Category: Bonaire
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Bonaire’s Taty Frans (ranked 7th in the world) and former Olympian Constantin “Patun” Sargoza are going to windsurf from Bonaire to Curacao on March 8th as part of a fundraiser to help support a stricken local hero. Ann Phelan tells us more: The event is a fundraiser for Erwin Muller. Erwin, a dive master and…
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http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/files/cesar_in_bonaire_part_one_1372.mov I haven't played with nonplaning freestyle since the East Coast Windsurfing Festival, but on Saturday I decided that I was going to flip a sail whether there was wind or not, and got out into Davis Creek, imagining myself to be the mighty Caesar Finies. The video above is an encore presentation of…
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http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/files/cesar_in_bonaire_part_one_1372.mov Hail Caesar…the magician of light wind freestyle. You’ve seen his jaw-dropping sail play (if you haven’t, take a look above) and now he’s wondering if you’d like to learn from him. Specifically, Caesar sent the following comment to the Peconic Puffin: What do you guys think if i put a lightwind clinic teaching…
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Imagine if there was a board rack at Hookipa where Jason Polokow, Kauli Seadi, Nik Baker, the Moreno twins, the Sivers, Robby etc all kept there boards, and you could walk up to it and check out (without touching) what the Greats were riding. In Bonaire, not only is there such a rack (with Taty/Tonky/Choco…
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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…
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http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/files/cesar_in_bonaire_part_one_1372.mov The freestyle you can see from the beach at Bonaire’s Lac Bay is astonishing. Not only can you watch Kiri Thode, Tonky, Taty, and Choco Frans, but also the extraordinary nonplaning specialist Caesar Finies. On a recent trip to Bonaire I taped several of Caesar’s practice sessions. He told me that the wind (which…
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A great trip! How much we windsurfed: Twelve sessions in six days. How was the wind: I sailed 5.9 and 6.6 sails the entire week (should have been on a 4.7 during the storm but that’s another story.) How many jibes did Surfergirl777 hit during the week: Fifteen (twelve on starboard, three on port.) Favorite…
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As black clouds hung over a substantial rainstorm just a couple of miles upwind, a few windsurfers stayed out on the bay reaching and jibing, while others began to drift towards shore. Elvis and Roger of The Windsurf Place were discussing the oncoming storm in a language other than English, so I couldn’t eavesdrop…I had…
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And her second, third and fourth. But we came to Bonaire so she could get her first, so let’s talk about that one. Sally and I were supposed to be spending this week on a more traditional Wedding Anniversary vacation (something not centered around windsurfing) and we’d spent the better part of a year planning…
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Reading through the results of the 2007 Pro Kids freestyle competition in Bonaire, I was happy to see a listing for “Classic Freestyle.” I love watching and trying the new school moves, but in truth I’m probably more stoked about nonplaning freestyle…”classic” as some of this stuff dates to the days before planing, and if…