upwind with to check out who was sailing up there. I think James was sailing alone at the secret spot, and there where a couple others between us. Everyone was just having a blast
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Our thoughts and prayers go out to Bob Ramsey and his family, whose mom passed away last week.
  
  Ken-click on this picture to get a look at the swell rolling over the sand bar. Was so much fun to play on!
  
  I have a hall pass to go down to Hatteras next weekend. I think its gonna rock!
  
  
  live2sail

Maui Windsurfing Blog

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  Maui Windsurfing Computer Desktop Calendars

  Posted: October 10th, 2009, 11:33pm CEST by JeffBennett

  Sitting around on Saturday morning waiting for the wind to come. Got an idea the other day to do something useful with some of the photos I take – make computer desktop wallpaper images. Better yet, why not to it monthly and add the calendar for that month! So, I know we’re already a third of the way through October, but here’s the first Maui Windsurfing computer desktop calendar, featuring Keith Teboul smacking the lip at Hookipa a few weeks ago.

  

  These computer desktop wallpapers are completely free! Just go to the download page, select the size you want for your computer desktop, click that link, save that image to your computer (make sure it completely downloads), make it your desktop and sit back and enjoy. And remember, if you’d like an actual real wall calendar to hang on your wall, check out the 2010 Maui Windsurfing Wall Calendar in the Maui Windsurfing Cafe Press shop. 2010 is coming up fast, get your orders in now before the rush.

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  Maui Wind: Feast or Famine

  Posted: October 10th, 2009, 4:10am CEST by JeffBennett

  When’s the wind coming back? What’s the forecast for the weekend? Next week? As those of you who are here now or coming to Maui soon on your windsurfing vacations know, our trade winds have pulled  a disappearing act. We feasted on trade winds from June through the end of September with scarcely a day going by without sailable conditions. With all the epic conditions we enjoyed in September, I had a feeling we were sailing on borrowed wind. Well, time the time to pay the piper has arrived.

  

  Sunny, blue skies all over today - sign of trade winds returning?

  Light and variable winds have been the call for this last week, with light onshore sea breezes on both north and south shores. SUP weather. This trend looks like it might be about to change, at least a little, for a few days. The last several days we’ve had a lot of vog (volcanic haze from the Big Island) and haze, which we tend to get when the trade winds go away. Today has been sunny and bright everywhere all day long which means we’ve got an overall north breeze going, albeit still pretty light. And the latest forecast from the National Weather Service is sounding a bit more promising for the weekend into early next week:

  A HIGH TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS WILL PRODUCE A TEMPORARY RETURN OF THE TRADES TOMORROW THROUGH TUESDAY…TOMORROW MORNING A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY FAR NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS AT ABOUT 30N 180W WILL MOVE EAST CLOSER TO THE ISLANDS…BRINGING BACK THE TRADE WINDS…ALTHOUGH THEY WILL ONLY REACH MODERATE STRENGTH.

  I’m thinking that tomorrow is still a bit iffy for the average Maui-sized quiver, but still possible, and the same for Tuesday. But Sunday and Monday look pretty favorable. After that, it looks like it’s back to more of what we’ve had this week.

  As for the surf forecast, here’s the official Hawaiian surf forecast from the National Weather Service:

  Outlook through Thursday Oct 15: north facing shores continue to see dropping surf around chest to head high this afternoon. Fresh northwest swell will fill in rapidly overnight with surf potentially reaching the double overhead range tomorrow through the remainder of the weekend. Additional longer period north Pacific energy shows during the first half of next week keeping surf well overhead, and possibly nearing advisory levels mid week. Generally small surf around waist high will persist for south facing shores with top focal areas pulling in inconsistent chest high plus sets through tomorrow, then drop steadily early next week. Light to moderate northeast trades return over the weekend and into Monday, so winds may be more onshore than normal for many locations.

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  that's a lovely fetch we got there, lads!

  Fetched: October 9th, 2009, 10:52pm CEST by cammar

  A bit narrow, but still lovely.
  
  
  That's gonna send us some pretty big waves Sunday and Monday (as predicted on this blog 10 days in advance). The NOAA says that it will be double overhead, but still not high surf advisory (that's 15 feet faces for the north shore).
  Really? What do they know that I don't know? Well, they have access to way more data than I do (like the quickscat surface wind speeds), but I bet that they will change their mind when the swell is going to hit the buoys...
  Look how close the head of the fetch is to us. This swell is going to have a hell lot of energy you guys. Not particularly clean and with lots of waves in the sets and very consistent. So, be careful everyone.
  
  BTW, I don't see any hint of the trade winds coming back in Maui for a looong while. Sunday is going to be light onshore (just enough to fuck up the surf) and eventually sailable in Kihei. And then it's going super light again.
  Plenty waves though. Having dropped 99 bucks for a monthly unlimited yoga classes pass right at the beginning of a long glassy surf spell, wasn't probably a smart idea. I doubt that my body can take two surf and one yoga sessions a day (like today) for that long...
  I don't even know if I can surf tomorrow!
  
  Anyway, here's a couple of shots from yesterday.
  A set hits Pavils.
  
  Horrible drop in by the body boarder and beautiful wave screwed for the surfer. No, that's not the end of the world, but it sure doesn't feel good.
  

20nudos - Windsurf

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  Four dimensions the movie - por rafafuerteventura 08.10.2009 @ 12:50

  Fetched: October 9th, 2009, 10:38pm CEST

  Ya esta a la venta el nuevo dvd four dimensions, es uno de los video mas espectaculares hechos hasta el momento, con una edicion inigualable.Hecharle un vistazo al trailer y pedir vuestra copia en [fourdimensionsmovie.com]
  

The Official Ezzy Blog

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  Great Day in the Ontario Lake

  Posted: October 9th, 2009, 9:56pm CEST by Tim

  Sandbanks Windsurfing Oct 7th,2009 from Nicolas Chapleau on Vimeo.

  

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  Bill Weir- fare thee well

  Posted: October 9th, 2009, 8:03pm CEST

  We lost an icon in the sport of windsurfing this week. Bill Weir of San Francisco succumbed to a year long battle with brain cancer. Like everything in life, he gave it everything he had up until the last minute.
  We knew Bill as a great waterman. His passion for windsurfing went beyond racing as he was an ambassador for the sport- always bringing new people in with his zeal and enthusiasm for the sport and life. He even went on to document the sport of windsurfing with an amazing film on the beginnings of the sport.
  His van and music were icons in the StFYC parking lot for as long as I can remember.
  
  I spent countless sessions with him at Fort Point and on the Friday night course at StFYC but they all seam like a distant memory now. In my first years in SF, he pushed me more than anyone else, owning the Friday night course but always available for a "debreifing" in his van after the racing.
  That was his course and we all knew it. When I was finally able to beat him in a Friday nite series, I was so damn happy. I had so much respect for the guy.
  
  He was larger than life and always fist to the mark.
  
  We'll miss you dear friend.
  Godspeed on the journey ahead.
  
  A memorial service will be held @ 3:30 pm Monday October 12th @ the Saint Francis Yacht Club (adjacent to Crissy Field). More info @ http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billweir
  
  There will be a brief service to honor Bill, followed by a reception at the yacht club.
  In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Surf Rider Foundation and Save the Bay
  Before the service you are still encouraged to walk along the beach at Crissy Field and enjoy the beautiful place that Bill called his second home.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  www.stevebodner.com

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  Anders Bringdal returns to Speed Week

  Posted: October 8th, 2009, 6:55pm CEST by admin

  In 2008 Anders Bringdal broke all previous records at WSW by setting a new harbour speed over 500meters of 38.22 knots. He is back again in 2009 and believes with his new Mistral boards can top 40 knots. Anders will not be alone this year in this challenge, as he will be joined by fellow speed sailor’s from around the world at this legendary event.

TEAMVOSA

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  BIG Sunday Stormas Pavilostas !!!!

  Posted: October 8th, 2009, 11:38am CEST

  The First Storm of 2009 from Māris Minkevics on Vimeo.

Live to Sail

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  Epic Bump n Jump At Tower Road

  Posted: October 8th, 2009, 3:43am CEST

  Ken and I scored some epic 4.0 conditions at Tower today.
  Ahhh. Wasn't the ocean, but it was still tons of fun. Here a few pics.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I sailed all day with my broken HPL boom. I need a new clamp. Low stress area, that i trust in the sound, but I'll be needing something more solid for the next big ocean session.
  
  Anyone know where I can score one? I'd be completely stoked and grateful to get hooked up with a replacement.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ahhhh, still buzzing..... will be tough to sleep tonight for sure.
  live2sail

maui surf/windsurf forecast

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  the Alex files (3)

  Fetched: October 8th, 2009, 12:04am CEST by cammar

  No wind and small (but on the rise) waves here in Maui. Let's grab something from the Alex files...
  
  This is an Israeli guy. I can't remember his name, but even if I did I would probably misspell it. Nice aerial on a beautiful pink Smack.
  
  
  
  

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  Rutland-Report

  Posted: October 7th, 2009, 11:05pm CEST by BobIngram

  Windy Saturday brings down tree at Whitwell. Fortunatley Mikes van and sails survive

  Pictures from Andy

  Main Course

  Saturday’s racing saw far to much wind for course racing with gusts over 45knots, with a difficult Rutland chop. Race Officer Mike spent most of the day out on the water looking for suitable…