who is this guy? he is the Australian speed record holder...i've never heard of him.

500 m Men S. McKeon 50.07kn
500 m Women A. Shreeve 32.85kn

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choco said...

who is this guy? he is the Australian speed record holder...i've never heard of him.

500 m Men S. McKeon 50.07kn
500 m Women A. Shreeve 32.85kn

Macquarie pilot?

Correct

Looks like the speed event is done and dusted, lack of wind has put paid to Chris's further advancement up the ladder

Fantastic result looking at the who's who up in front (and behind)

Yeah, top effort Slowboat. Up with the Pro legends.

Very nicley put by AMAC. No hint of bitterness, in fact a hint of humility.

It is good to see that there is still a place for couragous people in the world,

JB

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yoyo said...

Amac has posted a message on his KAsail site about Chris' departure.

Apparantly they had some new KAs in the pipline but they were not finshed in time for Karpathos.

see here.. http://www.kasail.com/windsurfing/news/Chris_departs.html

So, what was wrong with the old ones??
Doesnt sayonara mean good bye forever?

Chris had a pretty specific brief for what he wanted. Rather than screw with the Koncept, which is widely loved, the decision was made to extend the KaRace(Formula sail) range right down to a 5.4 as a full blown Pro Level Race Slalom sail.
8 Battens ,4 or 5 cams,full wide luff sleeve and higher luff curves and foil tension.

This is a much larger development job than altering an existing sail and Andrew just didn't get it finished to his satisfaction in time for Chris. Simple as that.

Super job on finishing 6th Chris, well done, Awesome to see you up there tussling with the big name pro's!!!!

Martin, I understand you may or may not know and may not be able to say but do you think Chris really will be back on KA as per AMacs statement? How long is his NP contract for?

Yep you are correct, I don't know, have absolutely know idea.

As to the second part of the question Andrew has made it perfectly clear that he thoroughly enjoys working with Chris and would love for the relationship to continue in some form. All I can say is that we will be working really hard to develop the Race range into a super competitive sail. If we get that right Chris will have no choice but to come back!!!

well done chris,some big names ahead of you

Yeah, well done Chris, fantastic effort.

Windsurfjournal: What equipment do you have sailed during the seven rounds?

Finian Maynard: I have always used the same quiver during the week, my Neilpryde RS: Racing 7.0 m² and a prototype RRD speed of 54 cm, even when it was very windy.

interesting, Chris said he used a 7.8 in the last rounds and he must be 25 kg less than Finian

A lot of pure skill there. This film captures the event in all it's beauty. Epic!

That last crash is a ripper! Awesome video by the way, shame it doesn't show Slowie once! Lots of Carbon Art boards too.

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sick_em_rex said...

That last crash is a ripper! Awesome video by the way, shame it doesn't show Slowie once! Lots of Carbon Art boards too.

Hey Rexy,
I see him a few times including the big stack towards the end in the 6 minute.

the last crash look pretty good,plus the vid it self

Wow cool Vid

Top vid, and it shows the conditions are not for the faint hearted

Part 2 of the video and interviews with the Top Guns.

Wow there's some big dent in the water made by that lot

finian is really going good on the rrd boards, will they make a smaller board ?

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izaak said...

finian is really going good on the rrd boards, will they make a smaller board ?

1 carton a week for next 5 years should size you up nicely so you can ride those bigger boards.