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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
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Back back back... on the way back to Maui. Been in Bangkok for a day and now in Japan to Kona then to Maui. Should be fun. Just in time for Turkey dinner!!That is all.. Just flying and watching the time tick away...
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Saturday, 17 November 2007 |
Man, first it is my blog that gets me into trouble now it is my photos.. check out this email we got from the Maui Sails France importer.. pretty crazy dont you think??
"I was informed today by Fabrice that the June issue of Wind Magazine carried a small article that Kevin had performed the Photo Shoot for Gaastra and Tabou to the angst of the Pro Photographers in the market and the general media community was intending from that point forward to boycott images of Kevin. By being a pro windsurfer AND a photographer, Kevin upsets all the pro photographers, and they respond by not taking any photos of him or not publishing any shots of him.
There was an article in WIND magazine about that called Boycott."
Well maybe in France but it seems like my coverage this year is pretty good. I actually just saw some shots of mine in Wind Magazine, one of Robby Swift and one of Robby Naish.. So that is pretty cool.
Anyhow just sitting around in Aus now waiting for the wind. We had some sick days down in Margrets with Mast high plus waves. Was pretty big and knarly and scary, especially on the opposite side waveriding than I am normally used to.. Thats all for now..
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Friday, 16 November 2007 |
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Been Sailing Margret River and had some big days.. Now heading up the coast and driving around Aus.. Pretty fun. All for now.. conection not the best... but all is good.
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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Wow, that was a long flight plan. Maui to Oahu, Oahu to Tokyo is 9 hours on the plane, 6 hours in Tokyo, Tokyo to Bankock which was around 7 hours, Bangkok for 8 hours, Bangkok to some place I have never heard of called Bandar which looked like it could be a nice place with some tropicalness to it 3 hours sitting around in a transit hall, and then another 5 hours on the plane to Perth.. Needless to say a bit nackered but all is well. Down here with Scotty Mckercher and he is going to show us a bit of Western Aus. Should be fun!
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Sunday, 11 November 2007 |
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I am back on the road again. Heading down to Thailand then to Australia. Looks like there is going to be a nice swell in Western Aus with nothing too big on the horizon here so I am going to blast down there and have some waveriding in. Man, it is like summertime here in Hawaii... Too flat.. I heard something like this winter isn't going to be too big?? We will see. Anyhow, should be without connection for a while... So bear with me on the posting!! See yah!
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
Been out there slaloming away. Here is a couple sneak shots to check out the newTr 4.. They are getting really fast! The red one is tr 3 and the white one is the TR 4.
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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Looks like it is going to be a good week here in Maui. I cant wait to get back out on the water. Went today on 8.4 and was fun to go fast! Tomorrow looks to be some waves coming with some stronger wind so hopefully can have some fun at Hookipa!!
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Saturday, 03 November 2007 |
Well I dont mind it when it is no wind or when it is flat... but when the combination of the two get together it really pisses me off. So today that is what it was.. flat and no wind. IO still had to get out in the water and go for a swim and these are the best shots I could get for you today. Will try and spice it up a bit more tomorrow.
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Monday, 29 October 2007 |
Well traveling with windsurf gear isn't that fun I can tell you that. The best part about it besides getting to your destination and getting unreal conditions is the comments that you hear from other people at the airport. "WOW what is inside of those bags?" "Are those hang gliders?" "Kayaks?"
The worst part about it is the stress of checking in.. It can go either way... one time you can get a super nice check in person, the other time you can just get reamed. And in reality it just comes down to pure good ole fashion luck. I used to try and find young gay guys because they were usually the nicest to me especially when I was younger. As I got older, I tried to look for the older women, like just out of there prime, not too old to be old and grumpy, not too young to think that you were trying to hit on them. Nowadays, I just go for it and hope for the best. Try to be super friendly and talk to them as much as you can. Try to make them feel like they are amazing, and I usually try to talk the most when they are trying to find out how much it is going to cost me. My favorite one is "how is has the weather been here?" or "you guys been busy here" and when all is going wrong I go with the "you guys are amazing how you know all these codes in your computer, why cant they just make the system with windows on it.." My brothers favorite line is "man I took up the wrong sport, I wish I was a tennis player! all I would have is a racket bag!" I would really like to learn all the codes on their system so I could bring up the PNR or the itinerary when they cant.
To make matters even harder, I just heard that British Airways wont be taking any more surfboards or windsurfing equipment on their flights which is a real bummer. American Airlines is charging $330 per two windsurfing bags to Europe, so if you go with one wave quiver to Europe, you are going to get stung for $660 bucks with just four bags. Iberea Airlines is not really the best airline to travel with as they love to charge alot, especially out of Gran Canaria. There is a guy that works there that will not budge on the gear. He knows the rates and charges the charge, by the book. That is usually the spot were we have the most gear out of all the places so that can get expensive. Asia is one of the most difficult places. Singapore Airlines charges $12 per kilo or something like that, which can add up fast. JAL can be ok, but can also be expensive if you are not traveling to the USA. Quantas has been ok with me but I know that you can't have too heavy of bags as they are really strict about that.
On the good side, Ryan Air is pretty good on excess, I think it is $30 Eu per sport equipment, they cant be over 32kg.. they pretty much cant be over this anywhere in Europe. On American you can have it up to 100 pounds, but this doesn't do you very good when you are coming back and you only have four bags but they all are overweight and they wont take them on the check in at the other end. I think Berlin Air is really good for bags, and $20 for a windsurfing set, Turkish Airlines have been really good as well. Usually the Charter Airlines are great for taking gear to the Canaries, but in reality it is just a gamble and you got to be ready to pay to play.
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Friday, 26 October 2007 |
Some interesting comments from yesterday I have to say. I have to agree with most of them. I dont really like conflict and I dont really like politics. I like the comment about stopping with all the picts of nothing but it is hard to have picts of windsurfing all the time because, when it is windy, I like to be out windsurfing, not taking pics. So when there is no wind and I do have time, I like to take pictures. Hopefully that is ok with you guys.
This blog is actually been getting me in some trouble lately.. I have reported about some people with too much honesty and not enough politically correct statements that it pisses people off. It baffles me sometimes to hear that people get uptight about things that I write on here because I dont really read anybody else's blog from windsurfing except Tatiana's now and then, and people are like how could you write that about me... I am like wow.. your reading my blog.. that's pretty cool.. And have any of you guys seen the latest Surfer's Journal. Can you believe that my little old blog made into Surfer's Journal.. Well the only way it did is that the did an article on Josh Angulo and they took my comment right off my blog from our run in that we had in Cabo Verde.. That was pretty cool I guess, but it surprised me once again that so many people look at this blog. And get uptight or whatever about it.. I am just writing my thoughts down, trying to bring some background, some insight into what I am up to and how I see what is going on in my world. I think that is one of the problems that makes windsurfing magazines so boring, is that they can never write the truth about what is happening sometimes because someone might get pissed off or is not "PC" enough.
So lets bring it back this discussion back to what we all can agree on and that is windsurfing. Having the wind in the sail, the power in your hands, being whisked across the water... how about when you are so excited to rig up cause it is going off, and people are trying to talk to you and you can barely answer there question because you are in such a hurry to get out there that you can only think about rigging and getting out on the water.. .This is the sport that I love.. Every time I get like this and get all excited to get out there on the water, it really blows me away to think after all these years of doing the same thing over and over again, that I still get excited to go out and get on the water.
Anyhow, here is a shot of my friend from Japan out ripping it up.. though you might enjoy a shot of how good Hookipa has been lately...
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
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Today Maui was firing... not like in LA, but was really good conditions. Sailed on 4.7 and was pretty good. I am just starting to get my rhythm back a little bit but was for sure still a bit rusty.. Hopefully will continue getting great conditions.
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Written by Kevin Pritchard
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
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Well the wind and waves came back with a vengance today.. It was firing.. Wind, waves, and good fun. Felt wierd to get on the water and definately felt rusty and a bit out of shape. Haven't saild waves like that since probably April. I guess that is what you get when most of the tour is port tack or sitting.. Pretty fun though being out there on those waves.. Good to be back on the water and having fun!
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