Oxbow Ride The Sky – The riders
Only 20 of the world’s best windsurfers will converge on Maui to compete in Oxbow Ride the Sky presented by Naish in April. These professional athletes will be competing for highest air, best trick and worst wipeout. The highest air will be awarded a $100 per foot and $2,500 will go to best trick winner.
Here is the complete list of the Oxbow Ride the Sky presented by Naish invitees:
- Jason Polakow (AUS)
- Levi Siver (USA)
- Kai Lenny (USA)
- Phillip Köster (GER)
- Robby Naish (USA)
- Julien Taboulet (FRA)
- Boujmaa Guilloul (MAR)
- Victor Fernandez (SPN)
- Marcilio Browne (BRA)
- Ricardo Campello (VEN)
- Robby Swift (UK)
- Francisco Porcella (ITA)
- Camille Julban (FRA)
- Kauli Seadi (BRA)
- Graham Ezzy (USA)
- Antoine Albeau (FRA)
- Dale Cook (USA)
- Keith Teboul (USA)
- Alex Mussolini (SPN)
- Thomas Traversa (FRA)
This event will be held at Ho‘okipa Beach Park on the east side of the Valley Isle and its one-month holding period begins on April 1. Oxbow Ride the Sky officials will choose the best possible conditions for the single day of competition. Competitors will utilize a GPS system on their boards, which will measure their amplitude, speed and height.
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only 1 brit and no paddies:-( lookin forward to vid though!
how the heck will they judge height with a gps??????? gps only is good for 3 meter resolution. sounds fishy to me. anyone wanna bet oxbow riders will win??????? bozo marketing at its best.
they will probably be using technology such as shadow box http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVtRJDG60RM … and everybody is always crying out for a spectator pleasing event on maui, so lets not get all upset about marketing conspiracies, especially seeing as oxbow sponsor alot of the best riders in the world, and many of them call Maui home.
shadow box would be cool tho the poster marketing claimed this was the first event ever. i think there have been 5 or 6 jumpoff events in maui, gorge and other places, no? if they use shadow box, why not say so?????? why say gps?? something fishy there i think. hope its not tho.
It’s all about fun! Who care who will win, they are all good windsurfers and those who will see that will have a lot of fun! Go big! We already have a good idea of who will jump higher than the other! Probably a local guy…
boujmaa is the man to watch.
Dale Cook is a big question for me. He can jump like no one else on flat water, but can he increase his height when jumping off waves???? If he can, Boujmaa’s chances go dooown.
Have a nice week, fellow windsurfers!
kai has been out jumping with his slalom gear and going to the stars but i think it will not be enough against boujmaa and levi but you cannot forget robby who i think did not compete last year does anybody know?
I think it’s a shame that Jonas is not going to be there. I think there are enough fans of his out there that would be willing to contribute and sponsor him. I bet he would win it. The only guy in my mind that might beat him is Dale. I’ll put in 10% of the airfare up to $1500. How could they not invite him if we came up with the money?
everyone has been jumping a lot at hookipa since there is a lot of money on the line and i wonder how they will award the moneys?? i know that gps will not work so i think they will time their airtimes??