After a month or so in the sunshine and good winds of Jericuacuara, Brazil Ascanio D' Ascanio is all warmed up and just nailed a few Goiters and Ponchs as well as cleaning up his Flakas on both tacks and to add some extra flavor to the routine he switches it up with Punetas and Funnels. Thanks to a damn nice married woman shooting photos of her husband on the beach we can offer you some pictures, of Ascanio that is, not her husband, though we heard he rips. We also got a little video for you.
This footage is also up at: http://detourgeneration.net

8) After winning the Freestyle Expression Session and taking 5th in the men's wave at the Tiree event fellow team rider Ben Profitt re-charged and headed straight down to the Isle of Wight for the final UK event of the year and won both the men's Freestyle and Wave event and took the British Wave Champ title 2006. Check out pictures of Ben freestylin' in Tiree and Isle of Wight as well as smacking things up at the recent Redbull Storm Chase in Rhossneigr.

Prepare yourselves people, cuz we've got some amazing footage from a session in Norway recently with Simmer Style rider Ivan Christophersen. With 4.7 winds and waves from well over mast up to occasional 9 m sets, words just don't cut it. Check the pictures by Christian Nerdrum.

 
1. Morning or afternoon session?        Morning
2. Lipsmack or aerial?                        Aerial
3. Forward or backward loop?             Forward
4. Cereals or oatmeal?                      Cereal
5. Port or Starboard?                ...

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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