From the 17th till the 21st of July the 2013 Gorge Freestyle Frenzy & Big Air took place at the Hatchery, Gorge. The wind was up and the event  saw great action: big Shakas, high Back Loops, fast Ponches, Funnels, crazy Push Loops and flying champagne at the award ceremony. It’s just an extreme spot with very strong wind conditions. The current of the river goes against the wind direction and builds up steep ramps. Big container ships are moving up and down the river. And there is always a green background from the opposite shore, as the Gorge is a river. Almost 40 riders were competing. The results are posted  below the video.
The next event on the AWT tour has been the Quatro Desert Showdown at Punta San Carlos, Baja California, which will be started on July 27th and run till the August 1st 2013.
High wind power freestyle windsurfing from the Gorge Freestyle Frenzy & Big Air 2013
Filmed and edited by: Adam Wojtkowiak
Results 2013 Freestyle Frenzy Results
Super Frenzy Rankings
1. Bryan Metcalf-Perez
2. Wyatt Miller
3. Tysan Poor
Gorge Style
1. Mitch Gingrich
2. Jake Miller
3. JP Bowles
Women Freestyle
1. Ingrid Larouche
2. Roxanne Christensen
3. Laura Miller
Pro Jump Off:
1. Dale Cook 18.86
2. Sean Aiken 14.12
3. Bryan Metcalf-Perez 14
Amateur Jump Off:
1. Steven Max 10.65
2. Tom Soltysiak 8.41Â
3. Sofien Sehiri 7.13
Women Jump Off:
1. Ingrid Larouche 7.53
2. Roxanne Christensen 7.01
3. Tanya Fersuson 6.89
4. Sam Bittner 5.22
5. Laura Miller 5.1
©AWT 2013, continentseven.com
What we know Chris Wyman, Kevin and Matt Pritchard were one of the first riders doing this trick at the Gorge. But Sean Ordonez, Robby Naish and Josh Stone were landing this trick. Can remember that Robby landed a few big ones at the Pozo Worldcup and a few guys were landing Vulcans in the late 90ties at the freestyle events in Austria or Lake Garda.
Chris
I thought Sean Ordonez invented the volcano (…or Cris Wyman) ?
Yes, Gorge should be on pwa tour! Freestyle, Slalom and also jump off supersession!
Hope they have the money to realize that…
Air Volcano!!! Crazy, never seen one before.
PWA should do freestyle tour in Gorge, spot is radikal!
Hi Ivan, actually the vulcan was first introduced as a wave manoeuvre in 1996 by that danish sailor Lars Pedersen. It was first known as the Big Mac Tack and it was really that extreme!
I would like to learn Air Volcno. I can do a Volcano, but sometimes when I tried Volcano from a big chop I always landed on my back. I must lean forward probably. This video is going to help.
BTW, landing looks pretty scary 🙂
Hi Ivan,
just slow down a bit in your body movement. You must wait really long when changing to the new side of the boom. And lean really much forward towards the nose as you will land with your nose first, steep down toward the surface of the water. It’s a great feeling. Just go for it!! Good luck,
Chris
i have bad eyes and thought the blurring was my problem. ha!