SA Full Power

What a trip this has been so far. Full power is the only way to describe it. Full power wind at times, and full power testing. We started with the new Wave Cults, and together with Jem we tried everything in every wind, including some pretty extreme light wind boards. Then all the new sail proto types arrived so the testing moved on to that. In the middle there has been fin, boom, mast and mast extension tests going on, so its been busy busy. Thankfully everything is working really well, in fact so well that we brought Whitey out here to do the final destruction testing. Everything passed with flying colours except some boom clamp rope that left him swimming in some of the most shark infested waters on the planet! At the same time as all this we have had some amazing conditions out here. Big swell and good riding, fun jump sessions, flat water freeride blasting, and just about everything else in between. We still have another week to go, and the forecast looks really good once again. This place really does rule!

Cape Town

Its been pretty quiet here in GC. No wind and not much surf either, but we are off to Cape Town in a week, so cant wait for that. I have all the new RRD boards and sails to test, so will be lots to do. I think we should have 4 new sail models to test and a new line of wave boards. Also at the end of the trip we are having our usual wave adventure experience. If you fancy joining us for a week and get to sail all the best Cape Town spots get in touch with Oceansource.net. And check the video from last years trip.

SA Adventure Wave Camp

Last year I did my first Adventure Wave camp in Cape Town and it turned out to be a huge success. Despite a terrible forecast we were mobile and managed to catch every puff of wind in the area and sailed every day. The format worked great with a van, a trailer and a small group who all just wanted to sail as much as possible and have some fun along the way. This year we are organising the same thing and have just 2 spaces left. If you are interested in joining us, contact oceansource.net for more info.

Happy New Year

Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Here in GC its not been the best for conditions, but still we have been on the water a lot. Mainly surfing and bit of SUP action too. This week looks much better with plenty of waves coming and maybe some wind with it too. Best wishes for 2012, hope everyone has plenty of wind and waves.

Busy, busy!

Its been a hectic couple of weeks since getting back to GC, including a day trip to Copenhagen, plus 4 days in Italy at RRD HQ. In between however the conditions have been pretty good. A couple of fun 'summer' style sailing days at Pozo and Vargas, plus of course some good surf, on my very nice new RRD surf boards. Thanks to Julio Leon for the photo, there were also some good ones from Ele. Nayra also persuaded me to go for a trek in the mountains. Its true that we don't do much other than water based stuff, so it was really nice to do something a bit different. The mountains and scenery in centre of GC are incredible, which is a shame as most windsurfers don't get to see much outside Pozo normally. We climbed a few pretty steep hills and are now paying the price with some very sore legs. Still it was worth it.... but not sure I will be doing it again in a hurry!

Early Christmas and finally back home!

Its becoming a tradition now that every year we have an early English Christmas with my family. It costs so much to fly home at Christmas, so we do a fake one instead. This year it was Sunday the 27th, and we had the full deal. Christmas dinner, crackers, presents and of course all the decorations up. Was a really nice day, with my sister and her family there too. Now finally we are back in GC and its great. Had some amazing surf already, and even a little sail on the Northshore. I missed the best of it whilst unpacking all my stuff and putting footstraps and fins on, but it was still fun. Today I have a 24 trip to Denmark, but then its straight back home and hopefully some wind and/or waves. Thanks to www.ffotosports.com for the photo.

Last few days in Maui

Coming to the end of our Maui trip. We have had wind everyday I think, only problem has been slightly less waves than usual. Still cant really complain as we have been wave sailing nearly everyday, and despite taking a couple of rest days I think we must have sailed 24/28 days! The last few days look like they could be really good, so hoping for a few final epic sessions. Also have to say thanks to the guys at MAMBO. We have had a couple of really nice dinners there, plus they hosted the Maui Premier of the Minds Wide Open movie, which was amazing!

Nayra ripping

Its been pretty nice out here in Maui. Lots of wind and some fun waves too. I think we could have sailed everyday so far, which is a pretty good stat. My lovely wife just put together a sick new video, check it out. She is ripping!