BWA Ireland Amateur wave champion

Got back from Ireland a couple weeks ago and had an amusing trip... check the boards mag for a full write up on that by George and Muzza from team tushingham. In short, a lot of emptying eachothers vans, turning things upside down, putting wheelie bins in vans, playing golf, windsurfing, windsurfing, windsurfing, surfing, pub, pub, egging and prizes!

Yeh so I won the event,  I think it was a good call to go in the Amateurs although having previously competed in the pros as I got a lot of heats and more importantly I got to experience my first double elimination come back, finally beating Scotty McDowell twice.

Check pic below taken by Mike Archer, one of the bigger waves of the week...

1st UKWA Freestyle Round 1, Poole!

So the event had about 15 knots maximum of wind and that was for about 2 minutes once we had all packed up and finished for the weekend... either way it was good to catch up with people and see how things are going to be for the up coming year.

So Saturday we did a bit of professional mincing which was pretty ideal after sending it hard the night before, then we sacked it in and did some turfdogging for a while, shredding up the concrete down at sandbanks! Then crashed at Al and Nick Bentley's place, had a goooooood meal and a late start the next morning thanks to a few bottles of wine! Got down to the beach to some light winds on Sunday but we gave it a shot and they ran some heats. Al and I were drawing after the first two heats so it was down to the final round, somehow I managed to get planning a couple of times and put in a semi e-slider...if you can call it that.... and a radical duck tack, then a few geckos, upwind 360's and clew first upwind 360's later and I managed to nab it! Unfortunately Sam Neal got stuck in a bit of a tacking trance and came consistently third, good consistency though.

Anyway a fun weekend and still really enjoy going to events even when there is no wind, always something to do. Thanks to Trevor Funnel and the team for organising it all and Duncan and Hugo for judging.

Wales next weekend, then Ireland! Hopefully get some pics for then and maybe some video if I can get a new camcorder in time (left my other one in Funny Mummy's Restaurant in Dahab...)!

Pimp my ride anyone....

So just before I went away I got my van wrapped in a Matt black vinyl, its a very quick way of getting your van colour changed and cheaper than anything else, unless of course you spray it yourself. Anyway at first I was pretty unsure when I first saw it, but then it only took a day or so for it to sink in and I reckon anything beats a white van, although I guess I no longer have an excuse for driving like a absolute pen15!!

Anyway I took them less than a day to do and cost a good part under a grand. If anyone is thinking about getting it done though, book your van/car in for the sunniest hottest day you can, as the vinyl shrinks when it gets hot, causing it to grip tighter to the panels, but it does pull the edges in. It's not been too much of a problem except for one corner which has pulled itself in to show some of the white underneath.

Got a few extra bits for the outside coming, but one thing it seriously needs is some alloys... any ideas/donations...

El Tur 2010

Been in Egypt for something like a month now, had some massively windy days and not many days of now windsurfing, we made a tactical trip to Dahab for a few days a week ago which paid off with some nice 5.2 conditions! Then a couple days off just after I sliced my toe open on my footstrap screw which exploded out as I landed a burner dead flat...always favourite!

Had a brilliant time so far with my girlfriend being out here for two weeks for the last two weeks, but she has left just now! Two weeks of intense practice now and then home for a bit before heading out to Fuerteventura!

All in all having a good time and learning some new moves, watch out for vid soon!

Xpression - DVD Trailer and news!

So here is a link to the first Xpression DVD, named the imaginative Project ONE...(leaving it open a bit for possible future plans) and this is an Xpressions

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE TRAILER

It's nothing to rave about, none of this four dimensions malarky but it is a lot of good moves by a lot of good sailors who you may hear about in the mags and online and not really get to see very much. A few of these vids have gone up online already but this is a collaboration of all the UK Freestyle windsurfers on one disc, in one place and some bonus footage, including unseen rider videos, move clips and a short movie dedicated to the UK freestylers who trained hard in Brazil this winter.

This is just the trailer...the DVD is available as of Friday 19th March. So to pre-order please get in touch with myself or willy@freestylexpression.co.uk

The final cost is £6.75 for the DVD all proceeds go to covering costs of the manufacturing of the DVD and   if there are any profits then these will be put into the running of the freestylexpression.co.uk site and their meet ups!

Enjoy...

Reality

Been getting down to a bit of hardcore work action at the moment...real fun!

Outside of that I went down to Portsmouth a couple weekends ago for their wave event....shame the wind didn't really show up except for a twenty minute squall... Did some intense turfdogging though, couple of pics below!

Been out windsurfing 3 times in 3 months now... keep telling myself the break is doing me good. Tried to go out again today but wind wasn't quite there, it was stupdily cold and shore dumpy! Also kept telling myself I'm going to be in Egypt in two weeks, out there for 5 weeks. Also booked up some of my summer with a week in Pozo and a month in Sotavento, Fuerteventura.

Not much windsurfing then but I have been pimping my van instead. Got it wrapped in a Matt Black vinyl and changed the interior a lot, no bed anymore. Wasn't convinced with the new colour at first, but love it now, I'll throw up some pics soon.

Working on a movie for Uk freestylers, had issues as my mac broke down on me and I only just got it back. Also a Student Surfari I am organising through Centaur Travel for anyone who wants to be a student, is a student or feels the have a right to hang out with the young windsurf folk (most people who windsurf then...) CLICK HERE to be taken to the facebook group for it!!!

Can't wait to get to Egypt now!!!!!!!

KIT FOR SALE, get in touch if interested, email: adam.k669@live.co.uk!!

Home and not a whole lot of wind..

Been home for a while now, celebrated New Years pretty well with a 48 hour party and had a nice Christmas with the family and girlfriend, Emily.

With not too much going on I've decided to set myself a classic New Years resolution...get fit! I'm going to make sure I go out for a run or to the gym at least 4 times a week with the aim to be 5 times a week. Surprisingly the amount of fitness I've done in the last year and a half has consisted of nothing but windsurfing... and anyway I hear from the mighty Jem Hall that fitness is good for your windsurfing, so here we go!

As for windsurfing, well that will happen as often as possible when it's windy.

Hopefully get some more clips up from Jeri on here soon, some crashes and random lifestyling...

Next trip Egypt early easter...