SAMURAI MODE AT HOOKIPA: ROEDIGER STRIKES, HUNTER DOMINATESSAMURAI MODE AT HOOKIPA: ROEDIGER STRIKES, HUNTER DOMINATESQUATRO MAUI PRO AMHookipa turned it on in spectacular fashion for finals day as the Quatro Maui Pro Am crowned its mens and womens champions in solid conditions. Right on cue with the forecast, the ocean came alive delivering the perfect arena for the finals day action.In the mens division, Bernd Roediger rose to the occasion with a performance that was nothing short of electric, dropping the highest score of the entire event right towards the end of tense the final. He narrowly edged out Marcilio Browne in a nail-biting finish, with Antoine Martin taking third and Morgan Noireaux having to settle for fourth.Over in the womens, the intensity didnt drop for a second. Marine Hunter charged her way to victory with authority, while Maria Behrens stole the spotlight as the surprise package of the event, claiming an impressive second. Maui veteran Angela Cochran secured third, with Lina Erpenstein finishing fourth.EPIC PHOTOS: FISH BOWL DIARIESClick to enlarge and scrollbest viewed on a big screen!MENWhat a finals day. Seriouslyif you werent watching, you missed a spectacular show.The morning kicked off with frustrating cross onshore northeast windsthe kind that make sailors work for every turnand it all looked a bit crumbly and slow. But as the heats rolled on and the field narrowed, Hookipa flicked the switch. Clean, logo-high sets marched in, the trades swung more easterly and suddenly it was game on.From the quarterfinals onwards, the level went through the roof. Big moves, bigger commitment, high stakes and absolutely zero holding back.LOOK MA NO HANDS!In the semi-finals, Antoine Martin had the crowd on the guardrail losing their minds after sticking a clinical no-handed goiter (7.73). It was the kind of move that will get everybody talking for the next few weeks. Should it have scored moretough call!A one hitter with no set up turns or anything else on the wave.but that one hit was something spectacular and maybe should of been scored in the 8-9 region. Martin was on fire all daythrowing massive goiters, late hits and stylish airs and he was in his element.The crowd loved it and he loves putting on a show for them! That score sent him straight to the main final, leaving one of the event favourites, Bernd Roediger with the slightly less glamorous task of battling through the B final.ROEDIGER STRIKESBut Roediger? He was ice cold.While some other sailors were forcing the issue, Bernd played the long game. Cool calm and collected and seemingly unbothered, he waited patiently for the right waves and when they came, he struck with surgical precision. All while casually listening to Paul Simon on a waterproof speaker slung over his shoulder.Heading into the dying minutes of the main final, Roediger was still trailing. Thenbang. A perfectly executed taka, followed by a spontaneous clew first one-handed hit deep in the pocket. Cue absolute chaos in the commentary box as Kai Katchadourian practically exploded when the judges dropped an 8.93the highest score of the day. We loved the way Kai was so wrapped up in the commentary and immersed in the whole drama that was unfolding!At that point in the final with two minutes or so to go, Bernd wasnt just sailinghe was in another dimension. Samurai mode fully activated. I am not sure if any other sailors would have event contemplated that last hit, but it was Bernd and he was in the flow state and somehow it all just clicked for him when it mattered most.Morgan Noireaux had looked unstoppable earlier in the day, always in the right place with a full arsenal of tricks. Windsurf Predictions were not looking in a good place at all the way he was sailing he looked like he could win itand we had him down for 4th! Surely a blunderBut in the final, Hookipa had other plans. The waves didnt line up for him and despite his form, he just couldnt sync with the ocean when it mattered most.Shoutouts also go to Robby Swift (sailing better than ever), Levi Siver (Always inspiring to watch), Thomas Traversa (Who found his flow), Liam Dunkerbeck (Who nailed one of the best 360s of the day) and Arthur Arutkin (Classic solid sailing took him right through to the top 8), who all delivered standout performances.RESULTS MEN1: Bernd Roediger2: Marcilio Browne3: Antoine Martin4: Morgan NoireauxWINDSURF PREDICTIONS1: Bernd Roediger2: Marc Pare3: Marcilio Browne4: Morgan NoireauxIf theres one thing Hookipa loves, its humbling our predictions. On paper, the picks looked solideven safe. But once the ocean lit up, it started rewriting the script in real time. In the mens, calling Bernd for the win was spot onbut beyond that, it got messy fast. Morgan looked like a guaranteed title threat all day (making that predicted fourth look questionable at best but at least that came in), while Antoine Martin came flying in to crash the podium partywe should of saw that coming!Meanwhile, Marc Par who we pegged for second never found his flow state at all and will be disappointed with his performance. He was not sailing badly at all but never seen in sync with the sets and could not find his flow! Classic Hookipa for you!BERND ROEDIGERYeah, its really hard to get into that level of just carefree sailing because you feel pressure, you feel expectations. Ive found that since the last time I won, its gotten harder to competeits become more difficult to manage those expectations.Back then, it didnt even enter my mind to win. Now it feels like theres more to it. Its more complicated and I guess thats lifeyou make things more complicated on yourself for no reason. So, to be able to get back to that point where you feel totally carefree, totally unattached to the result, where you just go out there, see what happens and follow whats going onits a big thing.You feel it out there. Youre like, OK, Im in last place in the heat. Cool, its not going the way I thought it would, but you just keep sailing and keep believing. All of thatit feels good.Yeah, I cant wait to celebrate. Im so grateful to have won this event. Its amazinglast year it was an experiment and this year its really happeningand happening on this level as a 5 star event. Its really cool. I feel super grateful, especially to Francisco and the team at Quattro and Goya and my own team at Fika and Hot Sails for supporting me for so long. Its unreal.Shout outs to those guys, and to everybody back home watchingthank you so much. On my first heat, the timing lined up exactly with the launch of the Artemis mission, that rocket that just took off. So, I dont know, it just felt like a charmed day the whole time. Even though it was a sketchy start for me, I believed. I believedand thats Hookipa.WOMENThe womens final brought just as much drama, power and tension.Marine Hunter was the clear standoutbringing an aggressive, no-nonsense style to every wave. Powerful top turns, late hits and committed airs made it clear she meant business. When the final horn sounded, there was no doubt who owned the day.Maria Behrens, already emotional just to make the final (She was in tears when being interviewed by Ann Marie), took things to another level. Linking turns beautifully and staying glued to the power source, she secured long, flowing rides and a well-earned second place. Safe to say, she won a lot of fans out there. Her family watching in Germany will be no doubt ecstatic!Angela Cochran reminded everyone exactly why shes a Maui legend, delivering a rock-solid performance to take third.Lina Erpenstein started the final strong with a 6.93 opening wave, but couldnt quite find the backup scores she needed, leaving her in fourth. That put the mockers on our Windsurf Predictions and allowed Paul Van Bellen to win the Windsurfing TV mini competition by a point over Windsurf!Elsewhere, there were some tough breaks. Pauline Katz suffered a nasty knee injury in the final and we wish her a speedy recovery (We dont know how bad it was as we write this). Lisa Wermiester came agonisingly close to the final and looked strong throughout, while Sol Degriek showed promise but needed a bit more punch in her lip attacks to progress. Coco Foveau also put in some solid rides and was unlucky not to advance further.RESULTS WOMEN1: Marine Hunter2: Maria Behrens3: Angela Cochran4: Lina ErpensteinWINDSURF PREDICTIONS1: Marine Hunter2: Lina Erpenstein3: Maria Andres4: Sol DegriekOn the womens side, things started strong with Marine Hunter delivering exactly what was expectedtotal dominancewe got that rightbut the rest? Pure curveball territory. Lina, tipped for second, couldnt back up her opener, while Maria Behrens flipped the narrative entirely with a breakout performance that no prediction saw coming. The benefit of hindsight is a wonderful thing and looking back now we should have been smarter with our picks! At the end of the day, predictions are funbut Hookipa or the sailors do not read them.MAUI BLESSEDHats off to Kai Katchadourian and Jace Panebianco for the excellent commentary and also the live stream crew for delivering a fantastic broadcast! 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DUOTONE: BLITZ SLS, BLITZ & X_PACEDUOTONE: BLITZ SLS, BLITZ & X_PACEDuotone have just released two new Blitz freeride / Freerace boards, the Blitz SLS designed with mega wide wind range and The Blitz, which is still high end but more affordable as well as their new super stable and fast X_Pace no cam freerace sail.BLITZ SLS IN A NUTSHELLMaximum performance, yet minimal effort, maintaining control over the widest possible wind range. With the VOLUME YET CONTROL CONCEPT, you can easily choose a board 10 liters bigger compared to other brands without losing control in overpowered conditions.The Blitz SLS can be gybed aggressively in experienced hands, yet also feels easy and smooth for intermediate riders. The racier/boxier rails and a further outboard strap position allow the rider to push harder and let the board fly over the fin for increased top speed.The 2 STEP CUTOUTS further reduce drag when going full speed, giving you the edge over your friends. Finally, the RECESSED MAST TRACK AERA lowers the rig connection, boosting control and aerodynamics by closing the gap.With this wide range of features, the BLITZ SLS provides endless hours of performance Freeride X Freerace fun and will accompany you on your windsurfing journey to become a faster sailor.BLITZ IN A NUTSHELLThe Blitz makes you a faster sailor. Built in our brand new CUSTOM CNC Technology, designed with our own AI_BOARD_3D software, which enables us to integrate unprecedented complex shaping tasks. The BLITZ makes high-end freerace boards affordable!With the EAGLE and the brand-new BLITZ we offer 2 boards for the freeride / freerace segment covering everything from learning to plane up to being the fastest sailor at your spot. Absolutely unique: with our brand-new CUSTOM CNC TECHNOLOGY we were ableto reduce the weights by 500-800 grams comparedto similar boards in this class!This radical weightreduction has an incredible impact on the low endperformance as well as on the handling. With thisthese boards are both the lightest and earliest planingboards in their class.THE X-PACE IN A NUTSHELLThe X_Pace is there for those who want to give the fastest guys at their spot a run for their money but dont want the rigging hassle and heavy handling of a cam sail when its filled with water.Its our fastest no-cam sail ever! The X_Pace generates power, acceleration, speed and a locked-in feel that rivals any cambered sail.The forward pull pushes you into a committed stance, allowing to let your board fly on the fin. Another decisive advantage is that the pre-shaping in the sail makes it work on both SDM and RDM masts.The post DUOTONE: BLITZ SLS, BLITZ & X_PACE appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.

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MARINE HUNTER: FINDING THE FLOWMARINE HUNTER: FINDING THE FLOWFollowing here emphatic victory at the Maui Pro Am, we caught up with Marine Hunter to find out more about the background behind her success. From coaching insights, equipment choices and a new mindset, Marine tells us how she turned from chaos to calm and found her flow in Maui.Photos: Fish Bowl Diaries / PWA / WWTCOACHING WITH GRAHAM EZZYWINDSURF: Tell us about your coaching with Graham Ezzy and how that built your confidence going into the event? MARINE HUNTER: I was invited to his first clinic in Denmark back in 2020 and I really liked his approach of wave-riding. Grahams philosophy is that the wave has to do the work and it made a lot of sense to me. In my head wave riding was meant to be a lot of hard work and I thought I would never be good enough at it but he transformed it into a much more natural thing.I really want to win the Aloha Classic in 2026 and even though I did well in 2025 I knew I could do better. The format of the training was exactly what I needed, we had short sessions with very simple things to implement. The training was focused on the stuff I usually found less exciting like heat strategy and wave riding basics, but I knew I had to change my approach if I wanted different results and trust my coach and the process.My goal was to win and I did! I had a lot more confidence on the water, I had a different strategy than at my previous contests, tools to calm down my anxiety and more confidence in my skills. Working with him was an absolute game changer, I never thought I could win all my heats. The training really made me step out of my comfort zone but it was so worth it!I tend to think that difficult things have more value but Im learning this is not necessarily true and I dont always have to chase after the hardest things to obtain what I want, even though I would LOVE to land super flashy moves in a heat. My problem is that I usually skip the basics to try the most technical things first. The coaching was actually much more challenging than I thought.Graham made me go for set waves right at the beginning of the sessions whereas I normally warm up on smaller waves and gradually go for bigger waves as I build my confidence. Coming from France and being an English Channel regular, Im not used to sailing in mast high waves several times a week, which can be the case at Hookipa, and I was fighting my sense of overwhelming and fear. I was wearing a helmet with a talkie and I would hear his instructions live: go hit it!! and other things I didnt really want to do in the moment!It was pretty intense sometimes and I really had to step out of my comfort zone, but Graham is a great coach with a lot of patience and generosity who also managed to make me believe in my own abilities, which was maybe the hardest. Im super grateful to him and Im looking forward to the next training sessions. Thanks a lot Graham for your patience, your encouragements, your kindness and lets keep pushing for the Aloha!DIALLED IN: GEAR THAT DELIVERSWINDSURF: What gear were you riding and how do you like your Quatro boards? MARINE HUNTER: I was riding my Goya Iris 4,7m and my Quatro Pyramid 87, thats my biggest set of gear. The Iris which is a version of the Banzai Surf is also a pretty versatile and balanced sail, I know how I can use the lower end by rigging it differently for very light winds. I wanted to have enough mobility on the spot so that I could keep my options open and be more serene. Ive had that board for a while, so I know it well, it also won for me in Sylt! And I know that despite the volume I can handle the turns if its non planing conditions. Ive actually come to appreciate even more the wide range of my production boards after sailing them on such vast array of spots and conditions. I always have a little adaptation period in the beginning with new gear, but I dont have to fight it in any way, sail and board work in sync and thats how I like it.MAUI LIVINGWINDSURF: Are you living in Maui full time and what do you do there? MARINE HUNTER: Im still living there part time but the goal is to be here full time. This is my second stay of 6 months. I had the opportunity to work at the Quatro Goya shop, I would do mornings until 2pm and I would go sail in the afternoons; Im also training twice a week with Sarah Hauser.On top of that I was doing some work-trade and gardening early morning or after sunset to pay for my accommodation during my first stay, to be honest Ive never been busier in my entire life, it was quite exhausting. This year I unfortunately couldnt keep my job and I was free a month before the contest ; the silver lining was that I was in better shape than in 2025 when I just wouldnt hear the alarm ring to get up to go sailing after quick nap, I would just pass out after work the week before the contest. For most people it may not look like a super intense rhythm, but I dont have a lot of stamina and I can easily overdo it thinking Im not doing enough. Ill see what comes my way when I go back this winter, but yes the goal is to be there full time.WINDSURF: What was you attitude going into the event? Go hard or go home? MARINE HUNTER Go calm, that was my attitude this time!THE MOMENT IT LANDEDWINDSURF: How did it feel when you found out you had won?MARINE HUNTER: I was elated! I actually rushed back to the beach after the heat because I was eager to find out the result and when I saw people waving at me, I checked that they were not waving at another finalist sailing behind me (you never know!) and when I set foot on the sand I got confirmation that I had won and I was so, so happy. Two days later when my friends came to celebrate at home and I think all the pressure came off, I was very touched by their kindness and I broke down into tears, I dont think I realized that it meant so much to me.RAISING THE BAR: THE WOMENS FLEETWINDSURF: What was the level like in the womens fleet? MARINE HUNTER Everybody is pushing hard and is so talented! It took me at least six months to get accustomed to the spot and learn how to read it after coming to Hookipa already three times, while Lisa Wermeister or Maria Behrens had already had podiums or top 4 results after only a few weeks spent at Hookipa. I was not getting how the spot worked at all. Pauline scored 5th place at the Aloha Classic last year for her first time here which is amazing coming from someone who lives in Pozo which is the polar opposite of Hookipa. Sol is committing full power and Lina caught up at an impressive speed with a great result. Seasoned riders like Angela know exactly what they need to do and are in every single final. I feel like I can never rely on my current abilities on tour because everyone improves year by year.BEYOND MAUIWINDSURF: Are you doing any other events or just Maui? MARINE HUNTER: Well now that I have more free time than expected Im considering going to other events, I need to sit down and plan my year.WHY WE RIDEWINDSURF: What do you love about windsurfing? MARINE HUNTER So many things! I love being literally immersed in nature, I love the travel that brings me to the beach, I love sharing my passion with other people, I love the feeling of being the captain of my own ship, I love spending time with my windsurf friends, meeting new friends and going on sometimes dodgy adventures. I love that I feel good in this windsurf world and Im very grateful I get to be part of it.MORE TO LEARNWINDSURF: What areas are you trying to improve in your wave sailing? MARINE HUNTER: Ill keep working on the competition aspect of wave riding and I would also love to become more consistent with aerials and work on other manoeuvres like 360 and jumps on starboard tack. Theres so much to learn. Id love to be able to land a big air in a heat!GRATITUDE AND GROWTHWINDSURF: Who would you like to thank? MARINE HUNTER: Thank you to everybody who helped and supported me, who gave me kind words, who gave me grace, thank you to my coaches Sarah Hauser and Graham Ezzy, my sponsors Quatro/Goya, my boyfriend, my friends and family, thank you to all the people and situations who taught me lessons and gave me opportunities to do some self-reflection.Im also simply very grateful for this spring event that brings me back on a positive track after personal difficulties for the second time. I didnt show up for a lot of things these last two years, I let sponsors and people down. I had a lot of things to deal with and I did not put on my best behaviour, I went into avoidance and hiding mode. Now I feel more ready to catch up.!The post MARINE HUNTER: FINDING THE FLOW appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.