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stehsegler

3576 posts

stehsegler

WA, 3576 posts

10 Jul 2011 1:08pm

I wonder what went through Richard Campello's head when this photo was taken.:

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Supergus

NSW

305 posts

Supergus

NSW, 305 posts

10 Jul 2011 3:23pm

Probably he was thinking . . . Wwwwweeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!

curac

1160 posts

curac

WA, 1160 posts

10 Jul 2011 2:12pm

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Waiting4wind

NSW

1871 posts

Waiting4wind

NSW, 1871 posts

10 Jul 2011 10:03pm

stehsegler said...

I wonder what went through Richard Campello's head when this photo was taken.:

I would have been thinking... I hope my parachute works!

siny

NSW

287 posts

siny

NSW, 287 posts

10 Jul 2011 10:34pm

was he just satisfied with an old fashion or did he drop a loop on the way down

TwinMan

108 posts

TwinMan

WA, 108 posts

10 Jul 2011 9:49pm

Maybe " I can't believe they called me Richard"

stehsegler

3576 posts

stehsegler

WA, 3576 posts

10 Jul 2011 10:13pm

TwinMan said...

Maybe " I can't believe they called me Richard"

and I can't believe how bad the auto-correction on Firefox is...

stringer

703 posts

stringer

WA, 703 posts

11 Jul 2011 11:56am

yes and we dont float back down to the water like pretty little butterflies, it's gravity in full effect

terminal

1421 posts

terminal

1421 posts

11 Jul 2011 4:41pm

Nice to be able to Pushloopforward like this at 17 years old, just to add interest to a high jump.

curac

1160 posts

curac

WA, 1160 posts

12 Jul 2011 9:21am

siny said...

was he just satisfied with an old fashion or did he drop a loop on the way down

apparently he did a forward on the way down and snapped his board

siny

NSW

287 posts

siny

NSW, 287 posts

12 Jul 2011 8:08pm

thats why i stopped jumping that high , got sick of breaking boards

boardboy

QLD

554 posts

boardboy

QLD, 554 posts

12 Jul 2011 10:12pm

thats a huge jump - but does anyone know how high a windsurfer has gone? Whats the highest? I love seeing the images of super huge jumps

DanP

VIC

286 posts

DanP

VIC, 286 posts

13 Jul 2011 1:53pm

That's what these guys are doing to find out!!

(think its been posted before)

aus301

QLD

2039 posts

aus301

QLD, 2039 posts

13 Jul 2011 2:28pm

siny said...

thats why i stopped jumping that high , got sick of breaking boards

Or your neck.

terminal

1421 posts

terminal

1421 posts

13 Jul 2011 4:38pm

boardboy said...

thats a huge jump - but does anyone know how high a windsurfer has gone? Whats the highest? I love seeing the images of super huge jumps

r2908

NSW

214 posts

r2908

NSW, 214 posts

13 Jul 2011 9:12pm

while we're on the topic, he's an old one i just found of some MASSIVE euro airs

terminal

1421 posts

terminal

1421 posts

13 Jul 2011 7:40pm

Another vid with big backloops.

Haircut

QLD

6491 posts

Haircut

QLD, 6491 posts

16 Jul 2011 7:05pm

not quite ricardo's but not bad for a chop hop

stehsegler

3576 posts

stehsegler

WA, 3576 posts

17 Jul 2011 9:04am

^^^^^

Interesting thing about this photo is that the angle of the rig is very similar to way Ricardo holds his rig.

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