Check out Camile Juban at home in Guadeloupe. Some awesome wave and surfing action from the Caribbean action in this clip produced by Ploof Video.
Antoine Albeau slaloms sailing at Kanaha, Maui in April 2013.
Check out BJ Productions latest clip featuring Alex Mussolini’s in La Fitenia, Playa de Las Americas in Tenerife.
Playa de El Cabezo in Tenerife is not the only place where you can windsurf! Playa de Las Americas is the largest touristic resort in Tenerife, and one of the most popular party destinations in the Canary Islands. It is a famous surfing spot with north west swells hitting the coast almost every day.
Once in a while the north west wind creates a good windsurfing conditions, while in the same time in El Medano there is no wind at all. In this short video Alex Mussolini (3rd in PWA last year) proves that he is an universal sailor and that he has the same smooth style in this difficult starboard tack side-onshore conditions.
Adam Sims training in Tarifa, he can tell his story better then we can, so here’s what he had to say about the clip;
I went solo on the the edit with this one, drawing on experience I’ve picked up whilst cutting clips with Josh from BlackLab I thought I’d make a short action filled video that was a bit more out of the norm than most windsurf edits. I wish I’d had more time to put into it as I have a whole stack of clips still including some funny party nights and a ton of moves, maybe there will be a part 2… Anyway here it is, all the action from the trip, the busted foot, the double forward crash that lead me from one hospital to the next in an ambulance and all the spots we went to along the way.
A special thanks to my girlfriend Hanna Poschinger, to Max ‘BR Fins’, Chris and Bertl from Upsidedown.at, Jamie Drummondo and Ingrid Horgmo for filming.
Steffi Wahl finished 5th overall in the PWA rankings. She headed to Cape Town for the warm winter, and here is her latest video a wrap of of her 2012 winter in Cape Town. With her consistent results from 2012, and smooth turns, she is a women to keep an eye on in this years PWA Tour.
The young Fiona Wylde continues to impress at only 15, check out here at Ho’okipa where she’s on one massive swell.
French freestyler Nicolas Akgazciyan bring us his latest clip of his trip to Aruba in February 2013. Here are a few word from Nicolas:
“In mid September 2012, I had a bad ankle injury and it took a time to come back on the water. So after a long period without freestyle sessions and cold weather, I choose to move again to Aruba island, to practise my freestyle moves and prepared the next season, it’ll start the 26 april in Austria. I await that Europe ‘s cold winter will leave. In the meanwhile I have some nice footage of a dream place with warm colours! I hope, you ‘ll enjoy it ! See you on the water!”
Fanatic rider Leoon Jamaer scored great conditions in France, and produced this awesome clip, check it out.
The talented female freestyle for Norway Oda Johanne training in beautiful Bonaire.
Young French rider Benoit Gaudiot, at just 14 has broken 40 knots, his goal for next year, to break 45 knots. The future is looking promising for him as this young speedster stands 6 foot tall and tips the scale at 80 kilos.
“A place where the wind lives” is windsurf freestyle clip featuiring Dahab rider Mohamed abu Aid spring 2013 Dahab Blue-lagoon filmed by Ivan Popretinskiy.
Another great clip from BJ Productions. This one features Pascal Toselli (F 916) a 27 year old French rider and part of the Point-7 Black Team. Last year he finished 15th in the PWA Slalom rankings.
Kevin Pritchard’s latest sport short features Graham Ezzy windsurfing on Maui, Hawaii.
Here’s Graham’s take on working with Kevin:
“Kevin Pritchard has 8 windsurfing world titles and also makes films about windsurfing. Being the subject of his latest sport short, “Take 1”, makes me one of the happiest pro windsurfers on and off the water.
When Kevin showed me the first edit, I got goosebumps (or as they say in Hawaii: chicken-skin). It was surreal to see one of windsurfing’s heroes making a short about me. Some of my earliest memories of watching windsurfing events involve seeing Kevin boost 50 feet in the air before rotating into a delayed forward rotation. Or, when I was 16 and competing as the youngest pro on my second year of the professional windsurfing tour, KP added yet another world title to his collection.
Being filmed by a legend has benefits beyond the cool factor. Windsurfing is one of the hardest sports to film, according to every filmmaker I have ever worked with. The first take is the only take. Each wave breaks differently than every other wave. Framing can’t be planned but must be improvised. The strong winds vibrate the camera and the long lens required to keep a tight frame on the windsurfer half a mile out to sea.
There is only one take for every shot. If that take is blown, the whole shot is gone.
When nothing is planned, having an 8x world champion behind the lens makes a difference. He can read me as I read the waves, anticipating my maneuvers. It’s like a dance to an unfamiliar song with a familiar partner.
KP doesn’t have to imagine what its like to jump 50 feet into the air or drop into a 50 foot wave at jaws. He has done all that and more. When I take a foot off my board during a back rotation, I know that he was the first one to do it, winning a world title off that jump in 2002.
And even with Kevin’s skill, shots still get missed. By some version of murphy’s law it seems that the best moves escape capture and must live forever as a memory. Making a short like this, even just 4 minutes in length, takes a few months of filming.
My favorite part of Kevin’s edit is that it feels really honest: the feeling it gives reminds me of what it is like to be on the water.”
Austrian freestyler Max Brinnich decided to escape the cold winter at home in his f*cked up van, and headed south. His video is done, check it out.
“I just wanted to windsurf” – Max
Clothing brand ION released this awesome clip featuring 5 time World Freestyle Champion Gollito Estredo.