Chicco riding Marina delle Rose - sequence

Spot: Marina Delle Rose, Santa Teresa Gallura - Sardegna
Chicco Del Croce Team Rider RRD
kite Religion 7mt, board Gitana 6.1

RRD TEAM TWELVE 2011 - 23-24 LUGLIO - TABO CUP - GERA LARIO

Ricordiamo a tutti che questo fine settimana si disputerà a Gera Lario
la terza tappa della RRD TEAM 12

http://www.robertoriccidesigns.com/equipment/index.php/windsurfing/news-windsurfing-02.html

FACCIAMO NOTARE CHE POSSONO PARTECIPARE ALLA RRD TEAM TWELVE TUTTI I
PRATICANTI CHE REGISTRERANNO UNA QUALSIVOGLIA TAVOLA SLALOM APPROVATA ISAF DI QUALSIASI MARCA, E FINO A DUE VELE SENZA CAMBER.

Per info e iscrizioni:
Tabo Surf Center/ASD Palù Vela Surf
Via Prato del Vento, 22010 Gera Lario (Co)
info@tabosurf.com
www.tabosurf.comTel 0344 94062

Abel Lago Spanish Champion 2011!

Abel Lago won the Wave Spanish Champion Ship!
The last 2011 Spanish Championship was celebrated on the Canary Island in the beach of Famara, Lanzarote island.

The conditions were perfect with 2m waves and 20 knots of trade winds, with more than forty riders on the wave discipline and big names like Alvaro Onieva or Jose Luengo.

Abel controls the competition from beginning to end winning the single and double elimination and having the highest scores in the final heat versus Guillermo Jimenez.

“It was a perfect event for me, we have very good conditions and I have a lot of fun, my new Religion II wave kites works amazing in this onshore conditions. I was training really hard the last months for this event and I feel really in shape now, my new RRD boards are working perfect on this choppy water”

The final results:

1º Abel Lago (RRD)

2º Guillermo Jimenez

3º J. Padilla

4º Jose Luengo

5º Gerard Sanchez (RRD)

Introducing Luke McGillewie

RRD are proud to introduce Luke McGillewie, a 16 year old talented kite surfer and kite boarder from South Africa. Luke rocks out on big waves and big tricks! We expect big things in the future from this young man. Enjoy!

Filmed by: Grant Hully
Edited by: Michael Brennan
Rider: Luke McGillewie
Location:Big Bay "South Africa" 2011

FRANCESCA RUBEGNI VINCE A MARINA DI PIETRASANTA

FRANCESCA RUBEGNI VINCE LA PRIMA TAPPA
DEL CAMPIONATO ITALIANO LONG A
MARINA DI PIETRASANTA

Dal sito:
http://www.surftotal.it/jack/content/view/5678/1/
5-07-2011 Marina di Pietrasanta (LU) - Gara conclusa, vincono Fabbri e
Rubegni.
Partito finalmente il Campionato Italiano Longboard 2011 (ILT) targato
Surfing Italia.
Dopo aver rimandato in autunno la 1° tappa in calendario in Emilia
Romagna, il Campionato è partito con la 2° tappa toscana, ottimamente
organizzata dai ragazzi del Nimbus Surfing Club.
Le condizioni del mare sono state abbastanza impegnative e le onde non
erano di facile interpretazione, questo ha fatto si che gli atleti più
talentuosi e di esperienza, hanno progredito nel contest, batteria
dopo batteria.
etc..

Chicco riding Sardinia

Spot Marina Delle Rose Santa Teresa Gallura Sardegna
Chicco Del Croce Team Rider RRD
kite Religion 7mt, board Gitana 6.1

Testing RRD 2012 in OZ

Hi
Here are three photos of one of our young team guys - Matthew Gwynne -
testing the new 2012 "the four" wave sail and the new 96 freestyle wave.
Cheers
Paul
2ndwind Sailboards
RRD Australia

"It was a rare day to sail on the opposite tack to our normal winds,
with clean small waves. We only get wind from this side to ride waves
about three times a year.
The wind was only 10 knots so Matt used the 82 twin at first with the
new 2012 4.7m "The Four" wave sail. Having used this sail on a few
occasions Matt loves the immediate power the four batten sail gives
for powering down the line.
As the wind faded Matt jumped on the 2012 freestyle wave to see how it
turns on the wave and was surprised at how good it worked in the small
waves. Matt is only 65kgs so the 96ltr board is very big for him, yet
turned well even with his light weight on the rails."

Spring Cup 2011 & Slalom Youth Champs videos

Ciao a tutti,

guardate e divulgate i video che abbiamo prodotto in occasione della

Spring Cup e del Campionato giovanile slalom:

bella promo per il nostro sport !!!

ciao

Filippo

RRD DOMINATES GIZZERIA KTE EVENT

Seb Garat wins Freetyle using RRD Style 41 and RRD Obsession Pro 13.5

Julien Kerneur wins Race competition on RRD K-Race 70

More news coming soon...

SURFIN’VENICE GO-PRO VIDEO CONTEST

RRD International è orgogliosa di annunciare un interessante CONCORSO VIDEO possibile grazie alla collaborazione con GoPro Italia:

Realizza ed edita il tuo video dell’edizione 2011 della NISSAN-RRD SURFIN’VENICE (10 luglio 2011), partecipa al concorso scrivendo una mail all’indirizzo surfinvenicegopro@gmail.com e carica il tuo video sul sito Vimeo ufficiale della manifestazione entro il 10 settembre 2011.

I video dovranno avere durata massima di 3 minuti e dimensione massima di 100 Mb.

Il video che avrà ricevuto il maggior numero di LIKE entro il 10 ottobre 2011 vincerà una fantastico case GoPro Full Optional.

GoPro Italia metterà 30 GoPro HD a disposizione dei primi 30 partecipanti che ne faranno richiesta al momento della registrazione alla parata di domenica 10 luglio.

Con soli 10 Euro di noleggio si avrà a disposizione per effettuare le proprie riprese dell’evento una GoPro HD Hero Wide e chi lo volesse potrà portarsi a casa registrato e schedina da 16 GB  alla modica cifra di 15 euro!
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RRD International are proud to announce a new and cool VIDEO CONTEST with the support of GoPro Italy:

You just have to be present at NISSAN-RRD SURFIN’VENICE 2011 (10 July 2011), record and edit your video and subscribe to the contest writing a mail at the address surfinvenicegopro@gmail.com. Videos must be uploaded within the 10^th of September, must be 3 minutes of maximum length and 100 Mb of maximum weight.

The video that will receive the biggest number of likes at the date of 10^th of October will win a special GoPro case full optional.

Thanks to GoPro Italia, 30 GoPro HD will be available for the first 30 Surfin’Venice riders who will ask for it during the registration procedures Sunday 10^th of July, before the Surfin’Venice Parade along the Canal Grande.

You just have to add 10 Euros to the registration fee and you can use a brand new GoPro HD Hero Wide to record your Venetian performances, and after the event you can bring home your 16Gb SD Disk for just 15 Euros!

NISSAN-RRD SURFIN'VENICE 2011

Are you ready for the SUP event of the summer?
Saturday 09 and Sunday 10th of July are over there!
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Sei pronto per l'evento SUP dell'estate?
Sabato 09 e domenica 10 Luglio sono alle porte!!!

NISSAN-RRD SURFIN'VENICE 2011
200 paddlers invade Venice!

For more info:
http://insidertrrding.blogspot.com/p/2011-nissan-rrd-surfinvenice.html

Riding RRD Diamond 9'2

Italian wave rider Marco Bosi keeps riding his home spot on RRD
Diamond 9'2
What a style!

Seb Garat: Worlds report!

Hi all,
here's my report with some pics of the event :
I decided to take part to the KTE (Kite Tour Europe) since we had a
pretty long PKRA break between France (in April) and Fuerteventura in
August,
This is an European Championship in 3 stops. (Germany - Italy - France).
I thought it would be the perfect occasion to test how are working my
new kites in competition and to train myself for the PKRA.
as well, I thought it would be nice to get an European Champion
Title...so I go full power on it !
So the first stop was last week in Germany - Sylt. I've never been
there before, and I just know the place from the famous windsurf world
cup…
I was a bit in shock to arrive there (one day late due to a plane
delay… but fortunately there was no Freestyle on the first day !).
Around 15 °C, dead onshore, 2 meters ugly shore break, and really
choppy outside. Looks like a roller-coaster !
Despite those hard conditions, I managed to get a 3rd place at the
single elimination, after defeating a few guys, I lost the semi final
with a bad heat, and won the losers final for this 3rd place. I've
been riding my new Obsession Pro (C shape) on this day. I was riding
on my 9 and all that I can say is that this kite is perfect for
freestyle competitions!!!
That was certainly not my goal for this event.
On the double elimination I went full power for a chance to get the
1st place. I confirmed my 3rd place in a first heat. Then I beat the
Dutch guy that beat me in the single to get the 2nd place. And then I
went up against the Single Elimination winner, Mario Rodwald. We both
did a good heat, but Mario won this final…
I got a 2nd place on this first KTE Event. Now I'm already in south
Italy, where the temperature is much better !!!
...and I'm still waiting for my boardbag that have been lost in my
trip from Germany to Italy.
Hope to win the event here for a chance to be European Champion.
See you all in Italy !

Skyeboy: Pozo disaster

Photo credit: John Carter/PWA

The high of the wedding came crashing down today in my first heat at
the Pozo comp. Had a bit of a disaster and lost straight away. My
jumping was good, but I crashed every single wave. The wind had picked
up to about 50kts and I should have changed sail, but was trying to be
a man about it and carry on. I now have to hope we get the double done
and hope I can pass a few heats to redeem myself a bit. The forecast
looks good though, so hopefully it goes well.
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Posted By Blogger to johnskye.com News Blog on 7/06/2011 08:53:00 AM

RRD R&D Lab - Work it out ! video

RRD Custom Factory at work...
...check it out the faces behind the RRD weapons!!

Kite Worlds are over...

Seb Garat 2nd place in Freestyle Double elimination

Seb Garat, Tomek Janiek and Luca Marcis

Luca Marcis racing in challenging conditions!

Julien Kerneur always consistent on his RRD K-Race board

Julien congratulates with John Heineken

The Official (?) production ranking

After 12 races and 3 discards in more than challenging conditions, with winds up to 25 knots and breaking seas of 3+ meters, John Heineken (USA, Ozone) and Steph Bridge (GBR, North) are the new world champions in kite course racing. 

RRD Team rider Julien Kerneur was the only european rider fighting for a step on the podium and a 3rd place seemed a result achievable by Julien all the Worlds long, but after the last 2 races in almost impossible conditions he ended in 5th position, behind 4 USA riders.

To complete the good RRD Team performance we have RRD polish rider Tomek Janiak in 15th position, and italian ripper Luca Marcis in 18th position, both on production RRD K-RACE 65 boards.

On the production division was not so clear the procedure of registration before the event start, so in the end we found 3 riders registered in the open division on the podium of the production division.

All in all still very valuable the performance of Tomek and Luca, 5th and 6th on the production ranking, since they were the only 2 riders capable to challenge the North Army thanks to the good overall performance of RRD K-Race 65 weapon.

In the mean time we have to register a great 2nd place scored by Sebastien Garat in the Freestyle competition. This was the first official competition for Seb using his brand new Obsession Pro, the new RRD 4 line freestyle kite. 

RESULTS AFTER 12 RACES (3 DISCARDS)

MEN
1. John Heineken (USA) 6.3 points
2. Adam Koch (USA) 16.4 points
3. Bryan Lake (USA) 34 points
4. Sky Solbach (USA) 36 points
5. Julien Kerneur (FRA) 39 points

John Skye Married!!!!!

Friday 1st July, Nayra and me got married. It was the most amazing day ever and thanks to everyone that helped make it so special. From the ceremony to the dinner right through to the party, everything went absolutely perfect! Thanks also for all the emails and messages of congratulations, its been so nice to hear from everyone! We have loads of photos coming, but for now I think this is my favourite or us leaving the chapel! 

ALL THE BEST WISHES TO JOHN AND NAYRA FROM THE RRD FAMILY!

VERY WELL DONE NAYRA, WE ALL AGREE WITH YOU THAT JOHN IS FOR SURE THE BEST CHOICE!!!

RRD Finishes On Top June 30th

- As the San Francisco, California racers are destroying the worldwide
race scene in Sylt, the RRD USA Team back in San Francisco, is taking
#1 position with Addiction 11m and KRace 65. Results attached.



"Great night for team RRD in the Cabrinah Race Series... and thanks for
supporting the RRD race program!
Here are some pictures from last night (credit to Andrea. Bass) form
our race committee boats.
Have a great weekend and I look forward to meeting you all very soon.
Best,
John Gomes