| Kristoffer Living Swedish Wave Champion |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/21/2006 |
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– With such good conditions along Sweden's west coast Simmer rider Kristoffer Living made the most of it by winning the Swedish Wave Championships in Varberg among 38 other competitors on Sept 3rd. So congratulations from the entire Simmer Style team to your title Kristoffer.
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| Sylvain Demercastel in Indo |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/21/2006 |
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– Another man who also snuck his feet into Indo's sand this summer was fellow Simmer rider Sylvain Demercastel who got himself a lot of wind, waves and footage for his upcoming DVD to be released in December along with a soundtrack composed by Sylvain himself, so a free xmas gift tip right there from your friends at Simmer Style.
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| Ben Proffit and Darren "Dazza" Mitchell in El Tur, Egypt |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/21/2006 |
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– Ben Proffit and fellow Simmer rider Darren "Dazza" Mitchell got their money's worth down in El Tur, Egypt, including some really good freestyle and mast climbing sessions. As of now Ben's back in the UK chasing the wind while waiting for the upcoming Red Bull Storm Chase event as well as the UK freestyle nationals. A lot of chasing right there, Mr. Proffit's ultimate sidekick would inevitably be Chevy Chase. Don't know if he does gig's like that though.
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| Ascanio D'Ascanio in the windy Gorge |
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By admin on 9/21/2006 |
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– Ascanio D'Ascanio on the other hand teamed up with Simmer Style sail designer Jason Diffin to kick it in the windy Gorge on some new 3.3 prototypes among other things only to find out how well these tiny new sails perform. With plans to visit Jericuacuara in Brazil, Capetown in South Africa, and finally Maui in spring, Ascanio's made sure to fit in all the world's premier places to cover all the different styles of sailing he likes. Now take that cover, add age and you'll get an Ascanio interview in the latest Spanish Fuerza 7, a grubby sequence in Spanish Surf A Vela's August issue and a double spread of a back loop from the Gorge in US Windsurfing Magazine. Pictures attached below are the double spread from the US Windsurfing Magazine as well as a planing forward sequence.
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| Simmer designs X-Cam, Spark and Ransom |
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By admin on 9/20/2006 |
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– The Mouss brothers Sylvain and Benoit has been busy working on the new Simmer designs X-Cam, Spark and Ransom and so far the results have been fantastic. After the last World Cup Speed event in Karpathos, Greece, Sylvain is currently 3rd in production rankings on Simmer Sails and F2 boards. Before heading off to the ongoing PWA event in Sylt, Germany the Mouss brothers managed to squeeze in a 10 day trip to Reunion island to do a surf/windsurf report for their TV show called "Explore 'n play" as well as articles for various publications. So keep your eyes open for that. For more info make sure to visit: http://www.lesmouss.com
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| Jason Diffin back on Maui |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/19/2006 |
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– Also returning to Maui after a full-blown summer in the Gorge is Simmer sail designer Jason Diffin who was welcomed back with surf on all sides of the island. Ho'okipa with 2-4' peaks coming through while the islands southern shores offered a couple of head high swells with nice conditions. With the Simmer team in town all fired up waiting for the winter swells to roll in, JD says it's good to be home again.
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| Emma Johansson took 3rd |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/16/2006 |
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– Just behind her was fellow team rider Emma Johansson who took 3rd in the women's wave. Emma's currently in Dahab, Egypt for some freestylin' on her new 07 sails. Congratulations to Frida and Emma for their great results during the recent Swedish Wave Championships from all of us here at Simmer.
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| Kai "Flykatcher" Katchadourian in Sweden |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/14/2006 |
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– If there's no pictures of Kai "Flykatcher" Katchadourian below, this story won't tell you whether or not it's because Swedish Simmer dealer Marcus Bohman was too intimidated by "Katcher's" planing push loops, and thus refused to send in the evidence. Either way the truth might just be somewhere in between Halmstad and Varberg along Sweden's south west coast where some of the local spots was firing during the beginning of September and "Katcher" joined the locals to smack a few waves backside and push Marcus sensitive buttons with a few loops. "Katcher's" currently back in the SF's Bay Area with some south swells heading his way; so don't be surprised if he'll be pushing it again.
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| Rudy Castorina back on Maui |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/11/2006 |
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– According to Maui based Rudy Castorina there's not much that beats getting straight off the plane from Europe in August and head straight down to La Peruse for a glassy surf session, then hop across to Oahu the next day for some fantastic south shore action with un-crowded, head high surf in perfect turquoise water. That is of course if Ho'okipa is flat as a speed training camp. Then come September and we're talking logo size north swells rolling in at Ho'okipa along with some 4.7 side-off shore winds. So from now on you know where to find Mr. Castorina. To get a glimpse of Rudy on some un-crowded Indo waves try one of the following publications: Latest issue of French Planchemag as well as the latest issue of Italian Funboard.
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| UK Freestyle Nationals |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/8/2006 |
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– In some last minute news Simon Hurrey took 2nd at the recent UK Freestyle Nationals and apparently Ben Proffit finally teamed up with Chevy Chase and took 3rd. Good on ya lads!
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| Marko Simic on Krete |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/4/2006 |
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– Meanwhile on another island quite far away is Marko Simic who's spending his time on Krete getting ready for the final EFPT event in his hometown Pula, Croatia. With a quiver of new 07 sails he's really happy with, Marko's looking forward to spending some time at home.
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| Pappasrock boys |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/1/2006 |
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– Also waiting for the winter swells is the Pappasrock boys Arnie T and Rich Dave who've spent the summer on the freestyle side of the SF Bay Area nailing a few new tricks here and there, proving that age doesn't necessarily have to be an issue in windsurfing unless you make it one.
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| Sweden gets good every now and then. |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.7 2006 |
By admin on 9/1/2006 |
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– As we told you before, Sweden gets good every now and then, in fact so good that a few threats went a photographers and his family's way recently as he published the pictures below on the internet along with the name of the place.Giving away spots like that ain't so smart but threatening photographers and families for a place that can get good on occasion and is freezing, come on!
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| Matteo Guazzoni wins recent EFPT event at Silvaplana |
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By admin on 8/23/2006 |
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| After 2 months of European events, Italian freestyle wizard Matteo Guazzoni ended his euro road trip in full flare by taking 1st place at the recent Stimorol Engadinwind EFPT event at Silvaplana. Other results from his summer include: 5th place EFTP Belgium and 17th at the PWA Fuerteventura event. Matteo's currently 2nd in the EFPT rankings with two events left this season. Current plans include the PWA Sylt event in Germany followed by the last two EFPT events in Russia and Croatia. For more info on the EFPT events make sure to visit: http://www.efpt.net/ |
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| Mads Bjorna wins Nordic Freestyle Championships |
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By admin on 8/23/2006 |
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Danish Simmer rider Mads Bjorna just won the Nordic Freestyle Championships for the 3rd time and is now both Danish and Nordic Freestyle Champion, on top of that he's currently leading the Danish wave series, c'mon with a winning streak like that he could just take it to Vegas and put all his money on number 1 without a single worry.
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| Ruth Elliot goes international |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.6 2006 |
By admin on 8/23/2006 |
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| Also representing Simmer in the UK is Ruth Elliott who finished 13th in her first international wave event during the women's PWA wave event at Pozo. Recent results also includes 8th overall at the PWA Lanzarote Super X event, not a bad way to introduce yourself on the international circuit. |
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| Mike La Franchie on Indo's shallow reefs and barreling glassy waves |
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By admin on 8/23/2006 |
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| After 3 straight weeks with wind and glassy waves, New Zealand's Mike La Franchie strongly recommends Indonesia these days for down the line wave sailing. Some things to consider before going: really shallow reefs, barreling waves and remote spots without a doctor as far as the eye can see. So there you go, another good hint, including all the pros and cons from the Simmer team traveling our fantastic globe. |
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| Kai "Flykatcher" Katchadourian to Wave Classic in Sweden |
| SIMMER NEWSLETTER N.6 2006 |
By admin on 8/23/2006 |
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| Apart from throwing down flawless bottom turns on Cabo Verde Kai "Flykatcher" Katchadourian also makes sure to get his fare share of hot sauna bathing, cold beer drinking, and 8.0 X-Cam cruising while spending his summer in Finland before heading of to the Wave Classic in Varberg, Sweden on Sept 1st - 3rd to represent Simmer and do some percussion jams. Seriously people don't miss this event/party, it'll be massive, plus who knows you might just run into legendary Simmer rider "Flykatcher" and get a few "timing" hints. Just ask for Maja's bar and you'll be on the dance floor before you know it. For more info on the event please visit: http://www.surfersparadise.nu/ |
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