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Shopping for a new hull

I wanted to carry more sail,

so I looked at bigger hulls, I like the pirate look of that one fitting my filibustered spirit      and it had a figure head

that I could name like Lolita

That one had way to much fin

       I might settle on this racy one

Rio’s festival

Last weekend early trip to the Delta where Jerry was a very early bird....

 who found his worm 

and all kinds of flying animals

 

The Legend and Naish

That was my setup 4.7, 75L Pro Wave

and it was very sweet at Sugar Cove.

A small wind shadow,

but nice swells outside. I don't know about those Maui sails Legends, they attack them. Last time it was Antoine Albeau that I met coming out of the water, this time, it was the Legend himself that I walked with.

 

Later on Jerry, a legend of a different type came up the path .

Here he puts on the brakes

after tiring up the outside

 

pictures by

The Cure for Wind…..

  

I see already where you're going ...... Don't even think about it. South of the border.....Yeah!!! I heard you coming

I went further,

 

  Venezuela,   

but the wind was still marginal 

So it was time to look for gear and this is what I've found

 

to cure my need for speed

Up and up and up….

 The gusts kept increasing Tuesday, my Gaastra 4.5 was so flat it was hard to water stat, but once planning....yikes

 

Tough time for Tim after so little sleep. New baby Luke kept him up.

pictures by Steve Amman 

All aligned

This week it looked liked all the planets were aligned the right way to produce great wind and even a surprised move....

Is this Hello Fred One……

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.......Good Bye Genetrix ?  

Mud shots

Last week with the low tide, mud was a sticky topic    While Steve had his own private shooting      , I braved the sand bars, I counted 5 and enjoyed remaining ebb time.  When I came back though I had to ‘pay' for all the swell rides as I came back     a little too low as you can see me pinching with my 4.0.

 Photo courtesy of Claudia Bodmer.   See more of her talent at claudiabodmer.com

I crashed the Party

A few weeks ago...., it took a while to get the photos back from the lab ....too many celebrities

or design secrets

 

It was THE place to be, south shore, Kihei where the Starboard team was doing a photo shoot.    They had all kinds of gear,

mostly freestyle.

And the answer is…..

I will let the pictures unveil

the name of the very fast

world champion.....

He showed up late as the wind line was further away.

Nevertheless Bravo Tonio for 49.09 Mph.... ...sorry Knots

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