And now, Kauli wins in SUP too

After Kai Lenny winning the first stage of the World Stand Up Tour, we now have 3 times windsurfing wave world champion Kauli Seadi winning in SUP too. But mind you, not in a surfing contest, but in a long distance contest! A physical and resistance statement at this long distance in Brazil, sponsored by Red Bull.

Kauli was riding a JP Australia SUP, but not a long distance prototype, despite the lower gliding speed of this allround board, he got the job done. Congrats!

More info:
http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Sports/Water-Sports/001242745960432

Is this the short term future?

Weird leech design is making a come back on wave sails, quad fin wave boards are all the buzz (in addition to Kauli, it is rumored that Thomas Traversa is testing quad fins). We shall find out when the 2010 collections show up in surf shops if these are just R&D prototypes or the real thing.

GoPro Wide

There is a new toy at home: a tiny on-board camera for those watersports, skiing or mountain-biking sessions.
I have a lot of progress to make photo-wise (managing the wide angle or light direction, to start with), not to mention my stance on the board. A great tool to visualize my errors and, hopefully, correct them and improve.

Deboichet quality fins!

January 3rd: I met Oriana and Jean-Jacques Deboichet. Nice lunch together at Almanarre and a most pleasant 3 hour conversation around fins and windsurfing.

They are truly passionate about their job and their mission to provide the best quality windsurfing fins. I look forward to their new wave fins and other projects they mentionned to me off the record.