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The Xensr team brings you the best of Punta San Carlos, Baja Mexico along with Solo Sports Adventure. From Windsurfing, Mt. Biking, Surfing, SUP, Motocross, Fishing and more, San Carlos has a lot to offer!
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A quick clip as Tyson Poor and Wyatt Miller go head to head at Punta San Carlos, Baja with some new and some old school wavesailing.
The latest episode of Tourists of the Sea featuring Kevin Pritchard and Graham Ezzy is here! This time they hit up Punta San Carlos for a perfect setup!
I had just booked my ticket to go to Park City to visit my girlfriend when I happened to check the forecast for Tahiti and saw an 18 second interval pop into the forecast window. With the south swells you can get a pretty good idea at least a week in advance, so I saw this massive swell coming. I talked with “Mr. Baja” Brian Caserio and said looks like there is another swell hitting, you want to go. We both grimaced at the thought of organizing, preparing and rearranging our schedules. The desire to get one of the big south swells, made us excited and craving to man up for the adventure. I called up Graham Ezzy and he started looking into it as well.
We kept tossing the idea around over the Santa Cruz AWT event, going back and forth, if we can do it, what is our time frame, how is the swell going to hit and so on. I had just won the single elimination and was pretty happy with that so I was like lets do it. It was a mission. My ticket to Park City was non refundable. So I might as well go see my girlfriend for one day. Hoped on the plane, said hi on Tuesday, then back on the plane on Wednesday, Brian picked me up at LAX, drove to San Diego, slept and hit the road at 5am. Some lack of sleep, some anxiety, and some hints of south swell along the drive, made the drive seem to fly by. Graham had to hook up with another way down as we were full in Brian’s Tundra. We didn’t see them on the road or when we arrived so, they had to be behind us. We arrived to Punta San Carlos to mast high waves and 4.2 wind. It was blasting. One problem, I didn’t bring my 4.2. Shoot. Well lucky for me, the guys at SoloSports carry the new Ezzy Elite sails, and bam I was out on the water. Fully overpowered, mast high, insane conditions. This is just what the doctor ordered. Wave after wave, it was insane.
Growing up in Southern California, Baja is where my brother and I learned to windsurf in the waves. It is the best spot in the world in my opinion to learn to wave sail. This was it, this is what we had dreamed of all our lives, wind, waves, and the biggest south swell of the summer hitting Baja. I had waited 20 years, I know that dates me, but I really had waited 20 years to get this place like with the waves like we had. It sounds cliche but it was a dream come true. I mean for the last 15 years of my professional career, to be able to take time to jet down for a swell when you are competing on the PWA world tour, is pretty tough to pull off. The worlds aligned, it came together and for the next three days, we had all we could handle. Wave after wave, set after set, it was just awesome. I am still glowing from the trip and can’t wait for the next surgical strike.
~ Kevin Pritchard
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Camera: Kevin Pritchard // Brian Caserio // Graham Ezzy
Graphics & Editing: Johannes Neumann
Supported by: Ezzy Sails // Dakine // solosports.net “You just don’t know, until you go!”
SoloSports in Punta San Carlos had an action packed 2013 including an the epic AWT Dessert Showdown plus all the usual windsurfing, Sup, surfing and mountain biking.
2013 was a great year down in Punta San Carlos. The talented riders and guest that came and enjoyed Solosports through out the year all left with smiles at the end of their stay. There was fun to be had every week between Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, Mountain Biking, SUPing and Surfing in one of the most desolated and beautiful spots along the Pacific Coast of Baja. There was non stop action from all the different coaching clinics through the year. the AWT contest, Holidays and everything between. Just can’t wait to see what next year holds for us!! solosports.net
Makani Fins hosted a clinic this October at Punta San Carlos, Baja. From flying in and to the remote camp, to uncrowded near perfect waves, San Carlos delivers.
Another sweet video coming out of the 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown! This time featuring two Sailworks riders, Fiona Wylde (2nd place Pro Women) and Tom Soltysiak (2nd place Amatuer Men). Both tearing up the waves on the Sailworks Gyro.
Some sick action in epic conditions! Levi Siver brings us a quick compilation of his heats at the AWT Quatro Desert Showdown.
One amazing video from the 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown has already surface, you can check that out here with the pro action. Now check out the action clip of the Amateurs, Masters, Women and Youth down in Punta San Carlos.
The 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown in Punta San Carlos will go down as the most epic Pro/Am wave events in history.
The event saw amazing waves and wind with competitors competing on sail sizes from 4.5 down to 3.5. The long heat lengths and super fair “second chance” bracket system has kept a smile on every riders face. Let’s check out the action.
The AWT would like to dedicate the AWT Baja event to Andre Paskowski who passed away today. He truly lived life to its fullest even through hard times. His love for the sport of windsurfing was portrayed in his incredible windsurf film making. He inspired us and his legend lives on in our hearts. – AWT
Filmed by Joey Sanchez, Kevin Pritchard
Additional footage by Jake Miller Xsensor
The 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown in Punta San Carlos will go down as the most epic Pro/Am wave events in history!
Day 4 at the 2013 AWT Quatro Desert Showdown saw more wind and waves with competitors garbing there 4.5’s down to 3.5s. Conditions were epic, riders were stoked, plus long heats and the fair “second chance” bracket system had everyone smiling. Check out the wrap up of the final day of action below!
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A south swell silled in to Punta San Carlos bringing consistent logo to mast high waves at the point that rolled into the Chili Bowl. Competition began at 11:30 and ran all the way until 6:30, with 16 minute heats, and all 4 division seeing some exciting action!
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AWT rider Jay Watermeyer went through his GoPro footage, where he road triped from Portland, OR to Punta San Carlos Baja, for some windsurfing, surfing and mountain biking.
Jay is sponsored by Starboard, Severne, Trident Performance Sports, Dakine, ProMotion Wetsuits, and Slag
Kevin Pritchard and Graham Ezzy step out of their truck into this swell in Punta San Carlos. A quick clip of them ripping on the first day while staying with Solosports Camp in Baja.
Nick Warmuth took a quick trip to Baja, and hit up Punta San Carlos, here’s a quick clip of him catching a sick wave.
Okay, we’ve only got 1 shot from the AWT Morgan Noireaux with a nice one handed backloop above Waddel, you can find more pictures from Day 1 of AWT Santa Cruz 2013 on Facebook, definitely worth a look, and like your favorites! Tons of great pics this week, with a bunch from the Epic Sessions crew down in Punta San Carlos, and a good selection from Europe. But the cover photo this week is Kai Katchadourin smacks the lip at Waddell a few days before the contest began.
