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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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Today kicked off with some pretty good wave conditions. The wind was very light for Pozo... I competed on a 5.0 Manic that I borrowed off Ross Williams which was nice of him to lend me. In all my 13 years of coming here I have never competed on a 5.0 so I figure why bring the excess baggage? Well for the first time I needed one.. Lucky Ross brought it otherwise I could have been underpowered. I went out and did my best. I had two good jumps for me and a terrible wave ride. I was disgraced with my wave ride but they only counted one wave and two jumps. In the end I lost by a tie break which doesn't help much but it was close. I won on one sheet, tied on another sheet and lost by a half a point on the other sheet. Man it really pisses me off to loose... what doesnt kill us makes us stronger i guess. sometimes it takes a setback to see what really counts.. often we wonder why why why.. but I guess in some strange way it directs our lives where it all is suppose to go..
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Written by Matt Pritchard
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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Gorge is gorgeous!
Happy 4th of JULY!
While Kev is over on the moon (Gran Canaria) I’m in the Gorge getting some great sailing conditions! So far, I’m 3 for 3 on the water….. I have forgotten how much fun it is sailing over here. Conditions are different than anything I’m used to but after a couple hours on the water, I am getting back in the groove. It is great to see some new blood over here. A lot of the local boys are really ripping it up! The Poor brothers, Tyson and Witt have some impressive moves up their sleeves as do riders like Bryan Metcalf-Perez, Wyatt Miller, Sven Esslinger- and there are some ripper chicks out there throwing down some moves as well.
We had an insane lightning and thunder storm last night- it was radical. I love that kind of thing- mother nature at her finest! The wind doesn’t look so good this morning but I bet it will be here later this afternoon.
If any of you bloggers are in the Hood River area, I’m going to be in the Gorge Surf Shop on Sunday, the 6th of July running the store…….. so there are going to be some smokin deals going on!!!!!!!!!!!! Come in and say hi-
Good luck to KP- send him some words of encouragement, we want to see him take that Slalom title this year……. Go boy GO!
MP
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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Well the wind is back in Pozo.. It took all day for it to come back but it is here now and looks like it is locked in for the competition. Looks like there might be some waves tomorrow. We will have to wait and see. Today i got on it early and headed up to Vargas. Went there and saw Bjorn out training away on his slalom gear. He looked like he was going pretty fast out there. I talked to him a bit and he told me that he is not entered in the waves.. I guess he has nothing to prove about how good of a wave sailor he is so he is just focused on the racing. That will make for some good racing I bet. I think he is a bit pissed off with his Costa Brava performance and is ready to throw down in his home town... There were no waves at Vargas so I headed up to Ojos de Garza and was the first guy out. Sailed around on my 4.5 Manic and was pretty powered up. Was ok but not that great so I sailed there until 4 and then headed back down to Pozo to get some gear sorted out for the race. It was glassy so good time to get things organized. The wind ended up coming in and I went out salom sailing on 6.0 and my Isonic 86. Both felt really good and I am ready to get this comp started. Should be fun.. Stay tuned for some more race report action!!
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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Had a good day today.. got to go for a stand up paddle today, and that was pretty fun. I had some fun little waves around the point of Pozo. It was perfectly glassy and two other people out so that made it really fun. I caught a bunch of waves and it was a nice workout. After that went sailing at a place up past the airport. I dont know if I got there too early but it wasn't that great. I was underpowered and just didnt have that great of a session. I think I should have taken a bigger sail or just gone slalom sailing.. Forcast looks good for tomorrow so we will have to wait and see what the day brings. Only a couple more days left before the GC comp starts..
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 |
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Well the spanish are celebrating tonight!!! No wind here in Pozo and it is cutting down on my training time here. Need to be out on that water and training it up for the comp starting up soon. Anyhow, I am sure the wind will come back soon..
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