Ezzy Blog - Russ Faurot

One More Oregon Coast Video

Russ — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:37:10 +0000

Here is a video from Cape Sebastian on the Oregon Coast. The Cape is located on the Southern Oregon Coast right next to Pistol River. Jake and I had a great trip trying out a bunch of new spots along the Coast. This was the only day that we sailed the Cape, and it was a fun one. The conditions were very challenging, with some difficult to read waves and extremely overpowering wind. We were both on 4.2’s and should have been on 3.5’s. The locals said that this wind was typical, but the waves often get a lot better. I would love to try it on a big day with the proper size sail. The potential of this place is unreal!

Stay tuned for more updates from Maui and future travel stories. I have a trip to Chile in the works, so hopefully I can get that rolling. I will be sure to offer lots of updates on that one.

See ya on the water,

Russ

A New Video

Russ — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:46:23 +0000

Well, I am just now coming off of a 7-week foot injury. My foot is still a bit sore, but I can feel it gaining strength every day. I jumped straight into hi-wind board testing with Windsurfing Magazine for my first days back on the water. It was a good way to get back, because I was riding boards without doing too much jumping. I did toss in a few forward loops today just to make sure that I could stil do it. I was a perferct 5 for 5, so I guess I haven’t lost it! Testing was fun, with 10 different maunufacturers entering their 80-90L boards for us to try.

Just came across another Oregon Coast video by Jake Miller, of Snakebite Productions. Jake and I are the featured riders. Enjoy.

A Few Water Shots

Russ — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:32:47 +0000

Here is a sequence of me that I came across on Francky’s website (http://www.mauiwatershoot.com/WELCOME.html). He captured my Pushloop while Cyrus rode the wave. I remember it was a good clean jump that I landed. Maui has a good forecast for this upcoming week, so check back for more.

It has now been 3 weeks since I injured my foot, but the healing process is going well. I was on crutches for 10 days, and have steadily improved since. I think I was lucky it wasn’t worse. I had no broke bones, and both my knee and ankle escaped without any pain. Moving forward, I think with some strategically placed tape, I will be on the water in just a few days.

Russ

Back to Maui!

Russ — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:12:52 +0000

I returned to Maui in August, and have been blessed with top notch conditions throughout the period. I have been sailing almost every day. There has been a steady supply of small windswell waves to play with, and more recently a large out of season North swell arrived. The North swell provided some really epic conditions with 4.2 winds and logo to mast high+ waves breaking across the reefs. It was nice to have good power in the sail giving opportunity for massive jumps and powerful waverides.

I was having a great time when I crashed on a pushloop. My foot got twisted and yanked out of the footstrap injuring some ligaments. Fortunately I do not have any broken bones and look to be back on the water soon. For now, it is a very sore foot and no sailing.

I did get a few nice pictures of sailing, prior to my foot injury on that day. The water shots were taken by Dave Baker. He can be found at http://hotsurfphotos.com/view_photog.php?photogid=3. The jump was provided by OES Australia Maui.

A Maui Video

Russ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:30:18 +0000

This is a video created by Jake Miller of me riding Maui last winter. Most of the footage is from Kuau, but there is some from Ho’okipa and “Secrets” as well.

Russ Faurot Promo from Jake Miller on Vimeo.

See ya on the water.

A New Gorge Video

Russ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:18:38 +0000

Here is a video created by Dave Troup of epicsesh.blogspot.com. The video is from a big day at Arlington in the Gorge. Enjoy.

A Video From “The Rock”

Russ — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:00:02 +0000

Check out the footage from one day of our Oregon Coast trip. I sailed overpowered 4.2, and Jake was on 3.7. Pistol River definitely delivered the goods on this day.

See ya on the water.

Windsurfing Pistol River- The Rock 7/23/09 from Jake Miller on Vimeo.

The Oregon Trip Continues

Russ — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:23:50 +0000

The wind has been somewhat fickle recently, so my good sailing buddy Jake Miller, and I, decided to go to the coast to see what we could find. The first day, we drove to Manzanita with hopes of finding an escape from the 100 degree temps in the gorge, and some good wavesailing. We did find cool weather, but not enough wind. With a poor forecast for winds in the Gorge and on the Coast, we were unsure what to do. We figured the best chance was going to be the Southern Oregon Coast.

We arrived at Pistol River wednesday afternoon, and we got lucky. There were head high waves and strong winds filled in through the break. It was slightly onshore conditions, so the wave riding was mostly backside stuff, but there were some good meaty down the line snaps to be had as well. As Pistol is famous for, the jumping was reallly good. Jake and I took turns throwing big back loops and Push loops. All in all, it was a really good day, and somewhat unexpected. The forecast is pretty good, so we should see some excellent conditions in the coming days. Here is a pushloop sequence that Jake caught on the camera. I will post again with more updates.

See ya on the water.

Oregon Trip

Russ — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:55:14 +0000

I left Maui to visit Oregon for the month of July, and it has proven to be a good trip so far. Shortly after arriving I got the call that the Coast had a big swell and lots of wind to go along with it. Myself, and a few others packed into a truck, and headed to Florence, Oregon. We arrived to 35mph wind and overhead swell. We were sailing right next to a jetty, so the waves were not all chopped up from the wind. There were some good waverides to be had, but the jumping was really amazing. I was using a 3.5 and had full power all of the time.

More recently I have been hitting the gorge spots. We had a great 4-day run where I sailed on a 4.2 once and 3.5 every other day. Chris Boston took a few pictures while JP and I sailed at the Wall last Sunday. Also, Dave Troup took some video for his blog on Monday at Arlington. You can check his site out at epicsesh.blogspot.com for some insane footage. You may have to type the address in.

The trip is only half over, so there should be plenty more sailing and blogging to do before it is up. See ya on the water.

The Wind Returns

Russ — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:01:50 +0000

In my previous post I mentioned the wind was taking a break. Well, it took a long break. I did a lot of surfing, which was a nice, but I really prefer to windsurf. In the last 2 months there was probably less than 10 days of sailable wind. To most people, that probably doesn’t sound too bad. Maui, on the other hand, is one of the windiest places in the world. I know people that came here for 3 week vacations and didn’t sail at all. I feel sorry for them, because Maui is supposed to provide wind all the time.

It is finally back and kicking at full force. I have been able to sail every day for the last week and the wind has been exceptionaly strong. There haven’t been to many waves to speak of, but it is plenty fun to go blast around and jump the wind swells, lit up on my 4.2. I don’t have any new pictures, so I’ll just throw in an old one. The shot was taken by Steve Hamman at Kuau, and I don’t think the situation looks very good for me. If you look at the wave, you can see that the spray is going straight up, which meens that there is virtually no wind, except for a little blowing directly off shore.