maui monthly no.74. june 2011

June 2011, Maui, Hawaii

#74

TATY FRANS NB-9 3rd * XENIA KESSLER D-211 5th * CHOCO FRANS NB-6 8th * QUINCY OFFRINGA ARU-10 24th

2011 PWA BONAIRE

TATY FRANS NB-9 3rd * XENIA KESSLER D-211 5th * CHOCO FRANS NB-6 8th * QUINCY OFFRINGA ARU-10 24th

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XENIA KESSLER D-211 3rd * TATY FRANS NB-9 4th * QUINCY OFFRINGA ARU-10 13th * CHOCO FRANS NB-6 13th

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2011 PWA ARUBA

XENIA KESSLER D-211 3rd * TATY FRANS NB-9 4th * QUINCY OFFRINGA ARU-10 13th * CHOCO FRANS NB-6 13th

Finally I could compete homePhoto : PWA/Carter

Maui Monthly no.74. June ’11.6

June has brought a lot of sailing for me. The PWA has once again returned to the beautiful Island of Bonaire. It’s finally been windy and the island was happy to have all the best freestylers from around the world. It has been six years since the last PWA World Cup on Bonaire so it was a great feeling and the best conditions we have had since 2005. I was using the 2012 5.2 and the 4.8 loco during the PWA Freestyle event. The sails are really working and I am just getting to like them each day more and more. Finishing third in Bonaire was a good for me as I really wanted to have a podium finish and I got what I have put my mind to. Actually I wanted more to win the event or finish second but I wasn’t focused enough when i had to and lost the second place. But it’s okay. I know I am up there and that I have what it takes to be there. Check out the video clip showing some Bonaire action www.vimeo.com/25883644 I spent some time with my daughter, having to sail with her on my 6.6 TR7 and my Isonic 107, Sailing with her is just the best feeling ever, and I really enjoy sailing with her and also to spend time with her sharing with her the sport I love. I am just happy about that.

18th June, flew to the next stop and that was ARUBA PWA GRAND SLAM. Arriving to Aruba looking down from the plane I saw white caps on the water... it was windy, so this was a good thing, cause it was a sign that we could do two double eliminations also in Aruba. That wasn’t the case. Driving to the beach with Quincy Offringa on the road to the beach, Choco, Jayson and I were sitting in the back of his pickup truck when suddenly it started raining. This was a bad sign for no wind. Getting to the beach I rigged my sails and board to be out there on the water and it was just not sailable, really gusty but light. I was out on my 5.2 and was barely planing. Aruba has changed alot since I last was there, they are building more and more hotels, so the wind will get more gusty as they finish the hotels. But Aruba will always be special. I love it, it is a place where you can do perfect slalom event and freestyle and on land it is nothing compared to Bonaire. It has kinda like a Miami feeling to it and there’s many things to do.

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We have only managed to finish one double elimination, where I finished fourth in Freestyle. Here is a short Aruba freestyle video www.vimeo.com/26113449

As for Slalom, this was my second slalom event for this season, (in Vietnam I finished 15th), and I wanted to see how I can do in Aruba and as I could bring my slalom gear to Aruba with ease, I decided to compete in slalom. I had no pressure no obligations i did it for myself.So competing in Slalom in Aruba was just to see how well I can do against the best and i really did well. I haven’t trained much slalom, I have seen a lot of video from Vietnam, Korea, Costa brava and these made me do good in slalom. I saw a lot of mistakes from the ’grumpies’ and I think is time for the young guys like: Peter Volwater, Pierre Mortefon, Julien Quentel, Ben Van deer steen, and myself to take over. :) hihihihi. it will happen pretty soon. I finished ninth at the slalom event in Aruba and I am happy about this. I know I could have had a top five because I had such great speed with the TR-7. And I only have three sizes! Writing this MM report I have just checked in the Lanzarote Sand beach hotel where I arrived on the 28th of June at @ 19:00 hours. I am really tired: I have done the freestyle (19-22 June in Aruba), then as soon the freestyle finished, next day (23-26) slalom started and I did full on with the slalom starting from 10am till 5:30pm for nine days straight. That was really heavy on the body. Then I had to fly to Bonaire from Aruba on the 27th in the morning to catch my next flight from Bonaire to Amsterdam at 2 o’clock to be in Lanzarote, so still no relaxation. Well I am not complaining. But I need some hours rest.

My next PWA event will be in Lanzarote Spain Freestyle. Catch ya’ll later.Taty Frans NB-9


LEGEND2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.24.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.1

SIDE-SHORE WAVE

GHOSTXT

4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.7

TECHNORA WAVE SAIL

GLOBAL4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0

5.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.8

ON-SHORE WAVE

LOCO4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2

5.6 | 6.0 | 6.4

FREESTYLE

SWITCH4.8 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.0

6.4 | 7.0 | 7.5

BUMP’N’JUMP


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ALOHA4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0

6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5

RECREATIONAL FREERIDE

PURSUIT5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0

7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5

NO CAM FREERIDE

TITANGS

6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.08.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 11.0

FREERIDE/FREERACE 2/3 CAMS

TR-74.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.07.6 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0

RACING/SLALOM

TR-7XT

5.9 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.68.4 | 9.2 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0

LIGHT WEIGHT RACE SAILTECHNORATM VERSION OF TR-7

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June has come and gone just like that!Photo : Vinnie Armato/globalshots

June 13th-18th,: went down to Pistol River for the 2nd stop of the AWT (American windsurfing tour)! Had 2 full days of competitions, going from 10 am to 9ish pm (yeah, that late), sailing every sail of my quiver from 3.3 to 4.5. Fun and mellow conditions compared to last year, and thankfully, warmer weather. 80 something competitors from all over US, even UK, Japan, Canada, and Morocco showed up. Had a great time competing in 2 categories again and very happy with my results, taking 2 more tropheys home: 1st women, and 3rd for men Amateur.


June 22nd-29th was the window for the Big wind Big loop contest in the Gorge. The idea was, you had 1 week to get a loop on camera and submit it for people to vote. That was a really fun concept and for sure was pushing people to loop all over the place. The camera crew did a good job trying to capture the action: http://vimeo.com/25872291. I did make it out East to Arlington one day after work to join in on the looping fest and got a couple of my loops caught on film. They weren’t anything exciting, but thanks to those who voted, I got the women division’s first price!

June 25th-26th: The Columbia Gorge Windfest was very well organized with demos, music and clinics, as always. This year, with the big wind big loop contest in mind, instead of the usual on land freestyle clinic, I wanted to do a on the water women looping clinic. Unfortunately, the lack of wind didn’t allow for much jumping action, but we got to do the first looping exercise and throwing ourselves around with the sail. I think it got a lot of girls pretty stoked and ready for the next steps, so my clinic is to be continued.

Stay tuned. Ingrid Larouche


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Another month bites the dust!Some ups and downs this month in PWA competition finishing 6th in Costa Brava and 17th on Aruba.

Overall I am now ranked in 7th place in Slalom and very eager to make a big move at the next event on Fuerteventura with my TR7 race sails. It is good to spend some time in Europe now, so we take a little break from those long haul flights now and make the best of the trade winds around the canary islands, starting with the waves.

The best way to keep motivated on the season is exactly that, to change to the new Legend wave sails and start jumping and carving it up! I just put my sail numbers and logo’s in mine so they’re all ready to go, now only some good conditions..Keep ripping amigo’s!

All the best,Peter Volwater H-24


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competitions monthGorge Cup Race Series

AWT Pistol RiverRedBull Rockets

a story from Casey Hauser


June was a month of competitions for me. The first weekend of the month kicked off with the opener of the Gorge Cup Race Series. We had great wind for the first day of the event, I was perfect on my TR-7 7.0, and finished the day 3rd overall. On Sunday the wind backed off a bit, most guys opted to take out their 8.2s and up. Only having my 7.0, I was able to bag it out and manage to still find power on the line, and was stoked to keep my position, ending up 2nd behind Tyson Poor in Men’s Open, and 3rd Overall. I had a blast racing, absolutely love the new TR-7 7.0, and can’t wait for the rest of the Gorge Cup Series!

After that it was off to Pistol River in Southern Oregon for the second stop of the American Windsurfing Tour wave event. Over 80 competitors showed up to participate, and Pistol delivered with 2 sunny days of good conditions to allow for a full double-elimination event. Kevin Pritchard and Bernd Roediger put a stop to me in the first round, but in the double I had probably the most fun heat I’ve ever had, I felt I sailed really well, and in the last 30 seconds was able to stick a big back that advanced me into the next round. I felt I sailed another strong heat for my 2nd round, with consistent wave-riding in front of the tower, and landing a few forwards and a backloop for jumps, but unfortunately I lost by just 1 point, and wound up 11th.

Just two days after Pistol I found myself on a plane headed for Gran Canaria. Starting in February I’ve been working for EpicSessions.tv, and together with RedBull we’ve


been planning a high-jump competition at Pozo using a new 3D motion tracking

device that we’re developing that syncs with iPhones in order to transmit the data

live. The forecast looked best for the 24th, so RedBull made the call and 16 of the best

riders hit the water to see who could go the biggest, while also being voted on for best trick

and best wipeout. Though the wind was not as strong as to be expected from Pozo, the riders put

on a hell of a show, and Dario Ojeda was crowned king with a boost of 36.28ft. Luckily I threw my 3.7

and 4.2 Legends in with my luggage, and was able to sail myself in Pozo for a few days after the event. A

crazy spot for sure, can’t wait to get back next year for RedBull Rockets round 2!

Cya on the water,Casey Hauser


Well, the first round of 2012 production wave sails will soon be starting to show up at surf and high wind spots around the world. I’m particularly excited about the 2012 Legend and Ghost lines as they have undergone the most significant performance evolution since a few seasons. We have combined all of our well refined, subtle shaping techniques which offer that perfect softness and light, balanced handling with new school influenced outline adjustments to create the ultimate wave rigs. The new sails have noticeably shortened luff lengths and higher cut foot but maintain about the same boom lengths. The result is a sail that feels soft, but more “connected” and responsive. The outline adjustments also

help the sail fit into the critical sections of the wave better, allowing you to get more vertical and also facilitate aerial maneuvers. Though designed and tested daily as dedicated wave sails the Legend and Ghost-XT have amazing wind range and well balanced power and are often the choice of any one that wants a light handling high wind wave sail whether they have perfect Maui waves or ripping up the swell in the Gorge.

The Global, our onshore power wave sail, returns for 2012 with lighter weight, thanks to our exclusive C595 lightweight X-ply. We strategically positioned a generous amount this great, light weight laminate, where it would benefit the sails handling the most, giving the new sails a noticeably lighter feel. The Global is perfect for those who like lots of power

2012


WAVE SAILS IN PRODUCTION

to punch over onshore whitewater, but also want nice release for maneuvering on the wave. The 2012 Global has a slightly higher cut foot as well to further improve maneuverability.

Taty has already been showcasing some of the 2012 Loco protos, ripping it up in the Caribbean PWA freestyle events. We did quite a lot of development on the Locos this year, softening the luff curves and flattening upper profiles while at the same time tightening and making the leech twist more progressive. The result has been a sail that has excellent power but also super light and quick responsiveness to make the most technical, modern moves a reality.

The 2012 Switch is the sail for those who like to “turn it on” with high powered blasting and bump n jump. Improved construction this year to handle the inevitable crashes, we have replaced much of the monofilm with our light weight C595 x-ply.

At the loft, we are in full race mode, working on TR-8 and Titan. Stay tuned for more updates over the coming months.

Aloha,Artur Szpunar

Photos : Bogo


There is so much going on right now that the months fly by. Am I late sending this in? Or early? When you’re having fun, time is not in the picture.

This month has been great for interaction with Art around some new wave sail ideas and the necessary early update of the TR race sails. Watching Taty rip on his limited totally stock quiver encourages us to keep on the same careful path of development that makes these sails so fast and fun. And trying new ideas in wave sails is always a challenge. The foils are so small and sensitive to outline adjustments and minor luff curve changes when you take big leaps you have to be ready for re-cut time and testing more. Art LOVES that. Phil is getting tuned for the Nationals in San Francisco, so there are always little tweaks that will also help us to make fast progress with the general race sail development program.

The motor in Cornelia ran well but still had several pestering leaks. This required some more disassembly and epoxy/metal patchings to stop the slow drips that would otherwise cause more of the nasty corrosion that was responsible for the original tear down. Even one drop every ten or fifteen seconds is too much. Now the engine bilge is dry (you could vacuum it), and we are running cool and quiet. It has been very satisfying to be able to ’recycle’ so much of the original high quality parts. Next the concentration is on the wiring and navigation lights. When Bogo comes back soon, the boat will be capable and ready for another unique photo session.

June? was that a month or did it justIt’s been especially fun to have Fred Haywood and his son, Evan, along as crew. Evan loves to catch fish, and swims like one already too. With Fred’s genes he will probably be in the water lots. It feels so good to keep alive the friendship we built on our years working together going fast, while cruising slow years later.

AlohaBarry Spanier


June? was that a month or did it just fly by like a week?


A busy month slalom racing and enjoying the Hawaii Summer. We had two Kanaha slalom series already in June and I had decent success both weeks, winning my age group both weeks and placing second in the pro the first week. The second week I had a blinder and sailed very consistent to First in the mens pro and first in the mens 40-49.

Enjoying the Hawaii Summer


I’m happy with the way I raced, the sails were feeling great and everyone else using the TR7’s were really stoked. This year we are due to deliver the TR-8 designs in October so we have already started development for the TR-8.

We also had the South Maui Triathlon in June, which I achieved 3th in my age group in 2 hours 33 minutes for an Olympic distance triathlon.

Aloha, Phil McGain

Photos : Bogo


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