Katrina ... A Sea Story, A Submarine And A MOVIE PREMIER!

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Quite a few images from last year's Surf Expo appear here and here

Hopefully this year's show will be a good one.



I heard another story from the filming of "Into The Air." The guys were off La Parguera staging out of the area listed as "The Elevator" when a evil looking squall line blew in particularly fast. There were about 8 riders out who promptly converged into the lee of the mangroves to land pronto. It sounds like most tried to do assisted landings, with folks hanging on to their harnesses despite building winds. Some guys were about to bolt in boats to shore. Paul cautioned that it would be best to stay put in the lee of the mangroves in shallow water.

Antoine Jauber was a little late in coming in unfortunately.


Antoine popping a nice one at the Jupiter Invasion earlier this year.

He was hit by some really strong squall gusts, lofting him very high. They chased along after him in an inflatable as he teabagged to major height downwind. Land was about three miles away in that direction. Paul tells me the normally calm to 6 inch ripple surface in the lee of the mangrove cays pumped up to 4 to 5 ft. seas in no time from waves roiling through the mangroves from deeper water to windward of the cays! Antoine was lofted about 6 times before he depowered. No one was injured reportedly in the squall which eventually reached up to about 50 mph. About 8 rental boats were sunk however in the area.

Watch to weather and react early!