Red bull storm chase finals are go

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evlPanda > 9 months ago, 6 Feb 2014

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

6 Feb 2014 7:53pm

~~http://www.redbullstormchase.com/mission-3~~

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

7 Feb 2014 12:54pm

Cornwall right now(ish):

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

7 Feb 2014 12:39pm

should be an easy launch, just go up to the top floor of the church and jump.

seanhogan

QLD

3424 posts

7 Feb 2014 12:43pm

my money on Traversa !

AUS666

89 posts

7 Feb 2014 9:10pm

Just around the corner from the comp it's looking promising;

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-26076630/dawlish-train-battered-by-waves

And later on

Yuppy

VIC

668 posts

8 Feb 2014 12:28am

Ouch. Can't wait to see it

easty

TAS

2213 posts

8 Feb 2014 10:30am

You can track the "weather" they are waiting for here.
earth.nullschool.net/

Yuppy

VIC

668 posts

8 Feb 2014 4:37pm

Thats a cool link

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

9 Feb 2014 9:30am

woah, that's full on. puts to bed the idea the waves in the uk aren't as good.

jusavina

QLD

1494 posts

9 Feb 2014 10:47pm

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seanhogan said..

my money on Traversa !

He just won it

terminal

1421 posts

9 Feb 2014 11:31pm

Video clip from one of the main newspapers in the UK.

www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1082929/Red-Bull-windsurfers-mighty-Cornish-storm-waves.html

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

10 Feb 2014 12:57pm

There are so many gnarly photos!
www.redbull.com/int-en/events/red-bull-storm-chase

bowsa

QLD

625 posts

10 Feb 2014 1:24pm

^ that second shot looks like BOL tassie?

could be wrong

bowsa

QLD

625 posts

10 Feb 2014 1:27pm

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Gestalt said..

woah, that's full on. puts to bed the idea the waves in the uk aren't as good.

the UK is one of the best places in the world to windsurf. so many good opportunities. i lived on the south coast for two years (brighton) and it wasn't like this, normally cross to cross on with wind-swell up to say, half mast) with atlantic ground swells not making it past Isle of Wight. go west to devon and cornwall and NW to wales however and there are so many amazing spots.

they have had an epic winter for wind and swell so far

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

10 Feb 2014 5:33pm

^ yeah - pictures with sunshine are from Tasmania.

There are a few sneak peak videos up now.

McSmurfin

85 posts

10 Feb 2014 5:32pm

It gets ruddy cold though and I've seen big grown men brought to tears by the defrost pain in hands after a session

Z1291

208 posts

10 Feb 2014 10:37pm

(Non-redbull, unofficial)Teaser video up now.

Z1291

208 posts

10 Feb 2014 10:38pm

unintentional double post - mods feel free to delete

GazMan

847 posts

10 Feb 2014 10:39pm

Sick!

joe windsurf

1482 posts

11 Feb 2014 9:40am

spectacular, ridiculous and insane
words fail me
as an average joe windsurfer my wind max is somewhere around 25 knots
here, i have heard the 50 knot number bantered around
as a heavyweight - that would mean something like a 3m sail ??
what the H are these dudes sailing??
and i am still NOT sure Y ?

i am happy and grateful to see this and that no-one got hurt !!!

TheSailingMoose

VIC

142 posts

11 Feb 2014 6:50pm

Im a novice windsurfer and don't have much of a clue.
What gear would these guys sail?
They must have such small sails. Any information?

bowsa

QLD

625 posts

11 Feb 2014 5:55pm

Big guys were on 3.7

Small guys like tomas probably on 3.3

terminal

1421 posts

11 Feb 2014 6:14pm

Those cold winds (liked the hailstones bouncing along the beach bit in the video) are more powerful. 50 knots in a Cornwall winter is like 60 knots in the Canary Islands.

Who would have thought the smallest sailor would win? Absolutely stunning sailing from Thomas at all 3 events.

Great job by the camera and film crews.

I like this photo of Dany with the sail sheeted right out and the wind isn't just blowing the spray off the wave, its blowing bits of the wave off the wave.

AUS666

89 posts

12 Feb 2014 7:28pm

They've shot their load too early

Just listened to the latest shipping forecast and there is a very big storm with hurricane speed winds just about to hit the west of Scotland.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03trqm7

Jeroensurf

1097 posts

13 Feb 2014 4:51am

They sailed in one of the heaviest storms seen in decades overthere, have no channel etc etc, how tough do you wanna have it?

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

13 Feb 2014 1:06pm

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Jeroensurf said..

They sailed in one of the heaviest storms seen in decades overthere, have no channel etc etc, how tough do you wanna have it?

^ Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!

That might be the greatest windsurfing photograph I have ever seen!

By the way "Kernow bys vyken!" means "Cornwall forever!", in Cornish.

BenKirk

NSW

600 posts

13 Feb 2014 2:35pm

They've just had another 100MPH day there yesterday. Wonder if anyone stuck around for it?!

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