So I got this cool email saying I was world champ... ha ha.. well, if they had the overall like they had in 2000 I think I would have been overall world champ for the last 8 years... Oh well.. Check out the email and the link to Windsurf Journal .com... I liked it anyhow..
HI Kevin,
Just found an interesting article on the French website Windsurfingjournal.com, here's the translation (loading may take a while) http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home& trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.windsurfjournal.com%2Ffrontblocks%2Fnews%2FPaperView. asp%3Fid_papers%3D3735%26ID_BB_LANGUAGES%3D1&lp=fr_en&btnTrUrl=Translate
The English is rather crappy (wave = vague) but it breaks down like this, there are two charts, one with the three PWA disciplines which crowns you as Overall World Champion and one which inludes the speed world cup and this crowns Peter Volwater as the overall wordl champion (much to my satisfaction being a Dutchie)
The author of the article states that by reintroducing the overall title you will get more wave/freestyle riders entering the slalom fleet, as taty Frans and Josh Angulo did and perhaps more slalom riders entering into the wave discipline, or freestylers entering into the wave discipline and vice versa.
Anyway just wanted to keep you posted on your latest world title and I am curious what your thoughts are on the reintroduction of the Overall World title and secondly who do you consider to be the better allround sailors out there.
That's it for now, time to take a dip in the North sea cause the coming days are going to be windy 25knts+! By the way if you think Sylt is cold add another two months of cold weather and think about our water temeparture next time you have a whipe out at Hookipa :)
Regards,
Jasper
Thanks Jasper and hope you are having fun in he North Sea.. Oh yeah, Hookipa today was firing. Wind, waves, sun, SICK!!!
Well I have been working hard on the videos lately and just finished a rigging guide one for the no cam sails. I know it is really boring to me and to some but to some it is really helpful! Check it out, and I will try and make the next one a bit more exciting!!
It is the rigging of a 2009 Gaastra Manic. If you would like to buy one click here!!
Well yesterday I could only sail for a little bit because I have been going hard that I needed a little break from the action. Last week was really great and fun with sailing, stand up and everything else going on. Looks like we might have a dip in the waves and then back on to full on wavesailing. Man I got it good. I have been looking for some new pictures to take but just havent found any inspiration yet.. Oh well.. I have doing some video work which blows my mind how good the good guys are at it. Have you guys seen the video That's It, Thats All , with Travis Rice in it. It is a snowboarding movie and it is sick. WOW.. I would love to have that sort of budget to be able to go out and make that film. It must be a video producers dream to get a gig like that. Stressful but fun I bet as well. Anyhow check it out,you can download it from i tunes!!
Maui has been pretty fun. We have had some wind, some waves.. Been doing some slalom sail testing, some wave riding... And had a great Holloween!! Here is a quick video from the sailing from the last couple days. Hope you enjoy! For some reason on my browser it is not coming up in this post.. Not sure what the deal is. It seems to be working HERE.
Had some good waves and wind today. Started off a bit messy but came around by the end of the day.. Looking forward to a good day tomorrow. I got some video that I will try and put up in the next couple days!!
Sorry guys but I have been ripping around Maui like a headless chicken having some fun. Whether it is riding my dirt bike, road bike, going Stand Up Paddling... boy it has been good for that... amazing.. had some great days out there lately, mountain biking, surfing, going to the gym...I just have been flat out having fun.. not to rub it in or anything.. but that is the truth.. Need to slow it down a bit.. .well nahh.. not really.. just enjoying Maui at its best!!!
Got back and Maui have been delivering. Got off the plane and went straight to the water. We have been testing out the new Vapors with Ross and they are having some good results. Starting to really tune them up and get them going faster and faster. Yesterday we had some great wavesailing too! Been fun and busy all the time. We were also taking some photos of the new gear so I have had little time for writing.. I will try and get more on it!!
Also did you guys check out my new banners.. I think they are pretty cool..
Man, I am just fueding with American Airlines right now.. I am even thinking of switching to United.. I have been using AA for 13 years. flown over 3 million miles with them... first was the baggage on this trip going, now when I changed my ticket to go to LA and Salt Lake back from Germany, they wanted to charge me $1000 bucks for the change fee.. I was like are you kidding me.. I could handle a $100 change fee, maybe even a $250 change fee, but they wanted $250 for the Change and 800 for the change of pricing or something crazy like that. It was unbelieveable. I wasn't too happy. So I ended up having to get a new ticket, i went with using my miles to get it, but I had to stay in LA for two days, otherwise teh cots would be so high. Once I got my pissed off ness out, I ended up having a great time here in LA. I got to go riding on this sick track perfectly watered and was super super fun. I had a great day!! I also went and cruised at Venice beach and took some shots. Boy Venice bech is crazy.. lots of people.. lots of people!! Anyhow, sitting in LAX now getting on the flight.. Getting back to Maui!!!Whoohooo!!
Been doing some relaxing in Utah. Actually been in the gym training and so sore right now that I needed to take a break and go take some shots. It is pretty beautiful here. It is my first time in Utah and it is really nice. The small town of Park City is super cool. I am going to try and get some shots of the city!
Well since the world tour finished up, I have been on Holiday. One week of pure fun, hanging out in California. I got to hang out with my brother and my grandparents a bit and we just tore up the dirtbike tracks. We went looking for some wind but didn't find any just perfect Southern Califonia fall weather. Sunny, clear, not a breath of wind, except for today when we were leaving. Too much fun!!
Woke up at 630 to get down to the skippers meeting. It was finally windy for some wavesailing again!! Started off on 5.0 then 5.3 then 5.7 then almost 6.2 and then they cancelled it. I managed to get through my early heat and that was good. I was against Peter Volwater and he is always really good in these challenging onshore port tack conditions. The next heat had to wait for 8 hours to do. I went against Klaas Voget and advanced to go against Victor Fernandez. I sailed the next heat against Victor then they ended up canceling the heat against Klaas and I after I had already sailed the semi final saying that they missed a wave ride on one of the judges sheets. I was already pretty tired from going racing in the middle of the day then doing a full heat against Victor then needed to resail the heat against Klass. All seemed pretty sketchy to me to have at least 40 minutes to figure out a way to resail the heat.. anyhow.. onwards and upwards. I was pretty pissed off to say the least but what can you do.. It sure helps to have about 50 germans looking over the scoresheets all at once pushing to have something be wrong with the scores. Klaas was sailing good that is for sure. Victor ended up wining the waves here in Sylt, and Kauli ended up wining the world title for the year!
Well the conditions here in Sylt are not getting any less testing. Yesterday we had a nice big gust of wind and we got out there and then it completely died. I had to get brought in by the boat then broke my battens in the shorebreak. Not too much fun. Not super happy about that. Anyhow.. onward and upward. Just keep waiting for some good conditions. We will see.. I am hopeing for some more winds and more racing..
Well we finally got another race down. It took all day though. Waited around as usual and then around 330 a major storm came in. It was pretty cool to watch the storm come across the North Sea, we were all just waiting for it to hit. Made for some beautiful shots. I went out on a 8.2 and after the first heat came in to get my 7.6 and then after the next round had to come right back in for my 6.7 so the wind was ragging there for a bit. It was nice to finally do get rolling, to bad it wasnt earlier and we could have gotten a few more under our belts.
Man it is really tough conditions here in Sylt. Waiting in your wet suit all day long for no racing.. Takes its toll on it you. I want some more races cause I need to get going on the upward direction. IT is raining gusty and chilly..
Sylt is a tough place for racing. You sit around all day just waiting and waiting to maybe go out on the water. Yesterday and today were crazy days that the wind was so light and gusty and for me it was just bit of bad luck. Oh well. It was a bit disheartening to see Bjorn get fifth place in the second round and have everybody finish without canceling the heat and then after he went up to the judges and put in his two cents, they cancelled the his heat. I was pretty shocked with that decision because I can tell you that there were some pretty doggy races that did not get called off. I guess that is the kind of pull you get when you win 12 World titles in a row. I have to say that I would have wanted them to call it off it was me, but they should have called it off when he went from first to fifth on the last mark. You got to love the racing! Well the forcast looks great for tomorrow so hopefully we can pull off some quick races. We will see.
Just got into Sylt.. What a beautiful day it was. Played some beach volleyball, went on a bike ride for a stroll.. Beautiful weather. Dont know what the forcast is but it sure was amazing today.
I just updated some used boards in the shop if you guys want to have a look. I am trying to get them sold and out of under my house. Check them out and see what you think. Email me for more details if you like. I can wheel and deal on these boards, buy one get half off another. If you need a board send me a note and I will see what I got.
Dealing with the jet lag..man that is hard. Twelve hours difference.
Well this check in was one of the most expensive check in's I have ever had.. Not fun getting out the checkbook for that one i can tell you. They ended up charging $450 per windsurfing set plus and excess baggage fee. I dont know what the guy was on but it was way too much. I am going to have to charge hard to get that prize money back I can tell you that.
When I left Maui yesterday the forcast looked bad... today as I check it out looks like we could have some wind and waves on Sunday. This would be great as we have not had a wave competition for 4 years or so... Hope it holds true..
Man we just had an epic week here. Figures as much because it is time for Sylt to come and that means that the surf is on it's way. We just had 5 days straight of over head high waves and nice winds. Now it is time to pack and get ready for the long trip to Sylt. Fun fun, time to break out the heavy weather gear, get in the wetsuit for a 11 days, and suck it up for the last event of the season. Should be fun!
Well here is another cool video for you guys. Hope you enjoy it because these how to video's are not that much fun to make, but Matt and I think that these tips will help out the general windsurfer and maybe you guys can go sailing more and have more fun when you are out on the water!!
I changed up the quality of the export as well so if you think it looks any better or higher quality let me know. Also if you go to our video tab you can see it a bit bigger than you can in this post.. A little nicer to watch!
Here is a pretty cool thing that Starboard is doing to try and get a real windsurfing class into the Olympics. The next Olympics will be in the UK which should be pretty windy.. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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