{"id":2303,"date":"2012-02-29T18:01:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2020-03-08T07:21:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T07:21:56","slug":"hookipa-with-the-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/pw2020\/hookipa-with-the-boys","title":{"rendered":"Hookipa with the Boys!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got back on the horse after almost 2 months of a nagging rib injury..... The conditions have been all time over here for most of the winter so far. Kev sent me a text saying, looks good, get down here! There were maybe 15 guys out there including the King- <strong>Robby Naish<\/strong>, the legend-<strong>Mark Angulo<\/strong> (who is leading the charge out there almost everyday) <strong>Victor Fernandez<\/strong> (world champ ripper)<strong> Graham Ezzy &nbsp;<\/strong>(ripper), <strong>Keith Teboul<\/strong> (ripper, who let me try out one of his new boards), some other friends of mine (rippers) and of course <strong>my brother <\/strong>(who came back out after firing a few shots below! The waves were coming in nice sets with some easterly direction mixed in them. Sometimes you could find a mast high bomb if you got lucky but for the most part logo high sets were rifling in! &nbsp;Hope you enjoy some more shots.... Thanks Kev for taking the time!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2304\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/hookipa-with-the-boys\/img_2431-matt-hookipa-lifestyle\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2304\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2304\" title=\"IMG_2431-matt-hookipa-lifestyle\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2431-matt-hookipa-lifestyle-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rigging the 5.0 Manic....a bit big most of the time!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2305\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/hookipa-with-the-boys\/img_2549\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2305\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2305\" title=\"IMG_2549\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2549-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can see how windy it is out there! Hangin on tight!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2306\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/hookipa-with-the-boys\/img_2557\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2306\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2306\" title=\"IMG_2557\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2557-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My favorite move, the wave 360..... invented by the man in the orange out the back!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2307\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/hookipa-with-the-boys\/img_2509-matt\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2307\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2307\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2307\" title=\"IMG_2509-matt\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2509-matt-640x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Got a couple airs.... been a while, getting back in a groove!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2310\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/hookipa-with-the-boys\/img_2482-matt-hookipa-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2310\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2310\" title=\"IMG_2482-matt-hookipa\" src=\"http:\/\/pritchardwindsurfing.com\/blog2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2482-matt-hookipa1-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken jibe time...... yes I made it thankfully!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got back on the horse after almost 2 months of a nagging rib injury&#8230;.. 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