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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2014, 06:32:10 PM »
Total agreement on the soul part.  Big plus of outrigger over ski. 

In my own defense, I was born in Dallas and raised in Indiana, then a long stint in New Mexico and Massachusetts.  The sports in those locations did a number on my shoulders.  I'm ok with the ski motion, not so good with the high top hand of outrigger.

Kathy was a major score for our side.  First round draft pick.   :)

Reduced skill level in ski over oc-1 makes PB a natural pick.  Poor bastard doesn't even know the difference between baseball and football.  :)

Hey, you got everybody on your side, no fair playing the soul card!  I'll bet you got plenty skis in Tahiti!  All the primo boys can do it, they just don't advertise it.  We almost got Tyson last year.  And I'm working hard on Jeremy.   :) 

 
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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2014, 08:33:14 PM »
haha,you would be surprised to see the coach of  middle and high school)Tahitian va'a(V6) follow them on a surfski while coaching them!!! I tried to keep up on a V-1,he just blew me away like I was standing still!  Someone posted an inter island race in Tahiti of surfski,so cool looking.Yeah,Kathy would kill it on a oc-1,the inter island races are almost always won by just a couple wahine.Kathy kills it on just about anything,ever see her longboard?Have fun on the southside.
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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2014, 09:37:19 PM »
Hey LPBay--what's the learning curve like on a ski?  I've been seeing them around here in SoCal, and kinda have an inkling to try one out.  Heard they're tippy and hard to balance, tho'.  Would one expect to get dunked repeated for many sessions, even on a 'stable' ski?
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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2014, 11:29:29 PM »
^ Hi Mike, glad you asked.  I'll answer in the unofficial ski thread - "the smokin' spring and summer maliko report."

This thread is about going downhill.  

And Kathy and Devin.  Such nimble feet.

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Here's another talented surfer that moves around a lot.  Back in my Oc-1 days.

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2014, 09:39:48 PM »
Damn, we have fun, don't we?
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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2014, 11:53:00 PM »
That last vid was excellent ..  ;D

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2014, 12:09:43 AM »
Great videos LPB! Love how smooth and fast Kathy paddles. That day was epic - first time I ever went all the way down to makena. And wind stayed great the whole way.

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2014, 04:43:08 AM »
Wind was ok for this run.  It was offshore, but not crazy powerful and light at the very end.  So we ran out to 3 kilometers before I mentioned we should probably start moving in.  That's pretty far out, but Jeremy had no trouble angling in and liked the practice going backside. 

It was a fun day with big swells later in the run.  I couldn't get any video as we worked in - his turns are too quick for me.  This video has the smaller earlier stuff.  When the glides opened up he started flying across the swells. 



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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2014, 08:04:06 AM »
Good work LPB.  Enjoyed seeing the stormy background and even with poor light it came out good.

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #24 on: January 29, 2014, 10:32:25 AM »
LPB keep those videos coming love seeing the conditions in Maui plus all the talent.

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2014, 10:43:12 AM »
More great video LPB. Thanks too for the narrative - it looked like you guys were very far out so it was good to learn that you were! Conditions looked good in the video, JR was cooking. All I could/can see from where I am is rain and grey! Thanks for posting - kind of cool to see with  the stormy backdrop too.

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2014, 02:17:10 AM »
cool vids, LPB. Super well shot. Say hi to Devin from Yugi in Switzerland [Jan]. Small world!

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2014, 05:46:30 AM »
Is Jeremy using a rudder?  he moves so much it seems he would hardly get to use it.  Looks effortless.

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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2014, 06:49:33 AM »
Love those long glides.

What length is the board he's using?
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Re: Downwinding is not straightlining
« Reply #29 on: February 04, 2014, 02:38:26 PM »
Yes, Jeremy has a rudder.  He's probably walking around a bit more than usual for those conditions.  He could see how tricky it is to shoot the video, so he was almost stalling and steering less to stay in frame.  He's too polite to admit it, but I could see it.  He could have zoomed away from us in a flash. 

If you watch the first clip in that video, you can see that Chris and I have him boxed in.  Gopros are deceptive about depth perception.  It looks like we are far apart, but we are relatively close.  Jeremy is trapped between us, going side to side on his swell. 

His board is a custom SIC, 17-4 x 22.  Kathy has a custom Foote Maliko 14 x 25, no rudder.

Devin and Ralf are on production SIC's.  She on an F-16 V3, Ralfie on a bullet 17-4 V1.   He also has a bullet 14.  He sometimes prefers the 14 on the south shore if the wind is cranking. 

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