Kicking off 2010 Egyptian style

My coaching tour for 2010 has kicked off in style, after a busy month or so in the office it was off to El Tur for my first clinic of the year and it was very international in feel. Thanks to my Austrian, 2 Dutch, 4 Irish and 6 British peops for making it such a fab week and for working so hard.

We had about 4 days of planing and 2 of light wind training which was perfect. First gybes were made, stances got faster but sorry boys the girls improved the most : )

The group were loving the RRD boards and Ezzy sails. They had a few spins on my new Panther 2 and Freeride 4 and were amazed by the lightness, stability and huge wind range. The crew spent a lot of time on the bigger RRD FSWS like the 111 and 120 which gave them a huge wind range and were the perfect platform to learn or perfect their gybes on. When the winds got lighter people were training on the evolutions or take the Fire Race for a spin with a big sail.

Thanks to www.oceansource.net for all the toys and to Phil, Dan and Danielle for being excellent hosts and for getting me some of the great pics you can see right here.

PS If you want to catch some of my technique articles then please check out the Boards mag site.

I have the last few places available in Rhodes this June, and in Mauritius on Sept 22nd.

Brazil nuts

Just back from my Jeri, Brazil clinic where i got out on my new Panther 2’s. They have all the awesome virtues of the previous Panther and now feel smoother and lighter, due to the new material in the centre of the sail. I think you will agree they also look more visually striking too !!
Off to Cape Town next : )

If you want some coaching then please join me on a clinic this year, but book early as they are selling out quick
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Punta San Carlos, Baja, Mexico goes off

Jems PSC, Baja Crew

A very good day to you all and I hope you have enjoyed some water time in the time since my last post. I am just back from my inaugural clinic to Punta San Carlos / Baja, Mexico courtesy of Solosports and then my usual September Rhodes mission. I must apologise for this pic heavy long post but I think you will agree that it is worth it and that both my clients and the photographers: Clark Merrit (Solosports) and Gary Lawton (client ) have surpassed themselves.

As you can gather PSC went off, best ever, oh my god, and many other superlatives that perhaps would be less PC. We had great wind and an amazing swell, my crew of 10 from all around the world truly went hard at it hard The interesting fact is that of the 10, 8 of them were BUILT IN RHODES, and so if you have the fundamentals right then your wavesailing will rip – plane early, sail fast, fly upwind, look where you go, get low and keep the boom away – it’s all there. Thanks to all of my Baja beauties for a great week / 2 weeks and purely for giving it their best and attacking the lip with passion. And the surfing and SUping was also amazing!! I will be back to PSC NEXT YEAR on Aug 21 – 28 2010.

I am just getting sme pix back from my 2 week coaching clinic in Rhodes and will post on this next. I am now off to Brandon Bay, Ireland for my WINNER TO WAVESAILOR WAVE COACHING CLINIC and then it will be Marvelous Mauritius. If you want to rip then come join me and get your windsurfing performance enhanced : )

True Brit – south coast action

Had the chance to catch up on some top Uk action recently. We had a pretty bad June by all accounts as i was coaching in Rhodes at this time. But July has stepped up and given us heaps of wind, some sun and some good old english rain : )

Some weekends even saw 3 days in a row and I bet there were some pretty broken people at work on the Monday. Even when the  waves are small it is still great to throw some down some big forwards and backies and seek out the odd wave smack and still enjoy all the crashes that will inevitably come out of this

In these pics I am using the new RRD FSW 96 and it was ripping, it is faster, looser and jumps higher than the previous years RRD FSW’S which majored on control, smooth sailing and sweet carves. It was 4.2 weather but on my 4.7 i just cranked on the downhaul  until the inside swoosh was loose and then fired on the outhaul. The top end of the panther is just amazing and you must try it out rather than changing down sometimes.

I am off to Punta San Carlos on August 14th for a shoot and my first wave clinic there – can’t wait ..

I will get you some pics and a report from there. Live life with passion : )

Jem

Technique series in Czech mag

Article on JemArticle on JemWell I have been off my blog for too long so here is a look at an interview and my new technique series in a Czech mag.

Article on Jem

I will post again soon some pics oy my clients enjoying the ezzy freeride 3 out in Rhodes in June and July. I have just had the chance to get out on the infinity 3 7.5 and was blown away by how easy it is to rig, sail and just go suuuuper faaaaast on it. The sail comes with 3 sets of cams fro sdm, rdm and medium thickness masts and a guide as to how best use them and you can use without as well : )

The sail went down a storm at a recent demo in Yorkshire, England. so cheerio for now but i will post more soon. Punta San Carlos and my inaugural wave clinic beckons in August – bring it on
enjoy,
Jem