| Kristoffer Living Swedish Wave Champion |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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| Vincent Langer 3rd overall in the German windsurf cup |
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By admin on 9/21/2006 |
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– Vincent Langer just finished 3rd overall in the German windsurf cup this year. In a few weeks Vinc is off to the army, we know that doesn't sounds like fun, but if you're in a military sports group that let's you go windsurfing all the time and then pay you to do it, then it's a totally different gig right?
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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 |
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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 |
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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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| Soulfiles freestyle event held in Klitmoller, Denmark |
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By admin on 9/14/2006 |
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– Congratulations to Victor Fernandez who did it again, as he once more opened up his big bag of solid tricks and won the recent Soulfiles freestyle event held in Klitmoller, Denmark in mid Sept. For more info on the event visit: http://www.riders.dk as well as http://www.victore42.com
Photo: Magnus Petersson.
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| Kai "Flykatcher" Katchadourian in Sweden |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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| Mr. Hurrey got a new video |
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By admin on 9/7/2006 |
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– Mr. Hurrey also got a new video up and running on his website at:
http://www.simonhurrey.com/videos/detail/06_summer_highlights/ so that should be well worth clicking.
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| New range of 2007 Simmer Sails |
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By admin on 9/6/2006 |
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– If there's anyone still out there who haven't checked the whole new range of 2007 Simmer Sails is about time you do, so hurry up to: http://simmerstyle.eu to have a look at the brand new wave and freestyle sails.
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| Francisco Porcella hanging around on Maui |
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By admin on 9/5/2006 |
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– Francisco Porcella has been hanging around his home island Maui surfing south swells and sailing Ho'okipa while waiting for the bigger north swells to hit the island's north shores. More to come....
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| Marko Simic on Krete |
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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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| Ania Ostrowska's DVD Magazine "Crazy Windsurfer" |
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By admin on 9/3/2006 |
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– Another thing to look forward to is Ania Ostrowska's DVD Magazine "Crazy Windsurfer" issue #3 that should be out any day now. After that it's all about Maui as she heads over to the Valley Isle on October 5th to get some waves.
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| Pappasrock boys |
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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. |
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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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