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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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Caught these guys doing a down winder passing by the hatch - also some rockstar on a windsurfer doing a photo session - made it look like a skateboard - the photog said he is next months cover of Windsurfing.
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
1417 Posts
Hood River
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| Wed Sep 13, 06 11:47 am |
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THAT THERE IS JIM BISON!!!
Oh and the only thing that dude makes windsurfing look like is, well, you all know that 3 letter word.
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4907 Posts
Portland
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| Wed Sep 13, 06 12:17 pm |
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| We were watching the kiters ripping it and Jim sails in and does this pop shuvit looking move - first time I stopped watching kiters to checkout wind.....
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boardrider
Since 05 Apr 2006
1034 Posts
Ventura, CA
XTreme Poster
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| Wed Sep 13, 06 3:27 pm |
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| Gman - I believe the kiter is Jim; poleboarder - unknown. Anyone kite there today. Wind reeaal gusty today at Lyle and Spit. I tried to get to the Hatch but it just wasn't going to happen.- C
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bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
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| Wed Sep 13, 06 6:00 pm |
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Your windsurfer is Rob Warwick. He rips and is on the cover of the current Windsurfing Magazine...
I got some sick shots of him during the last evening strobe shoot... Hope some editor ends up liking the images...
Jon
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4907 Posts
Portland
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bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 10:38 am Not The Money Shot |
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Here is a shot from the evening strobe session... Sorry, can't let the good ones outta the bag yet...
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| Rob Warwick sliding through the twilight. |
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Mike Hawk
Since 20 Mar 2006
179 Posts
say that 3 times fast DONT FEED THE TROLL!
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 11:16 am |
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it thought this was www.nwKITE.com I know my spelling suks but I know the difference betewwn kiteboarding and windsailingsurfingboardiing
great the guy can jibe, i hear that is a big step in windsailingsurfingboardiing
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bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 11:24 am |
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He is doing a 540 Spock... Yeah, a full 540 flat rotation on an eight and a half foot long board with a 14 foot mast and 4.2m sail. Makes most kiteboarding moves look pretty simple in comparison. He also has a 900 pretty well wired too.
Guess you thirteen year old kids really don't know all that much after all... Its about supporting water/wind/wave sports. Now get off the internet and back to class...
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 12:40 pm |
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| Word, Bam!
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
1417 Posts
Hood River
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 12:46 pm |
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Cool, he can do a 900 0 inches off of the water, thats definately extreme.
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bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 12:54 pm |
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Ian,
You have NO CLUE as too the difficulty of freestyle windsurfing versus kiteboarding do you??? Rob Warwick is a world class athlete who could pick up kiting and be at your level in about a summer...
Jon
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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1873 Posts
WISCONSIN
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6548 Posts
Couve / Hood
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 1:13 pm |
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Okay all respect to him and how much time it takes to master Windsurfing at that level (or any level), but I will be the sacrificial lamb who asks....
| bambam wrote: | | Rob Warwick is a world class athlete who could pick up kiting and be at your level in about a summer... |
So why doesn't he? 
Actually I find the super high powered launching off of swells or waves and flying 100ft horizontal type windsurfing the most impressive (to watch.)
The freestyle stuff does look really hard... but freestyle in any sport isn't supposed to look hard, its supposed to look easy but be hard.
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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1873 Posts
WISCONSIN
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 1:21 pm hmmm..you gotta point there. |
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Wyo Kiter
Since 09 Mar 2006
148 Posts
In a VAN, down by the RIVER.
Stoked
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 1:29 pm |
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Someday I hope to do that (360 Spock death grip or whatever) with my 19' Catamaran, talk about skill!!! But for now I'll just kiteboard. It is a Catamaran and a Wakeboard boat all in a bag!!!
When in a Kite Forum...
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bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
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| Thu Sep 14, 06 1:32 pm |
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Phillip,
Windsurfing at that level takes about 7-10 YEARS of dedicated and hard work/training. Rob does not kite because he is North Sails number one windsurfing guy right now, and makes his living as a full time windsurfer...
Trust me, they make it look easy in comparison to the average "really really good freestyle windsurfer". There is just some sick sick stuff going on these days in the freestyle windsurfing world, and chucking that much equipement around tends to be pretty difficult...
http://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=40
Jon
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