Laird Hamilton's SUP board with PUMA

Laird Hamilton will be a crew member of the PUMA Volvo Ocean Race 70 foot boat. Laird extended his partnership with PUMA to include a special line of SUP boards. These limited edition boards, hand made in the USA, will be available at a PUMA store near you.

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Get ready for lift off

My friend Casey Hauser jointly with the epicsessions.tv team, with the support of Red Bull, selected a group of 16 windsurfers, for a new form of event in Gran Canaria on June 24th. This is a jumping contest, where participants carried a very special kind of GPS to record and broadcast live the very details of their jump (flight would be a more appropriate word).

3 categories:
- highest jump
- best trick
- biggest wipe-out (ouch...)

A video summary of the event:

More info here:

http://www.redbull.es/cs/Satellite/es_ES/Red-Bull-Rockets/001243025914428

Adios Spain, I'm moving to Amsterdam irrestible waters

Who wouldn't with such an irrestible watersports play ground?

Foils are the way to go?

Little by little, the developments of hydrofoils make those a viable option for windsurfers and kiteboarders. When the equipment becomes more affordable, no doubt we'll foil-equipped riders at our local spots.

A recent demo at the Wind Mag sponsored Dakhla festival:

Surfing in your garden

Wavegarden is a cost effective and environmentally friendly wave generation technology that is now available to the public. For the first time Wavegarden makes economically-viable inland wave sports and lifestyle facilities possible.

It is also a great tool to teach surfing.

Marisa Miller's SUP

In our celebrities series, we now introduce top model Marisa Miller endorsing her SUP board... and some flattering outfits to go out on the water with it.

Enjoy:

Good morning Richard!

In our series of high profile personnalities endorsing watersports advertisements, Sir Richard Branson raised the bar up to out-of-reach levels for us mere mortals. Fun little movie:

Robby Naish, the advertisement star

I was just recovering from seeing Robby windsurfing all dressed up in elegant Tommy Hilfiger business suits, now he's doing a stint for Porsche. Well, Robby has always been fond of cars, so it should be no surprise:

Kelly did it: 10x world champ10n !

Amazing career and achievement for the king of surfing:

 

http://www.aspworldtour.com/2010/11/06/kelly-slater-clinches-historic-10th-asp-world-title-in-puerto-rico-3/

Forget Nespresso and George Clooney, here comes Laird Hamilton's coffee!

If George's Nespresso is too posh for you and you're in the hunt for a real coffee for real men. Or if you want to live the surfing way of life all the way to your kitchen, Laird Hamilton's coffee is what you need. Sip and enjoy:

http://www.lairdhamilton.com/index.php/2010/10/30/lairds-italian-espresso-roasted-in-maui/