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Παρασκευή 24 Ιουνίου 2011

ROCKETS ON

red bull rockets is live from pozo
not so much wind and waves though
philip coester declared he has a new move landed
lets see if he  will show it or keep it for the pwa contest
foloow the link for live action
http://www.epicsessions.tv/livecasts/

Τρίτη 21 Ιουνίου 2011

ARUBA IS ON

finally some wind on aruba after 2  days with rain and thunders
just saw youp knoking out yegor and mas soltysiak just in 2nd round
interesting comp .....

had a terrible freestyle session argghh but i think the live action will replace it
the forecast for loytsa is still good tomorow sailing @patras and then 3 days in loytsa


Κυριακή 19 Ιουνίου 2011

SPEEED

2 days break from the pwa and ready for action
for the aruba hi winds.
right now the wind is  insufficient for competition so we wait .
as i wrote before i started some slalom sailing for the upcoming
national race 1st of july which will take place in my favorite beach drepano
i don't have any fotos yet and nor i will because i find it boring
to watch fotos of a guy just going fast or jibing but
i do have the video of the speed race we had about a month ago
so enjoy the really good work of panteliz



Speed Windsurfing Championship 2011 - Greece from Panteliz Photography on Vimeo.

there is a good foreccast for athens from tuesday on ,that i will follow
hi wind freestyle action  in nissakia  loytsa  and maybe some slalom also
hope it's getting windy in aruba

  

Τετάρτη 15 Ιουνίου 2011

CHOCO- LATE

marvelous action in bonaire
i can admit i have never been so attached to my pc 
bjorn saragosa has made an exceptional appearence in day 2 
(as predicted from this blog )
and once again it was heat gollito againist steven that was
the most impressive but this time not only about the action 
but also for steven's tactik ,
i was discusing with a fellow ex windsurf racer about this 
and it remind us of a race track tactik
he had gollito in front and matching every move BUT adding something more 
perfect. if you consider it 
maybe we also have to  think that steven is one of the less sailors that 
can do all the moves 
but if we are geting there and all or most of the fleet can do
 all the moves , that  tactik is coming on it is going to be another thing 
obviously taty's alternative tactik of busting out moves that no one does 
is not so effective (when it comes to top 4)
enough with tactiks 
i really want to refer to choco frans who was NOT sailing for 
1.5 year and just started again   a litle bit before the event
showing ,what is frequently told by both his brothers , that 
he is the most talented of the frans bros,
i don't remember any one having stoped for such a long time 
and in his first comp going 7th place with so much style. taty's speed 
and tonky's pop .
huge respect to him ,and hope it is not too late for him 
to get full sponsored and show us more of what he can do 
wind is picking up in bonaire in the afternoon so it's
time to get the beers and the pizza's

Δευτέρα 13 Ιουνίου 2011

BON-AIR

seriously that was ridicilus .
as expected all the fleet shown crazy action
in the  perfect  playground of lac bay lagoon .
air moves, double air moves and latest combos .
highs and lows of day one :
saragosa was out of form in his second heat and lost
but pay attenchion to him today
youp throwed out nico akgazciyan
and in the batlle of the young guns dieter won againist sheffy
but i think both will move up today
last but not least tilo eber going in the semis after his injury last year
quite impresive!!
tighter heat was steven vs gollito in the losers final
but i think double elimination will show  us
more close action
lets see.....

Κυριακή 12 Ιουνίου 2011

LIVE IS ON

bonaire is starting and pwa has live streaming on
no words



Παρασκευή 10 Ιουνίου 2011

2012


while in sardinia and waiting for the wind, that never came, 
i had the opportunity to see some of the 2012 equipment .
particulary the new twintip and superstyle from RRD  and the 
new jp freestyle board.

new shape at last from the italian brand 












 the new superstyle 5.2












 felt really light in the hands

























new shape for ricci with the add of side channels
(not succesfull choise in my opinion)












230x63x100  and 230x60x90













and the new gun for egor












really wide












 and flat rocker












egor says it is woring better than the old board
which makes sence since the old board was not working that good
the shapes in this one looks better also in the eye
opposite to RRD, JP took of the side channels which they
tried for one year.
thats with the new equipment back in patras
sailing for 2 days at last after so much waiting in the beach.
started some slalom sailing for the upcoming greek race
felt really good and fast but still need to improve some stuff
easy with such a forecast ,4 more straight days  of wind  :)


Τετάρτη 8 Ιουνίου 2011

TOW IN

on the way back to greece and with a  superb forecast for patras and
my favorite spot drepano ,couldn't ask for more .
i found some time (and fast enough internet connection) to upload
some pics of the tow in comp
unfortunately because of the flu and the weakness followed i didn't
participate .
to tell you the truth i am not so amazed by this new fashion ,
for sure it is a way to keep the sailors and the spectators  busy
but in  this occasion i prefer to watch than to be towned in
anyway it seems that in italy there is a lot of trainning
because most of the italians were very kind of the situation

gigi air funnels














while  mattia fabrizi ponches













move of the warm up was this ponch from soouza
who went up from the small wave of the boat












kenny jansen from belgium was also in the final
and very used to tow in













 adam sims was trainning in home before this event












and then was capturing the  action












he was one of the less that captured this matador
the first one ever landed ,at least from what steven says
for sure the first he tried
(sorry for the foton quality  )













stam was on the top 8 final












 while alex didn't make it landing this burner













on the final the next day weather conditions were not good
for fotoshooting so no fotos of that
propably you already have seen the results on the net
julien was good also but i didn't find any picture of him :(
weather was generali not good for the event as we didn't have any
wind but the first day that we arrived .
anyway i took a trip to a small island near the spot
called la madalena and it was really beatiful












i leave you with that foto and will come back later
with full report of the trip and maybe something new
of the good days coming here in patras
where our ship just arrived

ps: no more italian espresso  arghhhhhh

Σάββατο 4 Ιουνίου 2011

SARDINIA ON FIRE


first day we arrived in sardinia the wind was there, unfotunately it
was the only day that it was like this so far .
after the long trip ancona -bolongia-firenze-livorno through cloudy autostrade












boat from livorno to olbia and olbia to porto liscia
we made it to the beach

first day we arrived in sardinia the wind was there, unfotunately it 
was the only day that it was like this so far
so here is a collection of fotos of me and the riders  that 
were on fire that day  .


getting my 4.4 loco ready












stam went for no handed burner and managed to
nail it !!!















andrian was sailing good but parting better...


 my opponent in the single adam  and cureently no1 in the seeding
is totally on fire














alex is sailling constant in all conditions












last years italian champione and super hot local
stefano lorioli is sailing great withh strong winds













dieter was for sure one of steven's contender's
for the victory here in sardinia
and in my opinion this kid has great future












and finaly me












had a better session when the wind got lighter
and made the move of the evening session a full speed double eslider

now there is already 2 days with no wind
we started a towin competition which will end today with
the finals
in the qualification as in the session described above it was for sure steven
that was 1 or maybe 2 levels up from any other
in the sailing i didn't have to mention it i think
BUT as far as the tow in is concerned  yesterday
he went for burner 900 in the first try nail it
and then he tried for the first time matador
and did it
there is no more words that can describe this
forunately there is a video that will come up soon
that's it for now
i'm off to the beach to enjoy a perfect espreso and watch what
this crazy but way talented guy will come up with to
make us go wild again

pics of the tow in coming soon 

Πέμπτη 2 Ιουνίου 2011

MILOS UPDATE AND SARDINIA ROAD TRIP PART 1

away from a proper net connection for some days now due to
road trip from lefkada to sardinia .
as  i make this post i am siting in the beach in porto  licsia enjoyinn'
italian espresso (can't taste better).
so milos beach was not a success ,we had to cancel the heat 3 times
then last day we started but i had a bad heat failling a bob and a sw chachoo
but also some nice moves













photo credits Flora Bikich Photography/EFPT
on the other hand jaccobo my oponent made more moves without falling
and won the heat












competition unfortunately didn't finish due to lack of wind
and the last heats that were counted was really not suposed to
anyway from milos and this scene












started a roadtrip to sardinia and the next stop of the efpt
first stop preveza




and then beatiful igoumenitsa


bargo to itlay