Nice aerials.

http://www.windsurfermag.com/magazine/bra-boys-movie-brazilians-heat-up-hookipa-umi-pictures/?params=MjF8MjE5fDYwOQ==

sick.doesn't get much better than that

Another level again. Unreal.

sweet footage. how quick are some of the rotations in the goiters!

Kauli's cutbacks impress me. Very tight but he carries the speed through it and back to the pocket. Very surfer-like.

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terminal said...

Kauli's cutbacks impress me. Very tight but he carries the speed through it and back to the pocket. Very surfer-like.

Yeah, agree Kauli has such a nice style.

^^^ Check out the rocks 2:17 onwards! You'd want to be pretty clued up!

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ozpricey said...

^^^ Check out the rocks 2:17 onwards! You'd want to be pretty clued up!

Hookipa is a pretty intimidating spot if your're not an experienced local. I sailed it once, just to say I did. A narrow entry point with the rocks on the right and the cliff on the left.

I spent most of my runs trying to stay out of the way of the locals and sailing upwind to to avoid being washed down with the current. Very stressfull!

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terminal said...

Kauli's cutbacks impress me. Very tight but he carries the speed through it and back to the pocket. Very surfer-like.

Yeah, agree Kauli has such a nice style.

Definitely agree with you boys here. I reckon this sort of sailing is much easier on the eye, and also much more inspirational than those flick spinny rotational things that are more commonly presented on video these days...

That's Cabo Verde, but from the videos i've seen the rocks at Hookipia look pretty sketchy too.

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Waiting4wind said...

ozpricey said...

^^^ Check out the rocks 2:17 onwards! You'd want to be pretty clued up!

Hookipa is a pretty intimidating spot if your're not an experienced local. I sailed it once, just to say I did. A narrow entry point with the rocks on the right and the cliff on the left.

I spent most of my runs trying to stay out of the way of the locals and sailing upwind to to avoid being washed down with the current. Very stressfull!

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ZackAttack said...

That's Cabo Verde, but from the videos i've seen the rocks at Hookipia look pretty sketchy too.

Waiting4wind said...

ozpricey said...

^^^ Check out the rocks 2:17 onwards! You'd want to be pretty clued up!

Hookipa is a pretty intimidating spot if your're not an experienced local. I sailed it once, just to say I did. A narrow entry point with the rocks on the right and the cliff on the left.

I spent most of my runs trying to stay out of the way of the locals and sailing upwind to to avoid being washed down with the current. Very stressfull!

the rocks at hookipa are ok as there is a really deep channel with a current that pulls you away from them. you only end up there if it is really massive or your gear is already broken.

the wind is crazily offshore in some parts of that video! interesting to see how he cant make it down the wave easily and keep the rail in through the bottom turn because of the wind angle.

I haven't heard an explanation why Kauli's quad fish has never gone into production.
Maybe its too radical for most sailors?

Looks ugly to me, but it works. Brawzinho's Fanatic was cutting back nearly as good, but its hard to know how much is the sailor. Ricardo's cutbacks looked less tight and fast.

Kauli explaining the winger swallow tail.
chrisk97.blogspot.com/2010/11/kaulis-quad-man-himself-explains-all.html

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terminal said...

I haven't heard an explanation why Kauli's quad fish has never gone into production.

I am guessing the Quad Fish was shaped by Keith Teboul... while all JP boards are made by Werner Gnigler... Two different shapers with different philosophies.

It's great to see how three freestyle influenced wavesailors have different styles.
- There's Kauli with his turny style, as already mentioned.
- Marcilio Browne with his innovative, freestyly spins, takas etc. and other innovative freakish moves.
- Ricardo Campello is an expert in the air on and of the wave and excels at spots like Pozo and has a unique waveriding style.

No... I spoke to Kauli about that a few months ago and there is a very real possibility that it will be on shelves for 2013!

great sailing

but i had to poke my eardrums out with a sharp stick because the music wasnt doing it for me

there is blood everywhere !

what is the board Kauli is riding on this photo?

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sideskirt said...

what is the board Kauli is riding on this photo?

Its a custom design he's been developing for a few years now. Seems to me that his waveriding on it is ahead of everyone else.

chrisk97.blogspot.com/2010/11/kaulis-odd-looking-quad.html

looks like the rats have nibbled the rails off last years board.

More to the point what is Ricardo riding in the background pic of that link.

the new JP graffics are horrendous