The Papasrock boys in San Francisco's bay area Arnie, Rich and Mike recently got reimbursed for the lack of wind in October and scored Waddell and 3rd Ave recently. Waddell was going off with logo high waves and 5.3 side shore winds, while 3rd Ave was nuking with 3.7 winds. Photo: Steven Hamman and Dave Coombes.

Arnie at Waddell: http://www.stehsegelrevue.com/pod/20061109060428/
Rich at 3rd Ave: http://www.stehsegelrevue.com/pod/20061109060945/

Well the pictures below of Swedish Simmer Style distributor Marcus Bohman and Kai "Flykatcher" Kathchadourian will definitely tell you that Marcus wasn't directly intimidated by "Flykatcher's" planning push loops but rather that he sure enjoyed every second they spent on the water together on Sweden's west coast as mentioned in our last newsletter.

So while France got hit with wind, the exact opposite happened as the wind died on the island of Crete where Simmer Style rider Marko Simic is getting ready for the final EFPT event. He knows if the wind won't come to you, then it's all about hitting the road to find it yourself, so next week's he's off to the west part of the island to track down some good conditions, in the meantime check out what was going on before the wind decided to go on strike.

Sylvain Demercastel on the other hand would probably pay a million or so to get rid of his wetsuit and be back in the warm waters of Indo rather than being covered in neoprene back home in France, but no panic, the French season has kicked off with some fine days and motivation is sky high. Just look at the pictures below of Sylvain smacking lips in neoprene looking like a million bucks.

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With 2m waves and side/off winds at Carro in France, a job as a sail and board tester for a windsurf magazine and a glider to airbrush when it's flat, Raymond "Gonz" Gonzalez has no problems filling his days with good things as you can see below.

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Upon his return from this winters trip to Indo, Mike La Franchie was greeted with some solid winter swells and good winds back in New Zealand as well as a 9 stitch fin gash that took 3 weeks to heal, just in time for a full week of quality sailing. With summer coming up days are longer which means more time on the water for Mike and with the Taranaki Wave Classic just around the corner every hour on the water is very welcome. Add an El Nino forecast for this year as well and it sure looks like NZ is yet to offer some great conditions.
Check out Mike's fresh off the hook shots from last night. That's how fresh our news is.

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1. Morning or afternoon session? Afternoon
2. Lipsmack or aerial? Lipsmack
3. Forward or backward loop? Backloop
4. Cereals or oatmeal? Cereals
5. Port or Starboard? Port
6. Reef or beach break? Reef
7. Home or away? Don't know what's what anymore, home I guess.
8. New or old spots? Old
9. Truck or van? Van
10. Double mast or logo? In between.
11. Session or competition? Session
12. Wave or freestyle? Wave
13. Lager or ale? Lager
14. Meat or vegetables? Meat
15. Tattoos or not? Not
16. Super X or racing? Super X
17. Film or photos? Film, though photo's can be really nice as well!
18. 4x4 or easy access? Easy access
19. One-hand or regular? Mix it up!
20. RDM or regular diameter? RDM, they are stronger.
21. X-Ply or monofilm? X-ply
22. Calculated technical or go-for-it? Mix, more technical in the last few years.< ...

– 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