1) PWA Aloha Classic |
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By admin on Monday, November 27, 2006 |
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With one of the windsurf highlights of the year, the PWA Aloha Classic under the belt it's safe to say the Simmer Style team including founder Klaus Simmer represented well. |
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2) Junko Nagoshi wins the Open Women's Aloha Classic |
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By admin on Friday, November 24, 2006 |
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PWA rookie of the year 2005 Junko Nagoshi once again proved her consistency when she won the Open Women's Aloha Classic event on the new 2007 X-Flex in logo high waves at Ho'okipa Beach Park, followed by a 3rd place in the Pro Women's Aloha Classic proving once and for all that she's rightfully belongs right up there among the worlds top female sailors.
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3) Victor Fernandez 7th place at the Aloha Classic |
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By admin on Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
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Victor Fernandez took 7th place in the Pro Men's at the Aloha Classic. At the moment he's looking forward to meeting up with fellow Simmer rider Kristoffer Living in Chile in December for a photo shoot with Simmer Style's Magus Petersson. Until then check out some pictures of Victor enjoying the warm waters of Maui.
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4) Some other Simmer Style riders at the Aloha Classic |
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By admin on Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
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Some of the other Simmer Style riders who ripped hard at the Aloha Classic were
15-year-old Kristen Orth (3rd place in the Women's Junior and 9th in Open Women's),
Keith Teboul (3rd place in the Men's Masters), Kai Katchadourian (4th place in the Men's Masters and 11th in Men's Pro), Nat Gill (5th place in the Men's Open) and Simmer Style founder Klaus Simmer who took 5th in both Men's Masters and Men's Grand Masters.
For more info on the PWA Aloha Classic event visit: http://www.pwaworldtour.com or
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5) Simmer Style sail designer Jason Diffin reports from Maui |
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By admin on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 |
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"-The contest is behind us, and we went straight to work getting new footage for the video- the day after the contest, the surfers owned Ho'okipa- they had been waiting for 2 weeks, and given the light wind and perfect roping waves, there was no room for windsurfers! So, the team and I went down the reef a little bit and sailed really fun, if super light, logo high waves at Mama's Fish House/Ku'au. Sam Ireland was on the point filming, and I think we got some good footage of Me (5.0, 92ltrs), Victor (5.3,74ltrs), Rudy (5.6, 74ltrs), Junko (4.7, 70ltrs).
We sailed in to the sunset and had a great session with all ripping- Rudy sailing his 5.6 like it was a 4.7, Junko tagging lips, Victor with solid hits and a super clean wave Taka, and me loving the unbelievable loos ... |
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6) Matteo Guazzoni 2nd place EFPT Tour 2006 |
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By admin on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
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Italian freestyle wizard and 2004 EFPT champ Matteo Guazzoni once again proved he's one of Europe's most talented and consistent freestyle sailors when he recently took 2nd place at the final EFPT event in Croatia that gave him 2nd place overall in the EFPT Tour 2006. |
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7) Ruth Elliot crowned 2006 Women's British Wave Champ. |
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By admin on Monday, November 13, 2006 |
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UK Simmer Style rider Ruth Elliot was recently crowned 2006 Women's British Wave Champ. This is her version:
"-I've had a fantastic autumn at home spending the whole of September sailing in North Wales with some killer swells. In early October I traveled up to the Tiree wave classic, which is the biggest and highest profile competition on the UK Wave calendar.
The first day people were still arriving on the ferry so heats couldn't start until the afternoon. As I'd arrived a few days early I pulled off the fastest registration in history and was off to the beach scoring some quality wave riding in logo high clean sets and light winds (yes the combination did cause a few swims).
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9) Ascanio D' Ascanio in Jericuacuara, Brazil |
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By admin on Saturday, November 11, 2006 |
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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
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8) Ben Profitt British Wave Champ title 2006 |
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By admin on Saturday, November 11, 2006 |
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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.
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10) Session in Norway recently with Ivan Christophersen. |
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By admin on Friday, November 10, 2006 |
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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.
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12) Sylvain Demercastel traveling around the world for Planchemag |
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By admin on Wednesday, November 08, 2006 |
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French Simmer rider Sylvain Demercastel got himself a gig that easily could give every windsurfer on the planet wet dreams. So if traveling around the world for Planchemag and do a windsurf travel and environmental review every two months doesn't do it for you, then what the heck does?
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14) Fredrick Stenieck aka "Hawaiian Derelict" |
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By admin on Sunday, November 05, 2006 |
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Fredrick Stenieck aka "Hawaiian Derelict" got back to Maui just in time for the Aloha Classic after a few weeks in northern Scotland where he got served the finest aged Scotch liquids you can imagine. Check out "The Derelict" back at home. A Scotch off the lip anyone?
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13) Philippe "Gonz" Raymond testing sails for one of the big magazines |
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By admin on Sunday, November 05, 2006 |
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Another one who's also got quite a good gig is French Simmer Style rider Philippe "Gonz" Raymond who's been testing sails for one of the big magazines all month. After that he's off to Fuerte Ventura to do research and development for Tiga for the rest of the winter.
Damn! Wet dream again.
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15) Vincent Langer stays cool by sailing slalom and freestyle in chilled out Germany |
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By admin on Saturday, November 04, 2006 |
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So while some of the Simmer riders enjoy the warm places on our globe Vincent Langer stays cool by sailing slalom and freestyle in chilled out Germany. 2 more weeks of military training before he joins the sport group that offers plenty of time for windsurfing. Who knows they might just pay his ticket to some warm place to sail around and scoop out the place.
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16) Redbull Stormchase with Kristoffer Living and Emma Johansson |
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By admin on Friday, November 03, 2006 |
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On another chilly note the Redbull Stormchase went down in Sweden on Oct 31st. Simmer Style team riders Kristoffer Living and Emma Johansson chased the storm down the west coast of Sweden and scored some great conditions in Halmstad.
Check out www.redbullstormchase.com for pics and trailers!
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17) Emma Johansson |
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By admin on Friday, November 03, 2006 |
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After that Emma Johansson thought it might be a good thing to chase some heat and defrost in Jericoacoara, Brazil for a month and a half. Pictures coming up...
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18) The Papasrock boys in San Francisco's bay area |
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By admin on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
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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/
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