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Mirate este video del Hood Slider event 09, hecho por Nate Appel de Cineaptic.

Yo! Check this vid out from the Hood Slider event 09, by Nate Appel from Cineaptic.

A Work in Progress - Part 5 from Nate Appel on Vimeo.

Scenes from the 2009 Hood River freeride. Featuring Brandon Scheid, Sam Bell, Davey Blair, Chris Burke, Jake Cook, Matias Ricci and Dylan Thompson.

Mirate secciones de ''A work in progress'' de Nate Appel en:

Check more sections of ''A work in progress'' from Nate Appel in:

http://www.cineaptic.com/

Iou! De regreso en Maui ahora, finalmente las olas dejaron de bombear y volvio el viento. Junto con mi hermano, Juan; armamos un slider improvisado en Naishbeach para sesionar durante el finde. Rodrigo de www.mauiimage.net logro escaparse de la Japo y vino a sacar algunas fotos.
El slider no duro tanto y empezo a destruirse a medida que el viento iba muriendo, llegando la fin de la tarde. Esto es lo que pudimos hacer:

Yo! Back in Maui now, the waves finally stopped pumping and the wind kicked back in. Together with my bro, Juan; we set up a ghetto slider at Naishbeach for a little weekend sesh. Rodrigo from www.mauiimage.net luckily manage to escape from his duties and came along to shot some action.
The slider didn't lasted that long and started falling apart as the wind was shutting down close to sunset time. This is what went down:

Gracias Rodri !

Thanks Rodri !

Fotos varias del viaje

Random shots from the trip.

Aca van otras mejores desde el agua, gracias a Jason Wolcott.

Here some better ones from the water, thanks to Jason Wolcott.

Por favor chekia la pagina de Jason, o contactalo en:

Please check Jason's site, or contact him at:

www.jasonwolcottphotography.com

cjwolcott@yahoo.com

Iouuu, aca van unas fotos del trip por Indo, Kitesurfing por Grommit y Mamat, fotografos locales.

Yo, here some captions from my trip around Indo, Kitesurfing by Grommit and Mamat, local Photographers.

Alohas!

Aburrido mal, antes del viaje a Indo en unos dias, me puse a jugar un poko en la arena. Encontre un escalon enorme, tipo un wallride natural jaja. Preseando un poce en Maui.

Super bored, before I go to Indo in a couple of days, I started playing around on the beach. Found this big step with a nice slope, like a natural wallride haha. Pressin dakine in Maui

Aloha dakine

Llego el summer a Maui, altos olones y buen viento. Mucho surf, dicen que es la mejor temporada de south swells en 10 anios! Tambien un poko de kite con Juan; una sesion de fotos en Probeach, sin kikers, pero divertido.

Summer arrived to Maui, big waves and steady wind. Lotz of surfing lately, they are calling that this has been the best southside swell season in 10 years! Also some kiting with Juan my bro; photoshot @ Probeach, no kikers, but still fun.

Gracias a MAUI IMAGE por el support.

Muchas gracias a todos los fotografos x el excelente laburo y por compartir las fotos conmigo. Aka van un par de pix del evento:

Thanks to all the photografers for the hard work and for sahring their pix with me. Here a couple of shots from the event:

Muchas gracias a Lance Koudele por las fotos!

Thanks to Lance Koudele for da pix.

Porfavor, check:
http://lancekoudele.blogspot.com/

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Muchas gracias a Henry Rico por las fotos.

Thanks to Henry Rico for da pix.

Profavor, check:
http://www.henryrico.com

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Muchas gracias a Toby Bromwich de Core Online Magazine por las fotos.

Thanks to Toby Bromwich from Core Online Magazine for da pix.

Porfavor, check:
www.coreonlinemagazine.com

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Gracias a Sean Kerrick Sullivan por las fotos.

Thanks to Sean Kerrick Sullivan for da pix.

Porfavor, check:
http://www.seankerrick.com/

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Gracias a Bryan Elkus por la fotos.

Thanks to Bryan Elkus for the pix.

Porfavor, check:
http://www.bryanelkus.com/

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Gracias a Jim Stringfellow por las fotos!

Thanks to Jim Stringfellow for the pix!

Por favor, check:
http://www.jimstringfellow.com/

Llegue al Hood Slider Jam, organizado por la crew del SLIDER PROJECT; como una semana antes para ayudar en la construccion de las rampas y conocer a la crew local. todos muy buena onda me recivieron re bien; Jeff Roberts, de Slingshot, me hospedo y trato de lujo! Por otro lado la crew del S.P. ya llevaban trabajando en las rampas como hace mas de un mes, y apreciaron mucho mi ayuda asi tmb como la de los otros riders que se acercaron, como el ingles Chris Burke, el Hawaiian Mike Scott, entre otros nuevos nombres.
La diferencia entre este evento y otros es, el concepto de la no competencia. Sino la de lograr un ambiente de grupo donde se ayudara a armar estos obstaculos, y luego poder utilizarlos. Esto genera una muy buena energia, donde la gente aporta su tiempo y ayuda para luego todos juntos disfrutar de andar sin presiones pero empujandose unos a otros a mejorar.

Got to the Hood Slider Jam, organized by the SLIDER PROJECT crew, like a week earlier to give a hand in the building of the obstacles for the event and meet the local crew. Great vibes, everybody was super friendly, and Jeff Roberts from Slingshot hooked me up with a room at his house so i was STOCKED! The S.P. crew had been working on the features for a month already, so they appreciated all the help given by me so as from other riders, like Chris Burke form the UK, and Mike Scott from Oahu, Hawaii, just to name a few new names.
The main difference between this and other kind of events, was that there was no actual competition. The goal was to create a good vibe while helping to build the obstacles and then just shred them all together. Having fun and pushing each other to progress. No preassure, it was all about having fun!

Estos son algunos de los obstaculos ya existentes antes del evento:

These were some of the already existing obstacles:

30ft slider

20ft's small kine flat bars

super kiker

Pero la idea era armar algo mas grande aun, algo distinto:

But the idea was to push it a little more, something more legit:

Fun Box

60ft fun box + wall ride

up rial+pool gap+down ledge with stairs and another down rail on the side.(zarpado!)

El primer objetivo era terminar el Fun Box, el cual estaba a medio camino a mi llegada. Pero con la ayuda de todos, logramos terminarlo el viernes a la maniana y ese mismo dia pudimos estrenarlo.

The first main objective was to finish the half way built Fun Box, but with everybody's help we were able to get it done for Friday morning. And we got to shred it that same day.

http://www.coreonlinemagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_4651.jpg

http://www.coreonlinemagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/img_4654.jpg

El primer objetivo estaba completo, pero todavia faltaba el Pool Gap, cuya construccion dependia del nivel del agua en la maniana del Sabado. Pero como el agua estaba aun alta a la maniana se decidio posponer su armado. Entonces armamos una especie de Kite Park con todos los obstaculos y nos dedicamos a andar todo el dia. Increible evento, muy buena onda la gente y la ciudad muy tranquila. Un lugar perfecto para pasar unos meses, salvo por el frio que hace!
En fin salio todo muy bueno, y estoy muy agradecido con toda la gente que me ayudo e hizo posible este viaje.

The first objective was ready, but we were still missing the Pool Gap, which it's construction was depending on Saturday's morning water level. Not low enough we opted to postponed it for another time. So we set up all the toys we had, into our own Kite Park, and we shredded all day! The event was sick, cool people and a nice mellow town by the woods. Perfect place to spend a couple of months, except for the cold weather! I'm really thankful for how everything turn out, and the people who helped me out to make it happen.

Solo me quedan buenos recuerdos de este viaje, la gente, la partuzaaa y todos juntos divirtiendonos. Hora de empezar a contactar a los fotografos quienes no pararon de trabajar en todo el evento. Vamos a ver si puedo pegar alguna foto en una revista. Gracias a Slingshot, la S.P. crew y todos por la buena onda y felicitaciones por todo el laburo k hicieron.

Just good memories from this sick trip, the people, the party and everybody just having fun. Time to contact the hard working Photographers who worked 24/7 threw the event. Hope i make it into a mag. Thanks to Slingshot, the S.P. crew and everybody for the hard work and the good vibes! Big props to Forrest, Joby and Jake Cook; for putting up a sick event.

Aloha
Dibu22

Maui me recivio muy bien; con mi bro, Juan siempre listo para ayudarme! Tengo una super chata! que despues de un poko de laburo kedo zarpada! gracias brotherrr!
Ademas me llegaron los ekipos nuevos, kites Slingshot RPM 8 y 6mt, mas botas D3 y la Response 142 nueva. Increible todo, no hubo mucho viento pero por lo poko que los probe me viene gustando todo! Ademas la Vortex custom 139x43 k me hice con los DIG bros, muy buena tmb, un canio!
Aka van unas fotos, tmb un poko de surfing; y hace unos dias llego micky de BAbilon.

Maui recived me as always, perfect kine; with my bro JUAN, ready to help me out! Got me a great truck! that after a little paint job looks tight! THANKS JUAN!
Also got my new quiver, Slingshot RPM 8 n 6mt kites, new bindings D3's & the new Response 142. Looking sick, but haven't had enough wind but so far so good. OH and the custom Vortex 139x43 it's been riding solid too!
Here some pics, some surf and my friend Micky just got to da island leaving BAbilong behind for a couple of weeks in paradise.

pimp my ride!

Response 142 + D3 & Vortex + D2 (new paint job too)

RPM 8mt

Hookipa surfin

Aloha!

Matias Ricci Indo seccion de KITEAR from Dabel Em Productions on Vimeo.

Hola, recien termino este clip de mi viaje por Indo, el cual formara parte de KITEAR. Ojala les guste!

Hi, i've just finished my clip from my indo trip, wich will be included in the upcoming dvd KITEAR.
ENJOY!

Aloha!

Video realizado por DENGUEco. del viaje realizado en semana santa del 2009 a El Condor, Viedma; Provincia de Rio negro.
Muy buen trip, gracias a Marcelo Ruiz y a Mariano Lorenzeti por el apoyo.
Aloha
Dibu22

Despues de regresar de mi viaje a Indo, mande algunas fotos a la Kiteworld mag. Una de las mejores revistas de Kite internacional. Luego de varios meses me respondieron...
Elijieron mi foto como la mejor de ese mes, la publicaron y me gane una remera! jaja! Buenisimo!

http://www.kiteworldmag.com/news/issue-38-readers-gallery-winner/

When i returned from my Indo trip, i sended some pictures to Kiteworld Mag. After a couple of months they reply with great news...

Issue #38 Readers Gallery Winner
Well done to rider Matias Ricci and photgrapher Gromet who were this issues Readers Gallery winners. There's a KW tee to you in the post.

It all started with an email;

"Hi, my name is Matias Ricci, i'm from Argentina. I just got back from the best trip ever to indonesia. I scored the best kitesurf sessions in my life !!! And i would like to share some photos with whom i think is the best magazine out there. Strapless and unhook kitesurfing, pushing the evolution of the sport. here are some pics."

Flattery will get you everywhere! Look and behold this great shot appeared, we think you'll agree it was a worthy winner. So well done to him and amateur snapper Gromet.

Cool !
Aloha
Dibu22