Butterfly Effect Germany

Germany, July 4th, 2009

The Butterfly Effect announces its first ever all women, water sport event non-competitive in Germany this July. It will be a one-day downwinder of windsurf, kite, SUP, surf, and water sport clinics at Kiel, North Germany. A downwinder means to set out in a distance from one location down the coast to another location. Usually, it is a short mission that is challenging but safe to push the level of women in water sports. All women are welcome from any skill level. It is for free! We are encouraging women to pre- sign up at surf shops in Kiel, Lübeck, Hamburg, Münster. This event is uniquely designed to promote women in water sports.

Downwinder Details

The downwinder begins from Heidkate and continues to Brasilien_ (west wind), with a break at Kalifornien. Heidtake is one of the hot spots of Kiel. Wide sandy beach, big space, beautiful atmosphere. The distance of the downwind is around 2,5 km from Heidtake to Kalifornien and 2km Brasilien. The wind usually blows from west direction and it is suggested to bring a sail around 5.0m or kite size around 7m to 9m. For stand-up paddling any size is fine. It is possible to join the group from Heidtake, Kalifornien or even being part on the clinic at Heidkate.

Much Aloha
Juliana and Tatiana

Sod's Law

By Tom

For the last few years I have been sailing whatever boards I can lay my hands on. A wide variety of pre-loved gems have been under my feet from a large selection of manufacturers. Mostly borrowed stuff, but I got a few good deals on trades. That is how I came to own my F2 missile. I think it was 3 years old when I got hold of it. Since then I have pounded it through Maui's rough water for two years. Surprisingly the deck is now soft and the rocker is distinctly negative. This is not good for a speed board.

I am taking the speed sailing a little more seriously these days and I decided I needed to replace it. The boys at Starboard hooked me up and after much discussion with Ian Fox I chose an Isonic W49 as a replacement. Of course such items have to be ordered at least 4 months in advance, so I have been patiently waiting for the container of Maui's Starboards to come in for a long time.


I have not had a brand new board scince I got a wave board back in 1998. It was shaped by Dave Mel (Sailboards Maui) and built by myself up at the old Tomminator Boardworks when I used to work there. Prior to that I had many custom boards and I would have to go all the way back to 1989 to find the last production board I got new. I think that was a Bic Alto. So needless to say this was a big deal for me and the excitement has steadily been building. Everyday for the last few months I've been asking Bart (Kanaha Kai owner and expecting a few boards himself)"when will my board be here?". I must have driven him nuts!

Finally the container arrived last friday morning. It was windy. Unfortunately the container was not to be opened till 9am the next day. I had to work all day with that container in plain sight. The weekend was windy - very windy. One small problem stood between me and my board. This of all weekends was the weekend I moved house! All weekend was taken up with the move and I did not get a chance to even see it.



Monday morning - there it is waiting for me in a brown cardboard box hidden from sight. Naturally Mondays are busy and it was not till the afternoon that I finally got the chance to unpack it. Vent screw, footstraps, she's ready to go!



There is some law in the universe that says the windspeed is inversly proportional to the age of a new board. There is no wind, and none forercast for the next few days. Maybe by next weekend I will be able to sail it. For now I will just have to stare!


The forecast looks like this for a while.

1st and 3rd at Starboard ProKids Worlds

Hot Sails Maui rider Steven Max took top honors last week at the Starboard Pro Kids World Championships. He won his age group (Under 12) and took an amazing 3rd Place in the under 15 age group! Not bad for TEN years old!
In the under 12 final Steven Max Lageveen (ARU 888) beat young Russian Konstantin Smirnov (RUS 111).
Congrats Steven!

Close, But No Cigar

By Tom,

Last sunday I finnaly managed to get the Maui Vmax GPS Speed Sailing series going. We were supposed to run in May, but there was just no wind, and our mail server was down so I could not send out announcements. The week before was the Maui Race series slalom at Kanaha which had a lot of strong wind. We were hoping for the same.

Unfortunately it was not to be and it turned out to be quite light. I should have rigged my 7.3, but I was desperate to put the new GPS 2010 6.6 through it's paces. Due to the lack of wind I had not sailed it much. Dionny had modified it for me by taking a big crash and going right through it and reduceing it's area by about half a meter. It had taken me a couple of weeks to get round to fixing it. The sail was also fitted with my new 4 roller cam design which I was desperate to test. So I rigged the 6.6 and stuck it on my Tabou Manta 67 (100l) and swapped out the 36cm Vector fin for a 30cm.

It was flukey to say the least, but my gear delivered the goods. Alex and I were on the lower reef at around 12:50 and both found some good gusts setting first and second fastest speeds respectively within a minute and a half. After a long break I went back out with the helmet cam and chased Alex around for a bit. The wind got worse after that and by 3pm I was in my street clothes working on downloading the tracks. The wind picked up right then and everybody went back out on the water. I was a bit worried everyone would find wind and go faster with me stuck on the beach. In the end the early speeds held up and I took second place with a 33.92 knot 100m to Alex's 34.08.

The new sail proved to be superb with very easy handling and good low end power, and obviously it had loads of speed. It was a complete succes for the cams too which rotated effortlessly and performed very well.

The full story, results, pictures and videos can be found on the event sites:


http://mauivmax.blogspot.com

http://www.mauivmax.com

Cheers,

Tom

Curacao Success

Once again, Amado dominates his class in racing to lead the pack at the Curacao Challenge Slalom Races. Sailing his GPS sails, he lead the pack which was nearly all using Hot Sails, to win the event. Hot Sails Maui's lifetime rider Jurgen Saragosa took third place.

Diony Rules!

1st Diony Guadagnino V69
2nd Gollito Estredo V01
3rd Ricardo Campello V111
The Event in Puerto La Cruz was a big surprise for me, not only because of the 62 plus competitors that participated, the level was also very high, also having the presence of World class champions like Gollito Estredo, Ricardo Campello, Alexis Carache, Juan Marino, Alexis Zaballa and Cheo Diaz, when these following competitors I mentioned above compete in any windsurfing discipline they always seem to give a big headache, what surprised me was the quality of the organization and the professionalism of the regatta comity, that always helps big time.

What helped me to win this event was my physical preparation, focus and comfort I had with my windsurfing equipment, I had it well tuned, especially when the wind blew 18 knots plus is when I feel more comfortable with strong winds, the category of this event was slalom and also a freestyle night exhibition with strong lights, the slalom consisted in two long distance laps defi wind

Results:

Open Pro:
1st Diony Guadagnino V69
2nd Gollito Estredo V01
3rd Ricardo Campello V111
4th Alexis Carache V1111
5th Cheo Diaz V34

Master:
1st Jose Leal V1029
2nd Walter Dramisino V1909
3rd Eleazar Franchesqui V91
4th Cristian Anrique V333
5th Adolfo Fernandez V20

Women:
1st Sofia Moraes V11

Sport:
1st Oscar Sicneros V666
2nd Armando Gonzales V218
3rd Daniel Gonzales Latorraca V722
4th Hector Orteaga V115
5th Ronny Navarrete V15

Grand Master:
1st Sergio Mendoza VX
2nd Arcario Ferraz V00
3rd Spartaco Siccarelli V711
4th Hector Hung V0
5th Esteban Morillo Hermoso V53

Junior:
1st Alessandro Tesca V12
2nd Ignacio Malizzia V40
3rd Felix Lista V89
4th Hender Acosta

Sprecks and Lowers Sessions

By Glenn

Here I am riding on a bamboo/carbon creation from Sean Ordonez...this board is so beautiful that at first I was afraid to sail it:) With a maple leaf inlaid into the bamboo deck and another abstract variation painted on the hull this board truly represents my home country, eh!


THE WINDSURFER - Maui Sessions - Vol. 2 from Glenn Haslbeck on Vimeo.