Meanline Fins Slalom – Maui Race Series event #3

Reported by Peter Slate

Photo by Harry Wiewel Rider: Peter Slate

Meanline Fins, manufacturers of high performance fins, sponsored the third event of the 2013 Maui Race Series. The conditions were typically light for Maui, (7.8M and 7.0m sails) but, none the less, provided for some good racing. New at this event was a much longer reach, allowing for those with more board speed to have an advantage over those with better gybing skills.

Very nice to see  the competitors who travelled from Japan, Germany and Austria. As for the racing, the wind turned a little off-shore, making the start even more important, and hence, the jostling for position just that much more exciting !! Rounding the first buoy was just as exciting as always . With ALL the regular crash and burn that’s Racing !

The Mens Pro, Micah Buzianis was dominant, besides one race, with Dan Ellis and Gunnar Asmussen fighting it out for second. The Woman’s pro division well contested with, Fujiko Onishi wining ahead of fellow Japanese racer, Tomoya Hishikawa. Last weeks winner, Tamara Bockius, was third. Tammy’s husband, Sam Bockius raced very consistently to win the mens semi-pro division. A big shout out went to Deniz Bicakci, for winning the Juniors and Expert divisions. Congratulations, Deniz !

The next race is 13 July 2013, and we hope all the local racers who haven’t made it to an event will get their gear together for the next event.

Photo by Jimmie Hepp

Results can be found at https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.mauiraceseries.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Meanline-Fins-2013.xlsx&hl&chrome=true