Italian freestyle Pro Jacopo Testa gives us a nice example of an Air Kabikuchi.
After a ground-breaking day of hurricane-strength windsurfing, six sailors – Marcilio Browne, Dany Bruch, Victor Fernandez, Robby Swift, Julien Taboulet and Thomas Traversa – advance to Mission 2 of Red Bull Storm Chase.
With wind speeds peaking at over 70 knots and angry, 20-ft waves, the ten competitors on Mission 1 completed three rounds of competition at two spots in Brandon Bay, Ireland.
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Multiple times freestyle PWA World Champion Gollito Estredo in El yaque and Adicora.
Max Rowe is one of UK’s top freesylers, climbing up the PWA freestyle rankings, and has spent some time in Brazil for the last couple of winters. Check out this awesome movie, that was put togeather by Blacklab’s Josh Willmot.
Japan was recently host to a windsurfing event the “World Performance 2012”, in Decemeber of last year. Francisco Goya, Victor Fernandez Lopez, Daniel Bruch, Graham Ezzy, Camille Juban, and Tyson Poor hit up Omaezak, Japan for the event, here’s the result of the action. The clip also includes local riders Masahiro Motohashi, Takahumi Noguchi, Tomoo Ishihara, Yoshiaki Nagamatsu, and Yuma Kobayashi.
It’s important to realize how much correct sail tuning can affect performance and your fun on the water. Downhaul tension and the overall luff curve of the sail is affected by the downhaul measurement, so it is very important to achieve the optimal setting for your session.
You probably know about the luff measurement marked on your sail, for example 12cm, and you set your base to 12cm. But did you know each manufacture might have slightly different measurements, so if you are using a different brand extension this could be crucial. So although not noticeable to the eye, a centimeter can make a large difference So use this method to confirm your specs.
When designing sails, manufacturers measure the downhaul from the bottom of the mast to the perpendicular projection of the bottom corner of the sail pulley. That information is
then printed in the sail.
The downhaul is one of the most crucial steps to rigging. It controls the shape of your windsurfing sail and can’t be changed while sailing. Finally, confirm that your tack pulley is as close to the base pulley as possible.
Check out the video where Artur Szpunar of Maui Sails explains how to tune and measure your downhaul settings according to the sail specification box.
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It was hard to pick a cover photo for this week. We’ve got Robby Naish’s signature style at Ho’okipa, and Graham Ezzy who gave an amazing show also at Ho’okipa, but the one photo of Levi Siver stood out!
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Camille Juban shows us a sick example of a 360 off the lip.
A few hours ago, the first of 3 contests for the Red Bull Storm Chase got the go ahead. 10 riders are headed to Ireland, trying to beat the storm that is expected to hit Ireland West Coast on Sunday. Boardseeker who are familiar with Ireland are saying swell could reach 30-40 feet, with winds up to force 10, that’s around 50 knots. It should be a gnarly contest, and we’ll keep you posted with updates when ever possible. The Red Bull Storm Chase website will go Live tomorrow, featuring frequent updates and videos.
Quatro shaper Keith Teboul discusses setting up a Quatro board with fixed fins. Although targeted to the Quatro’s fixed fin setup, his basic principles are the same for all boards.
Footstraps – Back for a quicker shorter turn, and forward for a longer turn with more drive. Also Heavier you may want to be more forward and lighter sailors further back.
Mast Track – Back for easier tighter turning, and forward for more drive.
Don’t be afraid to go out and come back in to adjust settings!
Latvian freestyler Jevgenijs Gavrilous traveled to Crete, Greece over the summer of 2012. He sailed almost every day, despite a knee injury. And it sounds like he has a great wife, “Also these was ideal surfers honeymoon trip. Thanks to wifey for filming.” Enjoy this clip fromt eh talanted Jevgenijs Gavrilovs.
It’s a bit painful to watch as this brand new board is cut in half for a warranty replacement, due to a defect in the Fin Box. It’s standard procedure for board manufactures to ask for evidence that the board is cut in half before a warranty replacement is shipped. The poster on youtube states, “In the name of profits It is preferable the resources go to waist before some can enjoy it for free, making sure people have to pay.”
Let us know if you agree or disagree with the practice. We’re torn, so many people would love to have that damaged board, which could have been repaired. But people would likely abuse a system where the board manufactures would send you a replacement, and allow you to keep the slightly damaged board.
This video comes from French Guadeloupe, a spot called Batri. Bati hosted the GPE Windsurf Tour 2013, which had excellent conditions, and allowed a double elimination to be run, check out the some of the action in this clip, featuring Tainos Soukouss.
Victor Fernandez, with Fanatic International brings us this action packed clip! Watch as Victor Fernandez throws top level moves showing us why he’s Vice World Champion at Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria.
18 year old Felix Spencer, from the West Coast of Australia, brings us this clip of 5 wave sessions before breaking his ankle. Felix is sponsored by RRD Boards, Severne Sails, 2nd Wind Sailboards and Esperance Sail & Surf.
We hope he heals quickly!
