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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Well, today would be an excellent day to be at Ho'okipa instead of Portland...
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 6, 2011 - 04:26pm PT
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Hookipa is double over head and not a breath of wind so the surfing is Great to day! I'm heading out as soon as I get my chores done.
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2011 - 01:43pm PT
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This a quote from a recent interview that I did with Dale Cook.
WM: Dale, what do you think about The ?American Windsurfing Tour
DC: I think it’s awesome Olaf! It’s great to see Sam putting so much energy into promoting the sport of windsurfing. I remember one night about two years ago when me and some friends (including Sam) were playing poker. She informed us that evening that she was going to have a windsurfing contest. I thought she was crazy—but as you know, she pulled it off! It was a great contest and got everyone stoked on the sport again.
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2011 - 05:12pm PT
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Report from Waddell
by AmericanWindsurfing Tour on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:36am
"It's been windy the last two weeks, with good swells mostly in the head high to logo+ range. Winter finally left with a bang late March, after 14 consecutive days with rain... ugh. Since March 28 we've had wind almost everyday, which is normal for this time of year. How windy? Well, yesterday I was at Waddell out on a 4.5 Goya Eclipse and 85L Quatro quad in a 14ft @ 17sec NW swell. I was pretty lit most of the time. Lighter guys (I am 210lbs dry) were on 4.0s and smaller. The wind was perfect side shore, and the waves held up real nice, peeling, and good for 3-5 turns. Awesome. Unfortunately the rain storms from March ate all sand away from waddell's beach, but it's already starting to slowly fill back in. Hopefully by the time the contest is, we've got some decent sand levels. If not, it's slip and slide over the rocks/reef and the waves will break top to bottom HARD on a low tide, compared to when there's sand. Otherwise, it's been mostly the regular ~5.0 days for me. Today is another mid 20mph day, and the forecast calls for at least 3 more days out of five in the 15-25mph wind range. Yep, the season is here and it's looking good. Hopefully this trend will continue well into May! Btw, attached a picture of me at Davenport last week, showing what conditions to expect during the contest."
Aloha
Arnie
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 15, 2011 - 05:40pm PT
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Yer kill'in me here...
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 20, 2011 - 02:29pm PT
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Santa Cruz Classic Update
The Stones are coming!
The legendary Josh Stone is coming back to compete in California and he's bringing his son Harley. Now the US mainland will get to see if Looping is really in the blood! So far we've got 64 riders registered to compete at Waddell and here's the breakdown (Note: some people have entered more then one division):
• 27 EXPERT ... including Kevin Pritchard, Francisco Goya, Kai Katchadourian, Whit and Tyson Poor, Kevin McGillivray, Camille Juban, Francisco Porcella, Nathan Mershon, and maybe even Robby Naish
• 24 AMATEUR ... including David Wells (of waterhound.com), Mark Johnstone (of the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band), Arnout Ter Schure, Ruben Lemmons, Brett Greene and Ingrid Larouche (looking to beat up on some men!)
• 11 MASTERS ... including Ian Boyd, Brian Caserio, Ralf Sifford, Rich Wylde and more
• 5 YOUTH ... including Bernd Roediger, Morgan Noireaux, Jordan Reid, Harley Stone and Nick Dudet
• 4 WOMEN ... including Ingrid Larouche, Carmen Hsu, Leah Doran and Natasha Kowalski. Come on ladies, you still have another week to sign up for FREE!
Come on and join in on the fun. CLICK HERE to register for all the events on the American Windsurfing Tour.
Planet Blow to Premiere
Fabrice Beaux will be coming to premiere the movie Planet Blow during the event. More details to come...watch the trailer:
Planet Blow - The Dark Lines
Whit Poor Clinic at Waddell May 2-4
Do you want to improve your wave riding skills or learn a new big air trick? Join Whit Poor (pictured above by Kevin Pritchard) for a pre-event clinic at Waddell from May 2nd to 4th starting at 10am in the parking lot. Just show up and get some great instruction. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone in the youth or amateur divisions to build on their wavesailing technique.
Wavetrain to play opening night
We're kicking off the Santa Cruz Classic on Wed. May 4th with a band featuring two guys that will also be competing in the event? Local pro and drummer Kai Katchadourian joins up with Mark Johnstone (from the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band) for a not-to-miss show at the Davenport Roadhouse. The band goes on from 8-10pm right after check-in (5-7pm) and dinner (7-8pm).
I was just in the Fast Forward shop the other day and talked with Skyler Haywood son of windsurf legend Fred Haywood and he told me he was traveling to the Santa Cruise event as well.
Good luck to Skyler and all the competitors.
Sam Bittner
AmericanWindsurfingTour.com
Trade Wind Events LLC
PO Box 791701
Paia, HI 96779
(808)280-4419
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 23, 2011 - 07:26pm PT
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Bernd Roediger states his intentions for the American Windsurfing tour in this video interview please follow the links.
http://mauiwindsurfing.blogspot.com/
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2011 - 08:22pm PT
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Former World Wavesailing Champion Francisco Goya will be competing in the expert division of the American Windsurfing Tour. Please check out the interview that he did with Karen Lang and myself in Windsurfing Maui.
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Apr 26, 2011 - 08:25pm PT
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Angulo board bump!
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 26, 2011 - 08:48pm PT
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roxy,My friend Mike Waltze just gave me one of his old Angulo Boards that he had out behind his house in Kuau the other day. It's very dated but I am sure that it still RIPS!
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 27, 2011 - 04:17pm PT
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SUP SHOWDOWN!
The Pistol River leg of the American Windsurfing Tour Has added an exciting addition to the to the already dynamic wave sailing event!
Follow this link for more info:http://mauisup.blogspot.com/
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - May 3, 2011 - 03:35pm PT
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Please check out the article that I put together on Mark Johnstone.
http://mauiwindsurfing.blogspot.com/2011/05/mark-johnstone-maui-wave-sailor-and.html
His Band "WAVETRAIN" will be playing at the Santa Cruz event of the American Windsurfing Tour.
Mark will also be participating in the event as a competitor as well.
You'll also find the Mark is a man of many talents.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jesus loves you O-man, and so do I! Keep rocking the report mon. Anyone ever see Digger Jahrmarkt around there these days?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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And the prize for most persistent OT poster goes to.....(roll of drums, etc):
o-man!
(OK, I'm just teasing. 23/38 posts to this thread, since March.)
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Looks like the Pritchard kids grew up - where does the time go...?
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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What about the Wetter brothers, those guys were way hot before the Pritchards. I remember setting at Hookipa and watching one of the Wetter brothers land what I believe was the first double loop ever done. Pretty rad, I think I might have been the only person to see it.
I also remember seeing Craig Masonville always trying to pull off a 360 on the face of a wave, that guy never used harness lines, kind of crazy. One day Im watching and he pulled it off, perfect 360. I never saw him sail again. I think he quit the sport and sold Hi-tech and moved on to become a preacher. As the world turns.
Hey Oman, is Scott dickinson still making Maui Fins?
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o-man
Trad climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Topic Author's Reply - May 4, 2011 - 08:52pm PT
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Thanks for the input guys and yes I do post when I feel something is valid concerning the American Windsurfing Tour and intend to keep my supertopo friends abreast and informed about this dynamic return to competitive wavesailing in the USA.
Promoting this group of events is my way of giving back to the sport that I am totally immersed in. Windsurfing is my life, meaning that, I make my living from windsurfing and a large amount of my friends are windsurfers.
The sport is only shadowed by one other lifestyle and that is of coarse climbing.BTW:I am really stoked about an upcoming rock climbing trip to Colorado this summer that I am planning. I have deep roots in the Platte,Eldorado,Moab,and the Park.
I just love to share my stoke for the Ocean with my mountain ohana and intend to keep this thread going through the tour and if I don't get too much conflict and if I can get some quality feed back from time to time perhaps we can keep it going into the next season. Surfing and wave sailing is easily as valid as some of the other interests expressed in this forum. "just sayin"
BTW: Nor Cal. guys the Santa Cruz leg of the event is this weekend at Waddell Creek (May 5-8) I wont be able to make this one but intend to be at the Pistol River Event as a reporter and maybe even as a competitor again this year. It's in late June at one of the most striking settings on earth.
I hope that Craig Masonville is making a great impact on the lives of others like he did in the world of windsurfing.
Maui Finns ? I will look into it I ride "Maui Finn Company"
I don't know the Wetter brothers but the level of the sailors here on the north shore is through the roof these days. we have some very dedicated athletes around here.
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