Watch the highlight movie including the action of the Single and Double Elimination and the new world title victory of Philip Köster at the PWA KIA Cold Hawaii World Cup 2012.
The commentator never really commented on the details of each move, like how high each jump was or how critical a turn was, he would just name the move.
john
12 years ago
I agree, Bob or Seb, or whatever his name was, didn’t really seem to care. He seemed disinterested and didn’t contribute with anything interesting to what was going on. Now waveperformance and freestyle is very abstract and difficult for normal people to understand, you really need someone with knowledge to do the speaking – and an obvious choice would be some sailors. But my impression is, that even the sailors who are commenting are only commenting for themselves, because they don’t reflect on what would be interesting for the viewers or listeners. It’s allways a lot of inside small talk,… Read more »
georgi
12 years ago
Awesome footage ! A big, big shout goes out for Thomas, He made the impossible. He showed that style and a big heart matters more than raw and brutal strength. All the riders were awesome and delivered a great show in this difficult conditions. Finally PWA came up with something really nice. Ben s commenting was entertaining, right on the mark, with spice and a little gossip, but… come on, the guy predominantly is a pro who this time was not kicked out of the game so early, so his job is mainly on the water. Can t wait until… Read more »
I agree Ben’s job is on the water and he can’t do both, commenting and competing at the same time. The point is that there are several other active PWA athletes who will do the job as good. For us it will be much more interesting to have several PWA athletes commenting one after an other as it happened in Pozo, Tenerife in a very relaxed way a not in a €sport way of doing business. I repeat, let the PWA pros windsurfers run the show. It’s their show, they deserve it and we want them because they do a… Read more »
Flo
12 years ago
You guys have no idea who Seb is, man! This guy was shredding waves on a windsurfboard when you even had no idea that you can stay on a windsurfboard. Check Brainstorm 2 by Tonix and than come back! No flames to a legend when you have no idea about what you are talking!
I did not know that Seb was a famous windsurfer in the past, that’s my mistake.
Seb’s mistake is that the way he covered Klitmoller was awful for a Windsurfing Legend. I am sure he did his best though.
I agree with Don. Doesn´t matter if Seb was a good windsurfer, his commands were awful!!! Totally boring and uninspired! Our sport deserves better commants/commentators!!!
don
12 years ago
I am sorry to say it but Seb van Den Berg is NOT the correct person to broadcast windsurfing events. He is a professional commentator, works for Eurosport, (http://www.facebook.com/seb.vandenberg.9) but he does not have the feeling, not even the know the windsurfing jargon. In the interviews he was typical and distant with the athletes (let’s finish the job and go home attitude) and they were distant to him, he did not ask any technical questions just because he probably does not know the details. He broadcasted Klitmoller the same way he will broadcast a football game or a basketball game… Read more »
i agree completely..i actually cringed a few times listening to some of his comments. i think he was trying hard not to yawn sometimes..Ben did a much better job at pozo..
Thanks Don for having a constructive critic about Seb broadcast and I agree with everything you said, He sound very professional and he never forget to mention the sponsors and maybe that what the PWA wanted.
Ben Proffitt shouldn’t being put on the side for Klitmoller because he being doing so well behind the mic so far.
Everyones should learn from that and bring back Ben Proffitt to the commentary for good.
nothing personal Seb.
The commentator never really commented on the details of each move, like how high each jump was or how critical a turn was, he would just name the move.
I agree, Bob or Seb, or whatever his name was, didn’t really seem to care. He seemed disinterested and didn’t contribute with anything interesting to what was going on. Now waveperformance and freestyle is very abstract and difficult for normal people to understand, you really need someone with knowledge to do the speaking – and an obvious choice would be some sailors. But my impression is, that even the sailors who are commenting are only commenting for themselves, because they don’t reflect on what would be interesting for the viewers or listeners. It’s allways a lot of inside small talk,… Read more »
Awesome footage ! A big, big shout goes out for Thomas, He made the impossible. He showed that style and a big heart matters more than raw and brutal strength. All the riders were awesome and delivered a great show in this difficult conditions. Finally PWA came up with something really nice. Ben s commenting was entertaining, right on the mark, with spice and a little gossip, but… come on, the guy predominantly is a pro who this time was not kicked out of the game so early, so his job is mainly on the water. Can t wait until… Read more »
I agree Ben’s job is on the water and he can’t do both, commenting and competing at the same time. The point is that there are several other active PWA athletes who will do the job as good. For us it will be much more interesting to have several PWA athletes commenting one after an other as it happened in Pozo, Tenerife in a very relaxed way a not in a €sport way of doing business. I repeat, let the PWA pros windsurfers run the show. It’s their show, they deserve it and we want them because they do a… Read more »
You guys have no idea who Seb is, man! This guy was shredding waves on a windsurfboard when you even had no idea that you can stay on a windsurfboard. Check Brainstorm 2 by Tonix and than come back! No flames to a legend when you have no idea about what you are talking!
I did not know that Seb was a famous windsurfer in the past, that’s my mistake.
Seb’s mistake is that the way he covered Klitmoller was awful for a Windsurfing Legend. I am sure he did his best though.
I agree with Don. Doesn´t matter if Seb was a good windsurfer, his commands were awful!!! Totally boring and uninspired! Our sport deserves better commants/commentators!!!
I am sorry to say it but Seb van Den Berg is NOT the correct person to broadcast windsurfing events. He is a professional commentator, works for Eurosport, (http://www.facebook.com/seb.vandenberg.9) but he does not have the feeling, not even the know the windsurfing jargon. In the interviews he was typical and distant with the athletes (let’s finish the job and go home attitude) and they were distant to him, he did not ask any technical questions just because he probably does not know the details. He broadcasted Klitmoller the same way he will broadcast a football game or a basketball game… Read more »
i agree completely..i actually cringed a few times listening to some of his comments. i think he was trying hard not to yawn sometimes..Ben did a much better job at pozo..
Thanks Don for having a constructive critic about Seb broadcast and I agree with everything you said, He sound very professional and he never forget to mention the sponsors and maybe that what the PWA wanted.
Ben Proffitt shouldn’t being put on the side for Klitmoller because he being doing so well behind the mic so far.
Everyones should learn from that and bring back Ben Proffitt to the commentary for good.
nothing personal Seb.