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Τρίτη 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

THAT WAS FUN

ok you sit in the beah crowd watching  there is sun there is some waves
but there is no wind . well PWA come up with a SUP race that was really
fun to watch .2 heats with 3 teams each and the final with the 2 winners
and the best second time  nicee. there was some drop in small waves
some drops and some head to head chasing with the paddle and
off course ben proffit commentating live
and then campello and marcilio browne did a tow session with jumping
   of the waves












pic PWA /jonh carter
not a tow  in foto
i really do not find any other alternative  more amusing
thumbs up.. (also for the replay 's from the live streaming production team ) 

Κυριακή 25 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

TOW IN IMPRESSIONS

after the pwa tow in supersession in sylt is finished
and preety stoked from the action i saw live ,
i kind of have a bit of confusion about the judging .
having myself being towed in and watched couple of
this kind of competetions.
there is some things that are common between the sailors about
what is easier and what is not  while tow in for example
tonky did a very high sw kono that was really underscored
for the difficulty of this move perfomed at the back of a jet ski












pic PWA/jonh carter
as julien mas also did a culo,












pic PWA/jonh carter
which is a normal stance move way more difficult than
 sw stance in tow in (not only )  and also did not get the
 scores it should ..
i think there should be a discussion about the judging in tow in
and the way the contest will take form   because as it seems
it is getting more than a trend.
marcilio browne let's say  was really unlucky to have
the 3rd bigest overall move but not  pass in the final  .
so maybe the  top 4 or 6 scores will go through to the final ,since
it is a supersession and not a elimination contest .
any comments....?



Σάββατο 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

TWEET TWEET

found some time to sign up with twitter at last
so if you like to follow me just click on the
pic   on the right of the screen under the sponsor links.
i also just watched pwa tv live review of the
1st day of the sylt world cup ,i thing
finnaly windsurfing is in the right way
hope it will work out fine .

except campello coming back to freestyle
there is also another comeback in slalom
usual beach commentator roberto hoffman
will race with the big guys and his
budies from italy
nice to see him sailing for a change.
for sure getting interviewed by robby
swift was a bit of a change for him















pic PWA /Jonh carter

GUESS WHO'S BACK

ricardo campello is back to freestyle at least for the sylt event that starts today in the north sea island . he comes againist davy sheffers in the first round so this would be a heat to watch . as it seems right now slalom will be first discipline starting today you can follow the action live in PWA

Παρασκευή 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

TRE'S CHIC

just saw this nice freestyle video from nouvelle caledonie in windsurfjournal tre's chic

FOR STELIOS

sxinias windsurfing club karavi and his owner mpampis maniaths held
a slalom cup for the memory of stelios georgousopoylos a real
talented and legend greek racer  that represented greece in the olympics
before he make room for nikos kaklamanis (who was in the event  )
to continue .
unfortunately i haven't sailed with stelios but because of my racing
past i have heard a lot of him . i unfortunately could not make it
and feel very sorry about it .
here is the vid





RIP STELIOS 

Πέμπτη 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

HOLIDAY END

greek legend alexis iwannou produced a nice video about his
family holidays in greek islands . off course he still has it but
the thing is his kids have it too.....


beware new generation is coming up 

Κυριακή 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

CHEERS MATE

RSX europeans just finished and my old co-athlete
andone of greece finest racers  byron kakkalanis
finished 2nd












congrarts man



Σάββατο 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

NEXT DESTINATION :

CORFU
after quite some time in patras i am heading north to
corfu the northest of the ionian sea islands.
i am very happy because i will have the chance
to take a good taste of what it has to offer.
there is some word and some fotos to prove it
that occasionaly delivers world class wave conditions
so first good forecast is for tuesday as my friend
and super  hot local sifis told me and showed me


SE@ ag stefanos


S-SE@st george argyrades












NW @acharavi












lets hope we score.....


Τρίτη 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

THNX KATTIA

i have to say it is the first time that i am blessing for a natural phenomenon
that usually causes so much trouble BUT this time hurricance kattia worked
 really well and 'saved ' at least 2 events maybe 3 .
quiksilver pro in new york the first ever event in surf history
with 1 million $ prize money saw beautiful waves up to 6 + feet
in the favor of kattia  before this she affected us open again surf contest
and she traveled across the atlantic and the last 2 days is producing the
goods in the north sea making the cold hawai world cup in kitmolr
dealing with massive open sea waves and hi winds producing sick
action and unfortunately cold and rainy days making the broadcast
a bit ugly .campello on the other way made it look better with
his performance in the single  thumps up to him giving  a new
prespective, more interesting ,to the world title race .
lets see if wonder kid koester 'wakes up' tommorow 

Παρασκευή 9 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

INJURY TIMES MAKES COMMENTARY FIRE'S

unfortunately i heard news about 3 pro windsurfers injured in training
before the pwa event in denmark,bummer .
first one robby swift who was sailing in chile and hurt himself  doing a huge 360,
this time in his left foot, no words about robby and how unlucky he is with
his injuries ,
second is ben profit who injured himself in a backloop and fellow teamrider
klaas voget who in my opinion would be one to watch in the danish event
as he has made kitmoller his second home is third in the injuries report.
klaas got injured  in kitmoller warming up with victor fernadez
well i wish speedy recovery to all 3 of them as i know pretty well
how ugly it is when that happens.
the good thing about these injuries is that propably all 3 of them will
 be there comentating for us for the live streaming
 epic!!
 interesting effort there from robert sand and the cold hawai production team
 who wants to lift up the level of the event's broadcast  making it similar to
surf's, with live scores for the first time and 4 cameras capturing the action
thumps up