Spring cleaning sale!

Hey folks, wanna score some great gear cheap? I'm cleaning out the garage and I've got some great gear for sale. I'll list out the gear here, and photos (click for hi-res) are below.

2009 Goya Wave3D quiver 4.7, 5.0, 5.3, 5.7, 6.2, 6.8 - All the same color (pictured here)
$200 each, or $1000 for the entire quiver. All in excellent condition! (4.7, 5.3, and 6.8 are SOLD)

KA Kult Sails Quiver - 4.7, 5.3, 5.8, 6.4, 7.0 - all orange. $150 each or $650 for the whole quiver! All in excellent condition! (ALL SOLD!)

RRD TwinTip 110 Freestyle board - fin, straps $500 (excellent condition)

RRD Freestyle Wave 86 - fin, straps $500 (used, but great condition)

RRD WaveTwin 99 - fins, straps $750 (excellent condition) SOLD!

RRD X-Fire 98 Slalom board - Fin, straps $750 (new condition)

RRD X-Fire 75 Speed trials board - Fin, straps - $800 (new condition)

Email me if you are interested. dtroup at epicsessions dot tv



From left to right - WaveTwin99, TwinTip110 and FSW 86
Ka Kult's

RRD speed trials boards. 75 on the left, 98 on the right. 45.84mph on one of them. Which one?
Wave3D on the TwinTip 110
Wave3D and TwinTip 110
WaveTwin 99
Shaka! LOL

Webcast archives

If you missed the webcasts from Jaws and Hookipa last week, we're putting up the archive videos for you to view. So, kick back, get some popcorn and enjoy the action!

Note - these files are LONG and unedited. You're looking at the EXACT frame rate and resolution that we broadcasted in. We'll get to editing the hours and hours of raw high res video down to a highlight reel, but until then, enjoy the archives!

CLICK HERE FOR THE ARCHIVES! Check back often as we're in the middle of uploading them - and we've got 6+ hours of archives being uploaded.

Ride Like The Wind

Some video from Hookipa, boom mounted GoPro video on Jake, Whit and myself plus some Kuau action from Russ.

Monochromatic fun

I know neon is all the rage, but I gotta say, this monochromatic setup I rode my first day was a sweet setup for light winds and a growing swell.

First, the rig. Since its introduction, I've been a fan of the Goya Eclipse. Levi's signature sail offers amazing low end power, fingertip handling yet you can tune it down in when the wind fills in. Lots of sails claim low end power with high end handling, but the Eclipse delivers. Compared to my Goya Wave3D's, the Eclipse has the power and handling of the W3D's, but with the added softness of the Guru's. Jason has created one of the best sails I've ever ridden, hands down. (gee, ya think I'm impressed?) Rumor is that the 2011 version will be lighter and more responsive.

I picked the 92 liter Quatro Wave for its float, but also its longer rail line for the larger swell that was inbound. You'd be hard pressed to find a better big wave, light air board out there. This board drives the line with power and control, but you don't get this performance without a compromise somewhere. And that somewhere is speed. Its like driving a truck in 4W low. Its powers up, and then stops accelerating. This board ins't made for jumping and planing upwind, its made for pure down the line wave performance. Period. Typical of Keith's boards, its very well balanced to give the rider amazing turns on the lip with the power to get in and out of deep wave sections with confidence. It doesn't quite have the snappiness of pocket power of the quad, but it offers big wave turns that quads have difficulties with. Interesting to note, that with its slow board speed, it loads the rig up with the unused power. This has an interesting side effect in that you can run with a smaller sail than you'd think giving you better handling on the wave with the smaller sail. A sweet design outcome indeed!

One wave : Kuau

Sometimes, all you need is one wave. Sometimes, all you get is one wave.

And then you have to take what you get. (including the swim into the cove)

Jaws Webcast success!

I'd like to thank everyone for not only tuning in to the 4 hour webcast today, but also for your patience as we dealt messed with settings, etc. in order to make the webcast viewing as smooth and high resolution as possible. From what we can tell, this was the first ever webcast from Jaws, and its not gonna be the last!

We had viewers from around the globe from the UK, France, mainland US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. All tallied - we had visitors from 51 countries for the webcast! (I think I saw that Alex had the stream on the projector in his Astronomy class of 300 students. Thanks Alex!)

Special thanks to the data center guys (Mark and Mike) for keeping everything running.

And super special thanks to our EpicSessions camera operator (pictured here), and professional sailor Jake Miller. Not only does he look good on camera, he is amazing behind the eyepiece as well.

We're working on the next webcast which looks like Thursday as the trades return to the north shore and the swell will still be pumping.

Mahalo!