Check out the awesome action from Pistol River as part of the 2013 American Windsurfing Tour. The event started with 2 days of light wind perfect for a SUP contest. The forecast delivered for day four with 10-25 knot winds. Waves were small but enough to get through the entire single elimination. After the long day at the beach Camille Juban won the Single Elimination!
A few last word, we’d like to give a shout out to Sam Bittner who runs the tour, Kevin Pritchard who produce the awesome videos, and Starboard who sponsored the event!
The next AWT event in the Desert Showdown in San Carlos, Baja from July 27th to August 3rd, head over to AmericanWindsurfingTour.com for more details.
The forecast delivered for day four at the 2013 AWT Pistol River Wave Bash presented by Starboard with 20-25 knot wind. The waves were small but there was enough to get through a full single elimination bracket for all the divisions. It was a long day at the beach but it was exciting to see what the riders could deliver in such challenging conditions.
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Day three finally saw the conditions come up enough for the contest to start. The day started with an 11 am skippers meeting followed by some Q&A with tops pro riders Kevin Pritchard, Levi Siver, Camille Juban, Bernd Roediger and INgrid Larouce answered questions. After some board toss and a bit of music pumping on the beach, the wind built enough for jusges Alex Bitoun and Brian Caserio to make the call and start running heats. Conditions were tough but riders made the most of it with plenty of scoring waves and solid results. Check out some photos and the results below.
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Check out and enjoy all the action from day 2012 of the Pistol River Wave Bash, presented by Naish.
You can read a full report on day 2 and 3 here.
Day 2 and 3 are now complete, with the final day, and pro final happening right now! Day 2 saw smaller and less consistent waves than before. So the focus was on the amateurs, women and youth divisions, with the pros on hold. Day 3 the Pro division saw some sweet action, continue reading to find out more.
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