Filmed on location in Tahiti, Mauritius, Indo, Hawaii, Australia, Chile and Peru – showcases all the top names going ballistic in the waves!
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Tuva Jansen: Votada n.º 1 – Surf Diva
4 03 2008
With a charging style that gets her out in surf when many would shy away, Tuva is the pioneer of women’s wavekiting. Tuva Jansen has earned the respect of the pro men, not an easy thing to do. She likes to kite the waves like she surfs, using the power of the wave.
When I first met Tuva Jansen I knew her as a super-cute, young Norwegian girl living in Cabarete, Dominican Republic with a group of equally cute, young Norwegian girls. Every night the Norwegian posse would be out tantalizing all the locals with their perfect skin and cute rifling of the English language. I never thought any of them were serious about kiting and would amount to anything in the kite world. Wrong. While her friends were more attuned to the Cabarete night life, Tuva was dedicated to getting on the water every chance she had. In a short amount of time the young Norwegian princess turned into a queen of the kite world.
Since her early days kiting in Cabarete, Tuva has racked up a list of accomplishments that equals or exceeds almost all other women kiters today. From becoming one of the fastest women on the water (who even beat many of the guys,) in the early days of speed kiting, to being one of the first women to venture out in the heaving waves of Lakey peak, Indonesia (a spot previously reserved for only the bravest and best of the male-dominated kitesurfing world), Tuva has become a bit of an unsung hero in the world of women’s kiting. From Cabarete cutie to trailblazing lady, Tuva Jansen is the most exciting woman to watch in the surf. —Alex Jowett
| Height: 169 cm Weight: 5’7” DOB: 11/01/81 Hometown: Heggedal, Norway Current residence: None, just traveling around and looking for the perfect place to settle down one day Sponsors: Takoon, Cebe, Helly Hansen, Prolimit |
Tech out: “I ride with the Takoon Enova kite; I mostly use the 5 m2 and the 7 m2 for the waves. Really fast and easy for the waveriding. I use the normal bar which comes with the kite. It has a long depower line, and that is something I like for the waveriding. It also works very good unhooked. I use two different boards, one is the Takoon surfboard Burn, and the other one is a 5’6” surfboard that I have put inserts on.”
Fonte : kiteboard.com
“There is only one girl I have ever enjoyed watching and that’s Tuva Jansen.” —Jeff Tobias
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Felix Pivec escolhido como n.º 1 no surf
4 03 2008Being a very vocal supporter of unhooked strapped riding has made Felix the most controversial rider on this list. The majority of respondents had him near the top of their lists, while others intentionally excluded him. His 2006 victory at the Mauritius Waveriding Invitational against a handful of the world’s best, proved he can’t be ignored.Felix Pivec may be the most visible man in kitesurfing. Not because he gets as much coverage as anyone, or because he looks a bit like Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, but simply because he whacks it like we’d all really like to whack it. And that he does so in both directions, defying anyone telling him which is his ‘strong’ side, more than doubles his cred. Yet many people have a misguided notion that Felix is arrogant and opinionated. He really isn’t. He is simply passionate and understands what works for him. If he says what he believes, it’s only because he wants to see everyone ripping, and doesn’t understand wasting time or waves on approaches that don’t work as well. Regardless, no amount of attitude will get all your fins out, on top of a six-foot lip. That takes big skills, which he clearly has. Maybe his particular approach might not resonate for you or be right for your spot, but have a listen and a look, because Felix is a monster.—John Bilderback
| Felix Pivec Height: 5’8” Weight: 154 lbs. DOB: 9/8/78 Hometown: Tugun, QLD, Australia Current residence: Boardbag and Oahu North Shore Sponsors: Airush , Billabong and Flying Objects |
Tech out: “I ride the new Airush Generator C kites that have been in refinement for six years, bringing my set of C kites down to two kites: a 7.5 m2 and a 5.5 m2. I try to ride the right size kite. When it’s time to go up a size or down a size, I go change. I ride a bar with no chicken loop [and] just a fixed harness line. This gives my kite the best possible trim all the time—sheeting in and out tends to make the kite unpredictable, falling back when you don’t want it to. I have been really picky with my boards. Finally, after a lot of work, my 6’0” Airush Converse is my magic stick for all conditions.”
Fonte :kiteboard.com
SBC Kiteboard Magazine conducted the poll of pro riders and photographers the summer of 2007, and asked who are the top 25 riders in the surf.
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Teste a 28 asas de 2008
4 03 2008
Testes em inglês do material de 2008, feito pela kiteboard.com, pode encontar ainda os testes das asas e pranchas do ano de 2007 aqui.
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Ocean Spirit 2008
3 03 2008
Festival Ocean Spirit
Verão de 2008 promete muita animação
O maior festival de desportos de ondas do país, que acaba de ser apresentado em Lisboa, já arrancou. De 16 a 27 de Julho, mais 100 mil participantes vão encher as areias e as águas da praia de Santa Cruz, em Torres Vedras, que por aqueles dias são tomadas pelo Ocean Spirit –
Festival Internacional de Desportos de Ondas.
Se a edição de 2007 se traduziu num imenso sucesso, com a participação de mais de 500 atletas nacionais e internacionais e a visita de mais de 80 mil pessoas, para este ano as expectativas são ainda maiores.
A rasgar as ondas vão estar cinco modalidades – surf, bodyboard, kitesurf, skimboard e kayaksurf –, em provas disputadas por alguns dos melhores atletas do mundo nas respectivas modalidades. É esperada uma saudável, mas renhida competição entre todos os participantes, à semelhança do que sucedeu na primeira edição.
O Ocean Spirit é, porém, muito mais do que um mero festival de desportos de ondas. Assim, além da vertente competitiva, o evento aposta de forma séria e empenhada em transmitir a imagem de um festival para a família, aberto a todas as idades. Por isso, não apenas se justificam as inúmeras actividades ligadas aos desportos de ondas que estão programadas, uma tenda pedagógica para os mais pequenos, baptizada de “Amigos de Neptuno”, como diversos projectos de responsabilidade social.
A Aldeia Neptuno irá ser o palco de todas as emoções. Será aí que os diversos projectos pensados pela organização vão ganhar corpo: além de um palco para concertos nocturnos, haverá uma piscina de ondas e zonas de bares, esplanadas e restauração. E porque a responsabilidade social não pode ser um castelo de areia, a organização tem nas mãos o programa “Santa Cruz Ocean Spirit, Uma Praia para Todos”, uma forma de chamar a atenção para a necessidade de se construir uma sociedade mais atenta às questões ambientais, mais saudável e mais inclusiva.
O aspecto ambiental não podia deixar de estar na primeira linha das preocupações dos organizadores, ou não fosse este um festival cujos participantes são amantes natos do mar. “Conhecer para Conservar” é uma iniciativa assente na consciencialização dos intervenientes para a mudança de atitudes e comportamentos nos grandes e nos pequenos gestos do dia-a-dia. De igual modo, haverá alertas sérios acerca daquela que é a epidemia do século XXI: a obesidade.
Sendo este um festival aberto a toda a família, as pessoas portadoras de deficiência física ou mental têm um lugar especial no Ocean Spirit. Desse modo, haverá acessibilidade garantida à Aldeia Neptuno (parqueamento, cadeiras anfíbias, passadeiras em todo o evento junto ao mar, primeiros socorros, etc.), bem como a iniciação à prática de algumas modalidades. Neste caso, tratam-se de pranchas de surf adaptadas para invisuais, kayak adaptado a deficientes físicos e kayak duplo (deficiência mental e paralisia cerebral). Haverá ainda um “Dia Diferente pela Inclusão”.
Pedro Lamy, conceituado piloto nacional, será o rosto deste evento, tendo a seu cargo a organização de um triatlo paralelo para figuras públicas. Um festival dentro do festival, que promete muita animação na Praia de Santa Cruz.
Fonte : Infordesporto.sapo.pt
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