Sunday, July 5, 2009

4th Recap, PWA Lanzarote Event

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend! We had our fair share of fun down here in Hatteras, that's for sure! HIB has a bit of a tradition running, hosting a party for the last 7 (or so) years in a row. It's pretty sweet, since the fireworks are right across the street at the Avon Pier. So we had a band playing, the grill was fired up, and everyone had a great time!

Drew's got a big smile on his face for some reason

Some of the crowd

Some of The Band (who were awesome, by the way)!

The Surfing and sailing has been ok for the last few days- nothing epic, but I've had reports of a few hours of wind here or there, and some fun little waves around low tide. Wendy and Roland, and Rob, have all come in with stories of SUP glory and huge smiles on their faces :) You're skunk proof with a SUP, that's for sure!

On to some worldwide sailing news- Gollito and Sarah-Quita just won the PWA Lanzarote Freestyle event! This is such a cool place to have an event... When conditions line up, they've got big ramps on the outbound tack to throw huge jumps, and semi-smooth water inside for the more "traditional" freestyle spinny moves. I think it's a much more interesting, vivid, and radical set up for a competition, where competitors can really go all out and show some of the best stuff windsurfing has to offer (except for actual wavesailing). But whatever, check out the video of the last day of competition and make up your own mind:




Sweet, huh?! Let us know what you think in the poll on the top right!

4 comments:

Catapulting Aaron said...

Glad you had a good 4th... pretty sweet freestyle in Lanzarote!

rdm said...

Andy- You should add disclaimers about not watching this stuff too close to bedtime on a school night!

Jim said...

Glad you weren't too close to the explosion in Ocracoke!

Bill said...

"Power Freestyle" That is pretty bad ass!!

Damn, it would be great to start seeing some of that type of action here... I guess we all have some work to do (Andy, Stewart, myself, anyone else ready to go against the grain in the air off a Hatteras wave)?! : )