A good windy few days!

A top few days of sailing just recently, it's quite nice when the wind gods do decide to blow!  I managed to get a bunch of days on the water up the road at Rhosniegr, we had a mix from side shore to onshore and even some starboard tack sailing.

 Nice Little one handed backloop above and below, working on my jumps for the Canaries events that aren't too far away now. 

 Dave came out sailing too, i saw him get some decent jumps and this Taka too

Thorpy made it up, testing out some of his K4 fins, he took all the sailing pix, so i stole some of his website pix and couldn't help stick this one of him on, ripping! unfortunately that wasn't Rhossy!

I Like this sequence below, i had a few really nice waves that day, i get a really good tail slide before bringing it back around and carrying on.  

I made a Taka similar to this too, i had the longest reverse slide ever! it seemed to go for ages, i was able to carry it on and control the slide for a good 3 or 4 seconds before moving the rig across a bit and finishing it off, it was pretty sweet, i was laughing at how long the slide was! must have looked funny from the beach.

British Wavesailing Association: Ireland. Round 2: Final Results

Just on the boat home after the BWA ireland round 2 event.  We managed to complete a double elimination again so it's 2 results in 2 contests which is pretty good for us considering the lack of wind there's been leading up to this week!

Pic: Si Crowther - Facebook - Double elimination

The single elimination was tiny in all honesty! and very light, with a sketchy forecast ahead the judges pushed hard in very marginal conditions, as perhaps the heaviest and tallest person in the final it was particularly challenging to make the most of the small wave but i was on my JP 92 Twinser Quad and my Gaastra 5.7 IQ again, i made the best of what i could and was second at the end of it, although i was a bit embarrassed having to bash knee high white water to rack up the points..

The double elimination had somewhat better conditions and was actually pretty good for a time for the early rounds in the double elimination, they had 5.0 side off head high, as the contest progressed the wind swung to side onshore and dropped again, we continued to push as the waves were still well contestable.

I sailed the double elimination final again on my JP 92 Twinser Quad, when it's side onshore and light it's nice to have a board with plenty of volume and still pretty radical for turning.  My Gaastra 5.7 IQ is rapidly becoming my new most used sail! it's good to have a sail that's light, powerful and manoeuvrable too.

I caught a few good waves and was getting some nice smacks watching the wave wall up and making the most of the steep sections, unfortunately i think i fell on one of my bigger waves and didn't really bank the wave scores i should.  In fairness ben sailed a solid heat and took the win.

So after 2 rounds we're tied on a win each and a 2nd place each, with all to play for going into the last 2 events in the autumn.

British Wavesailing Association: Wales Round 1: Final Results

Phil Horrocks wins BWA Rhosneigr 2011

A Top event in Rhosneigr, We had some good waves, Chest high, mostly pretty onshore 5.3 and 5.7 but it was quite good fun on the outgoing tide, there were enough waves to make it happen and the judges pushed through a full double elimination.  Things went well for me and i came through to take the win which was pretty good considering how difficult it was.

I used my JP 82 and 92 Kauli Twinser Quad for all the heats with either my Gaastra 5.3 manic in the strongest heats or my 5.7 IQ in the lighter ones.

It's nice to have big gear that you can comfortably ride and makes pretty average conditions good fun to sail in.

Results:

1st – Phil Horrocks

2nd – Ben Proffitt

3rd – Andy ‘Bubble’ Chambers

4th – Adam Lewis

BWA Rhosneigr top 3