New AHD SL2 & GPS HSM

After a long wait of excitement I finally got to try out the smallest of our slalom board range, the new and improved full carbon SL2 in 4 different sizes (92L, 112L, 122L & 132L) produced by: AHD


It was great also to test out our new GPS by: Hot Sails Maui, great to see it improving every year! great performance and control!

Check out the photos below with the new SL2-92L and GPS 6.6

Aloha and see you on the water!
DG

Seems like the gear also works for Freestyle

Great way to end the day with a Beautiful Maui sunset

DG Back on Maui

News by Hot Sails Maui:

You re going to be seeing a lot more of Diony over the next couple of months, back from his recent trip to Los Roques Island he is now in Maui and he is working hard with the team already. To celebrate having our team rider back (and also Leap Day) on the island the office was closed early and we all hit up Ho'okipa for an afternoon session where we were joined by a bunch of our Maui based riders. What is clear is that the arrival of Diony back at Ho'okipa is certainly going to make some sparks fly so we are looking forward to some waves and wind over the coming weeks. During his trip he will be helping Paul & Tom with the development for the FreeSTYLE Pro, the 2013 GPS and a number of interesting projects which are confidential at this time.

Diony putting his Firelight straight into the mix at Ho'okipa

Check out the gallary:

NOW ONLINE ESCAPE TO PARADISE

Just uploaded the video, please give me your feedback! hope you guys enjoy it!

See you on the water!
Aloha
Diony Guadagnino

Los Roques, Venezuela

Hi everyone,  just got back from my trip in Los Roques, Venezuela, had one of the best trips of my life at home, a unforgettable experience! I basically wave sailed alone almost everyday with my good friends Oscar Cisneros (Los Roques native) & Deivis Paternina for a complete month, Entire story of my trip will be out in a few Magazines soon, so make sure you look out for the new Windsurfing magazine's coming out the next months! I will keep you posted on this and what country's!

Hola a todos, acabo de retornar de mi trip a Los Roques, Venezuela,  fue uno de mis mejores viajes de mi vida y en casa, una experiencia inolvidable! básicamente windsurfie en las olas solo todo los dias con mis buenos amigos Oscar Cisneros (nativo de Los Roques, y Deivis Paternina por un mes completo, la historia completa de mi viaje saldrá en algunas revistas pronto, así que asegúrense de buscar las revistas de windsurf saliendo estos meses! les tendré al tanto y en que países!

Enjoy the photos/Disfruta las fotos!
Aloha'
Diony Guadagnino

DG Taka

Deivis Paternina

 DG off the lip

Oscar Cisneros bottom

DG bottom

DG aireal

DG tweak aireal

Oscar Cisneros dropping in

Deivis Paternina no handed flaka

Diony & his crew at Funeral Point

After many years of traveling the world Diony has been working a number of plans recently to rediscover the magic that can be found a little closer to home. Isn't funny how we rush around and around but sometimes miss the gems that lie in front of us!

Funeral Point - what a beautiful location... 

Diony enjoying a few waves on his FireLight & his Pro Model DG wave board

Deivis (right) & Reinaldo (left)

 6am 1st session

"The new season is just starting here in the Southern Caribbean so everyone is quite desperate for some swell, Margarita is just above the equator and enjoys good climate year around but good swells here are not easy to get since we have all the islands blocking us north and east from us, so you got to be on top of the forecast!

We headed north west to this spot called Funeral Point, (discovered by my friend Carlos Vasquez and a friend of his called El Megatronico) the name doesn’t sound very attractive but I can assure you that it was the contrary, super peaceful and completely isolated in the cactus field of the dessert! We did not even have telephone signal incase of an emergency! It felt great to totally disconnect with the world, we arrived at dawn before the sun came out with a few good friends, Deivis Paternina (Pro Freestyler), Edwing Fernandez (Free Surfer) and Reinaldo Aparicio (Kite Surfer and Free Surfer) I was the first one to get into the water, the surf was epic, long perfect peeling glassy left and rights!

 Edwing Kelly 

Diony back side

Diony (right ) & his crew

The wind started to fill in early at 9am since it was a bit stormy so I jumped on my new AHD Sea Lion Pro SUP to get a fewwaves before it got too windy! At 10am I was already on the water wave sailing with Deivis, it was his first time on the waves here, he had a funny style but it was great to see one of the El Yaque boys wanting to learn how to wave ride, it was a little side on with occasional gust to do a couple jumps and to hit a few lips! 

Diony on his Sea Lion Pro

Reinaldo 

Diony backing

DG foam climb

I’m really looking forward going to Los Roques very soon! Just waiting on the catamaran that will be taking us there! Conditions are looking great for the next days, Los Roques probably going to be mast High or more, hope to get some conditions here on Margarita also!" Diony Guadagnino V69


Photos: Diony, Deivis & Reinaldo

More to follow very soon!

DG Bequia video

Here is a short video I did of my last trip to Bequia Island St Vincent and the Grenadines where I grew up.



Diony Guadagnino Bequia from Diony Guadagnino on Vimeo.


Enjoy!
DG

DG WAVE PRO MODEL

Playa Parguito

This is truly a dream come true for me and I have no words to describe just how pleased I am to have this opportunity to introduce my new line of wave boards DG Pro Model together with AHD International!

Below you will find complete details with board specs, photos and some additional information how this project began together with AHD by Tridenn!

AHD: We are therefore only too happy to launch the very first « Pro Model » to his name in his “long” career, one that is a true testimony of our gratefulness for his involvement and his commitment to our small brand.

Before joining AHD, Diony has closely worked with outstanding shapers such as Richard Greene and later Mark Nelson.

Along the years he developed his own sailing style and triggered a typical shapes.

In full logic he has wished to pursue further development of his rationale with our own Pascal Gerber and Bruno André, bringing a new spirit and focus to AHD « wave » line.

What, first and foremost, attracted us to Diony’s philosophy was the fact that he always and successfully used the same boards, whatever the wave and weather conditions and on any spot: from Jaws to Gran Canaria or Ho’okipa, side-off or side-on, in strong or lighter winds.

From the first prototypes Pascal made, we were struck by the difference and … performance of the new boards.

With a “twingle” fin configuration (close to each other twin-fins which combine the grip of a single fin with the maneuverability of multi fins) the DGWave boards are fast, precise and maneuverable!

Their inherent « drive » is complemented by an exceptional ability for curves. Very stable on the rail they allow more precise and more powerful curves. Those shapes provide a feeling of absolute safety in curves, whatever the wave size.

When sailing out, or in on-shore winds, the “twingle” configuration provides the grip of a single fin, ensuring a fast speed at any wind-angle, boosted as it is, in the aft two thirds of the bottom, by a double concave morphing in a deep single one.

The veed forward section provides added control and helps lifting the forward part of the rail so that no curve is baulked at.

On a compact outline, all these parameters result in a very pure wave-machine.

True to the concept of an exact pro-model in production they carry the very graphics Diony drew by himself on his older prototypes with a « Posca » paint-marker, inspired that he was by the latest trends in Surf.

“The DG Wave for me is pure freedom, when my feet are locked in everything feels so close to perfection! My first step on the board I couldn’t believe how easy and responsive it was to my body movements! It’s the first time ever going from my favorite custom board to a production and not wanting to go back on my custom! Love it!” Diony Guadagnino

http://www.ahd-boards.com
http://www.facebook.com/DGV69 

Shape specificities:

-Compact outline

-Curved scoop

-Bottom: vee forward, followed by double concaves then a single concave aft.

-Round Pin Tail

-Shape: Pascal Gerber / Diony Guadagnino / Bruno Andre

Model	DGwave 83	DGwave 93
Length	227 cm	230 cm
Width	57,2 cm	60,6 cm
One Foot Off	35 cm	37,4 cm
Volume	83 L	93 L
Weight	6,3 kg	6,7 kg
Technology	Sandwich Epoxy	Sandwich Epoxy
Fins	Twingle 14.5cm (Select Prowave Evo)	Twingle 15.5cm (Select Prowave Evo)
Sails	3.5 – 5.8	4.2 – 6.2

All in a Day's Works for Diony in Margarita

Diony reports from his travels around Margarita...

"It was a calm day, with an unusual South West wind heat and humidity blowing through the channel of Coche and Margarita!


Every thing seemed so calm and weird! I told my friend to do something since it was there day off, it turned out to be an amazing day discovering some beautiful scenic locations around the Island!

We stopped by Playa Guacuco first to get a dip and to slash up a few small waves paddle boarding! Then went to Playa Parguito for some light wind wave cruising! Then an awesome late afternoon coast run at this secret spot we found!

There are so many things to do even if it's not windy, the bonus is that all this is close to home and no need for planes and airports!" Diony V69

More to follow...

Diony Reports From PWA Aruba

Competing in his first PWA event of the season in Aruba, Diony the seasoned Hot Sails Maui professional sent us this brief report from the beautiful shores of Aruba

"It's been about 16 years since they had a PWA Slalom event here in Aruba, the first time I was here was in 1999 I won the junior's Slalom, last year 2010 was my second time winning the Aruba Hi Winds Slalom Pro, today was the third day of the PWA Slalom, the level is super high, today was my best day so far placing 6th in a Loser Final, tomorrow is another day, hope to do better!

This 29th of June they will start the traditional Aruba Hi Winds again, I'm sure it's gonna be a blast!"

Diony is currently lying in 25th spot after 7 rounds of slalom with one more day to go, tune into the PWA Webiste to watch the action on the LIVE ticker.

All pics courtesy of Carter/PWA

More to follow...

Another Wild Winds Win for Diony

Diony reports from his win in Margarita;

“The first Margarita Wild Winds was in 1995, I was 12 years old, 17 years later I was able to celebrate my first victory after competing the past 10 years of my career! The conditions were ideal with consistent light conditions in the morning and strong winds in the afternoon for slalom and long distance!"  

"The level was very high this year with 7 different Countries represented; Brasil, Argentina, Colombia, USA, France, Hungry and Venezuela. My good friend Wilhelm Shrmann from Brasil, currently ranked #1 in Formula, was strong competition and it all went down the last day, our first heat of the day I risked my start going over early, we had only 2 slalom rounds left and 1 long distance to close the event! I knew I couldn't make any more errors, to win I had to win all! that's exactly what I did keeping in track, I am super happy in winning the Margarita Wild Winds this year! Thanks for the support of my family and to all my sponsors, Nestea, AHD boards and Hot Sails Maui” Diony V69


Result:

1st Place Overall Slalom & Long Distance Margarita Wild Winds Pro!

Photo credits: Alain Galarneau