# @luftgekuhlt on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-04-14T00:02:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Luftgekühlt ®️ (@Luftgekuhlt) — https://gondola.cc/Luftgekuhlt

## Caption

The A|W Chronicle, Part 1: The Beginning

April 30, 2023. The day after Luft 9.

The decommissioned naval shipyard at Mare Island had just hosted over a thousand air-cooled Porsches and 12,000 people from 48 states and 22 countries. The gates had closed. And Patrick Long was ready to open a different door entirely.

Air|Water was born the following morning on the same ground. A natural next chapter from the team behind Luftgekühlt, built around a simple but far-reaching idea: the full Porsche story deserved its own stage. Every era. Every platform. Race and street, vintage and modern, air-cooled and water-cooled, two-door and four.

Patrick had spent nearly 20 years as a Porsche factory driver. His career began behind the wheel of a 996. He understood what the water-cooled generation meant to the people who had always loved Porsche but never quite had a gathering to call their own. Transaxle owners. Boxster drivers. GT3 devotees. Cayenne and Taycan owners finding their place in the culture for the first time.

The first Air|Water brought a new format and foundation to be built upon. Interactive building exhibits. A live auction. Expanded Partner activations. New builders, artists, and enthusiasts alongside familiar faces. As Patrick put it, “it was our chance to take away a bit of the mystique and welcome in a new Porsche experience to the broader audience.”

That was the beginning, with a focus on building something unique for new and old alike.

The fourth edition is two weeks away. April 25. Costa Mesa, CA. 

Tickets at air-water.com, link in bio.

#Luft #AirWater #Porsche

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