Here is a nice clip done by Mathias Asencio my friend and sparing partner.

It was in maui with on shore wind. I sailed with the Manta 71 and Vapor 7,1.

Enjoi it!

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I am at home now since 3 weeks and it wasn’t so windy so far.

I have prepare and sticked all my new slalom gear and try it several time now. I am still waiting some new fins but everything seems going good.

Last week I sailed 2 days back to back in Carro with my pocket 93 and manic 5,0. Wind was a bit light and waves not big, but it was fun!!

Today I had a really fun session at “le Prado” in Marseille local spot. Water is still cold but weather was ok with some nice waves and wind for my IQ 4,7 and Pocket 85. Nothing special to report except the fact that I had a nice day on water!!

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I just received today the new 12,6 Tabou race Sup. What a box!!

I don’t know if i will love doing race on it like I love my 8,2 for waves!!  I will do some event this year if I find some time.

I found on my archives some pictures taken under water during a solid sup session at my home spot, Carro.

Fun to see how a wave can roll me!

For a return on slalom trainning after one month of mostly wave sailing, it was a quite hardcore session!

I planned to try my brand new 6,4 Vapor (the only size that I dont’ have tryed yet) but when I arrived on the beach, I realized that it was impossible! 40/50 knots were blowing.

So i rigged my 5,7 Vapor with my manta 61 and have some quick run.

Pascal Toselli was there and also Matteo Iachino form Italie. I have tryed mostly several fins…

Voici un second lien sur Windmag ou il  y a l’introduction des voiles de course 2012 de chez Gaastra, les Vapors.

Surfaces allant de 5,4 à 10,0 en slalom.

Voici un lien sur Windmag ou il y a une presentation des nouveaux shapes des mantas de serie 2012.

Les nouvelles bombes sont 61/71/84 cm de large pour 95/113/134 litres.

Since i arrived on Maui, i had 3 or 4 really nices sup sessions. Mainly at Lanes and 1 at Kanaha. I ride my Tabou sup in quad. Here are some pictures, qualities of them are not as the waves here!! So gooood

I sailed for the first time with the new Vapor 7,1 at Kanaha 2 days ago. I already tryed the 8,6 and 7,9 at home.

The sail fell much more lighter than last year and more equlibred! So It was nice combo with manta 71 even on 15 knots only. I sailed 2 hours on it and did some video footage for a short clip to come. It was fun, Micah was there and we did some quick runs together.

First pwa event is in 2 months so I have time to tune all my gear but it seems to be much more easy than last year: Tabou Manta are already working great, I know my fins, and Vapor are on the same direction than last year but with more low end, easier to ride and less heavier.. So all good!

Well, I have not upload my blog since 10 days but time is going so fast here! We have done a lot of thing here with my grilfriend in 2 weeks: Snorkling, going to Oahu for the Sup event and see Pipeline, checking the sunset at Haleakala, going to waterfall on the road to Hana… and also some windsurfing and sup!

Conditions were great for the winter and really windy, I sailed 1 time on 4,2 by kona Winds! Here are some pictures about this epic days.Really hard to make a propper bottom turn. Wind drops later on the afternoon and it was better but tricky because only 10/15 knots. Enjoy!

First time at hookipa, first time on the blocks…

But it was a nice day for me and my friend Mathias. I used my 5,0 manic and dc 91. Even if the wind was a big more gusty and off-shore than usual, we enjoied to sail in boardshort and with nice waves!!

Life is so nice here, fun and no stress!!!

Today we plan to go to see the sunset at Haleakala volcano.

Pictures: Jimmy hepp 

I just arrive in Maui for some weeks.

It is so nice to be there. I have alreay try all my new slalom gear at home and test it against other brand. So I have an idea about how good it works! I came here with my new Manta 71 and 84 and Vapor 7,1 to 9,5. I also take my Da curve 91 and my sup 8,2.

I already did a Sup session at Lanes and yesterday no one in windsurf was out at Hookipa!!! It was f….. big and closing out!!!

Forecast is sick for all the week so far, Jaws will break in 2 days…

Here is a sick movie of Levi Siver, probably the best rider at Hookipa.

LEVI_SIVER_WINTER_11_12 from Dan Norkunas on Vimeo.

I just received my new Vapor 2012! A lot of box arrived at home for the new season.

I tryed 8,6 and 7,9 yesterday on flat water with the new manta 71.These sails fit on the board with 40 cm fins. I personally prefer to use 7,9 on this board because of more acceleration. And keep the 8,6 for my manta 84 in lighter wind.

Today was an other storie: 35/45 knots full on shore in Marseille with a really technical chop. The 5,7 is quite stable and still easy to sail for this hard conditions.

First feelings with the new sails is good: they are more light on the hands with more low end than last year (and still perfect on strong wind), now I need to tune them 100%!

More test soon… In Maui this time…

5/15 knots off shore, hard to catch waves but fun…