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Big day @ The Wall, Monday July 12th

July 15th 2010

From Mike Godsey/iwindsurf.com: "This is a fast edit of some video I shot at The Wall this Monday July 12. Men were mostly on 3.2's to 3.5's while women were mostly on 2.8's."
You can find the video on Mike's website:
http://windnotes.phanfare.com.

Once you are there click on the "Video" link. You can pick the size and resolution you want for the video.

source: Mike Godsey/iwindsurf.com




 

"Jump Off" video summary and results

July 8, 2010

The "Jump Off" teams have had killer conditions in the past 10 days including an amazing 3.3 day at The Wall. Mother Nature gave all she had and took a rest on the final day with light easterlies and blazing temps.

Results:
Men
Biggest Backloop- Bryan Metcalf-Perez 32.7ft
Biggest Forward- Whit Poor 16.4ft
Biggest Shove It- Bryan Metcalf Perez 19.6ft
Hardest Impact- Nick Allen 18.8 G's
Biggest Stock Air- Whit Poor 29.9ft
Biggest Shaka- Bryan Metcalf-Perez 10.4ft
Biggest Pushloop- Whit Poor 23.6ft
Biggest Double Forward- Nathan Mershon 16.6ft
Fastest Spin Rate- Whit Poor 587 deg/s

Women
Biggest Invert- Temira Wagonfeld 16.6ft
Biggest Stock Air- Ingrid Larouche 14.2
I'd write more but we're all headed to the Hatch to sail. ;-)

source: www.epicsesh.blogspot.com




 

Gorge "Jump Off" videoclip - day 1.

July 1, 2010

source: www.epicsesh.blogspot.com




 

ripper of the month - July 2010

July 1st 2010

Julien Sanchez from Lyon/France is our latest ripper of the month. Julien is a professional sports filmaker, photographer and ambioned windsurfer who calls the Rhône River his local playground.

In an interview he talks about his passion for windsurfing and his profession.

"I filmed my first flicks along the Rhône to document our windsurfing sessions on this powerful river. From then on I knew, that I had to go on and make this my life's work. Later, I set up a project with Jérome Houyvet, the French photographer, Keith Tebooul, Carine Cambooulives and Manu Bouvet, filming backstage on a windsurfing trip. This led to production of a film called "THE TRIP"."





 


ALERT! EpicSessions.tv Gorge webcast

June 28, 2010

From tomorrow Tuesday June 28th until July 7th, tune in to www.epicsessions.tv for a live webcast of the Gorge "Jump Off" team event.

Location and time for the webcast will be announced day by day on
www.epicsesh.blogspot.com and the facebook fanpage.

Interview with Jake Miller and Casey Hauser on the Gorge JumpOff event format:

source Jake Miller/Epic Sessions



 

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15.Jul.10
 Big day @ The Wall
09.Jul.10
 ''Jump Off'' video summary and results
01.Jul.10
 Gorge "Jump Off" videoclip - day 1
rotm julien sanchez01.Jul.10
 ripper of the month - July 2010
28.Jun.10
 ALERT! EpicSessions.tv Gorge webcast
14.Jun.10
 Nick Allen ripping the Gorge
05.Jun.10
 Gorge Windfest 2010
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