VIII MUNDAKA KAYAKSURF CHAMPIONSHIP / EUSKADI

VII CAMPEONATO DE MUNDAKA DE KAYAKSURF / 1 e 2 Maio / Taça do Mundo



É a VIII edição da mediática prova de kayaksurf de Mundaka - a esquerda mais poderosa da Europa. É por lá que irão passar grandes nomes do kayaksurf europeu - como habitualmente - e as inscrições já estão a ser registadas! Mais em baixo toda a informação dos nossos amigos NEWS TEAM, Oskar Martinez e Txema Carreto. A edição deste ano conta com a estreia de Maurício Borsar - directamente do Brasil - para competir em Mundaka e o cartaz mais original de todas as provas que apoiámos até hoje ;)

It's the VIII Edition of the mediatic kayaksurf contest of Mundaka - the most powerful left in Europe. We'll see there the big names of the european kayaksurf - and not only - and the entries are already open. See below all the information sent by our friends - NEWS TEAM - Oskar Martinez and Txema Carreto. This year, a total premiere: Maurício Borsari, from Brazil, will compete there and... the most original poster of Mundaka Kayaksurf Championships!!

Competition will consist of a series of eliminatory heats of four participants each. During any given phase of the competition, two participants of each heat will contimue to the next phase, and the other two will be eliminated (even though they could be afterwards reincorporated). Each heat will be 19 minutes long, with a 1 minute interval between heats. Once the heats start, the competition will be ruled by the chief judge’s clock, who will dictate the start and finish of each heat.

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VIII Campeonato Mundaka Kayak Surf
Campeonato de Euskadi

II Copa de Mundo 2010
aka International Kayak Surf Championship

Fecha: 01 y 02 de Mayo 2010
Lugar: Mundaka
Organizado por: Mundaka Surf Kayak Kirol Elkartea

Place: Mundaka
Organised by: Mundaka Surf Kayak Kirol Elkartea

Mundaka / Photo: Guia Bilbao

Programa
Schedule

Sábado, 01 de Mayo
8:30 Reunión de jefes de equipo
9:00 Formalización de inscripciones
10:00 Comienzo de la competición. Mangas clasificatorias
15:40 Octavos de final
18:00 Libre
21:00 Cena

Domingo, 02 de Mayo
9:00 Reunión de jefes de equipo
10:00 Cuartos de final
11:40 Semifinales
13:00 Final
13:45 Entrega de premios y sorteos

Saturday, May 01
8:30 Team managers meeting
9:00 Contestant registration
10:00 Competition beginning. Qualifying heats
15:40 Eights of final
18:00 Free
21:00 Dinner and party

Sunday, May 02
9:00 Team managers meeting
10:00 Quarterfinals
11:40 Semi-finals
13:00 Final
13:45 Awards and material raffle

Reglamento de competición (resumido)
Competición rules (resume)

La competición estará estructurada como una serie de mangas eliminatorias de cuatro participantes cada una. En cada fase de la competición, dos participantes de cada manga pasarán a la siguiente fase, y los otros dos serán eliminados (sin perjuicio de que pudiera. Haber una repesca posterior). Cada manga durará 19 minutos, con un intervalo de 1 minuto entre mangas. Una vez comiencen las mangas, la competición se regirá por el reloj del jefe de jueces, que dictará el comienzo y fin de cada manga.


Maurício Borsari surfing in Maldivas / Photo by Daha - Maurício will be this year in Mundaka ;)

INSCRIÇÕES / ENTRIES

Txema Carreto - txema.carreto@gmail.com

Oskar Martinez - oskarkayak@gmail.com

Eskerrik asko amigos e todo o sucesso para a edição deste ano!

SCKSF 10

Boas ondas!

luis pedro abreu

www.kayaksurf.net

RPF Diamond & Flash / High-Tech Construction

FLASH e DIAMOND da RPF / Primeiros a sair na nova versão High-Tech

São os primeiros a sair com a nova construção High-Tech. Mais leves e mais resistentes, os novos surfkayaks da RPF impressionam pela resistência e pelo PREÇO verdadeiramente concorrencial. Aqui ficam algumas imagens dos primeiros Diamond e Flash ainda em finalização na RPF.

Check it out! The new RPF Diamond and Flash / High-Tech construction! The first surfkayaks high-tech from RPF are already made. Lighter and resistant, this new generation of RPF surfkayaks has one more important advantage: the PRICE! Check out below the price list.

VISIT RPF:




MUNDAKA 2010
Boas ondas!

luis pedro abreu
http://www.kayaksurf.net/

GWITHIAN BEACH / SURFKAYAKING CONTEST / CORNWALL, UK

GWITHIAN BEACH / SURFKAYAKING CONTEST / CORNWALL, INGLATERRA



Steve Bowens, NEWS TEAM kayaksurf.net, convida-nos para mais uma prova de kayaksurf organizada em conjunto com os seus alunos. Decorrerá na praia de Gwilthian, em Cornwall, SW da Inglaterra. Fica o convite!

Steve Bowens - NEWS TEAM kayaksurf.net - invites us to one more surfkayaking contest in Gwithian Beach. It will be this month on April 28th. Check out his text:

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Gwithian beach, Cornwall, United Kingdom / 28.04.2010



Falmouth Marine school students are organising a surf kayaking contest on Gwithian beach, near Hayle on 28th April 2010. All College and University students over 16 are invited to enter the contest. Any funds raised from the event will go to the handstand appeal http://www.handstand.org.uk/ So don your wetsiut, grab your kayak n paddle and be in with a chance of winning some prizes or just have a fun, wet and wild day!!!

ALL ABOUT THIS EVENT HERE!

Thanks Steve and all the best for the event!


RPF NEWS

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luis pedro abreu
http://www.kayaksurf.net/

W TEAM in PENICHE, Portugal / WAVESKI training

W TEAM EM PENICHE

Peniche tem sido o destino de várias surfadas por parte da Watertech. Waves e surfkayaks nas ondas da meca do surf com a presença de vários elementos da W-Team. Nestas fotos - que reúnem duas surfadas no Molhe Leste -, a estreia de mais alguns waves com Bruno Melo, Francisco Saraiva, Pedro Castro, Rui Calado, Luís Vieira, Andé Pinto, Miguel Carvalho e os craques Diogo e Gil de apenas 10 anos de idade e já a ripar nas ondas! Em breve, mais fotos de uma recente surf trip com uma extraordinária W-Van... que não lembra ao diabo!!!

Watertech Team training sessions in Peniche with Bruno Melo, Francisco Saraiva, Pedro Castro, Rui Calado, Luís Vieira, André Pinto, Miguel Carvalho and the new generation kids Diogo and Gil with only 10 years old! This day, small waves and the chance to try one more set of the brand new Watertech Waveskis. Soon, one more pack of photos from the most recent session with and new W-Van very... original ;)















VISIT WATERTECH:

KAYAKSURF UK

Boas ondas!

luis pedro abreu

www.kayaksurf.net

SANTAS OLAS FESTIVAL / FINAL REPORT by Gabriel Landini

CAMPEONATO ARGENTINO DE KAYAKSURF / Report de Gabriel Landini

Já publicámos vários reports sobre o festival Santas Olas mas faltava, claro, o habitual report de Gabriel Landini - NEWS TEAM kayaksurf.net. A confirmação de um grande evento e o kayaksurf argentino a dar mostras de grande diversão com cada vez mais kayaks nas ondas!

Final report from our NEWS TEAM member, Gabriel Landini, directly from Argentina. Results, photos by Hugo Grassi and the confirmation that kayaksurf in Argentina is bigger every day and, above all, full of fun!! Soon, the videos ;)

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HUGO GRASSI

El Santas Santas Olas un verdadero exito / 4 dias a puro kayaksurf
Por Gabriel Landini

Tuvimos 57 participantes que se repartieron en las distintas categorias. El apoyo de las empresas fue realmente muy bueno e indispensable para llevar a cabo una fiesta de esta naturaleza.

Debo Agradecer a ATLANTIKAYAK¨S - PATAGONIAN KAYAK - FREEKY - INDICO - RECIFE - KAYAK MDQ - SUPERDIC - NAUTICA LAFFONT - OPTITECH - ASOCIACION KAYAKISTAS MARPLATENCES - BIO-BIO - ANGEL SURFBOARD - KAYAKSURF.NET y en especial a todos los voluntarios que armaron y trasladaron incansablemente duarante los 4 dias toda la estructura del evento.

El Mar y el clima no nos ayudo esta ves y tuvimos jornadas frias ventosas y con pocas olas recien el domingo nos regalo olas de un metro que animaron las finales
Como siempre el mayor espectaculo lo dieron los sot 2 que se llevan el aplauso del publico pero no deja de asombrar el avance de kayaksurf en todas las categorias entre un año y otro.

Los resultados de las distintas categorias fueron:



FINAL KAYAKSURF HP

1º- Roldan J M / 69,5
2º- Landini Gabriel / 63,3
3º- Ferrari Fernando / 62
4º- Martinez Ezequiel / 57
5º- Manuel Carignan / 57
6º- Flota Leo / 53



FINAL / SOT simples

1º-Alabart Blas / 56
2º-Capa Miguel / 44
3º-Blasco Emanuel / 37
4º-Tripano Martin / 36



FINAL / SOT 2

1º-Ferrari - Farriols / 61
2º-Roldan - Roldan / 47
3º-Delgado - Martinez / 43
4º-Rubiño - Flota / 41



FINAL / Playboat

1º-Carrignan Manuel / 57
2º-Micieli Daniel / 44
3º-Martinez Ezequiel / 42
4º-Ali Horacio / 38



Aguardamos enviarte mas fotos y videos del evento que esta en proceso de edicion y contamos con vos par su divulgacion. La categoria waveski no pudimos desarrollarla pero queda pendiente para la proxima semana donde te enviaremos los resultados

Un abrazo grande de Gabriel Landini de Argentina.

Gracias Gabriel! Parabéns por mais um Festival ;)


W-TEAM
Boas ondas!

luis pedro abreu
www.kayaksurf.net

SCKSF 10 / REPORT by Steve Farthing

Santa Cruz Kayaksurf Festival 10 / Report by Steve Farthing

Steve Farthing, NEWS TEAM kayaksurf.net, escreve-nos a sua visão pessoal sobre o maior festival de kayaksurf do Mundo - Santa Cruz, Califórnia. Steve foi 3º em HP e 5º em Waveski. O vídeo mostra-nos que o craque continua em grande forma!

Steve Farthing, NEWS TEAM kayaksurf.net, writes for us the report from Santa Cruz Kayaksurf Festival 2010. He was 3rd in HP and 5th in Waveski. We can see by this video that the World Champ is in great shape ;)


MING

Santa Cruz 2010 by Steve Farthing

For me it’s a bit of a journey to get to Santa Cruz, Brisbane, LA, San Francisco then a good hours drive but we arrived down at the beach Sunday afternoon a week before the event. Steamer Lane was going off at 6-8 feet, I was straight out for a few waves and had a classic session with most rides over 1 minute long. Monday and the swell dropped back to 5-6 feet and maintained that throughout the week. I Ventured out to Moss Landing and Davenport during my stay for some variety but neither matched the quality of Steamer Lane.

Wednesday night and the competitors gather at the Crandall’s for a feast and chance to trade surf stories. Betty and Jim Crandall have been involved with the event from the early days generously accommodating many of the travelling competitors. Thursday night and it s over to Denis Judson’s for registration and a BBQ not to mention a copious supply of the local beer, a tad stronger than what we get in Oz.

Friday morning and the competition starts dead on 7am. With so many divisions and competitors it’s a tight schedule miss your heat and its bad luck. You get to surf your division once on Friday and once on Saturday and your combined results determine if your going to make the finals on Sunday, Quarters for HP and semi’s for everything else. I only managed a 3rd in the HP on Friday but came back with a 1st on Saturday to scrape into the Quarters.


Dave Speller

Sunday and the swell was back on and building following disappointing conditions on Saturday. Many of the heat scores in the IC, HP and waveski divisions were very close some separated by 1 point. David Speller the current HP world Champion was a shock elimination in the HP quarters even after landing a big aerial but wasn’t getting length of ride which is part of the judging criteria at this event.


Darren Bason

Darren Bason blitzed the IC final with some big pocket slash turns. Chris Hobson looked to have the goods leading into the final but couldn’t buy a wave.


Fletcher Burton (with the ski), Tyler Lausten, Babarit and Dave Speller

The Waveski final saw some spectacular surfing with Mathieu Babarit edging in front in the final minutes until Fletcher Burton caught the wave of the day landing a massive aerial out the back and worked the wave all the way to the inside, victory to Fletcher.


Dave Johnston, Steve Farthing, Chris Hobson and Galen Licht

The HP final and the swell was peaking at well over 10 feet. 19 minutes to catch 3 wave was a tall order as the paddle back out was 5 minutes. Galen Licht timed it to perfection securing 3 solid rides to take the victory. I fell on my second and ran out of time in the end.

Congratulations to Denis Judson for organizing such a professionally well run event . Cant wait for next year

All the results here
http://www.asudoit.com/kayak_fest/results.html

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Great report ;) Thanks Steve!




KAYAKSURF ARGENTINA / REPORT

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SCKSF 10 / Photos by MING & Stefano Bellotti

FESTIVAL DE KAYAKSURF DE SANTA CRUZ 2010, CALIFÓRNIA / Fotos de MING e Stefano Bellotti


Dave Speller

À semelhança do que habitualmente fazemos nos maiores eventos de kayaksurf, publicamos agora uma pequena selecção de fotos somente com... "happy faces". Caras bem conhecidas captadas pelas objectivas de MING e Stefano que nos comprovam que, o mais importante de tudo isto... é a diversão!

Just like we usually do with the major kayaksurf events, we publish now a small collection of photos that MING and Stefano took. These ones are only about... "happy faces" that shows us that the most important of all this... is having fun! Enjoy another view of SCKSF ;)


MING & Stefano Bellotti


Caroline Angibaud and Mathieu Babarit


Fletcher Burton (with the ski), Tyler Lausten, Babarit and Dave Speller


Dennis Judson and Darren Bason


Chris Hobson, Ming, Steve Farthing and Dave Speller


Dave, Steve Farthing, Chris Hobson and Galen Lichth


Steve and Darren


Darren, Chris, Dave and Steve


Chris and Dessie McGlinchey


Italia Team / Stefano Belloti, Gabriele Dellacasa e Daniel Spano


Speller, Stefano, Chris and Gabriele

W NEWS

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