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Firing

The Double Elimination's already underway at Pozo for the final day of the PWA Gran Canaria Grand Slam. 

Yesterday's video is on the PWA website, so let's see if Seadi can fight his way back up the ladder or if local hero Koester can defeat event leader Victor Fernandez.

In the meantime here's Robby Swift's Pozo 2010 video update.

Party time in the Gorge tomorrow night.Details of the EpicSessions.tv ShadowBox JumpOff prizegiving party at the Waucoma Club in this clip

Windsurfing Magazine declare the best light air boards for speed.

Plus, they and Naish are inviting you to Baja for the 'Naish Bash' this September!

Ant Baker reminisces about the '97 Fiji O'Neill PWA World Cup on Namotu.

It's been firing here on the Irish West Coast - Oisin Van Gelderen got some more shots of the past week's sessions.

I love the Chile video on JP Australia's website.

Weekend Roundup

A hectic weekend's action worldwide...here we go with a swift summary and some heads-ups on upcoming action too.

Sad news for the Spanish Olympic Windsurfing team and for friends and family of RSX Coach Kim Lythgoe, who died in a tragic diving accident in the Maldives. You can leave condolences thoughts and memories at his Facebook page.

Not bad for 12-yr olds...

Youp NB-12, Rover NB-17 bonaire freestyle kids 2009 from youp schmit on Vimeo.

Thanks to Al Bentley for this movie too.

Naxos Freestyle Windsurf 2009 from Al Bentley on Vimeo.

Steve Thorp went speedsailing...

GP discusses Sylt vs. his dreamtour. Congratulations to the winners anyway for some super valiant efforts.

Wind spotted a Robby Naish-esque 4-strap wave Quad of Seadi's at Sylt.

Some Maui media treats in store soon perhaps?

Crazy conditions on a Canadian lake.

Just 3 days 'til the final EFPT event of the season in Naxos, Greece.

The East Coast Fall Windsurfing Regatta , Long Island, is a go for October 10th.

Old and New

A new website from UK Freestyler Tom Parsons.

Bad luck and a good effort regardless by Allison Shreeve on her Bass Straight Crossing.

Speaking of mammoth crossings, it'll be 25-yrs this Fall since Aristocrat and pioneering legend of Windsurfing  - Baron Arnaud de Rosnay  - disappeared. He may be gone but he'll never be forgotten.

Thumbnails of 2010 gear and Ho'okipa action.

Some good 'ol Super 8 [surfing] film for a grainy retro feel.

Video lessons with Bill.

A new event added to the the EFPT Schedule.

Crazy CapeTown on U-Ride.

A Point 7 demo event in Sardinia. (German)

Another JP Australia Young Guns' Camp  organized by the PRO CENTER Christof Kirschner in Prasonisi, Rhodos, Greece has has been announced.

Guest stars will be 3x Wave World Champion Kauli Seadi BRA-253 and Andy Chambers K-540 from the JP team.

Here's the official Press Release:

YOUNG GUN CAMP

Prasonisi – 6-13th August 2009

Starting 6th August a one week freestyle and wave training for youngsters will be held at the Pro Center Christof Kirschner. A maximum of 40 participants will be coached by the world’s best riders and professional coaches in the disciplines freestyle and wave.

Kids from many nations will share their passion for the sport and improve their skills in an amazing way!

A professional video team will accompany the youngsters and record hour by hour. With all their experience they will cut the daily video immediately. Only a few hours after the training the video will be ready and presented to the kids on a wide screen. We’ll also put it straight on the internet.

So all friends, parents and relatives have the opportunity to follow the camp on a daily basis.

This year's big surprise: the world cup heroes Kauli Seadi and Andy Chambers will join the other coaches and show some sick action on the water!

Like last year Steve Chismar will be head coach. Steve has been working as an editor and tester for the German Surf Magazin for more than 10 years. He started windsurfing at the age of 12. Steve managed a windsurf school on Corsica for 2 years, thereafter he worked as a head-instructor for Naish Hawaii on Oahu and as a centre manager for MichelBouwmeester for 12 years. His motto: Windsurfers for peace!

We are also very happy to have the coaches Manuel Vogel and Jonas Holzhausen with us again!

Manuel is windsurf instructor at the University of Kiel in Germany. He speaks English and French and is a licensed VDWS surf instructor. Manuel has been testing for the German Surf Magazin since 2004 and is a true walking freestyle – move library.

Jonas is an educator at the Russee youth centre in Kiel. His focus is on experiential education and he arranges organized activities for young people. In addition he is a licensed VDWS surf instructor and teaches windsurfing at the University of Kiel. Since 2004 he has been part of the test team of the Surf Magazin and like Manuel he is a real freestyle pro.

 For further details check out our website

www.prasonisi.com

e-mail: [email protected]

phone : +43-316 318606

Meaty Mothers' Day

Only Timo Mullen could persuade his Mom to fly over from Ireland to England to see him on Mothers' Day, then miss the return flight home and drive overnight to Scotland to take shots of him windsurfing World-Class reefbreak Thurso instead.

Here's Timo's side of the story. "I couldn't get anyone to do the 14 hour drive with me so I drafted in  my Mum and Dad who were over visiting from Ireland...

Only problem was that Sunday was Mothers' Day, which meant missing my wife's first ever Mothers' Day as well as dragging my mum all the way in a van to the cold cold north of Scotland.

Anyway 'we' scored some amazing conditions, 3.7m logo high point break on the first day, then two sessions the next day both side shore, 4.2m  on a pretty hollow and shallow break in front of a Nuclear Power station!

I was using my Evo 70 and a Kode 80. It's one hell of a drive but well worth it for the conditions!"

Well the family that plays together stays together I guess? Thanks Mrs Mullen. You're a gem. And a pretty hot shooter too.

Wind reports on Google Maps - well done Windfinder. (Also check out and/or add a listing to the biz directory.)

German star Michiel Bouwmeester's opening a new Pro Center in Sardinia.

Not very windsurfing related but very important news.

Kauli goes SUPing at home.

GP's knackered. But not too tired to post you shots of gusty, windy Maui.

A link to some nice Galician conditions on Continent Seven's homepage.

Video of Alice Arutkin in South Africa and pics of Boujmaa Guillol who's currently in Marseille on U-Ride.

A front loop gurantee.

Here's a Press Release from JP Australia:

JP / HARRY NASS WINDSURFING CAMP IN DAHAB
20.-27 August 2009
with Micah Buzianis US34 and Robby Swift K89

powered by JP Australia and
Harry Nass Surf and Action Center, Dahab/Egypt

After the successful events in 2007 and 2008 this one is going to be even bigger a better.

Many windsurfers would like to become faster, some have considered to compete in a Slalom event – just for fun - but were not sure if they are actually good enough to do so? Or they simply want to get their jibes finally to perfection? If you are one of those guys - this camp will be excellent for you.

Micah Buzianis, US34, top PWA Slalom Racer from Maui Hawaii, Robby Swift top PWA Wave rider and Slalom Racer and head coach Dirk Muschenich, former winner of the German Windsurf Cup and now professional windsurf coach plus Harry Nass and his team will tune your speed and jibing to perfection.

Don’t worry this camp is not aiming at semi professionals – while they are still welcome – but  at people who simply love windsurfing, enjoy speed, want to get faster, improve their jibing and maybe get a bit involved in racing. Or some might simply join because they enjoy sailing with  a group of people.

In groups of maximum 10 people you will find out about how to
- trim and fine tune your equipment
- get faster (GPS)
- improve your jibing and bring it to perfection
- jibe around a buoy in the middle of a racing fleet
- do Lemans beach starts
- do boat starts
- get your body ready for slalom and speed (Gym, Nutrition)
- win races

As you can see jibing is a very important point. Jibing is the one thing which decides between enjoying windsurfing or hating it and most races are won by the best jiber in the fleet.

To achieve this you and your coaches will use the latest equipment
- start boat
- video analyses
- GPS devices to check your speed

At the end of the camp we will have a Slalom competition. The winner will get a brand new JP Slalom board.

If you are concerned that this sounds all too serious - don’t worry, there will be plenty of fun. We really want to emphasis that you don’t need to be a top-level windsurfer to enter this camp. If your main goal is to become a confident jiber and get that bit faster so that you can upset your friends a bit by overtaking them – you will enjoy this as well as everybody who wants to start racing and get ready for it or those who already race and want to get better. There will be various training groups with various levels and goals for the week.

The EUR 190,- package price include:
- one week camp with Micah, Robby, Dirk, and Harry’s team
- a JP/Harry Nass Windsurfing Camp Lycra
- participation in the final race
- price giving party

You can bring your own equipment or rent the latest JP and NP stuff from Harry Nass.

Art for Art's Sake

I'm in a Thursday arvo, hurry-up-the-weekend daze. Maybe you will be too?

What a shot and what a Blog from Pozo Pro Photographer Dani Miguel.

Looks like these guys have a lot of fun surfin' and sailin' together - and on the Med too.

Yes. You're right. I've been drifting through a load of Blogs looking for ones with arty shots and a wholesome feel.

Aaarrgh watch out - Killer Fish! (Personally I wouldn't trust any shaper who didn't wear a Ramones T-Shirt. Would you?)

Finally, WIND magazine invite you to snap out of being mellow with some snaps of World Cup Slalom Superstars Albeau and Buzianis testing JP Australia Prototypes in South Africa and a super-radical UMI Pictures video of Ricardo Campello at Pozo.

I think I'll take the Air Taka or Goyta Poll down after the weekend so please watch the video and vote now in the Poll to the right before I remove it Monday morning. Thanks!

Pre-Weekend Roundup

Finn Mullen sent in a couple more pics of his session on the North Coast of Ireland - thanks to his youngest brother Tam for taking the shots.

You can also see a sweet sequence here too.

The Fuerte Wave Classic's now showing a video link.

WIND Mag also have some nice shots from Gilles Calvet along with some [French but you can use google translate] commentary.

I guess WIND see that this event's going to be spread all over the net anyway and have decided to cover it well themselves? A good move but I'm sure they'll save some good stories for the print edition!

The Quick Interview quiz Ricardo Campello.

Phil Horrocks talks about his JP experience in Cape Town in a nice action video.

The PWA find out Kevin Pritchard's 'Kode to success'.

However this 'Kode' might not be exactly true...most pics of KP at CV appear to show him on a twin fin...not the single-fin Freestyle/Wave model Kode.

That 'aint no Kode! Pic JC/PWA.

Once again, it seems strange to make a big deal of something when it's perhaps not strictly the truth eh? Perhaps KP only used it in the single elimination final then chose his regular boards when they arrived?

We've discussed this here before, and although people understand pros use customs and protos, it's another thing to make a claim that they don't, which causes damage to the brands that do actually act as they say they do.

I Just can't Get Enough

Check out Mad Maarten's Windsurfing Wallpaper collection.

A little present from WIND mag and the Traversa family.

It's not quite Windguru but...(Thanks to Hugo for the link.)

SimmerStyle are showing video from Cape Town, plus an interview with Cyril Moussilmani and some Maui snaps from Kai Katchdourian.

Boardseeker are also showing a movie of the Big Bay Classic wavesailing event.

Windsurfing Magazine have their latest board test videos online.

I can't get enough of this Air Funnel. While you're at Continent Seven why not read their interview with Peter Volwater?

Carbon Art shaper James Dinnis won the New Zealand Slalom nationals.

Next year the organizer's want to attract racers from all over the planet to join the fun in their beautiful country.

You can read a more detailed summary of this year's event at Surfer Today.

Time to visit Dr. Schmock.

www.MauiWindcam.com has tons of fans, but if you're not one yet you can become a groupie and tell your friends about it at Facebook.

German PWA Freestyler and filmaker Andre Paskowski's entered the Blogosphere.

No news yet from Normen Günzlein, but I'll post something as soon as Normen or perhaps his sponsors are in contact.

Albeau Video

Here's a video from JP Australia showing their latest high-profile signing, Slalom World Champion Antoine Albeau, in action on his new equiment.

Within the movie, former Wavesailing World Title winner Jason Polakow interviews Antoine on his switch to JP, and welcomes him to the team.

Globe-Trotting

Windsurf Journal (French Language and Google translated page) have a useful news link to a windsurfing travel resource on Maui, Morocco, Maui, Australia and more by globe-trotting Frenchman Jérôme Pajaud.

Roberto Hoffman, who's also the PWA's excellent commentator, is hosting clinics with Italian Tour Operator Hollywind in Dahab, Egypt next month.

Here's some more pics of Kauli's Quad - looks like the Quatro logo's been removed now...

The Fanatic T-Shirt comp is still open...a lot of you are really showing your age.

Quadimoso

Here's some news from Kauli Seadi in Cabo Verde.

And here's what Josh Angulo says about Kauli and those much talked about Quatro/JP Quad-Fin boards. "Kauli showed up early in Cabo Verde. His hunger to win here again is evident and his sailing is looking up to the task.

Just  as most people are striving to try and mimic his unique style by riding similiar twin fins, Kauli has been sailing here on a  little Quad.

He's shown some clear moments of brilliance on it and looks as though, when he gets them in the groove, that he's got great drive to propel him to where he wants to be on the wave.

All in all , I'd say Kauli is definitely on the extreme edge of R&D, and here in Cabo Verde he will be the main challenger for the title."

Windsurf Journal (French language) have a great story on a great achievement by a great man. (Google translated version here.)

Some nice pics of Chile on the Ezzy Blog.

Nayra Alonso's still in WA on the Starboard shoot. Is McKercher letting one rip in that underwater shot?

Phew. It's hot in here.

Gulp. These'll cool you down.

Hee's some information on the 2009 Raceboard and Mistral One-design World Championships.

Please check back in for more later - and who knows? Maybe I'll announce the first winner of the Fanatic T-Shirt quiz?

Uncut

Maui's Top Dog Blogger GP Cammaro gives it to you uncut.

And Tom from Hot Sails went boom-cam crazy too.

Chris Pressler's been testing Starboards  in 'Nam.

The Black Local enjoyed Ho'okipa too.

JP sent out a Press Release containing an interview with Antoine Albeau.

I've uploaded the [Word] file so you can read it uncut. Antoine's contract with JP/NeilPryde started February 1st.

WIND magazine (French) have an interesting piece on how up-and-coming youngster Camille Juban was refused entry to the Cabo Verde World Cup.

 With old-skool riders like Goya being allowed in instead, Juban is feeling the cold wind outside of the PWA Top-32.

However some youngsters such as Kai Lenny and Graham Ezzy have been given Wildcards, which is great in terms of seeing fresh blood, but a bitter pill to swallow for a youngster with experience.

What are your views on this? Should Juban have been given his chance? Please leave any comments below. Thanks. (No sign-in required.)

Continent Seven posted something 'Baltic' to contrast those balmy images of Maui. Check out the link 'Halliday' on their front page.

Boards Mag report a new Ocean Source clinic in Morocco with John Skye and Nayra Alonso.

Mind you, 'Skyeboy' is out for a while after picking up an injury in Cape Town. Let's hope that heals swiftly before Cabo Verde.

Planche Mag 316 is out on the stands.

That's all for now folks. Please leave any news of other new print issues out or hot links in the Comments section underneath. Thanks.

Snapped

Caught on film. It's official. Severne have signed one of Windsurfing's most successful riders ever - Karin Jaggi, seen above in Western Australia.

Elsewhere, Makani made videos while the sun didn't shine.

Josh Angulo's been unlocking and unloading his Magnums. Schmokin.

C7 Interview World Wavesailing Champ Kauli Seadi. Seadi states that Werner Gnigler 'shapes exactly what I ask for' but there is no mention of his ongoing relationship with Quatro.

Deepfried report that Carbon Art are looking for team riders.

Top photographer John Carter is hustled into the Starboard corner to confess everything. (Video).

U-Ride treat you to video action from Tasmania, Vintage Fiji PWA footage, and news from Surfrider foundation. (If you haven't already, please don't forget to vote in the Environmental Poll on this page).

More later. Otherwise, if there are any hot links to be checked-out then please leave them in the Comments section underneath. Thanks.

Here's Karin on her new Code Red.

Fresh Air

JP have a video from the Big Bay Classic won by international team rider Phil Horrocks on his geniune Werner Gnigler boards...

World Champ Kauli Seadi just went on a boat trip to the Caribbean. I'm not sure if this is set to be published in magazines but personally I'd prefer to read this kind of story in print.

Lot's of websites got sent the PR for this trip but I hope by putting it online so briefly it's not spoiling what could be an extensive feature in a 'real' windsurfing publication.

Windgirls magazine focus on a future star - another feature that would be a good read on a beach between sessions. What do you think?

GP  takes you for a ride at Kanaha. A perfect piece of online windsurfing journalism.

You gotta love U-Ride for scoring original content. Today they're showing a Freestyle clip of the Bonaire crew raising the bar for the 2009 PWA Tour.

Fuerteventura Wave Classic Press Officer Steve Palier enjoyed some storm-force sailing at Brutal Beach in the South of France. Steve also sent links to more pictures of the action from Prisca and Fred.

Something handy for Tow-In teams.

Some good news for Ben Proffitt.