Freestyle video excerpt from "ProKids"

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puffin
puffin
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235 posts
26 Apr 2007 5:01am
With kind permission of the director I've got a video clip from ProKids featuring two of the best sailors at the event.

peconicpuffin.typepad.com/the_peconic_puffin/2007/04/tricks_are_for_.html

ProKids was a freestyle contest and festival that took place in Bonaire last year, with kids as young as 3 sailing (though the teenagers is where the high-end action is.) One of the sailors is Kiri Thode, who pretty much invented the Gekko Flaka and who is an astonishing young sailor.
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QLD
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QLD, 6491 posts
26 Apr 2007 2:28pm
that's tops! thanks alot for the link.
barn
barn
WA
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WA, 2960 posts
26 Apr 2007 4:34pm
gecko, pfttt thats boring.. my dad can sail inside the boom... check out some home grown talent in jaeger stone.. anyone who has sailed corros knows everyday after school at 4pm is when we all turn into spectators

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QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
26 Apr 2007 7:31pm
thats a great vid too, thanks. forwards and backies off waves and dtl waveriding is pretty oldschool meat'n'potatoes now the new cool stuff is when the kids do slidey trick stuff and forwards and backies off virtually flat water

oh dear, i can feel the flames a-comin
Juice
Juice
WA
280 posts
WA, 280 posts
26 Apr 2007 8:32pm
Awesome vid of Jaeger. Well put together clip, 15 and doing all that, well done! Wish he was using my boards Think I'll go watch it again and again.
jord070
jord070
WA
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WA, 1109 posts
26 Apr 2007 10:07pm
i thought i was doing alright for 15, but now, im not to sure
puffin
puffin
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235 posts
26 Apr 2007 10:58pm


Barn, Jaeger Stone is an outstanding sailor, but you've got to be kidding about the freestyle clip being boring and then suggesting this. It's three minutes of talking, two minutes of generic wavesailing video, and one good minute (very good) at the end. The best kid in the Bonaire video invented the Gekko Flaka. BTW three of the Bonaire kids are ranked top-ten in the world.

Root for homegrown talent, absolutely, but don't slag hot sailors from elsewhere.

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Originally posted by barn

gecko, pfttt thats boring.. my dad can sail inside the boom... check out some home grown talent in jaeger stone.. anyone who has sailed corros knows everyday after school at 4pm is when we all turn into spectators



barn
barn
WA
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WA, 2960 posts
27 Apr 2007 4:40pm
puffin,
i said geckos were boring not kiri.. those bonare kids are cool and so is freestyle.. but they would trade it all for some waves.. campello and kauli did, they were at the top of freestyle, now they focus on waves.. ive seen a gecko, can almost do them, cause i live inland.. spinny slidy moves make lakes fun.. i also spent all summer in WA havin jaeger launch backloops over me higher than in any PWA video..thats what i call windsurfing... and kiri, frans, estredo, diaz get plenty of net time on websites such as www.continentseven.com .. this is an aussi site thought id post a link to the future of aussi windsurfing... i know theres some talking but its his only clip on the net.. i didnt slag your vid and do know the pwa ranking!

MintoxGT
MintoxGT
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27 Apr 2007 11:49pm
That is awsome, those kids are gonna be pulling some huge manouvers when they mature, no doubt some of them already are.

By the way, after looking at the vid I came across something very cool, so cool it's freezing.... Freezing is as stupid does IMO. That said, pretty amazing to witness something like that, check it out!



Cheers GT
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