Pozo part 1

We finished the single elimination yesterday. Went pretty badly for
me. I came up against a ripping Musso and lost on a split decision.
Didn't sail my best which was a little frustrating, but there is
always the double for an amazing comeback! Nayra meanwhile sailed
brilliantly to take 3rd place. Her riding is a class of her own and
she also nailed backloops in every heat. The highlight however has to
be Philip winning his first PWA final. Having watched the kid grow up,
learning to use footstraps, doing his first forwards and now, just a
couple of years later, putting on without doubt the greatest show ever
in a Pozo final. Victor was unbeaten here for 3 years until yesterday
and sailed superbly, but yesterday, Philip was another level.
Felicidades Philip!

Headcam video

Had some really fun sailing the last few days and have been trying to
get lots of video footage together to make a nice clip at the end of
the summer. Was using the Predator VX360 Head cam the other day and
also have a nice mast mount to use it with too. It will be really nice
to have lots of angles, so cant wait to put it all together. In the
meantime I am working on a video from this spring, with some amazing
heli footage from Maui, plus some extreme action from the UK events.
Hopefully coming soon. Thanks to Oli Maier for the pic.

360

Thanks to Dani Miguel for this great shot from Pozo the other day.
Bit of a break out here now as the waves have died off. Forecast is
looking good again for the next few days though.

Wind and waves!

Well finally after what seems to have been the worst June in the
history of Gran Canaria, the conditions have switched on. I had a fun
sail at Vargas on Thursday and then scored Pozo with not too many
people yesterday. I sailed with Philip Koester on both days and he is
sailing so unbelievably well. I saw a perfect pushloop forward off a
pretty average sized wave. He made it look to easy! It will be
interesting to see how he finishes in the contest, but whatever
happens, I sure dont want him in my heat!! More of the same today, so
I am off to the beach.

Boards Cover

Just had delivery of the new Boards magazine and I got the cover.
Obviously really happy about it, bit of a stupid face, but that is
standard for me!! Nayra also got a nice DPS in there too. Still not
much happening out in GC. Its gone glassy again in the north, but
unfortunately this time it is completely flat! Looking good for next
week though.

Surfing and Supping

Had a very strange week in Gran Canaria. Summer time is normally
howling. 4.0 weather everyday and bleeding hands! This last week
though was more like winter time with glassy surfing conditions on the
North shore. We were spending about 5 or 6 hours on the water every
day either surfing or SUPing, or most days both. Had a fun session
with Boujma and Bjorn at a fun longboard spot and also got a chance to
SUP at some of the better waves on the north. Just me and Nayra out
catching SOOOO many waves. Really fun! Now it looks like the wind
patten is back, so back to windsurfing this week. Still not much in
the way of waves at Pozo, but hopefully it will get better soon.

Morocco video

This was the video I put together from our Wave Camp in Morocco. Filmed almost entirely on the Predator VX360 because our other camera broke. Enjoy.

PWA Press officer

Wow, what a week. Had a last minute call to fill in as press officer
for the PWA in Costa Brava. Was pretty hard work even though there
wasn't much wind. Seemed to be writing from 10am to 11pm, flat out.
Guess it was a good experience though and made a few Euro's!! Now back
to GC, cant wait.