July 21, 2010 - Born and raised in the warm confines of the Caribbean, Jeremie Tronet does not like cold water! After years of attempting to have him move out his comfort zone and brave the elements that come along with cold water climates we have finally done it. Now Jeremie can take the warmth of the Caribbean and the freedom of kiting naked with him wherever he goes...maybe even someday the West Coast of North America.

 Jeremie recently had the opportunity to test the Predator off the coast of Norway to rave reviews. Jeremie's ability to kite in comfort with no restrictions to his mobility while remaining warm and dry has made a full convert out of him. In fact, I imagine we may start to see a few photo shoots of him wearing the suit in his usual locales. A Predator Drysuit in Brazil...why not?

 Check it out...Predator Surf Drysuit - http://www.oceanrodeo.com/drysuits/surfing

Ocean Rodeo’s industry leading reputation for innovation and design continues! Based on the incredible success of the original Go Joe leashless board recovery device Ocean Rodeo has developed an entirely new Go Joe Pro!

While still in the prototype phase the all new, low profile Go Joe Pro has been designed as a complement to the original inflatable Go Joe.

The pre production prototype relies on a magnetic trigger to activate a pop-up EVA foam float. When deployed the buoyancy of the float rights an upturned board, and provides a sail like effect driving the board downwind towards the rider. If activated, the float is easy to reset while on the water. The prototype Go Joe Pro is easily attached to your board via a simple snap connection with the board’s grab handle.

Low Profile Riding Mode (click to expand)

Activated (click to expand)


As you can imagine, once we commit to the final production moulds changes are tough to make so we want your feedback! Is this a product you want to see produced? What was your immediate reaction to this concept ? Our initial estimates have this product retailing at between $199 and $229 USD, far less than the cost of a lost board and well worth the safety of riding without a fixed leash.

We will update this post soon with action video of the latest prototype in action on the water!

Please post your comments on this forum thread for the chance to win one of our newly released hoodies!

Ocean Rodeo, Performance Over Hype!

The New Ocean Rodeo Crew Store Is Live!

Crew, after months of work to get to this day we are proud to announce the new Crew Store is live and open for business! Please have a quick read though this posting though to get the absolute most out of this brand new resource!

Crew Points

Yes you heard correct, Ocean Rodeo is now offering Crew Points on all 2010 and newer product purchases. This includes gear bought online through the store but also applies to your regular purchases made from anyone of our authorized dealers worldwide.

Register Your Crew ID to collect points!

When you first visit the Crew Store you will have to make a new account. Because of security concerns we were not able to carry your existing Crew ID over to the new store. Instead, once registered with the store, simply click on “My Account” and then on “Register Your Crew ID”. If you make a mistake, simply re-enter the Crew ID and click Submit.

Register Products to collect points!

Now that you have your Crew ID properly set-up you can begin collecting Crew Points with all of your purchases! Anything you buy online will automatically earn you points. Anything you buy (or have already bought) from a retailer that is 2010 or newer equipment you can register online for points as well! Simply click on “My Account” and then on “Product Registration & Listing”. You will need the serial number of your product in order to complete the registration process.

Refer a friend and collect even more points!

When you register your Crew ID with your newly created Store account you are automatically added to the list of potential referring Crew Members available for association with purchases made by others upon check-out. If you’re talking our equipment up on the beach be sure to tell people your Crew ID for them to use when they check-out. It costs them nothing to associate your ID with their account and you will earn 10% of the points they earn on all future purchases!

Premium Partner Supported!

When you check-out online you will have to associate your purchase with one of our Premium Partners. By doing so they will receive notification of your purchase and will be your 1st responders should you require warranty support or have a question related to the product’s performance or use.

Free Shipping!

All of our products ship free anywhere within the EU and North America!

Click here to explore the new store!

Exclusive colors for the new episode of the Ocean Rodeo Travel video series featuring Jeremie Tronet and Linn Svendsen kiteboarding around the best kiteboarding spots in the world.

After Brazil and the island of St Marteen, the beautiful clear water of the Grenadines and Union Island was our last stop. Unfortunately the trades winds were not very strong this year which incited us to live the Caribbean lifestyle and shoot some nice shots around the Tobago Cays, Union island and Mayreau island.

Fell free to share your OR love for the video on your social media sites, forums, websites, spread the OR love

Thanks to all for riding this amazing brand !

Music Credits:

INTRO & PART I
Dub terminator - THE ILLNESS

PART II
Cripple crew - VACATION

PART III
Jabaman - ONE MORE TIME ( jabaman.no)

PART IV
Jason dean beats - RADIZZAL (feat.Koreea)

Special Thanks
Scaramouche Sail boat & Lee scaramouchegrenadines.com/
Jean Marc & Bougainvilla Hotel in Union grenadines-bougainvilla.com
Sebastien fishing trips grenadinesfishproductsandtours.com
Nicolas for the boat and Captain Gourmet for the food supplies capgourmet.com/


And all Union island inhabitants

as for last year you can check out my videos on this link...                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaZ4MP8KK5E&layer_token=6f33aa9838ed06e3

or peru:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKThWTQB9-E&layer_token=c77842aca5b6d012

enjoy and see you soon

philippe loves OR

Ocean Rodeo is proud to announce that its full line of products are now officially available through Kitty Hawk Sports, one of North America's premier Kiteboard and active water sport destination and retail outlet.

Kitty Hawk Kites offers free Ocean Rodeo Demos every Wednesday from Memorial Day to Labour Day!

Also, from June 9th to 12th, 2010 John and Evan from Ocean Rodeo will be on hand running free demos and product knowledge sessions with anyone interested in coming out and trying all the newest 2010 equipment. Come Join Us!

Kitty Hawk Kites is a one stop Kiteboarding Destination offering Kiteboarding lessons, retail sales, waterfront accomodation, eatery and gear rentals all from its incredible 15,000 sq ft retail location in Cape Hatteras!

For more information contact Chris Moore from Kitty Hawk Kites or visit them online! Waves Village, Kitty Hawk Kites.

Adding Kitty Hawk to our already amazing dealer base will give Ocean Rodeo an incredibly strong presence on the east coast and a real boost in an area known as a popular destination for North American and European riders!

We look forward to a long and successful relationship with Kitty Hawk and welcome them to the Crew!

Ocean Rodeo now available in Greece!

Ocean Rodeo is proud to announce the latest addition to the Crew, KiteClub.gr.

KiteClub.gr has long been Greece's largest and best kite community forum and is now Ocean Rodeo's latest outlet for our high quality, consumer driven equipment in Europe.

Ocean Rodeo is delighted to be working with KiteClub.gr and very much looks forward to working with the forum and it's community to welcome that community into the Crew environment of Ocean Rodeo as part of our larger community focus on riders, their needs and their desires as they relate to kiteboarding equipment. The Crew is a massive part of Ocean Rodeo's huge success and KiteClub.gr's community of riders come with open arms into our family of riders and enthusiasts.

KiteClub.gr is open for business. If you live in Greece or Europe and are looking for Ocean Rodeo equipment please drop by their site or email them directly for information about our amazing 2010 line up of equipment!

Yvan comes from a competitive windsurfing background but is today a certified IKO Instructor as well as the owner of mykitebeach.ca, a local forum for east coast kiteboarders.

Yvan's windsurfing background was started at a very young age when his father opened one of Canada's first windsurfing schools. From those early roots Yvan went on to compete internationally with many top five finishes.

Today, as the owner and operator of MyKiteBeach.ca Yvan has worked hard to foster development of kiteboarding on the Canadian East Coast. For him it is a lifestyle as much as a hobby and he loves nothing more than to take his family to South East New Brunswick for a kite trip and a chance to share some time on the beach and by the water.

Yvan comes to us as a new rep after years of exposure to Ocean Rodeo and an admiration for our brand and it's products. If you live on the Canadian Eastern Seaboard please feel free to contact Yvan today at yvan@oceanrodeo.com!

I was in Vancouver at a pub when he won gold and the whole city went off...it was out of this world.

Ya Man!! You Killed It!!

FUll photo gallery: http://www.jeremietronet.com/trips/punta/

Three weeks ago, while filming in Brazil, Mallory Hersart de la Villemarqué, http://www.malloryprokiter.com called me on skype an afternoon and told me that he had found a good deal to go to Cape Verde and surf Punta Preta. The problem was that the departure was only 2 days after I would be back from Brazil and I had several things to do, but the idea of  a trip to Cape Verde and the mytic wave of Punta Pretta was to good to ignore. So, in 10 min, after a quick call to Ocean Rodeo, we booked our flights and were ready for our first real trip together.

Manu Morel, http://www.manumorel.com very talented kite photographer would be part of our trip. I was really exited as I had already met Manu in St Marteen several years ago, and I always been  impressed by his work in all the kite magazines worldwide.

2 weeks later we were on our way to Sal island, famous for it's amazing wave conditions at Punta Preta. Mallory and I flew from Nice where he is now studying, and Manu came from Montpelier.

Thanks to Fun and Fly who arranged our stay on the island, we arrived at the Morabeza hotel http://www.hotelmorabeza.com which welcomed us right of the airport. We had a super nice room well located close to a nice  Surf spot, a kite spot, the center of santa Maria ( the town) and punta preta where we can see the brakes from the road  ! The perfect location for us. You can go out at night,  surf and kite the same day.

The first day of our trip, we met Mitu Monteiro, wave KPWT world champion last season, he lives there and knows all the best kite and surf spots, he would be our guide for this nice trip.

After renting a 4 wheel drive  to load all our gear, we first went to surf punta preta as the wind wasn't very strong. The right brake is amazing, I 'm not so use to surf rights, but this was a perfect opportunity for me to train  and surf backside.

The next days the wind was pretty consistent, and using the same board, strapless, we went out me on my 8 m ocean rodeo and Mallory on his 7. This is when Mitu did the show on the water and showed us what strapless kite surfing means. He was ripping the wave, getting in all barrels etc .... a very impressive rider !

We had a lot of fun  the next days, kiting this amazing wave, and scoring some pretty good wipe out.

The next days, to show the full potential of Sal island, we went to explore some freestyle spots and had some pretty good sessions in kitebeach ( the main freestyle kite spot) offering a lot of nice kickers. But the main surprise came from punta lema, a long rock strip offering the perfect flat water spot with sometime nice kickers coming in. It was to tempting not to use my bindings and we went out for a really nice freestyle session.

The next days the wind went down a little so we decided to explore other islands around Sal, so we flew down to Sao Vicente , the whole team together, Mallory, Mitu, manu, me and Alex Caizergues and his girl friend Marie .

We had a lot of fun trying to  discover some new waves on the north shore and score a couple nice surf session.

I'm now back in the south of France for few days, I finally got my laptop back from warranty, so I'll be able to sort out all the pictures and videos from this trip.

Thanks to Manu Morel for the amazing pictures and the filming.

Have a look at the web selection of the pictures before to find the exclusive shots on your favorite magazines:

 http://www.jeremietronet.com/trips/punta/

Fresh off the presses, check out the new Ocean Rodeo Video page by clicking here or visiting our home page and following the links to Video!

The new page allows for users to watch a host of Ocean Rodeo videos as well as upload their own!

Be the first to share your videos with the Ocean Rodeo Crew!

Enjoy!

Fresh off the heels of another sucessful La Ventana Kite XPO Evan and I are on our way to the airport now.

After a couple nervouse opening days without wind this year's event finished in spectacular fashion with 2 great days of wind, competition and demos. The 2010 equipment was a huge draw as Evan and I found ourselves inundated with interest in the newest Ocean Rodeo gear. 2010 promises to be an excellent year for Ocean Rodeo riders if pubic interest in our products is even half an indication of the gear's performance.

Having now attended this event 4 years in a row I can say Marina and Tim have their system polished up and tight. This year's event was well managed and attended. Certainly those of you wondering if next year will be worth the trip will not be dissapointed as each year just seems to get better and better, including the local food on offer with a number of new restuarants open this year over last, including sushi and smoked marlin!

The course racing was an awesome public spectacle as was the big air competition, both adding to the enjoyment available to those who came to demo equipment!

Here's a photo of one of the newest raceboards to hit the waters, riders interested in ordering an Ocean Rodeo Custom Race Series Board please contact your local shops! We are taking orders now!

John and Evan from the Baja.

Ocean Rodeo hits La Ventana's Kite XPO 2010

Evan and John reporting in from Ocean Rodeo HQ here isn La Ventana Mexico, aka Palapas Ventana's front deck looking out to the La Ventana Bay.

Weather here in Ventana for the last 2 days has been, well, dissapointing. The paddle boarders have been loving it, that's all that can be said for the complete lack of sailable winds. However, as I type this I am enjoying a Palapa Ventana coffee breakfast looking out towards the Ventana Island and have just watched a fleet of pongas set sail accross the straight to drop off the participants in this year's island crossing event. Held in conjunction with the Kite XPO each year the La Ventana Classic is a mash up of an island crossing race, course race, beer bong fest, big air competition and - of course - an opportunity to raise money for the local school and hospital. Last year's event raised a little over $18,000 and this year seems to be even better attended, so hopes are high.

Demos should be running this afternoon if the north winds return and will be on for sure tomorrow with the forcast calling for strong north winds all day. It would have been ideal for this weather pattern to have pushed off a few days earlier but that is the nature of our sport! Plenty of time to soak up a tan and chat about the gear in the mean time!

We will blog more as the event unfolds and will be back in the office early next week with a warm glow of baja sun and knowing we've helped raise money for the local school and hospital and shown the world - again - just what amazing gear Ross and Richard have dreamt up for us all to enjoy!

John Z

Photo gallery from Brazil + Brand new canon 7D !

Hey guys, what have I been doing this past month here in Brazil, Cumbuco ? Nothing constructive! hehe

I have spent my days chillin in some of the nicest apartments in Cumbuco and training in the Cauipe lagoon offering a nice flat water spot. So life had been pretty easy for us the past 2 months as I had done most of the 2010 Ocean Rodeo product shooting in Egypt before we flew down here to Cumbuco !

I now have a really nice buggy with a cool sound system to annoy everybody sitting around the lagoon every day with some cool Caribbean tunes !

But the lazy time is now over ! But what's taking place is even better, I just received my brand new Canon 7D. This camera is insane as it offers a great full HD filming feature allowing us to shoot with all my photo lenses.... The photos are also very nice with the new sensor and the 8 frame /secondes ! And no I'm not sponsored by Canon, but stoked to start shooting with this camera. Hopefully my next videos will benefit of a better filming quality.

Tom Court http://www.tomcourt.com and Susi Mai both pro riders for North (Tom)  and Cabrinha (Susi) have spent 2 weeks with us in the apartment on the beach. We had a super great time all together with Linn, working on a Brazil travel story for kite magazines and some video shooting for my next video projects.

We came up with some sick shots and I think the story will come out really good.

Here is a small photo gallery of some of the pictures we took down here, you can also see "The buggy" : http://www.jeremietronet.com/photos/cumbuco

Tom and Susi just left for a downwinder but will  come back down here to shoot extra stuff with us.

So for the next day I'm gonna try and practise shooting videos on the 7D and hopefully end up with some sick videos clips.

I'm starting to plan 2 or 3 kitecamps for 2010, in some of the sickest spots. I will keep you posted, so don't book your next holidays already.

don't forget to keep an eye at http://www.jeremietronet.com for the latest videos and photos

After 11 nights of fierce competition it all came down to the last night. Series leaders Chip Wasson and Jeff Kafka were away on a kite trip in Fiji(poor little fellas)and the penalty points they picked up put them out of the running for 1st.

Going into the last last race it was a tie between Stefaans and Geoff Headington(Ozone)and whoever won this last night took the season trophy.