Jupiter Invasion 2009 In Photos - A special collection
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Back to Jupiter for the running of the Kiteboarding Invasion for the sixth consecutive year. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...09_s.sized.jpg The beach on Saturday (Click photo for full sized image) http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Jon_carves_s.jpg Jon Modica riding easy for Cabrinha and NPX. Being a Jupiter native, riding in the waves here comes naturally to Jon. Got a ton of great shots of him in action. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Damo.jpg Damien Leroy also riding for Cabrinha passes while inverted. Damien came from Olympic snowboarding not so many years ago. He was ranked in the top ten worldwide, it shows. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...J_IMG_7825.jpg CJ and Lia scope out the action http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...s_IMG_9840.jpg Ray Leroy loops one. Ray has taken over operation of Seven Sports shops in Islamorada. They have a big kiting event coming up in March in Islamorada. Stay tuned for more on that. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Cameron.jpg Cameron Dietrich riding for Cabrinha ripping very well and in all the way from Maui http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Billy_2_s.jpg Billy Parker, real strong kiter from Tampa, riding for Flexifoil http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...e_IMG_7798.jpg Excellent conditions! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Mellissa_2.jpg Melissa Gil riding for Cabrinha looking very good in the waves http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Andy.jpg Andy Hurdman riding for Liquid Force has been a very strong rider in Florida for many years. Went off north for a while but he's here again, welcome back! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Hilga_turns.jpg Helga rips, looking fine. She works with Neil at Tiki Beach, Lauderdale kite launch and standup paddleboard center. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/damo_IMG_0818_s.jpg Damo flys off into the ether http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Dave_2_IMG_0158.jpg David DeBerard rips along, comes easy to him living in Ft. Pierce. Great waves up that way. Dave along with Gebi and others helped to rescue three kids from a floundering powerboat in high seas off the Inlet there. They all used kites to bring the kids to shore, impressive. There is an illustrated account of the rescue at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=1448 http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Hamish_2.jpg Hamish riding for Slingshot and Tiki Beach has been a real strong strapless kiter for years. In fact, he crossed to Bimini from Ft. Lauderdale on a surfboard in everything from gnat sneeze breeze to 20 kts, in calm to 7 ft. seas. Wonder what kind of board glue he uses? http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...s_IMG_7826.jpg Lots of regulars at these events including a bunch of these kitegirls. Staying warm on the beach between hitting sessions out in the waves. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/three.jpg Great conditions for hitting it http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Riding.jpg Jessica from Ontario riding fine http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...n_IMG_9827.jpg Ray drops into one http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Jon_drops_in_s.jpg Jon drops in http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/neil_IMG_9592.jpg We owe Neil a lot for announcing and helping to organize lots of kiting events over many years across the country. He even did a stint in La Ventana within the month. Thanks Neil! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Nick_Brand_Kite.jpg Nick flies his brand "X" kite, now famous through lots of events http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Cameron_runs.jpg Cameron hunting tubes http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Damo_flys.jpg Damo just glides along http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Rick_s_IMG_9762.jpg You can get going really fast with all the surface area of these boards as Rick demonstrates. He did well in the wave riding, coming in third against some major talent. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Billy_s.sized.jpg Lots of us were looking forward to seeing Billy nail some huge moves. I can recall his casually riding along in the leading group heading down to Lauderdale from Jupiter and boosting these monster jumps, just playing, on a 60 mile race. There's talent,. Anyway, it looks like he boosted a real high handle pass off the water, he dropped his bar, the resulting line impact of his fall broke something on his leash. He was dropped to the water, DQ'd unfortunately, and his kite went sailing off downwind. It shows up in the next sequence. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...s_IMG_0359.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/matt_IMG_0303.jpg Matt a major force in the Collegiate Kiteboarding Association (CKA) heads out http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Laid_out.jpg Nap time? Great form! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/stairs_IMG_7744.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Crossing_s.jpg Collision? Not this time http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/D_n_A.jpg Damo boosts up as Andy rides in http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Jan_IMG_0932.jpg Jan gets ready to go http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Jon_IMG_0505.jpg Making it look so easy, it's not! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Jeremy_IMG_7803.jpg Big thanks to Jeremy of Jupiter Kiteboarding for making this great event a reality, six times and counting! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Riping_s.jpg Daniel charging real hard and looking good http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Damo_spray.jpg Great balance there, as I recall Damo hammered in but good from a handle pass but nailed the landing http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...g_IMG_9587.jpg There goes Tracy, ready to ride! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Nick_IMG_0697.jpg Nick shreds http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/s_n_n_IMG_9996.jpg Nicci catches up with Stacey. Stacey is a mover and shaker at Best Kiteboarding and the first woman to kite across the Straits to the Bahmas http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...8032.sized.jpg Garry Menk and Kent Russell show off a prize they donated for the best wave riding of the morning. The guys have joined together to take over distribution of Jimmy Lewis Boards to all of North and South America. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Dan_s.jpg Dan Floyd of South Carolina showing off some of the excellent techniques that won the Jimmy Lewis board for him. Dan has a kite and water sports shop in SC. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/launch_IMG_7723.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/...t_IMG_9787.jpg Have to say most of the expressions in the wipeout shots are pretty cool and collected. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Beach_repair.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Pair_s_IMG_0903.jpg Nick races Hamish? http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Paul_IMG_0301.jpg I think this is Paul Porter with an unexpected dismount. Paul shoots excellent images from all over including of the last 60 mile race from Jupiter to Ft. Lauderdale. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Strapless_s.jpg Strapless riding has been around for a long time, since the start really. Still, you have to think it is coming into its own these days http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Sup_2.jpg On Sunday lots of standup paddle surfing http://www.fksa.org/albums/album375/Tree_sea.jpg So, that's a short look at Saturday. More to come ... Copyright Rick Iossi 2009 |
Jupiter Invasion 2009
Do you have the results of both the amateur & pro freestyle?
...any shots of the Canadian riders? Sam Medysky (Naish) David Drinkwater (Best) Jessica thanks, :) |
Yes, have a ton of shots, still discovering interesting ones even now. Sam asked for some in particular, a magazine was interested in some of him as well. Not sure but I think I have a couple of good ones to send them. Anyway, the answer is yes, just need more time to find, process and put them up.
Facebook seems to be real popular these days. I've put a lot of these up there though not all of them at the link below. Is it just me or is the photo resolution a little lower on Facebook? http://tinyurl.com/d4s8t2 More to come ... |
Neil and/or Helga just put up the results, so here they are ...
Jupiter Kite Invasion 2009 results Final Results Pro - Freestyle 1. Sam Medysky 2. Damien Leroy 3. Evan Netsch Pro - Wave 1. Jon Modica 2. Hamish Mc-cuff 3. Nick Bowers Amateur - Freestyle 1. Kevin O'Neil 2. Tommy Fields 3. Justice Bentz Amateur - Waves 1. Bryce Davies 2. Dan Floyd - Best Wave 3. Rick Dunn Women Freestyle 1. Mellisa Gil 2. Stacey Fonas 3. Jessica Sickinger Women Wave 1. Mellisa Gil 2. Stacey Fonas 3. Randi Iverson / Helga Goebel Sponsors: Slingshot, Cabrinha, Naish, Liquid Force, North, Dakine, SBC, Kiteworld, Freak Dog, SU-2, Red Bull,Full Throttle Way to go! |
I put some shots of the Canadian riders at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/cb33z5
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Jupiter invasion
thanks Rick,
unfortunately some of us don't have Facebook accounts. will you be posting them on FKSA or Kiteforum ? you can also post them on www.thechickenloop.com that's the new ontario kite forum. thanks alot,:smile::smile: appreciate all your efforts. steven |
Jupiter kite pics
Hey Rick,
thanks for taking the time to sort thru all the photos and pick out the canadian crew. an awesome job! thanks again. cheers, Steven |
You're welcome! Have a good winter, hope to see you folks down again soon.
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Trying to start a new page ...
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More shots from the Invasion (there's still a ton more after this, sigh) ...
http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/Jon_Tube_s.jpg Jon on a tube quest http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/Paul_s.jpg Paul Porter on the lookout himself http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/run_s_IMG_1035.jpg Booking backup wind http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/Jon_s.jpg Tight shot http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/Hamish_2.jpg Hamish throws a board off http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/...a_IMG_7820.jpg Felicia staying warm, trying to anyway, with the latest concept out of Kiteflix. This setup allows some truly unique images to be captured on the water. For example ...http://www.kiteflix.com/ under "shadowcam" http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/Skimming_s.jpg Joe ripping it up on a skimboard http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/...n_IMG_0492.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/flying_in.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/SPRAY_S.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/Porter.jpg Paul Porter, ripping along looking good http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/carve.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/jump.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/UP_IMG_9919.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/beach.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/landing.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/...g_IMG_9674.jpg Tommy Fields making backup wind http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/Standup_s.sized.jpg Standup on the way ... |
Kiteflix has put up five great clips of the action from this event online. It is interesting to compare the stop action aspect of stills with video. We both often capture the same action, just in different ways. Check it out ...
http://www.kiteflix.com/ |
Here's a few more from Sunday when the wind shifted and eased:
http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/d_n_j.jpg Dave and Jeremy play bumper boards? Kiters should always pass downwind of others. If you get yarded, fall or whatever you go downwind into the water but not into the surfer, etc. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/...t_IMG_1299.jpg Dan pivots back offshore http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/surfer_s.jpg Surfers had fun the whole weekend http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/surf_tap_dance.jpg There was a run of geesefish on, a rare little known shallow water fish fond of uh, goosing bathers. This guy just got his too, boy can he jump! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/swat.jpg Not leaving things to chance this rider is ready to swat any geesefish that come close enough! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/six.jpg Holding board court http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/H_n_N_IMG_7668.jpg This may have been taken the day before, still Nicci and Helga looking good. Be sure to put some block on that tongue, sunburn! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/standup_wave.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album376/SU_ride.jpg Cowabunga |
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