Bryan Elkus

Year: 2010

  • REAL BVI 2010 Day 1

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    We took off from the Moorings dock in Tortola around 1pm for the REAL BVI Trip. We scored the most insane boat from the Moorings! It is a 47’ power cat. There are 4 cabins and a great living area, but still a bit small for all of us those are on this boat. On the boat are Jason Slezak, Sam Bell, Matt Nuzzo, Trip Forman, Amy and Stan Radev and myself.

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    We motored over to Sandy Spit to grab a kite session. It rained all day, the motor over to Sandy was a bit bumpy. We rocked all the way there. After making the 2 hour sail over we unpacked the gear for the 20-25 knot winds.

    Even though the sky wasn’t clear everyone got out and scored a terrific session. I rode the new 2010 Liquid Force Envy and the new 2010 6’2 Liquid Force Skate. I had a great session though I was a bit over powered.

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    The session was a bit sketchy, because the upwind side of the island where we rode had a ton of reef. Coral head would pop out as your bottom turning on the waves. But even though this spot was very sketchy I had one or two really great waves.

    We then packed up before sunset and motored downwind to the bay near Foxy’s bar. We had a great Taco dinner and then headed out to the bar for a bit.

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    REAL BVI 2010 Day 1, Day 2.

  • Kiteboarding Mag 3.2010

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    Kiteboarding Magazine came out this week. I was lucky enough to score a bit of coverage in this issue. First off we have Jason Slezak in a double page barrel sequence from Cape Hatteras, NC.

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    Sams Bell’s floater from REAL Peru made it as a page and a half spread. Brandon Scheid got a full page shot, while Ryan Evans held it down with some teaching tips. A shot from the November storm also snuck its way into the mix.

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    The two ads I made for REAL ran as well. The first was a mock up of a cover for the REAL Ad. The other was the first ad for the 2010 Triple-S Invitational announcing the invited riders.

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  • REAL BVI 2010 Begins

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    REAL BVI 2010 is officially underway. We left Hatteras and drove to RIC, where we flew to NYC. After a killer airport dinner we boarded a flight to Aguadilla, PR. We arrived at 5am. It was just in time to raid the PR house’s garage and pick up surfboards to head out to Wildo. We surfed until lunch with bombing overhead waves (best layover EVER).

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    We meet up with Brian “BCS” Smith, Charlie, Brian and Brown for some afternoon chilling PR style. Our flight was then postponed to Tortola, so we headed out for another surf session at Surfers. We meet up with Brown for drinks and a burger and called it a night.

    In PR headed to BVIs

    We arrived at the airport first thing to catch our flight to Tortolla. After we packed the plane we were on our way to the BVIs. I got to sit shotgun on the way. It was a pretty cloudy flight but the weather broke as we arrived over St. Martian. We are scheduled for a PM surf then a Breifing with all the clients on the trip (aka Party). Then we set sail first thing tomorrow.

    And were off

  • REAL BVI 2010

    We are off tomorrow for the REAL BVI 2010 Trip.  We will be sailing through the British Virgin Islands with 7 boats, kiting and surfing as much as possible.  Ill try and post updates, as WiFi is avalible.  See you all in a few weeks!

  • The Pamlico Sound Deep Freeze

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    The deep freeze continues on the Cape Hatteras, NC as the temperature again drops sub-32 degrees.  Not only was it cold but the winds have been very strong in the 30-40 knot range out of the NW.  This caused much of the sound to freeze near the Slick.

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  • Warmer in the OBX, but not warm enough

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    It was a bit warmer today, which started to melt the ice. It was still too chilly to go for a session, but headed outside for a few minutes to snap a couple pics in the backyard.

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  • Breaking the Ice

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    It has been darn right cold this week on the Outer Banks. Knowing quite well that in a week I will be in crystal clear blue warm water, it has been incredibly difficult to make a session happen in the sub freezing weather.

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    I decided to take a quick walk out to the end of the dock at REAL to take a couple photos as this is the first time I have seen the boat basin freeze. Enjoy…

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  • OURSTATE Magazine Jan 2010

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    Pick up your copy of OURSTATE Magazine, and check out my spread. OURSTATE is a great North Carolina Magazine with good stories and some great photography. Check out OURSTATE.

  • New Years Kinnakeet Style

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    We headed down to Avon to meet up with Sam, Justin, Grace and Jenn for a New Years celebration. Sammy and a few others spent quiet a while gathering a massive pile of wood for a bonfire. It also decided to rain all day on the 31st, which made lighting the fire challenging, but the guys made it happen.

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