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On the ‘Valley Isle’…
Just arrived on ‘The Valley Isle,’ or Maui as we know it, which gets its name from the valley between Haleakala and the West Maui Mountains and also happens to create the great winds at Ho’okipa and the entire North … Continue reading →
Posted on November 11th, 2011 | by BP ... News, umi blog
Maui time: rough cut Thomas Traversa
Here is a rough cut of Thomas ripping up Ho’okipa last April. We should get some fresh ones in soon, we just arrived on the rock ourselves and the forecast looks good! Got a couple of short movie projects to … Continue reading →
Posted on November 10th, 2011 | by MK ... News, umi blog
New deadline umi Bonaire editing comp
umi Bonaire editing competition newsflash: with the slight delay of the uploads of the action clips and due to lots a reactions from contestants, we have decided to postpone the deadline for the umi Bonaire editing competition by one month. … Continue reading →
Posted on November 7th, 2011 | by MK ... News, umi blog, umi Bonaire editing competition
Jamie wins at Gwithian!!
A big congratulations is due to our very own Jamie Hancock for winning the final event of this year’s BWA UK tour in decent cross-off waves at Gwithian, Cornwall. Respect! Photo credit: BWA
Posted on October 31st, 2011 | by BP ... News, umi blog
umi Bonaire editing comp Background clips
Here’s two background rolls for you to download so you can spice up your vids for the umi Bonaire editing competition with some flamingo’s, cacti or iguanas! Logo’s will be up soon. B_roll_p1_prores.mov (1.5GB) B_roll_p2_prores.mov (1.6GB) Article source: http://www.umipictures.com/promotions/bonaire11/?p=264
Posted on October 31st, 2011 | by MK ... News, umi blog, umi Bonaire editing competition
Taty’s clips ready for download
After having used up the entire bandwidth of the south of England, we can now tell you that the clips of Taty Frans for the umi Bonaire editing competition are ready to be downloaded! taty_near_p1_prores.mov (1.7GB) taty_near_p2_prores.mov (1.8GB) taty_near_p3_prores.mov (1.7GB) … Continue reading →
Posted on October 28th, 2011 | by MK ... News, umi blog
Get Graham in the AWT Super Session
The upcoming AWT event has a people’s choice event, a Super Session, with 5 riders. Vote for Graham, as in the words of Levi Siver ‘he’s a ripper’ and then he can sail Ho’okipa with only 4 other guys!! We … Continue reading →
Posted on October 25th, 2011 | by BP ... News, umi blog
Tonky’s clips ready for download
It’s Monday morning, time to go to work drop everything and start downloading our next batch of clips featuring style master Tonky Frans! A total of 9 clips (12,67 gig) is waiting to be edited, and Taty’s clips are almost … Continue reading →
Posted on October 24th, 2011 | by MK ... News, umi blog
Portrait of Mark Angulo
In the winter of 2010/2011 we spent two months filming on Maui. The Valley Isle remains the Mecca of windsurfing, and one of its godfathers has to be Mark Angulo. Brendan Pyatt talks about meeting his hero. ‘I obviously knew who Mark … Continue reading →
Posted on October 21st, 2011 | by MK ... News, umi blog
First set of action clips ready for download: Kiri
These last couple of days the servers at umi headquarters have been firing, finally we can present you the first batch of action clips, featuring Kiri. Below you will find a list of the files (11 in total) and the … Continue reading →
Posted on October 20th, 2011 | by MK ... umi blog