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Lisa Cabrinha
Age: 32 Weight: 110 - Lisa lives in Maui with her husband Peter Cabrinha. Formerly a competitive pro wave sailor, Lisa is still as comfortable riding big Ho’okipa surf as she is running her new swimwear company: Letarte.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Naish 8'6", Naish 8'7", Drops 8’3”
Sails OF CHOICE:
Naish Nalu |
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Al Chinappi
Age: 30 Weight: 175 - Al lives in NYC and trades emerging market debt for a hedge fund. Between occasional trips to exotic windsurfing venues like Maui, he sails the waters of Long Island and New Jersey.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Kinetic El Nino 61, Mistral Score V104, Drops Wave 8'3", Mistral Wave 265, F2 Wave 264, Naish 8'6", Naish 8'7"
Sails OF CHOICE:
North Sails Rave & Volcano, Naish Nalu |
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Fran Dickson
Age: 39+ Weight: 124 - A former school teacher in western Canada, Fran divides her time between the Gorge and Baja. She’s comfortable in just about any shortboard conditions except huge waves.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
JP Australia 245, JP Australia 255, Naish 8'4", Seatrend Allstar 56 AVS, Mistral Flow 260, Mistral Flow 266
Sails OF CHOICE:
North Sails Voodoo, Naish Nalu |
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Greg Frye
Age: 35 Weight: 205 - Emergency room doctor, Greg Frye does a lot of wave sailing in hard-core spots on the central California coast and flat-water sailing in more domesticated places like Lake Lopez..
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
F2 Ride 277, Naish 8'11", Drops Freeride 269, Mistral Wave 265
Sails OF CHOICE:
North Sails Volcano, Naish Koa, Aerotech Light Wind Wave |
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Glen Fuller
Age: 38 Weight: 195 - Fuller, our crackerjack equipment manager, is an avid recreational windsurfer from the Lakes Region of NH. This is his first time in Maui and out of the sheltered waters of NH’s Golden Pond, Lake Winnepesauke.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Mistral Wave 265, JP Australia 255, Seatrend Allstar 56 AVS, F2 Wave 264, F2 Axxis 267
Sails OF CHOICE:
Naish Hokua, North Sails Voodoo, North Sails Volcano King, Naish Koa, Hot Sails Maui Slide |
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Renata Fuzetti
Age: 21 Weight: 125 - Student, model and graphic designer, Brazilian Renata Fuzetti can add “primeiramente board examinador” to her list of accomplishments. She’s currently living on Maui and sailing regularly at Ho’okipa.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
North Shore Maui 254, JP Australia 255, Tiga Wave 251, Star 253 Wave
Sails OF CHOICE:
Naish Nalu, Windwing Interface Wave |
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Mike Humphries
Age: 28 Weight: 155 - A stock trader from New York, Mike hasn't been windsurfing long, but he's already comfortable in small Maui surf and ready to move up. His usual sailing venue is flat-water and bump sailing in the Long Island, New York, area.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
F2 Axxis 267, Mistral Score V104, Naish 8'11", Mistral Wave 265
Sails OF CHOICE:
Hot Sails Maui Spiderlok, North Sails Rave |
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Steve Hutchinson
Age: 35 Weight: 170 - Full-time physiotherapist and part-time stand-up comedian, Steve Hutchinson hails from St. Johns, Canada. He does most of his sailing in the ocean and lakes of Newfoundland.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
F2 Air, Naish 8'4", F2 Wave 251, JP Australia Wave 255, Mistral Flow 266, Roberts 22, North Shore Maui Wave 254, Tiga Wave 251, Tiga Wave 267
Sails OF CHOICE:
North Sails Voodoo, A.R.T. Rip Wave, Simmer Freezone, North Sails Rave, Naish Koa |
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Ed Jardini
Age: 41 Weight: 155 - Doctor Ed Jardini works in Santa Barbara, CA. and does wave, bump and slalom sailing at nearby central coast spots. Smart guy, Ed. He’s the one that got his five doctor buddies to do a medical seminar at Club Paradise.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Naish 8'5", JP Australia Wave 255, F2 Ride 277, Mistral Flow 260
Sails OF CHOICE:
Simmer Freezone |
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Tim McCoy
Age: 38 Weight: 175 - Second-time tester Tim McCoy is an entrepreneur and software engineer from (where else?) Mountain View, California. An advanced slalom and intermediate wave sailor, he sails San Francisco Bay, most frequently from 3rd Avenue.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
F2 Ride 277, Mistral Flow 266, Naish 8'11"
Sails OF CHOICE:
Neil Pryde Wave NR, North Sails Rave |
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Steve Mulder
Age: 43 Weight: 245 - At 6’9” and 245 lb anesthesiologist Steve Mulder is the biggest board tester we've ever seen. An intermediate level sailor in the waves, he’s usually found riding giant redwoods on California's central coast.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
No Preference
Sails OF CHOICE:
Hot Sails Maui Spiderlock 5.6 |
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Mike Piltzecker
Age: 27 Weight:165 - Leading windsurfing instructor, Mike Piltzecker is an editor at American Windsurfer. He has traveled extensively across the country conducting instructional clinics.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
JP Wave 255, Naish 8’4”, AHD 259 Wave, Seatrend 262 ATV, Seatrend 56 All-Star AVS
Sails OF CHOICE:
Simmer Stye OS Wave, Neil Pryde Zone, Hot Sail Maui Slide, North Sails Voodoo, A.R.T. Rip Wave |
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Regina Rode
Age: 34 Weight:116 - A professional photographer from Germany, Rode moved to Maui in 1994 for the love of the sport. She has been a windsurfing since 1979 and is an expert recreational wave sailor.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Drops 8’3”, Mistral Naish 8’5”
Sails OF CHOICE:
Neil Pryde Zone |
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Cindy Ross
Age: 47 Weight: 137 - A banker for Wells Fargo and sails mostly at Berkeley, Rio Vista, 3rd Avenue, and more exotic places like Baja. An excellent freeride sailor, she’s comfortable on a race board as well.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
North Shore Maui Wave 254,
JP Australia Wave 255, Naish 8’4”
Sails OF CHOICE:
Simmer Freezone, Neil Pryde Core |
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Wendy Salvador
Age: 32 Weight: 125 - A former professional windsurfer from Holland, Wendy has been windsurfing since the age of 14. She owned a windsurfing shop before entering the world of fashion and modeling. Moved to Maui in 1996 to live the ultimate windsurfing lifestyle.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
F2 Wave 251
Sails OF CHOICE:
Neil Pryde Zone, Simmer Wave |
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Mark Schapper
Age: 56 Weight: 152 - A part-time mining consultant and serious sailmaking hobbyist, Mark lives in Melbourne, Australia. He generally sails in flat-water and bump conditions on Port Phillip Bay.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
JP Australia Wave 255,
Naish 8’4”, Naish 8’11”
Sails OF CHOICE:
North Sails Rave, Naish Koa, Neil Pryde Core, Hot Sails Maui Slide |
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Jon Stella
Age: 40 Weight: 170 - Yet another doctor, Jon is also a stellar windsurfer from Cayucos, California. It's obvious from the way he shreds Maui surf that he gets plenty of practice back home in central coast waves.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
F2 Axxis 267, Wave 264, F2 Air, Mistral Score V104
Sails OF CHOICE:
Naish Nalu |
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Jerome Walsh
Age: 54 Weight: 200 - A physician from Rhode Island and two-time tester, Jerry Walsh is an intermediate–level freeride sailor and novice in the waves. He does most of his sailing in flat-water and bump conditions in places like Narragansett Bay and the waters around Cape Cod.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Naish 8'11", F2 Ride 277
Sails OF CHOICE:
No preference |
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David Watson
Age: 42 Weight: 200 - David is a neurologist from Tempelton, CA. His sailing home is the ocean at Arroyo Laguna, and his windsurfing trips take him to spots like Maui, the Gorge and Baja.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Mistral Flow 276, Mistral Flow 260, Mistral Wave 265, Naish 8’5”, 8’7”, 8’11”, F2 Axxis 267, Tiga Wave 267
Sails OF CHOICE:
Naish Nalu, Naish Koa, North Sails Volcano & King, World Sails Taylormade |
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Frank Whitney
Age: 48 Weight: 175 - An orthopedic surgeon and veteran tester who sails mostly slalom and bump conditions in the San Francisco Bay area and Rio Vista. He admits to no skill whatever on long and wave boards, but qualifies as an advanced sailor on slalom boards.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Hi-Tech 8'8"
Sails OF CHOICE:
Naish Hokua |
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Kaye Whitney
Age: 44 Weight: 135 - A physical therapist who, like her husband Frank, sails San Francisco Bay and Rio Vista waters. She rips on a shortboard in chop and looks pretty comfortable in small surf.
BOARDS OF CHOICE:
Naish 8'5", Naish 8'6" Mistral Custom 266
Sails OF CHOICE:
No Preference |
| THE STARS COME OUT TO PLAY: Where else can you get Robby Naish to look up to you? 6’9” Steve Mulder and Club Paradise owner Bill Fleischer shoot the breeze with the King while a parade of windsurfing celebrities flows through the Maui test center. Robert Teriitehau cooked a Polynesian dinner while Scott Trudon, Sierra Emory, Platt and Nancy Johnson, Bruce Wylie, (following pages) Peter and Lisa Cabrinha, Jason Polokow, Barry Spanier, and Jeff Henderson enriched the Maui experience for testers and joined the many lunches served. |
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