US Nationals in San Francisco

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Podcast 1: http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0107.mp3

Podcast 2: http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0207.mp3

Live Webcam of the Event Site: http://cams.exploratorium.edu:8010/1/control.html

US Nationals event website: http://2007uswnats.blogspot.com/

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but it isn't: US Nationals 2007

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Seth Besse leads day one with 3 bullets.

For all the infromation:

https://app1.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaHome.do

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first day of racing. light breeze by san francisco bay
standards with most people on 10m sails. seth besse,
who's dr forbid him to sail (due to a recently
dislocated shoulder from slalom training), is winning
the event. second place is going to hansen sailor ben
bamer. listen to interviews with seth, ben, olympic
hopeful denise parris, steve bodner, learn why mike
zajichek is not racing and other fun windsurfing
stories...
http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0307.mp3

Outstanding reporting, don't miss this.

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https://app1.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaPage.do?page=home&clubContext=stfrancisyc&regattaContext=2007USWFormulaNAs

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Seth Besse on fire with a perfect regatta so far.

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second day of racing. lots of ship traffic including a freighter who
gave the fleet five blasts (the commercial vessel way of saying get
the heck out of my way). second place racer ben bamer breaks his magic
fin. interviews with uwe from columbia, mike percey and steve bodner.

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0407.mp3

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While Romans, Vikings, Phoenicians and ancient Egyptians all perfected sailing techniques, navigation has taken a big leap forward in recent decades - especially the kind of competitive sailing taking place Wednesday off San Francisco's Crissy Field.

On a chilly, overcast day, scores of contestants rode sleek boards with high-tech masts and sails, vying for a prize that's coveted from Bar Harbor, Maine, to Anchorage, Alaska: windsurfing champion of America.

Forty years after it was created, windsurfing is an Olympic sport, with prestige, bragging rights and money to be had from an activity that requires stamina, strength, tactical smarts and patience. Windsurfers say maneuvering their boards for hours on end is more demanding than baseball, where professionals of years past were known to carry pot bellies...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/09/BAVCREND2.DTL

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Photos taken with an iPhone?

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Go Seth! Go Team Vineyard!

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Seth takes the long distance and continues the perfect regatta.

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third day of racing. nice 10 ho! conditions in a mild
ebb on san francisco bay. race started near the club,
to a mark below the gate for a windward mark, then to
a mark off the north tip of treasure island and then
back to the club to finish. conversations with the top
finishers including seth besse, eric christensen,
andreas macke, karen mariot, junior peter botha and
more. a few collisions occured on the race course
including one that drew blood and tore big chunks out
of formula boards. special cameo conversation with the
infamous 'larry' of crissy field who has a generous
offer to teach any women how to water start.

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0507.mp3

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slalom racing today. listen to andreas macke, bill
wier, soheil and ron kern talk about the action.

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0607.mp3

For the Slalom results:
https://app1.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaPage.do?page=home&clubContext=stfrancisyc&regattaContext=2007USWFormulaNAs

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by Shawn Davis

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Formula:
1. Seth Besse
2. Steve Bodner
3. Eric Christianson

Jr. Formula
1. Todd Selby
2. Pieter Botha
3. Aaron Caldwell

RSX
1. Robert Willis

Slalom
1. Seth Besse
2. David Wells
3. Jason Voss

Jr. Slalom
1. Kai Lenny

Complete Results:

https://app1.regatta-manager.com/Regatta/RegattaResults.do;jsessionid=B0F048E0B4CAC4FFE43DC DF9E303165B

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last day had two final races for formula (in order to
get a single throwout). seth remained in the lead but
bodner actually beat him in a race (first time at this
event for formula). listen the the racers wrap it up
including input from steve bodner, principle race
officer john craig, denise parris and more...

http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/fna0707.mp3

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Seth Besse, bio: http://www.north-windsurf.com/team/seth-besse.en

Steve Bodner, detailed race reports: http://www.stevebodner.blogspot.com/

Bob Willis http://www.bob-willis.com/index.php?fuseaction=news

Kai Lenny http://www.hawaiianwaterman.com/

Juniors Racing/Windsurfing http://www.uswindsurfing.org/juniors_main.php

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San Francisco served up some classic conditions with a stiff 25-30k breeze and plenty of voodoo chop for the last day of course racing at the US Windsurfing National Championships. For most of the racers there was no shame in using the chicken, double chicken and even super chicken straps to get downwind in one piece. The 9.0's finally came out and it was survival sailing for most of the fleet to get around the triple windward leeward course set in front of Crissy field and the StFYC.

With 10 races down, and a 1-2 finish on Saturday, I moved up from 9th to 2nd overall as the throwout came in and the scores were adjusted.
After having broke a mast on the first race on Day 1 of the event, I sailed conservatively in the top 5 every race as the rest of the fleet has their share of misfortunes and breakdowns all week. Seth Besse - event winner sailed a near perfect regatta with 9 bullets plus taking the top honors in the slalom discipline- run on Friday in 20-25 knots.

The event also served as the Formula North American Championship qualifying 5 racers for the Worlds later this year in Brazil.
For a detailed race report and photos from the event go to www.stevebodner.blogspot.com

Steve Bodner, USA 4

Check out more photos from US Windsurfing Nationals in San Francisco.
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Here’s a look at windsurfing in San Francisco.

US Nationals and Formula North Americans website: Aug. 7-11, 2007.
http://2007uswnats.blogspot.com/

NOR for the Formula North Americans in San Francisco.
http://www.calcupevents.com/media/2007USWANationalsNOROfficial.pdf

Best webcam anywhere, Crissy Fields, site of the Nationals this year.
http://cams.exploratorium.edu:8010/1/control.html

Cal Cup Formula Racing Forum. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CalCup/

San Frans’ premiere board builder, Mike Zajicek. http://www.mikeslab.com/

San Francisco Bay Area Windsurfing. http://www.teamcoyote.net/

Ex Florida windsurfer, Jason Voss. http://www.jrvwindsurfing.com/

The mother load of all things related to windsurfing in SF: San Francisco Boardsailing Association http://www.sfba.org/ Frequently Asked Questions covers a lot: http://www.sfba.org/faq.shtml but there’s way more to learn on the SFBA website…

Rio Vista WS Association http://www.rvwa.com/

Where else but here, SF Gay Windsurfing Club. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/1569/wind.html

SF Speed Sailing: http://www.sanfranciscospeed.com/

Home of the Cal Cup, best Formula racing group in the US. http://calcupevents.com/

More San Fran windsurfing: http://pappasrock.com/home.html
Sponsored by Flykatcher’s, Kai Katchadourian.

Find the sailing venues here: http://www.muegenburg.com/ Clik on the
third figure from the left.

San Francisco’s own sail maker: http://www.hansensails.com/

Women on Water, empowering the Bay area women along the path of windsurfing: http://www.uswindsurfing.org/WOW/WOWhome.htm

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