Das lange warten auf Sommerwellen hat begonnen. Singen wir also nochmals ein Loblied auf den unglaublichen Winter von 2009/10 und schauen uns dieses Video mit den Highlights an.
The long wait for the summer surf has begun, lets remember one more time the great winter season of 2009/10 and watch this video of some of the greatest moments.
Als Sebastian Steudtner am Freitag 23.4.2010 den Billabong XXL Award für die grösste Welle von 2009 gewann freute sich das ganze MikeJuckerHawai’i Team mit ihm. Sebastian surfte seine Monsterwelle am legendären 7. Dezember 2009, dem Tag vor dem „Eddie“. Ich war an diesem Tag schon bei aller Herrgottsfrühe auf den Klippen bei Pe’ahi um mir einen der letzten Plätze zu sichern von wo aus ich filmen konnte.
Nach Sebastians Gewinn am Freitag durchsuchte ich alle meine Aufnahmen um zu sehen ob ich den Ritt auf der grössten Welle von 2009 auch irgendwo finden würde. Nach längerem Suchen und mit der Hilfe von Mr. Obarns fanden wir dann auch die Sequenz von Sebastians Ritt. Der Kicker an der Sache war als ich sah, dass Sebastian Steutdner eine der grössten Wellen des Tages mit keinem Geringeren als Laird Hamilton teilte. Wie man auf der Fotosequenz sieht, ist die Left aber um einiges grösser als die Right. Leider war ich für die Left in einem ungünstigen Winkel zur Welle und verfolgte dann Laird Hamiltons Ritt weiter.
Wenn Ihr genau hinschaut auf unserem Youtube Video vom 12.7.09 seht ihr die Sequenz selber. Ich werde die Sequenz aber nochmals nachbearbeiten und zu einem spätern Zeitpunkt nochmals hochladen.
Respect to Sebastian und Laird!
Gruss
Mike
P.S. Ich habe meine Sequenz genaustens mit denen von Billabong verglichen und kann mit 100% Sicherheit sagen, dass alles zutrifft.
When the German Sebastian Steudtner won the Billabong XXL Award for the biggest wave of 2009, the entire MikeJuckerHawaii Team was excited for him. Sebastian surfed the Monster Wave on the legendary December 7th 2009 the day before the “Eddie”. I went to the cliffs at Pe’ahi already at cracker dawn that day to secure myself one of the last spots to set up my camera.
After the Award was given to Sebastian Steudtner, I immediately went through my footage to see if I captured his ride on the Monster Wave myself. After a while of digging through my footage and the help of Mr.Obarns, we found the sequence. The kicker about our findings was that Sebastian Steudtner shared one of the biggest waves of the day with Laird Hamilton himself. As it appears the left was bigger on that set than the right. Due to my angle with the camera to the wave, my set up to film the left was not very good so I followed Laird with my camera to the end of his ride.
In fact if you check our Youtube video from December 7th 2009 you can see the sequence for your self. I will do another round of editing on the particular sequence and upload it at a later time.
Respect to Sebastian and Laird!
Regards
Mike
P.S. I have double-checked my sequence several times against the video and pictures from Billabong to be 100% sure everything is watertight.
Local time: All day
Right hander at Jaws
Another XXL-Size Swell hit the Hawaiian Islands this Morning. The Swell peaked at 17Sec 24feet and the conditions a Pe’ahi were as good as it gets: morning glass and 40-6-feet waves (depending who you talk to) that was the situation out there. On the cliff the situation was a little different, the parking situation was out of hand and the crowds came down to the bluff by the hundreds. There were Hotdog stands and soda vendors. More people went to Circus Jawas than to the county fair last year.
Gute Zuschauerzahlen
The show down in the ocean could not have been better, all the “Big Hitters” were out there including the 16 year old Kai Lenny who already is a regular at Jaws. The drama was unfolding when Laird Hamilton took a tumble on a wave and got hit by his own board that dislocated his shoulder. According to the gossip on the cliff, he then surfed two more waves. A bit later local Big Wave Legend, SUP pioneer and Maui County Lifeguard Chief, Archie Kelapa broke his leg while getting washed in the white water. He and Laird Hamilton shared a ride on the helicopter getting airlifted out of the break. Kai Lenny took his first serious wipe out on the left at Jaws and sits at home now with a serious headache. This winter already had some epic days at Jaws but this one was by far the most dramatic one.
Monster Left
Showing teeth
At the same time the locals at Honolua Bay, which turned into a big wave spot it self, were charging some hellish rides themselves. The sets at the cave were in the solid 6-8+ range. Due to the lack of trade winds the wave was not as clean as many hoped. The rides were still sick and as the next pictures prove there was tons of love to spread by the locals. I am sure the guy under the lip was not feeling much love getting burned like that.
We definitely had enough action for one day that is for sure, the action shall continue tomorrow.
Morgen bitte etws freundlicher.
