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photo contest 2008 - vote your favorite shot

2009-01-01T12:00:16+01:00

10 river rippers from 7 different rivers added their stunning river windsurfing shots to the
photo contest gallery.
Until january 31st. 2009 you may vote your favorite shot.
Entrants of the three most voted photos will be announced on February 1st.

Online Surveys & Market Research

prices

1. place

Tricktionary 2 book
- the ultimate windsurfing bible
A comprehensive windsurfing training book of 292 pages devided into 9 chapters, which show beginners how to start, intermediates how to improve and experts what to train. Choose the tricktionary in English, German or French (1st. edition).
tricktionary online review

2. place

2 GB Surfboard USB Stick
a fancy gadget to carry your data

Short Board Design
w/ Rubberized texture
Neck strap attachment on USB Drive
USB 2.0 High Speed Interface (USB 1.1 Compatible)

3. place

The Windsurfing Movie
One of the best windsurfing action movies ever!

DVD (62 Minutes)
Award winning sound track
Format: NTSC
Languages: English

official rules

Entrants may enter the contest by submitting one picture until
Dec. 31. 2008 .
From January 1. until January 31. 2009 the river-rippers community will vote for the best three shots.
Each voter may cast only one vote for one photo.
Entrants of the three most voted photos will receive prices.
Winners will be announced on February 1st. 2009
Copyright of the image remains the property of the contestant.
By entering this contest, entrants are giving permission for their photographs to be displayed on river-rippers.net for the purposes of online voting related to the submissions and/or for display of winning entries, promotion and/or reporting of the contest. Additional permission will be sought from entrant before their images would be used in any medium other than river-rippers.net
Entrant acknowledges that they have sufficient permission of any recognizable persons appearing in the photograph to be able to grant to river-rippers.net the right to publish their photographic submission online, and hereby grant to river rippers Network such right.
Entrant assure they are amateur photographers.

new river guide: Hudson River/USA

2008-12-21T12:21:42+01:00

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new river guide: Hudson River/USA

Thanks to Ian Berger who send us a river windsurfing guide to the Hudson River /USA.
The Hudson is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south through eastern New York State and forms the border between New York City and New Jersey at its mouth before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Iroquois name for the Hudson River is “Mu-He-Kan-Ne-Tuk”, which means, “The River That Flows Both Ways.”
Please check the complete river guide here

photo contest 2008 - participation ends 31st Dec.

2008-12-21T12:20:04+01:00

You can still participate until December 31st, so don't hesitate and send your shots here

So far we received 8 shots from 7 different rivers:

location Danube River / Austria

location St. Lawrence River - Canada

location Chasse-sur-Rhone - Rhône River - France

location Iffezheim - Rhine River - Germany

location Columbia River Gorge - USA

location Cresent Beach - Serpentine River Estuary - USA

location Sacramento River Delta - USA

copryright Rich Baum Photography

win prices

2. place

2 GB Surfboard USB Stick
a fancy gadget to carry your data

Short Board Design
w/ Rubberized texture
Neck strap attachment on USB Drive
USB 2.0 High Speed Interface (USB 1.1 Compatible)

3. place

The Windsurfing Movie
One of the best windsurfing action movies ever!

DVD (62 Minutes)
Award winning sound track
Format: NTSC
Languages: English

official rules

Entrants may enter the contest by submitting one picture until
Dec. 31. 2008 .
From January 1. until January 31. 2009 the river-rippers community will vote for the best three shots.
Each voter may cast only one vote for one photo.
Entrants of the three most voted photos will receive prices.
Winners will be announced on February 1st. 2009
Copyright of the image remains the property of the contestant.
By entering this contest, entrants are giving permission for their photographs to be displayed on river-rippers.net for the purposes of online voting related to the submissions and/or for display of winning entries, promotion and/or reporting of the contest. Additional permission will be sought from entrant before their images would be used in any medium other than river-rippers.net
Entrant acknowledges that they have sufficient permission of any recognizable persons appearing in the photograph to be able to grant to river-rippers.net the right to publish their photographic submission online, and hereby grant to river rippers Network such right.
Entrant assure they are amateur photographers.

The Quatro Team ripping at the Gorge

2008-12-12T15:35:10+01:00

New videoclip featuring the Quatro Team ripping at the Gorge:

Quatro team riders Whit Poor and Sean Aiken show how it's done in the Gorge.

Edited by Jake Miller

New videoclip from Rhône River/France

2008-11-18T18:09:32+01:00

Nov 10th at the Rhône Rive/France

New videoclip of Rhône locals ripping at Chasse sur Rhône on November 10th 2008:

photo contest 08

2008-11-14T23:43:19+01:00

Now that the season is almost over we are searching for your most spectacular river windsurfing shots of the past season or before.

You the river rippers community is asked to submit your shots to the
river-rippers gallery and vote for the 3 best overall shots.

The photo contest gallery can be viewed here:
www.river-rippers.net/gallery/picture_contest_08/

prices

2. place

2 GB Surfboard USB Stick
a fancy gadget to carry your data

Short Board Design
w/ Rubberized texture
Neck strap attachment on USB Drive
USB 2.0 High Speed Interface (USB 1.1 Compatible)

3. place

The Windsurfing Movie
One of the best windsurfing action movies ever!

DVD (62 Minutes)
Award winning sound track
Format: NTSC
Languages: English

official rules

Entrants may enter the contest by submitting one picture until
Dec. 31. 2008 .
From January 1. until January 31. 2009 the river-rippers community will vote for the best three shots.
Each voter may cast only one vote for one photo.
Entrants of the three most voted photos will receive prices.
Winners will be announced on February 1st. 2009
Copyright of the image remains the property of the contestant.
By entering this contest, entrants are giving permission for their photographs to be displayed on river-rippers.net for the purposes of online voting related to the submissions and/or for display of winning entries, promotion and/or reporting of the contest. Additional permission will be sought from entrant before their images would be used in any medium other than river-rippers.net
Entrant acknowledges that they have sufficient permission of any recognizable persons appearing in the photograph to be able to grant to river-rippers.net the right to publish their photographic submission online, and hereby grant to river rippers Network such right.
Entrant assure they are amateur photographers.

how to participate

Submit your shot online into the gallery until December 31. 2008
by using our photo submission form here

the bridge

2008-11-08T18:57:41+01:00

the bridge

October 30th 2008. My class and I spent our first lesson outdoors when a strong wind began to emerge. What a strange feeling, the kids were almost blown away and I started realizing that this might become an epic windsurfing day. Only a few more hours at school and I would be off to rip the Danube River at Donauinsel, the urban windsurfing site in Vienna/Austria.
I sent a short text message to my brother Felix and I got a reply only a minute later “I’m on!”.

Time is passing slowly at school and during my first break I quickly went into the staff room to check the forecast online…strong SouthSoutheast with gusts up to 110km/h…sweet!
I just had to finish my last lesson and then I could hurry back home and pack my stuff.

Felix was already back home after finsihing his Math lecture and ready to leave when I got home. I quickly ate and hurried up to join him. Our parents decided to accompany us and take some shots from our upcoming session. It took us 10 minutes on the express highway to get to the Donau Insel.

Once we arrived we were really dissapointed by the crappy wind that was far from what was forecast.
Felix decided to rig his Force 5.3 and I went for the Force 5.7
The wind was coming too far from the South and really gusty so conditions were far from optimal but good enough to train some freestyle moves.
I was practicing my eSliders and Felix almost did an airjibe. When conitions got worse we decided to quit our session at Donau Insel and give our secret spot a try, “the bridge”.

Derig, drive 5 minutes and rig again weren’t an option. So we decided to go for a downwinder, heading down to our next playground. We started off in light wind conditions while our arms began to grow longer and longer from all the pumping. Suddenly we got back into the wind window and started planning quickly. I went switchstance in the straps and my eSlider attempt ended in a switch stance airjibe. Felix performed a nice body drag.
A few people ashore noticed our action and started yelling after each move – the atmosphere was sensational and we were only halfway to the bridge.

We went from one shore to the other, duck jibes, air jibes, semi eSliders, body drags. We passed a few fisherman that couldn’t believe their eyes as we quickly jibed past them and splashed water right into their path.
The bridge came quickly into sight and we spotted another sailor in the distance.

A few minutes later we arrived underneath the bridge and spotted local Tom Galla. Tom is an exceptional sailor, showing some clean spocks, onehanded grubbies, flakas and loops. I was totally impressed and spent more time watching him instead of concentrating on my own moves.
Time went by quickly and we had to end our session at nightfall. With some nice shots on my Dad’s camera we were totally exhausted we packed our car and looked forward to our next epic session “under the bridge”.

"the bridge" is located in downtown Vienna somewhere here:

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All shots copyright (C) by Ewald Hauft
Thanks to Clemens Hauft for providing this story!
Don't forget to check out Clemens website www.hauft.at

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2008-10-01T10:29:04+01:00

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September 30, 2008

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ripper of the month - September 08

2008-09-06T12:53:14+01:00

Ripper of the month - September 08

From Portland / Oregon we are stoked to introduce Jill as our latest
ripper of the month.

Jill is a passioned windsurfer who enjoys the Gorge very much:

"The Columbia River Gorge is ideal not only for windsurfing, but for mountain biking and whitewater kayaking. If I have to wait for wind, I know I can jump on my bike before driving over to the Hatchery or Dougs. After fifteen years in the gorge, I have made a number of friends who love to windsurf as much or more than I do. We continue to push each other to learn to s-turn in the waves, launch higher jumps, or do freestyle moves..."

In our interview she tells us about her life and passion for river windsurfing.

new Rhine River webcam

2008-09-06T00:15:31+01:00

New Rhine River webcam
September 5, 2008

Webcam Standort

Der Segelclub Rheingau präsentiert auf seiner Webseite eine neue live Webcam welche direkt am Segelclub mit Blickrichtung Budenheim montiert ist.
Im Blickfeld im Vordergrund der Ankerplatz mit den Segelbooten und dahinter die Schiffahrtsrinne und gleichzeitig das bei Westwinden beliebte Windsurfrevier.
Bitte beachte wie an anderen Stellen auch hier ganz besonders die Vorfahrtsregeln !
Weitere Infos zum Spot findest Du in unserem Revierguide.

webcam (live Bild)

source: http://www.segelclub-rheingau.de