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ALOHA WINDSURFING CLINICS
PRESENTING A DYNAMIC DUO COACHING TEAM WITH
MATT PRITCHARD AND SHAWNA CROPAS 
Welcome to Maui! One of the best places in the world to advance your personal windsurfing skills while taking in the most gorgeous island setting on earth. Add two leading coaches into the mix and you're on your way to a perfect windsurfing holiday. Matt Pritchard (www.pritchardwindsurfing.com) three time world champion with many years of coaching experience under his belt and Shawna Cropas (www.shawnacropas.com) a long time Neil Pryde/Jp rider has been coaching and running windsurfing holiday camps all over the world for well over a decade after years of successful competition. Together this duo create the perfect balance between hard core advanced technical moves while covering the basic like getting into footstraps and cracking those water starts. These clinics offer something for everyone! Kick off some new aerial moves with Matt or concentrate on perfecting your carve jibes or harness work with Shawna. Aloha Windsurfing Clinics offer diversity and a platter of windsurfing knowledge. Matt and Shawna are both equipped to handle all conditions and skill levels. Join them on Maui to start off your incredible holiday experience! Matt and Shawna will be available 24/7 offering their expert services of advanced coaching quality, professional rigging advice, video feedback, on water training, equipment tuning as well ad your personal entertainment organizers! This is an event you will remember for the rest of your life!
Every morning we'll start with on land simulator work and review video footage from the day before. Matt and Shawna will spend the afternoons working with groups as well as moving around sailing and working privately addressing each individual’s personal needs and skill levels. Evening will be fun social events, beach barbecuing island style or heading for nights on the town. In the event of days with no wind, Video analyzation as well as surfing and stand up paddling or hiking adventures will be arranged with Matt and Shawna guiding the way. For the ultimate first time windsurfer, these lessons are always available through HST at Kanaha Beach Park.
We'll be setting up base at a private guest home on the North Shore using the latest 2010 Neil Pryde/ Jp stock through Vela(www.velawindsurf.com) and Neil Pryde Maui (www.neilprydemaui.com) These clinics will be running five times throughout 2010. Tentative Dates are as follows:
Week 1: May15 - May22
Week 2: Jun26 - Jul03
Week 3: Sep04 - Sep11
Week 4: Oct16 - Oct23
Week 5: Nov13 - Nov20
For more information email:
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Expect a lot of fun in the sun, big smiles and a first-class coaching experience.
Much Aloha,
Matt and Shawna
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have been thinking of seriously stepping up your performance on the water, look no further. Matt and Kevin Pritchard are available for private instruction on the island of Maui and abroad….. Matt has been working with HST for the past 5 years and has had some great success with teaching people how to improve their performance. If you want to master your jybe, learn to jump or even loop, Matt has the experience to take you where you want to go.
“ I really enjoy sharing my knowledge with others- when someone learns a move they have been working on for a long time, I’m just as stoked as they are!” says Matt.
Do you need professional instruction on your next vacation? Bring Matt or Kevin to your favorite beach! Check in with Matt now to see about availability.
Testimonials:
“While recently on Maui, I was able to schedule a private lesson with Matt through HST. A few years ago, I had taken a wave sailing clinic with him and learned a ton, so I knew a private lesson would be great. We started off my lesson intending to work on one set of tricks and he quickly determined I needed instruction on some of the more fundamental building blocks, which once mastered, would make the more complicated tricks much easier. This has been hugely helpful in my overall sailing. In general, I think Matt has a unique ability to help breakdown the complexity of tricks so that mere mortals can begin to figure them out. I highly recommend his clinics and private lessons to anyone trying break into new maneuvers and improve your sailing.” -- Steve Reale, San Francisco, CA
Hi Matt, wanted to thank you for the really awesome time in Maui this year. The skills I learnt form you were fantastic. Given the small (alright LARGE) difference in ability I was wrapped that you could interpret what I would be able to learn in the timeframe and did so with such a down to earth approach. You were right - the whole loop thing isn't bad once your head allows you to do it. Pity the body got caned in the process. Thanks again I'll see you next year...
Regards
Calvin Fatharly
New Zealand
Mission Accomplished! Great time, let’s do it again!
Mike Bates, San Francisco
Awesome time! I learned the fundamentals of wave riding, bottom turns and forward loops. Now I have some core skills to build off of when I’m riding on my own.
Enrico Caso, New York
Matt taught me how to adjust my harness lines correctly for different problems I was having. I learned how to stay upwind and get back to the beach where I started.
Dave Palibroda, Canada
Things are now falling into place! I still have more to work on but the foundation has been put in place.
Torsten Tabel, Oregon
I like how Matt breaks everything down into steps- Keep Forward, Sheet in, Slide back hand back, Look back to the beach. IT WORKS!
Kevin Oconnell, Sacramento
I was more relaxed and started to turn both top and bottom- it was a breakthrough for me! I loved the enthusiasm and friendliness, thanks Matt!
Richard Hill, Canada
Thanks for a great time! I would recommend Matt’s instruction to anyone. The tips I learned were very valuable.
Mark Van Winkle- Maine
Matt really helped my wave sailing- the 3 biggies that made a huge difference were opening up my footstraps for better control of the board while in the straps, leaning the rig forward while sheeting in on the bottom turn and sliding my back hand forward on the boom going off the lip.
Mike Lassner- California
I had moments that it really did feel “effortless” like Matt says.
Jamie Janotta- Canada
I had a great time- your teaching methods really suit my learning style! Just great.
Randy Abbott, Vancouver
"I got taken down by an overhead to mast high wave far from shore, with my gear way downwind. I swam, but no use and got really tired. Out of nowhere, I hear Matt's voice "I got you! Don't panic".
Matt is an awesome instructor, very creative, fun, supportive, and laid back. Best of all, he's an inspiration.
How often could you ride waves with a world pro upwind giving you instruction, or downwind asking you to follow him? And while you take breaks on the beach, he'll demonstrate his talents on the water. It's one of the best shows ever!!!"
Linh Lam- Vietnam/ San Francisco
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