My daughter has expressed a desire to learn to windusrf....
So I'm gonna to teach her to sail in the spring
Awesome Photograph:
The river was ripping!
Great Photos!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Middle Patuxent River
Here are some shots from the past weekend.
My daughter has expressed a desire to learn to windusrf....
So I'm gonna to teach her to sail in the spring
Awesome Photograph:
The river was ripping!
Great Photos!
My daughter has expressed a desire to learn to windusrf....
So I'm gonna to teach her to sail in the spring
Awesome Photograph:
The river was ripping!
Great Photos!
Friday, December 19, 2008
2008 Photo Year In Review!! Part 2
Here is the second and final installment to my Photo recap of 2008. Mostly windsurfing action shots, along with a few scenic shots from the island of Maui. This slide show is much longer, about 12 minutes. I just couldn't find a way to make it any shorter. What can I say, The story must be (re)-told! Hit pause and come back to it if you can't sit through the whole thing in one sitting.
btw-the sailors at Ho'okipa are Jason Polakow, Keauli Seadi, Kevin Pritchard, and a few others. Janis and I sat on the bluff and watched the most unbelievable display of grace, power, and skill back in February.
If you enjoyed the slide show, I'd be stoked if you left a comment.
Heres to 2008, an epic year to be a windsurfer, and heres to whats to come in 2009!
BRING IT ON!! TIME TO GET RAD!!!!!!!!
Oh, and btw 2008 isn't over yet. We have wind in the forecast!
btw-the sailors at Ho'okipa are Jason Polakow, Keauli Seadi, Kevin Pritchard, and a few others. Janis and I sat on the bluff and watched the most unbelievable display of grace, power, and skill back in February.
If you enjoyed the slide show, I'd be stoked if you left a comment.
Heres to 2008, an epic year to be a windsurfer, and heres to whats to come in 2009!
BRING IT ON!! TIME TO GET RAD!!!!!!!!
Oh, and btw 2008 isn't over yet. We have wind in the forecast!
Monday, December 15, 2008
2008 Photo Year In Review!
Inspired by Bill's photo header contest, I've put together a collection of some of my favorite windsurfing photographs taken during 2008.
The shots where captured from sessions on the Delmarva, the Outer Banks, and Maui.
Many thanks to the phototagrapher, who also happens to be my wife! Love you sweetheart!
Check back for part 2 which will include Wavefest, Tropical Storm Hana, epic Assateague, and much, much more!
The shots where captured from sessions on the Delmarva, the Outer Banks, and Maui.
Many thanks to the phototagrapher, who also happens to be my wife! Love you sweetheart!
Check back for part 2 which will include Wavefest, Tropical Storm Hana, epic Assateague, and much, much more!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Looplicious Conditions At New Road!!
Powered 5.0 and big board conditions. Come out and join me.Details and video later.
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***UPDATE***Alot of success with my forward yesterday day is due to a pre jump change in attitude. When Andy goes into a vulcan, he has this pre-jump routine where he sort of starts to bounce the board while still tracking in a straight line. He does this i suspect to get comfortable, and he gets progressively more and more air under the board, before going for the full monte.
Now yesterday i was pretty lit, and i just started playing with these little "pre-pops" as i was blasting along. Now I've thought about this since yesterdays most excellent rotation, and its beacuse of this change that I went for it. The pre-pops had the effect of centering me over the board, and basically gets you in a much more correct stance for flght off the wind, which is how you need to be going into forward.
In addition, as you begin to get more and more centered over the board, and the flight becomes more off the wind, the power in the sail begins to moderate. These prepops have the effect of getting you in flight off the wind, and that makes it pyschologically much much easier to huck it cuz your not holding onto so much power.
I'm totally stoked about this new revelation!!
Video from Frday at Tower
Sorry for lack of posts since December 1st. First off, my dry suit was off to Seatux in Florida for a warranty repair (which btw they did an awesome job). That caused me to miss a few good days. Also a refocusing of priorities for the off season if you will. So overall however, there is a definite feeling that we're transitioning into winter time conditions/rules where in I basically hope to get on the water, at least, every weekend. Heck, we had snow last weekend that covered the ground and we've had average night time temperatures down into the teens.
From our community Christmas Tree lighting last weekend:
That being said we still have (and will continue to have thru-out the winter)relatively warms days with temps in the mid-to upper 40s. Perfect weather for windsurfing!
Today was just such a day-sunny and windy. I arrived at the paved lot at New Road about 11am and rigged 5.0 on RRD. Initially, the conditions where up and down. I'd blast out for about100-200 yards until I see a lull approaching, then rip into a gybe and head back in, tack, and head back out. That was pretty fun for my first session, and then the wind began to fill in. Solid-lit conditions. And the wind was WNW which is sorta on-side-on at this venue, and for this direction today, the starboard ramps began to get pretty sweet.
Now I don't go out for a sesh and know that I'm gonna toss a forward. For me, they just sort of happen when I least expect it. Well today I threw a really nice rotation on starboard. You know, sometimes, I'm so lit up that there is no way I'd think I throw one, but I popped a jump heading out and before I knew it, I was committing the rig leeward and sheeting in. Oh yeah, it was a really really good one, felt effortless. I'm telling ya, looping is really easy, it just takes a lot of guts to throw that first one.
The water is still very warm, and when the sun comes out like it did today, you can even pull your hood off and ride without a hat on! I wore gloves, but thought about ditching em. Overall a great day of sailing on the Delmarva!!
I shot some helmet cam action so check back for that.
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***UPDATE***Alot of success with my forward yesterday day is due to a pre jump change in attitude. When Andy goes into a vulcan, he has this pre-jump routine where he sort of starts to bounce the board while still tracking in a straight line. He does this i suspect to get comfortable, and he gets progressively more and more air under the board, before going for the full monte.
Now yesterday i was pretty lit, and i just started playing with these little "pre-pops" as i was blasting along. Now I've thought about this since yesterdays most excellent rotation, and its beacuse of this change that I went for it. The pre-pops had the effect of centering me over the board, and basically gets you in a much more correct stance for flght off the wind, which is how you need to be going into forward.
In addition, as you begin to get more and more centered over the board, and the flight becomes more off the wind, the power in the sail begins to moderate. These prepops have the effect of getting you in flight off the wind, and that makes it pyschologically much much easier to huck it cuz your not holding onto so much power.
I'm totally stoked about this new revelation!!
Video from Frday at Tower
Sorry for lack of posts since December 1st. First off, my dry suit was off to Seatux in Florida for a warranty repair (which btw they did an awesome job). That caused me to miss a few good days. Also a refocusing of priorities for the off season if you will. So overall however, there is a definite feeling that we're transitioning into winter time conditions/rules where in I basically hope to get on the water, at least, every weekend. Heck, we had snow last weekend that covered the ground and we've had average night time temperatures down into the teens.
From our community Christmas Tree lighting last weekend:
That being said we still have (and will continue to have thru-out the winter)relatively warms days with temps in the mid-to upper 40s. Perfect weather for windsurfing!
Today was just such a day-sunny and windy. I arrived at the paved lot at New Road about 11am and rigged 5.0 on RRD. Initially, the conditions where up and down. I'd blast out for about100-200 yards until I see a lull approaching, then rip into a gybe and head back in, tack, and head back out. That was pretty fun for my first session, and then the wind began to fill in. Solid-lit conditions. And the wind was WNW which is sorta on-side-on at this venue, and for this direction today, the starboard ramps began to get pretty sweet.
Now I don't go out for a sesh and know that I'm gonna toss a forward. For me, they just sort of happen when I least expect it. Well today I threw a really nice rotation on starboard. You know, sometimes, I'm so lit up that there is no way I'd think I throw one, but I popped a jump heading out and before I knew it, I was committing the rig leeward and sheeting in. Oh yeah, it was a really really good one, felt effortless. I'm telling ya, looping is really easy, it just takes a lot of guts to throw that first one.
The water is still very warm, and when the sun comes out like it did today, you can even pull your hood off and ride without a hat on! I wore gloves, but thought about ditching em. Overall a great day of sailing on the Delmarva!!
I shot some helmet cam action so check back for that.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Skate Sailing in Deleware
Fun skate sesh
Looking forward to Sundays Forecast. Gonna be COOOOOLD and windy!
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
1010 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT...
SUN
W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT BY LATE MORNING.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
Its gonna be a "hit it and quit it" kinda of session.
Looking forward to Sundays Forecast. Gonna be COOOOOLD and windy!
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
1010 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2008
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT...
SUN
W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT BY LATE MORNING.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
Its gonna be a "hit it and quit it" kinda of session.
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