Team Dawg

Comment on (Blog entry: Opening Day? )

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:10:41 -0800

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! Nice. What a relief. What a rush. Good to see the team show up in numbers. Da Seas' is Heeeeeere!

Blog entry: Opening Day?

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:50:42 -0800

Don't want to ding it, but it's looking like today is the day...keep fingers crossed and eyes on the buoys. And keep those cel phone handy. Bodega? Tomales?

Comment on (Blog entry: Da 2010 season goal list!)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:43:42 -0800

Push loop. That's it. Kevin - SWITCH chacho? Why you gonna slack? :)

Comment on (Blog entry: Da 2010 season goal list!)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:05:58 -0800

My list may be short, but at least I know how to use it.

Blog entry: Da 2010 season goal list!

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:43:45 -0800

Alright, after consulting with everyone, here is the list. Feel free to add yours, if you are not on it! Daniel: more than 50 days of windsurfing. Forward Loop. Pedro: Vulcan, more comfortable with the forward loop, get all the basics (360, ... etc) Aaron V.: Vulcan, plane out of a forward loop, aerial off the lip, shove-it, gecko, up-wind 360, ducktack, body-drag. Joe: Paja and Forward loop Mike U.: Duck Jibe, heli-tack, power jibe, jump---> forward loop. Wiley: Jibes, jumping, get windsurf gear. Sofy: It will be a surprise! Christian: shove it "port tack" Steve: haas tack, heli-tack, forward loop. Patti: Have fun. Water starting. Rob M.: forward loops, wave riding, tacking, and shove-it. Cigdem: duck jibe, waddell wave-sailing, jumping then forward loop. Kevin (K-Dawg): double spock, burner, back-loop, push-loop, switch cha-cho. Derek: ponch, e-slider, flaka, shove-it, puneta. Nes: shove-it, backloop, spocks, forward-loop, grubby. Jacob: forward loop, vulcan. Asma: spock, flaka, shove-it, backloop, duck-tack, clew-first vulcan. Mike Z: duck jibe, heli-tack, jump high, shove-it, forward-loop. Sander: one 6-pack a day, vulcan while wearing a speedo, more wave-sailing, chrissy to Berkeley down-winder. Maybe-shove-it. Juan: Flaka, Grubby, Puneta.

Image: Another Pic from Mo

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:16:19 -0700

Riders: Kevin Kan Moves: Shove it

Image: Living up to the Name

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:14:53 -0700

Riders: Aaron Vieira Moves: Catapult

Image: Loop Sequence on a 3.7

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:39:15 -0700

Riders: Kevin Kan Moves: Forward loop

Blog entry: SANTA CRUZ

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:44:54 -0700

hey guys an sc update. I went out at natural bridges- super smooth between kelp beds !!! Thinking about bringing my freestyle board down. :) Talked to some super nice old locals and sailed 4.6 and 70L overpowered with a seal sighting Apparently there have been 2 great white sightings this week at the beach just up the road !!!! AAAHHHH ! Why do I never know about these things ahead of time?! The windsurfing was great tho EVERYONE COME TO SC to visit and sail miss you guys

Tip on the Paja by Aaron Vieira

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:40:50 -0700

Not too slow, not too fast... juuuust right.

Tip on the Forward loop by Matt Harvey

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:23:22 -0800

Yeah, this seems to be the popular one, and I have yet to capitalize on a free cocktail, sangria or otherwise. If I watch Sofy then I notice that he stays pretty much back over the straps during the whole process, since he knows the sail has tons of power. Getting close the the mast is the way to get yourself called cheezy. The day I ditched work a few people were giving me extra kudos, and what I was doing differently was to stay farther back and to take a smaller board. Enough with the fine points. I heard that some people are trying to loop for the first time. I left something out in my first explanation. In your head, it MUST be over before it starts. One of the people trying hard has mentioned that by the time he thinks of sheeting in he's hitting the water again. That's exactly the problem. You have to land it in your head, or at least land on your back in your head BEFORE you leave the water or you will not be able to sheet in soon enough. And back to what I said earlier, by the time you leave the water it's best not to be thinking anything at all: only doing. Breathe deeply. Focus on your heels or the sun, Saturn, or something way outside, and forget all the crap. Do I still remember to forget? I think we get another chance tomorrow morning.

Tip on the by Juan Vargas

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:36:09 -0800

If you are contemplating whether to try the willy skipper or the vulcan next as your next level of progression as an aspiring freestylist, you can definitely benefit from my mistakes. I learned the willy skipper before the vulcan, mainly because I knew how to jump jibe and I thought it would be logical to try the willy skipper next. there are two problems with this approach. First, while the vulcan might be a bit harder to learn, it is the port of entry to most other new school freestyle moves. second, the vulcan is A LOT safer. With 3 kids and a mortgage to pay, I worry about injuries and accidents (a little bit at least). In my over 1000 vulcans attempts (I didn't keep track, but definitely close to that at any rate) I have never hurt myself with the vulcan except maybe some sore ankles for 10-15 minutes. Conversely, I ended up with with stitches and other injuries that require medical attention with the skippers. But the willy skipper is a really fun move and every once in a while you get this long sliding back ride that it's just an awesome sensation! If you are still here and want to try it, the one piece of key advice that worked for me came from Kevdawg: stay completely centered on top of the board and as you jump, pull up with the clew hand a little bit. this action allows for the board to rotate around and keeps you centered on top of the board. This move is easier to do when planning slightly under powered and bearing off the wind a bit. Find a small ramp (very small, just a ripple) and don't lean back! Don't attempt when overpowered (all of my injuries occurred in this setting).