The other day Fergus and I headed up to Lachine for a few hours to enjoy some big wave action. We ferried our way over to the wave and I set up camera while Ferg paddled into the wave. Right off the bat Fergus threw one of the biggest blunts I’ve ever seen thrown there. But then discovered that he had cracked his boat. He took a few more rides and then it was my turn. I forgot how much fun this wave is. You can get air so easily and sometimes when you don’t even want to. Anyway me and Fergus switched on and off with the camera every couple rides and then a huge thunder storm rolled in and caught us out in the middle of the river so Fergus started to head back. I was on the wave at the time and a really big Oar Raft came through and the oar hit me in the head pretty hard and a few minutes later I got a pretty bad headache so I decided to head back as well. So that was it, an 8 hour drive for 9 rides on Lachine. Oh well. We’ll be going back soon and will have some really good video comin at you!
Check out the VIDEO that we took
Paddle Hard,
Tino
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
FIBArk Festival: Salida, Colorado
Check out the video of Anomaly Paddlers at FIBArk.
This last weekend was an absolute blast. I traveled to Colorado to compete at the 2007 FIBArk festival and met up with several fellow Anomaly Paddlers, old friends from school, and other good friends.
After arriving on Tuesday and paddling for a few days, the festival kicked off on Thursday night. With prelims on Friday, we all focused on our routines, nailing the tricks we knew and getting used to the hole. In prelims, myself, Zack Mitchell, and Michael “LP” Palmer advanced to the Junior Men’s semi-finals, Morgan Tidd qualified to compete in finals for Women’s Expert/Pro and Alex Mohn blew us all away with a 120 point ride to qualify for top ten in the Men’s Pro class (quite an accomplishment considering it is his first year of pro competition and he was the youngest pro competitor).
Saturday started off with great weather and everyone looked forward to the events of the main day of the festival, including the Finals Pro Freestyle Competition. The major attraction of the day of course, was the exciting hooligan race that included pirates, presidents, and even a floating forest. The Pro Finals were scheduled to go off immediately after this but unfortunately a sudden thunderstorm taught everyone just how fickle mountain weather could be. The Pro Finals were postponed until Sunday.
Sunday morning opened with a blast. First off after the Cadets (kids paddling under 14 years old), the Junior Expert Finals kicked off. I advanced past semi-finals in 3rd place (top 4 advanced) and LP was 5th, edged out by just one point…if only he had done a spin! Zack Mitchell followed in 6th.
In the finals, I ended up in fourth with a 93-point ride, my best score of the weekend.
After that came the Women’s finals. Morgan Tidd got two air loops in a great ride and placed 6th in Women’s Pro and Won Women’s Expert!
In the pro men’s category Alex came in 7th, going up against the top kayakers in the world and holding his own very well.
All in all, FIBArk was awesome. I had a great time paddling as well as hanging out with all the other boaters at the festival. I can’t wait for next year. For now, what's next? Skook trip.
Once again, check out the Anomaly Paddlers at FIBArk video.
For a couple of our best individual rides check out these videos:
David Spiegel's Ride
Alex Mohn's Ride
LP's Ride
See you on the river,
David Spiegel
Also, check out these photos:
LP throwing an Airwheel in his ride.
David Spiegel finishing a Wingover.
Entry Kickflip.
Launching into a loop.
This last weekend was an absolute blast. I traveled to Colorado to compete at the 2007 FIBArk festival and met up with several fellow Anomaly Paddlers, old friends from school, and other good friends.
After arriving on Tuesday and paddling for a few days, the festival kicked off on Thursday night. With prelims on Friday, we all focused on our routines, nailing the tricks we knew and getting used to the hole. In prelims, myself, Zack Mitchell, and Michael “LP” Palmer advanced to the Junior Men’s semi-finals, Morgan Tidd qualified to compete in finals for Women’s Expert/Pro and Alex Mohn blew us all away with a 120 point ride to qualify for top ten in the Men’s Pro class (quite an accomplishment considering it is his first year of pro competition and he was the youngest pro competitor).
Saturday started off with great weather and everyone looked forward to the events of the main day of the festival, including the Finals Pro Freestyle Competition. The major attraction of the day of course, was the exciting hooligan race that included pirates, presidents, and even a floating forest. The Pro Finals were scheduled to go off immediately after this but unfortunately a sudden thunderstorm taught everyone just how fickle mountain weather could be. The Pro Finals were postponed until Sunday.
Sunday morning opened with a blast. First off after the Cadets (kids paddling under 14 years old), the Junior Expert Finals kicked off. I advanced past semi-finals in 3rd place (top 4 advanced) and LP was 5th, edged out by just one point…if only he had done a spin! Zack Mitchell followed in 6th.
In the finals, I ended up in fourth with a 93-point ride, my best score of the weekend.
After that came the Women’s finals. Morgan Tidd got two air loops in a great ride and placed 6th in Women’s Pro and Won Women’s Expert!
In the pro men’s category Alex came in 7th, going up against the top kayakers in the world and holding his own very well.
All in all, FIBArk was awesome. I had a great time paddling as well as hanging out with all the other boaters at the festival. I can’t wait for next year. For now, what's next? Skook trip.
Once again, check out the Anomaly Paddlers at FIBArk video.
For a couple of our best individual rides check out these videos:
David Spiegel's Ride
Alex Mohn's Ride
LP's Ride
See you on the river,
David Spiegel
Also, check out these photos:
LP throwing an Airwheel in his ride.
David Spiegel finishing a Wingover.
Entry Kickflip.
Launching into a loop.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Tino Specht at the T-Ville Hole
The other day I headed down to CT for a surf session at a shallow little hole called T-Ville. I have always had a hard time landing tricks here but I came back armed with my agent and WOW. Loops, Backloops, Backloopmcnastie combos and all sorts of tricks are possible. The volume in the knee area of the Agent gave me enough pop to get my loops around and not flush and the slicey ends made for cartwheel heaven. Hope you guys enjoy the video!
Check out the sweet video: T-Ville Video
Best,
Tino
Check out the sweet video: T-Ville Video
Best,
Tino
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Graduation
Just checkin in here from the far east. Here is a short vid of the kayaking I have been up to. It includes some video from T-ville, Shelburne Falls potholes, and the local fish ladder. Hope you guys enjoy. By the way I am graduating from high school tomorrow and beginning a summer of kayaking. Hope you enjoy the vid.
Massachusetts Video
Tino
Massachusetts Video
Tino
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