06012012 — Trip to Tsimari — Speedsurfing
The weather forecast was promising but risky due to the heavy rains involved…
In the morning we checked the Drepano sand bank, it was great with 5-6 bft SW wind but heavy rain also… We decided to go to Tsimari, where were hoping the wind would turn to NW in the afternoon (according to all weather forecasts, with almost no rain expected…) but it actually came from SW, rather gusty and most of the time rainy! First time I sailed in Tsimari all my runs on port tack! Unfortunately I realized were the fast run is after the wind had dropped….
Everybody enjoyed almost 4 hours of speedsurfing! We came out at sunset were collecting our staff in the dark! Then came the scary part: the water level rose enormously since the morning, we almost sunk in the “seawater-covered-road” but apparently vw’s are underwater vehicles!!!
(dinos thanks for waiting for me and panagiotis thanks for the photos!)
Check the ranking of the day of gp3s: bit.ly/rankingoftheday_060112
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Varkiza Long Distance 22-23/10/2011
Great Event organized by the Varkiza sailing club (http://www.naovv.gr/)!
100+ windsurfers (rsx, formula, techno, slalom, freeride).
1st race nonplaning conditions…., 2nd race gusts 35+ knots!!!!
Managed to finish both races, so 19th general ranking, 5th slalom ranking ;-)
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2011 Greek Slalom Championships, 1-3/07/2011 @ Drepano, Achaia
Downwind Slalom Competition, great event!
More background scenes
This is the official video of the Greek Speed Windsurfing Championship 2011, which was organized at Drepano Beach, Achaia, Greece on 8th of May 2011 by Minos (GRE291), Nick (GRE800), Alex (GRE145),fw2.gr/2sp , fw2.gr/2sq . Results here: fw2.gr/3ho
Event: Speed Windsurfing Championship 2011
Location: Drepano Beach, Achaia, Greece
Music: Paul Oakenfold
Sponsor: blu-caffe.com , funsports.gr , glaridis.gr , stonero.com , sportop.gr , gps-speedsurfing.com
Filming & post production by Panteliz Photography (arteliz.gr)
Panteliz Photography Copyright 2011 © Arteliz.eu Some Rights Reserved (fw2.gr/2ss).