If you're missing this weekend's ABK Clinic, don't worry, because you can still get a taste of the ABK experience by coming to a Free In-Shop Clinic with Andy Brandt! Clear up some time (in your busy Hatteras nightlife social schedule) Tuesday night (May 12th, 2009), starting at about 7PM, and come to Sailworld Hatteras with the windsurfing related question of your choice!
See ya then!
In the meantime... Looks like it's gonna crank all day tomorrow! Warm, sunny, SW... Weekend warriors, Load Up!!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Record Profits from Windsurfing Sales!!
This morning, Sailworld was worth 9 million dollars! Unfortunately, the nice woman at the bank decided to correct the mistake she had made with my deposit, so we were only a multi-million dollar company for about 2 minutes. (dang-it!)
Once again, I got scammed by mid day winds that faded at 5, and a long day stuck at work... But, all my customers have been stoked (and limping, with blistered hands, broken ribs, stitches, etc), so it's fine because I know they're having a killer time out there!! In any case, all this wind has kicked up a nice sized swell, so Stuart, Drew and I caught a few lumpy bombs this evening. It felt great to get in the water on a surfboard... Man it's been a long time... its been soooo windy!! The bod feels great, just from an hour's worth of paddling around. It evens you right up after windsurfing so much!
More wind tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday! Good time to GET HERE!! Don't forget to sign up for the ABK Clinic!!
Once again, I got scammed by mid day winds that faded at 5, and a long day stuck at work... But, all my customers have been stoked (and limping, with blistered hands, broken ribs, stitches, etc), so it's fine because I know they're having a killer time out there!! In any case, all this wind has kicked up a nice sized swell, so Stuart, Drew and I caught a few lumpy bombs this evening. It felt great to get in the water on a surfboard... Man it's been a long time... its been soooo windy!! The bod feels great, just from an hour's worth of paddling around. It evens you right up after windsurfing so much!
More wind tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday! Good time to GET HERE!! Don't forget to sign up for the ABK Clinic!!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wave schlogging when it's blowing 30
Business first, then pleasure!
Tons of new stuff for you guys to check out at the shop! New Gaastra, New Starboard, New RRD, and more.... Come check it out!
Gaastra Plasma 8.3, Technora, rigs on a 460!! $928
Gaastra Manic HD, bombproof with a light feel in the hands $640
Gaastra Poison, powerful wave sail $661
Truckload of new Starboards!!
Moving on, to the Pleasure:
It has been unbelievably windy down here in Hatteras! I've been grabbing dawn and dusk sessions, which timing wise has been a bit of a bummer because the wind has been light, while mid day, all day, it's been blowing 30+..... but, whatever, it's still fun to get out there and catch some waves or work on the freestyle! Here are a bunch of pics from the weekend (taken by either Anne or me)
Dawn Sesh! Small Waves, Medium wind
Sunset Sesh, Super light wind wave schlog. I'm getting a great feel for that Tabou Pocket 80! (It Rips)
Keith schlogged around, too
And was killin' it with all of his normal style
Ken K, rigged and ready, dawn sesh
I'm loving this new board! Even at 80 liters it's uphaul-able and schlogs like a champ!
Ken
Birthday Boy Stuart!!
Sunset wave schlog. Check out Rick on the right hand side of the pic!
Olaf on the face!
Even though the wind was light and the waves were small, I'm still adept at making big splashes!
??????
That's better!
Rick has been all over the place, emailing me about all his exploits in the wind!
Small, mushy, and surprisingly fun!
Coming up-
More SW!!
ABK Boardsports is holding a clinic this weekend, Friday through Sunday. Sign up and reap the benefits of instruction from the best coaches in the Americas! We may have a free in store evening clinic as well, but we're not sure on the timing of that yet... Will keep you informed!
Lots of other's Hatteras experiences are showing up on the net... Check out this thread for some cool pics and stories. And don't forget to read through this thread for a pretty candid look at Mike's Hatteras vacation (and a review of the Jibe lesson he and Gary took from me). And don't forget to check out the great pics and Loop success story written by Ken on Live2Sail!! Good stuff, I'm glad you guys are all having such a great time down here!
Hope to see the rest of you soon!
Tons of new stuff for you guys to check out at the shop! New Gaastra, New Starboard, New RRD, and more.... Come check it out!
Gaastra Plasma 8.3, Technora, rigs on a 460!! $928
Gaastra Manic HD, bombproof with a light feel in the hands $640
Gaastra Poison, powerful wave sail $661
Truckload of new Starboards!!Moving on, to the Pleasure:
It has been unbelievably windy down here in Hatteras! I've been grabbing dawn and dusk sessions, which timing wise has been a bit of a bummer because the wind has been light, while mid day, all day, it's been blowing 30+..... but, whatever, it's still fun to get out there and catch some waves or work on the freestyle! Here are a bunch of pics from the weekend (taken by either Anne or me)
Dawn Sesh! Small Waves, Medium wind
Sunset Sesh, Super light wind wave schlog. I'm getting a great feel for that Tabou Pocket 80! (It Rips)
Keith schlogged around, too
And was killin' it with all of his normal style
Ken K, rigged and ready, dawn sesh
I'm loving this new board! Even at 80 liters it's uphaul-able and schlogs like a champ!
Ken
Birthday Boy Stuart!!
Sunset wave schlog. Check out Rick on the right hand side of the pic!
Olaf on the face!
Even though the wind was light and the waves were small, I'm still adept at making big splashes!
??????
That's better!
Rick has been all over the place, emailing me about all his exploits in the wind!
Small, mushy, and surprisingly fun!Coming up-
More SW!!
ABK Boardsports is holding a clinic this weekend, Friday through Sunday. Sign up and reap the benefits of instruction from the best coaches in the Americas! We may have a free in store evening clinic as well, but we're not sure on the timing of that yet... Will keep you informed!
Lots of other's Hatteras experiences are showing up on the net... Check out this thread for some cool pics and stories. And don't forget to read through this thread for a pretty candid look at Mike's Hatteras vacation (and a review of the Jibe lesson he and Gary took from me). And don't forget to check out the great pics and Loop success story written by Ken on Live2Sail!! Good stuff, I'm glad you guys are all having such a great time down here!
Hope to see the rest of you soon!
Monday, May 4, 2009
C-Hole Vid
Man it's been soooooooo goooooood here for the last few days..... I know you guys are fiend-ing for updates, and I've got a lot of good stuff, but I'm sooooo frickin' busy at the moment... So you'll have to settle for a little video of Anne, Mikey Z, Ken K and I, filmed with a GoPro Wide angle (watch out! You've gotta get close to catch the action!!). This was from a sunset sesh a few days ago. I don't even remember when, because it's been SW and Crankin' for the last 2 weeks straight... It's just been unbelievably windy here on Hatteras this spring.... ahhhhhhh.......
By the way- Anne's been killing it... She's on a 3.7 and 75 liter RRD in the vid... Duck jibing like a champ!! Actually, everyone has been killing it out there... I've got sooo many success stories for you guys... just have to find time to write 'em...
Sunset Sesh at the Hole from Andy McKinney on Vimeo.
By the way- Anne's been killing it... She's on a 3.7 and 75 liter RRD in the vid... Duck jibing like a champ!! Actually, everyone has been killing it out there... I've got sooo many success stories for you guys... just have to find time to write 'em...
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