A month late...

Ok, so I should have posted this exactly one month ago, but I did not so here it is.

I did a short visit to the Gorge and hit the wind in a "productive" time. In one day I was able to test the 2009 Super Freak 2.9m (shown here in Black),

a Fire 3.0m, a well used 3.2m Super Freak Shown here in Yellow)

and a new 3.5m Fire. Not bad for one day.
I was super stoked to try these as n Maui it is nearly impossible for m to get time on such tiny sizes. Maui has great wind, but rarely this much in an accessible area.

The wind was strong, but we were demoing at Rowena, so no epic swell to play on. Temira and Pepi (Pepi owns Second Wind on Oak St and is our new dealer in Hood River) were my hosts for the demo and both were a great help and kept track of everyone on the water.

Messed up

Bear with us while our used to be rocking e-commerce site is down and out. Our supplier changed EVERYTHING on us and we were blindsided, totally ignoring their warnings that things would be different.
Hey, we are sail makers, not programmers!

8.0 Sail Testing

Blog by Tom
Photo and Video by Chris Freeman

The last sails to be completed in the 2009 collection are the GPS racing sails. This is because I can't do everything at once, the summer is a good time for sail testing and this way the 2009 GPS is the newest most advanced sail.

Although I spend most of my time on 6.0 and 6.6's we have a full range of sails and this weeks light winds were perfect for testing the big sails. I headed down to Kanaha with Juan and one of the shop's Starboard Futura 144L boards equiped with a 48cm fin. This is a good platform for testing the giants of the range.

When we got there it was a little windier than expected. Captain Greg was on a 7.0, so I rigged an 8.0 whilst skinny little 130lb Juan opted for the 6.0. The wind picked up some more as a rain squall moved in and I hit the water with a slightly over downhauled 8.0. Soon the wind was honking and I was having trouble keeping it all together. I decided to bear off and see just how fast an 8.0 could go. The result was a 30 knot peak speed! Later the software revealed a 30.4 knot peak with a 29.9 knot 100m, not bad for an 8.0 powering a 77cm wide board dragging a 48cm fin!


Tom sails out on the 8.0 GPS 2009



Boy that was a bit windy!


Not Bad for an 8.0, a 144L Futura and a 48cm fin!


Juan all kitted out.



Properly Powered On The 8.


The wind eased a bit and it was back to normal sailing. Chris Freeman was on the beach and took this video with his neat little waterproof camera.





Opps! I guess I did not see the anchor end of the swimming zone line. You can see the floats on the line at the end of the video.

Starboard IFCA Freestyle Worlds & Pro Kids Worlds

We have some news from Sorobon:

12 year old Amado Vrieswijk sailed into 1st place in both the IFCA Slalom U17 and Starboard/IFCA Freestyle U15 (and consequently U13).







There is more about Amado on the Starboard site:

http://www.star-board.com/2008/pages/news/news.php?readmore=397


Bjorn Saragoza clinched 2nd place in the U20 Freestyle behind PWA regular Kiri Thode. His little brother Jurgen took home 6th in the U15 Freestyle. Unfortunately I don't have photos of them, so I poached a couple from the event website (I hope Starboard don't mind!):

http://www.prokidsfreestyle.com


Jurgen



Bjorn

Also representing Hot Sails Maui was 11 year old Nik Van Den Eerenbeemt who placed 1st in U13 Slalom and 3rd in U13 Freestyle. Nik and his brother Mack-Dylan (10) just competed in the Aruba Hi-winds where Nik won both the Freestyle and Slalom.


Nik and brother Mack-Dylan on the Aruba HiWinds podium

I have not yet found the complete Slalom results, but I will post them when I get more information.

Starboard IFCA Freestyle Worlds & Pro Kids Worlds

RESULTS (final)
Worldchampionships freestyle youth U 20

Rank Name Sail Division R 1 R 2 R3 tie Disc Total
1 Thode Kiri YOUTH U20 1 1 1 1 1 2
2 Saragoza Björn NB 11 YOUTH U20 2 2 2 2 2 4
3 Balentien Hendryck NB 52 YOUTH U20 3 3 6 6 6 6
4 Finies Archuendro NB 77 YOUTH U20 4 6 3 6 6 7
5 Bestetti Filippo ITA 767 YOUTH U20 6 4 4 6 6 8
6 Hasulyo Daniel HUN 91 YOUTH U20 6 6 8 8 8 12
7 Wederfoort Victor CUR 12 YOUTH U20 8 8 6 8 8 14
8 Sint Jago Jeager NB 107 YOUTH U20 8 8 8 8 8 16
9 Zeper Paul H 115 YOUTH U20 10 10 10 1 10 10 20
10 Simal Andrea YOUTH U20 10 10 10 2 10 10 20
11 Cleofa Farley YOUTH U20 12 12 12 12 12 24

Worldchampionships freestyle junior U 17

Rank Name Sail Division R 1 R 2 R3 tie Disc Total
1 Kalk Christopher EST 141 JUNIOR U17 2 1 1 2 2 2
2 Schmidt Youp NB 12 JUNIOR U17 1 2 2 2 2 3
3 Heymans Ezri NB 106 JUNIOR U17 3 3 3 3 3 6
4 Winklaar David-Lee NB 103 JUNIOR U17 4 6 8 1 8 8 10
5 Christiaan Jordan NB 125 JUNIOR U17 8 4 6 2 8 8 10
6 Reid Jordan 67 JUNIOR U17 6 8 4 3 8 8 10
7 Oxholm Eirik NOR 320 JUNIOR U17 6 6 8 8 8 12
8 Boekhoudt Rodderick NB 118 JUNIOR U17 8 8 6 8 8 14
9 De Palm Mallory JUNIOR U17 10 10 10 10 10 20

Prokids U 15 boys

Rank Name Sail Division R 1 R 2 R3 tie Disc Total
1 Vrieswijk Amado NB 20 PROKID U15 2 1 1 2 2 2
2 Jendrusch Rick H 120 PROKID U15 1 3 2 3 3 3
3 Robles Dylan NB 19 PROKID U15 6 2 3 6 6 5
4 Verploeg Mathias ARU 20 PROKID U15 3 6 4 6 6 7
5 Van Den Eerenbeemt Nik Anton ARU 96 PROKID U15 4 4 8 8 8 8
6 Saragoza Jürgen NB 117 PROKID U15 6 8 6 8 8 12
7 Sances Mozart NB 101 PROKID U15 8 6 8 8 8 14
8 Cicilia Rich ARU 39 PROKID U15 8 8 10 10 10 16
8 Jonis Jamil NB 104 PROKID U15 10 10 6 10 10 16
10 Celestijn Francis NB 123 PROKID U15 10 10 10 10 10 20
11 Paula Jendello PROKID U15 11 11 11 11 11 22

Prokids U 15 girls

Rank Name Sail Division R 1 R 2 R3 tie Disc Total
1 Van Zadelhoff Camille NC 35 PROKID GIRL U15 1 2 1 2 2 2
2 Velandia Mavelly PROKID GIRL U15 3 1 3 1 3 3 4
3 Finies Kaile PROKID GIRL U15 2 3 2 2 3 3 4
4 Van Zadelhoff Isabelle NC 34 PROKID GIRL U15 4 4 4 4 4 8

Prokids U 11 boys

Rank Name Sail Division R 1 R 2 R3 tie Disc Total
1 Lageveen Steven ARU 888 PROKID U11 2 1 1 2 2 2
2 Gustowski Stepherd NB 91 PROKID U11 1 4 3 4 4 4
3 Schreuders Mikel NB 44 PROKID U11 3 3 6 1 6 6 6
4 Romeijn Sil Frans PROKID U11 4 2 8 2 8 8 6
5 Boom Jamiroquai PROKID U11 6 8 4 8 8 10
5 Etmon Aron PROKID U11 8 8 2 8 8 10
7 De Palm Mitchell PROKID U11 6 6 8 8 8 12
7 Finies Serginho NB 007 PROKID U11 8 6 6 8 8 12

Prokids U 11 girls

Rank Name Sail Division R 1 R 2 R3 tie Disc Total
1 De Man Mikki PROKID GIRL U11 2 3 1 1 3 3 3
2 Stomp Noa 777 PROKID GIRL U11 3 1 2 2 3 3 3
3 Pauletta Anais NB 108 PROKID GIRL U11 1 2 3 3 3 3 3
4 Mouisse Sidney PROKID GIRL U11 4 4 4 4 4 8

Prokids U 9

Rank Name Sail Division R 1 R 2 R3 tie Disc Total
1 Finies Yannick PROKID U9 1 1 1 1 1 2
2 Finies Nathan PROKID U9 2 1 2 2 2 3
3 Etmon Oscar PROKID U9 5 5 5 5 5 10
3 Sint Jago Mingaël PROKID U9 5 5 5 5 5 10
3 Trinidad Jursten PROKID U9 5 5 5 5 5 10

Principal Race Officer Headjudge: Racesupervisor IFCA:

Tinho Dornellas (USA) Nathaniel Macfarlane (AHO) Eric Kling (NED)


Congratulations from Hot Sails Maui to Amado, Bjorn, Jurgen, Nik and all the other kids on a great event!