KAYAKSURF & WAVESKI PHOTOS IN GALICIA CONTEST by Xoel Molejón & Esther Otero

MAIS FOTOS DA GALIZA por Xoel Molejón e Esther Otero / SLIDE-SHOW em baixo!

José Piñeiro
Como devem calcular... há centenas e centenas de fotos sobe o I Campeonato de Kayaksurf da Galiza. Já recebemos vários "packs" mas aqui vai um dos primeiros a chegar. As imagens são da autoria de Xoel Molejón (4º classificado na classe waveski para o Campeonato Galego de kayaksurf) que andou na água com a sua câmara e de Esther Otero, Kayaksurf Galicia.

As you should suspect, we received loads of photos from Galicia kayaksurf championship (last weekend). Let's start for these ones took for Xoel Molejón, waveski raider and photographer and also from Esther Otero (Kayaksurf Galicia). Very small waves but great fun for sure ;)

Xoel Molejón

Esther Otero

Nuno Borges

Rui Calado

Joaquin Rivas

Paulo Simões

Javi Diaz

SLIDE SHOW / Galicia on the water by Xoel Molejón



CLIQUEM NA FOTO DE BAIXO E VEJAM O ÁLBUM de Esther Otero

CLICK ON THE PHOTO below and check Esther Otero's album

Obrigado Xoel e Esther!!


WAVESKI

Boas ondas!

luis pedro abreu
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CAMPEONATO DE KAYAKSURF DE GALICIA 2010 / RESULTS

CAMPEONATO DE KAYAKSURF DE GALICIA 2010 / RESULTADOS


Todos os medalhadosc com a praia de Razo em fundo

Após dois dias de competição, os resultados finais do I Campeonato de Kayaksurf da Galiza. Esta semana sairão mais reports com todas as estórias fotos e vídeos da prova pioneira. Balanço geral: EXCELENTE ;) Parabéns a toda a organização, à competência e profissionalismo dos júris e a todos os participantes... e foram bastantes! Os resultados estão ordenados de acordo com o Campeonato Open (com todos os participantes) e, mais em baixo, a classificação que conta para o Campeonato Galego de Kayaksurf. Estivemos em directo durante todo o evento com várias actualizações diárias ;)

After two days of intense competition, here are the results of the 1st Galician Kayaksurf Championship. Great organization, excellent judges and a great vibe among all the competitors. This week, we'll publish loads of photos, videos and more reports. Now, congratulations for all and check the results below. We were reporting during all the event directly from Razo Beach. Cooool ;)

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RESULTADOS DO I CAMPEONATO DE KAYAKSURF DA GALIZA
Praia de Razo / 5 e 6 de Junho de 2010 by kayaksurf.net

André Pinto, Pedro Castro, José Piñeiro e Javi Diaz

KAYAKSURF HP
1 André Pinto
2 Pedro Castro
3 Javi Diaz
4 José Piñeiro

Joaquin Rivas, João Vaz e José Ratinho

SOT (sit-on-top)
1 João Vaz
2 José Morais
3 Joaquin Rivas

Miguel Carvalho, Rui Calado e Paulo Simões

KAYAKSURF IC
1 Rui Calado
2 Miguel Carvalho
3 Paulo Simões

Nuno Borges, Pedro Castro, Bruno Melo e Daniel Perez

WAVESKI
1 Bruno Melo
2 Daniel Perez
3 Nuno Borges
4 Pedro Castro

RESULTADOS A CONTAR PARA O CAMPEONATO GALEGo 2010

Jorge Santiago, José Miguel, Javi Diaz e José Piñeiro

KAYAKSURF HP
1 Javi Diaz
2 José Piñeiro
3 José Miguel Primoy
4 Jorge Santiago

SOT
1 Joaquin Rivas
2 Andres Bayolo

Juan Teijeiro

KAYAKSURF IC
Juan Teijeiro

Xoel Molecon, Roberto Dias, Alex Moure e Daniel Perez

WAVESKI
1 Daniel Perez
2 Alex Moure
3 Roberto Dias
4 Xoel Molecon

Marco e José

JUNIORES HP
1 Marco Gonzalez
2 José Gonzalez



JUÍZES:
Júlio Román
Alejandro Menendez
José Manuel Bustabad
Juan Varela

PARABÉNS CLUB KAYAKSURF GALICIA!

ESTEJAM ATENTOS ÀS NEWS ESTA SEMANA ;)



Boas ondas!

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

CAMPEONATO DE KAYAKSURF DE GALICIA 2010 / DINNER PARTY & 2nd day

I CAMPEONATO GALEGO OPEN DE KAYAKSURF / FOTOS DE JANTAR + PRÉMIOS / Início do 2º dia


Javi Diaz, Manuel Andrade e José Piñeiro - os homens fortes da organização do evento

Já estamos no segundo e último dia do 1º Campeonato de Kayaksurf de Galiza. Estão a decorrer as semi-finais e, logo depois, assistiremos às finais das classes em disputa: kayaksurf HP, IC, SOT e Waveski. Apesar de continuarmos em Razo, mudámos a estrutura do campeonato um pouco mais para Este num pico que estava a funcionar melhor. Em baixo, algumas fotos do grande jantar onde foram sorteados inúmeros prémios. Boa comida e excelente companhia ;)

Today will run the semi-finals (already in the water) and the finals of the 1st Galician Kayaksurf Championship (Spain). We're making the full report directly from Razo beach and soon, the final results! Below, the slide-show with some photos from the great dinner of last night. Lots of prizes!

SLIDE SHOW / JANTAR em Razo





GALIZA KAYAKSURF / REPORT

Boas ondas!

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

CAMPEONATO DE KAYAKSURF DE GALICIA 2010 / FINAL Results from the 1st day

I CAMPEONATO GALEGO OPEN DE KAYAKSURF / RESULTADOS FINAIS DO 1º DIA



Os heats acabaram por volta das 19.45m e, após as repescagens nas 4 classes em competição (HP, IC, Waveski e SOT), os resultados deste primeiro aqui ficam. Excelente trabalho por parte da organização e do júri constituído por quatro elementos: Julio Roman, Alejandro Menendez, Jose Bustabad e Juan Varela (todos juízes de surf). Amanhã, semi-finais e finais!

The heats run until 7.45m PM and, after the recaps, here stays the final results of this day. Excellent work done by the organization and also by the 4 surf judges of the contest. Tomorrow, semi-finals and finals.

Alguns competidores

APURADOS PARA SEMI FINAIS / KAYAKSURF HP

Jose Piñeiro

Rui Calado

José Primoy

André Pinto

Pedro Castro

Javi Diaz

Bruno Melo

Paulo Simões


Classe SOT

APURADOS PARA AS FINAIS / SOT

João Vaz

José Morais
Joaquin Rivas

APURADOS PARA AS SEMI-FINAIS DE IC

Paulo Simões

Miguel Carvalho

Rui Calado

APURADOS PARA AS SEMI-FINAIS DE WAVESKI
Elias Garcia
Bruno Melo
Hugo Paz
Daniel Perez
Alex Moure
Pedro Castro
Nuno Borges
Rui Calado


Alguns competidores

GALIZA KAYAKSURF / REPORT

Boas ondas!

luis pedro abreu

www.kayaksurf.net

CAMPEONATO DE KAYAKSURF DE GALICIA 2010 / 1st Results

I CAMPEONATO GALEGO OPEN DE KAYAKSURF / 1ºs RESULTADOS



Todas as mangas decorreram dentro do previsto nas condições possíveis. Mar instável, um pouco desordenado mas, de vez em quando, lá entravam uns sets que permitiram passar heat após heat. Os resultados em baixo dizem respeito aos apurados, até agora, para o dia de amanhã. Estão a decorrer as repescagens e, em breve, novo report ;)

The contest still runs and here are the names of the surfkayakers and waveski raiders confirmed for tomorrow - semi finals and finals. Soon, another report directly from Galicia, Spain.



APURADOS PARA OS QUARTOS DE FINAL / KAYAKSURF HP

Miguel Carvalho
Jorge Santiago
André Pinto
José Piñeiro
Bruno Melo
Javi Diaz
Marco Gonzalez
Rui Calado
Paulo Simões
Ivan Pena
(faltam repescagens)

APURADOS PARA AS FINAIS / SOT

José Morais
Joaquin Rivas
(faltam repescagens)

APURADOS PARA AS SEMI-FINAIS DE WAVESKI

Bruno Melo
Rui Calado
Pedro Castro
Hugo Paz
Daniel Perez
Nuno Borges
(faltam repescagens)




Figueira Kayak Clube presente!

Briefing

RPF KAYAKS

WATERTECH TEAM

GALIZA KAYAKSURF / REPORT

Boas ondas!

luis pedro areu

www.kayaksurf.net

CAMPEONATO DE KAYAKSURF DE GALICIA / REPORT

I CAMPEONATO GALEGO OPEN DE KAYAKSURF

Em directo da praia de Razo, estamos prestes a começar o 1º Campeonato galego de kayaksurf. As incrições decorrem ainda, o mar apresenta-se algo desordenado com meio metro de ondas, tempo nublado. Mas à tarde tudo vai melhorar ;) Quase 40 inscritos 33 na classe kayaksurf, 10 em waveski e 6 em SOT. Estejam atentos às NEWS. À tarde os resultados do primeiro dia!

First report directly from Razo Beach, Galicia, Spain. It's the first galician kayaksurf championship and counts with almost 40 entries - kayaksurf (33), waveski (10) and SOT (6). The swell is not to high, some clouds in the air but in the afternon, things will go better ;) Keep an eye on the news for the this afternoon!


Javi Diaz e Piñeiro nas inscrições

Golfinhos!!


GALIZA KAYAKSURF CHAMPIONSHIP 2010

Boas ondas!

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

BORDER WAVESKI Trial # 5 Queensberry Point, South Africa

WAVESKI ÁFRICA DO SUL / Report da prova de Queensberry Bay


Andre Burger

Shaun Holmes é o homem forte da Solamanzi e tem-nos enviado alguns reports sobre os eventos de waveski directinhos da África do Sul. País com tradições seculares nos desportos de mar, toda a costa reúne grandes spots de surf. Fica o report publicado igualmente no site de Shaun e que é assinado por Gareth Evans (a prova decorreu no fim de semana de 23 de Maio).

Shaun Holmes is the front man of Solamanzi and usually sends us the latest news about some waveski comps in South Africa. This one is about a contest that occurred in latest May. It's also published in Shaun's website and signed by Gareth Evans. Enjoy it!

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BORDER WAVESKI Trial # 5 Queensberry Point

Hi All

Here is the latest Border Waveski Trial report form The Kiwi in South Africa, Gareth Evans. for more information about this crazy Kiwi visit Gareth Evans Waveski Homepage.


GARETH EVANS

A cool breeze gave me a morning shiver as I loaded my ski onto Doug's truck. As we cruised the patchy tarseal out towards the Wild Coast resorts, the sun rose blood red - a true african sunrise - I've never seen the like in New Zealand.

We trudged down the beach to the point, dragging all our gear with us and the comp flag. The surf was medium sized and setty, not quite clean with the East wind the previous day and a light North breeze. It is another of those waves that seem to set SA surfing in another league from NZ. Everyone rocks up to a comp at this sharp point with a wave wrapping round into a narrow, deep bay. Consequences of getting smashed are a fast, hard ride into semi-submerged rocks or worse - up onto the dry rock point. No-one complains or thinks it's anything other than business as usual, whereas this would be an expert only break in NZ and I'm pretty sure no comps would be held there. A bash to the head and a broken paddle, some bumps over rock - par for the course out here. It's quickly evident that Mike is very at-home in reef breaks and not just at Nahoon Reef. His positioning and reading of the waves is spot-on and consistent - and that's the hard thing at this wave today - consistency - as the waves are coming in and breaking at different angles with some nasty close-outs on the inside if you choose wrong.


Dave

A pre-comp warm-up at mid-tide and cleanish large waves was probably the best part of the surf, with the first few heats getting some good size sets. After that, it got more choppy and lulls between sets got longer, sometimes a whole heat suffering from poor surf. But, as the photos clearly show, there were waves and the faces were clean.

Most improved surfer - would have to be, Craig Powell. Last comp he got back in the water for the first time in a while and looked a bit shaky. This comp he just got better and better with consistent solid moves through the lip in critical sections.
Young Ruan goes so hard, he really puts it on the line. His head paid the price as he washed into the rocks, but he just shook himself and paddled back out, turned round and took another late drop and big move.


Craig

Chris has broken something at the last two comps now, a crack through his ski at the last one and this time a snapped paddle. He C1'ed (kayaker term for using one paddle blade) it in and Craig rushed him out a spare. He was also straight back out and into big moves. (Shaun - I have surfed with Chris for nearly 15 years and he is always breaking stuff, he goes very hard all the time!)


Andre

The surfing from everyone from the young to the old, and the ladies was just impressive. It would have been good anywhere, but on this break it showed commitment and style. It was great to see some new faces at this comp. Waveski is definitely still alive when you can field such a range of ages and solid abilities throughout.


Andre

Queensberry itself is a lovely spot - with fishing, swimming in the bay, clean water and good surf. The choice of surf spots when you get to the carpark is good, with Glen Eden on your right, good in a N wind with a point break and beach break option, and Queensberry on your left - prefers a W wind. There are also plenty of reef breaks of varying quality and make-ability in between that look worth a try in the right conditions.


Ruan

The wind stayed light, it was hot and cloudless and the water was comfortable enough that many surfed in shorts only. Two huge airs for the day were captured on camera - one from Dave that followed through to a clean landing and one from Ruan that looked great until the landing. Maybe we should have a Big Air Competition, see how high we can go when that is the only requisite.


Chris

Two heats and then a final meant the comp was over in a reasonable period. The final was hotly contested in average surf. I haven't had results yet, but again Mike was so consistently pumping out solid rides I'd have to say that I don't think there would be much question around the winner.

cheers
Gareth Evans
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Thanks Shaun!

VISIT:

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KAYAKSURF SESSION 2010

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luis pedro abreu

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