PWA Tour Life - Japan and Korea
Back on the windsurfing world tour and making the daily video's for the PWA events in Japan and Korea.
Ben Proffitt presents for each film and I film and cut an edit together each day. The Japan event was held on the entrance to Tokyo Bay and saw men's and women's foiling action.
This is the daily film of the last day, summing up the weeks racing and showing all the tension from an on edge final day. All the daily films from the other days can be seen on the PWA youtube page
Next we moved onto the Korean leg of the tour, here at Jinha Beach near Ulsan.
Here we are at lunch, which has been an interesting mix of Korean/western food - I guess it's Asian fusion food!! The event started out pretty wet.
Here is the story from day 2, with a tourist trip to a temple arranged in the morning followed by some stormy weather in the afternoon. Basically no-one really knows whats gonna happen here with localized thermal weather mixing with the cyclonic weather of eastern Asia.
Yesterday saw the first day of thermal winds and finally some high speed slalom action on the water. Fingers crossed for more of the same today as we enter the final days of the Asian leg of the tour.
Travelling back to the UK end of the week and looking forward to catching up with the food garden, whilst I've been away things have moved on from spring to summer so lots to do in the few days I'm home before the next film trip to capture the windsurfing world.
Here is the latest Bunty's Blog episode for a late May garden update.
All images by John Carter
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@alfie-hart I liked that small Island hidden behind you.
PWA events are one of the most exciting one so does it's price money.
Yes thanks @bloggerkrunal, there is a small island here in Korea but at low tide you can walk out and actually film from there . . . The PWA does have prize money but in comparison to surfing it is very small. Windsurfing is a small industry but most are working in it for the love of the sport, not the money!!
hi @alfie-hart
your images of the windsurfing world tour in Japan and Korea are beautiful! are you a surfer too?
congratulations and thanks for sharing with us
Thanks @road2horizon, yes I'm a windsurfer too. It definitely helps to be a sailor as I can anticipate action and whats happening at the events, who everyone is etc . . . We're on the last day now so lets see what happens!! One of the great things about this sport is the unpredictability of it . . .
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Hey @alfie-hart I am really happy that you share this piece of content with us. As a kid, I did a windsurfing course but I quit for some reason.
A friend of mine is also filming such sport events, especially for RedBull. It would be too funny if you would know him: he is called Dennis Schroth?!
Keep up the cool videos bro,
Cheers
Max
@mcnestler, Yes a fellow windsurfer :) I have heard of Dennis but not met him yet, I wonder if he was working on the Red Bull Storm chase in Ireland earlier this year? Thanks again, cheers
oh wow wow, honestly I did not know windsurfing is also a thing, and a thing with a tournament. Checking on google more for that syrfing board lower portion, I am curious how it is sort of connected to water.
Hey @vibesforlife it's a hydrofoil windsurfer board!! Becoming more accessible for windsurfers as special boards and foils are being produced by the brands now. This also means there are competitions and it is expected to see the foil windsurfing at the Olympics pretty soon.
Yeah just googled the term - Hydrofoil windsurfing boards - First article says its the future. I am thinking how amazing it must be to be in air over water-- whoppieee feeling.
Thanks for sharing and the info :)
This is a very professional series of reports. I am not particularly fan of this particular sport, but you make it look really exciting and hard to miss.
I had not even noticed that this small things could "stand" on a stick, sort of :)
I don't even know the parts of these "boats"
Great images, great interviews, music, everything is just top-notch
Thanks @hlezama for watching and giving me some feedback from a non-enthusiasts perspective. It's not all racing and the wave sailing competitions are pretty extreme, so should be at one of those events in July sometime.
I can imagine, and that's what I liked about your videos. Your provide a wider view of the competition and the athletes involved, the whole environment and their interaction in it becomes part of the competition.
I suppose that is what makes a world tour so challenging. Having different weather conditions and testing your abilities in different environments. It looks like great fun and you get to travel the world doing something you love.
After a long and gray winter it's nice to see some beach scenes. It would be great to spend a few days on the beach, watch windsurfing, drink cocktails and relax.
Looks like this event was fun, you did a great job with the videos. You know, it's funny, when I looked at the photo on wish people are having lunch, the first thing that I noticed was the lack of vivid colors, you can only see white, gray, blue, no green, no pink, red, yellow or brown. It's funny.
Anyway, it was nice to see these refreshing beach scenes, well done! Keep it up and steem on!