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Freestyle Video: Back In Black…Caesar, Part Two

http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/files/caesar_in_bonaire.mov

During a trip to Bonaire in late November I was able to tape several practice sessions of the brilliant Caesar Finies.    A video of his first session was shown here back in December.  Now we present a second video, taped on a day when the wind was a little lighter, and during which he showed us at least one new way to throw a sail around.    If you’re not familiar with the windsurfing of this incredible nonplaning freestyle genius, buckle your seatbelt and click on the video!

More magic from the crucible of freestyle windsurfing in Bonaire…

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14 responses to “Freestyle Video: Back In Black…Caesar, Part Two”

  1. Bunty Avatar
    Bunty

    !!! What else can one say?

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  2. Mac Avatar
    Mac

    Amazing….absolutely amazing. Thanks for posting that. Mac

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  3. Brian Avatar
    Brian

    Thanks Michael. The bonaire kids are truly amazing. I’m headed to Bonaire in about 6 weeks, and this fuels the excitement.

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  4. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Have a great time! The great thing about the Bonaire local sailors is that they give everyone a reason to go out on the water on “light” days…you’ll never see the pros on the beach at Lac Bay unless they’re taking a break.

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  5. Windseeker Avatar
    Windseeker

    Incredible. The most amazingly honed skills and unbelievable awareness of the effect of the wind on the sail in every conceivable angle.
    I can’t help thinking though: “HOW MUCH SPARE TIME DO YOU NEED TO DEVELOP SUCH SKILLS??!!!”

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  6. James Avatar
    James

    WOW! I love the moves where he throws down the sail and it comes back up perfectly. I’ve never seen that done so well before. I have to show this to my friends at work.

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  7. Anthony Avatar
    Anthony

    When it’s blowing 25 knots does he just go out with a 4.0 and do the same stuff or is he a planing freestyle guru too?

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  8. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    He’s a planing freestyler too…I had the privilege of being on the water with Caesar and the top Bonaire pros when a squall came through. He’s good, but it’s tough for even him to look great when three of the top ten freestylers in the world are on the water with him (and they were…Kiri Thode, Taty Frans and Tonky Frans.)

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  9. Catapulting_Aaron Avatar
    Catapulting_Aaron

    Hey Michael,
    I just got back from Bonaire a couple days ago and was fortunate enough to meet Caeser and Tonky and several of the other guys. As a matter of fact, me and my crew signed up for night snorkeling and by chance it was with Caeser’s girlfriend, so he came along. Super nice guy.
    In any case, my ISP has been on the fritz since I got back, but I’ll put up a full report on my blog when I get a chance…

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  10. PonoBill Avatar
    PonoBill

    Hey Michael, long time no chat. How about giving me a copy of these videos so I can put them on Ke Nalu (www.kenalu.com). I’m putting a post about them on Ponohouse with a link to Peconic, but that doesn’t fit the format of Ke Nalu. full credit and a link of course.

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  11. fswp Avatar
    fswp

    again some really nice action, hope you don’t mind if i put a little link to it 🙂

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  12. Pc45 Avatar
    Pc45

    Damn, with all that good stuff, I wonder why we don’t see more of it on our (non-Bonaire) beaches. It’s as if people saw it as something to watch but not do.
    Personally, all this inspires me to do it in low winds too, not that I needed the prop.

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  13. Torsten Avatar
    Torsten

    Dear guys,
    if you like the oldschool stuff then here´s my site for you ;-)))))
    http://www.3beaufort.com

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  14. jonthesailorman Avatar
    jonthesailorman

    Caesar has been a great source of inspiration for me and I’m sure many others as well. Light wind has been a huge part of my entire windsurfing career freestyle. For at least half of the year it never blows past 10knts where I live. I’ve been doing this kind of thing since day one. I’m no where near Caesar’s level, but its great to see this aspect of the sport that I love so much getting so much hype! I feel it will really encourage people to get out on the water much more often:)

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