more nationals coverage

despite the sail number, this is not micah buzianis but me doing everything possible to keep my board in the water as the wind was gusting in the mid 30's! photo courtesy steve bodner

last day had two final races for formula (in order to get a single throwout). seth remained in the lead but bodner actually beat him in a race (first time at this event for formula). listen the the racers wrap it up including input from steve bodner, principle race officer john craig, denise parris and more...

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0707.mp3

tv coverage of the event:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J4sgZaxj1e0
http://www.ktvu.com/video/13862365/detail.html

(in the ktvu piece, i'm the guy yelling 'yea baby' and flashing a chaka bra).

slalom podcast

photo courtesy paul beulow of ooto.com. thank you paul!

by winning the first race of the 2007 us windsurfing slalom national championship, i was leading the championship for a few minutes...all i needed to do was keep getting bullets and i'd be the champion :-) the high winds and maytag washing machine style chop proved a hard beast to tame causing even the best to go for a swim occasionally. i certainly had a lot of fun racing!

slalom racing today. listen to andreas macke, bill wier, soheil and ron kern talk about the action.

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0607.mp3

c-ya, bry

--- bryan mcdonald wrote:

third day of racing. nice 10 ho! conditions in a mild ebb on san francisco bay. race started near the club, to a mark below the gate for a windward mark, then to a mark off the north tip of treasure island and then back to the club to finish. conversations with the top finishers including seth besse, eric christensen, andreas macke, karen mariot, junior peter botha and more. a few collisions occured on the race course including one that drew blood and tore big chunks out of formula boards. special cameo conversation with the infamous 'larry' of crissy field who has a generous offer to teach any women how to water start.

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0507.mp3

another podcast

second day of racing. lots of ship traffic including a freighter who gave the fleet five blasts (the commercial vessel way of saying get the heck out of my way). second place racer ben bamer breaks his magic fin. interviews with uwe from columbia, mike percey and steve bodner.

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0407.mp3

podcast from the first day of na's

first day of racing. light breeze by san francisco bay standards with most people on 10m sails. seth besse, who's dr forbid him to sail (due to a recently dislocated shoulder from slalom training), is winning the event. second place is going to hansen sailor ben bamer. listen to interviews with seth, ben, olympic hopeful denise parris, steve bodner, learn why mike zajichek is not racing and other fun windsurfing stories...
http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0307.mp3

new podcast

the second podcast for the formula class north american championship. coverage from the last calcup race before north americans. speakers include steve sylvester, us windsurfing president jim mcgrath, bay area ripper eric christensen, cal cup photographer emmett mcdonald and hansen sailor mike percey.

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0207.mp3

too small or too big

never go out with a too small sail. if you go out and your sail is too big, it's QUICK to come in and change. if you go out too small, you are stuck and can't change QUICKLY.

podcast of the formula north american championship

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0107.mp3