Hey, Just back from Cape Town which was amazing. Some great days and lots of Ezzy Panthers on view. The wind is mainly 4.7 weather but on this sail you must use it in 10 to 30 knots so the huge untuned range of the sail was just so awesome for keeping me in control in riding and jumps.

The water is cold, the waves are sweet and most of Europe goes there to train / holiday for the winter. There are so many spots that you score some sailing almost every day if you are willing to drive. One of my favourites is Platboom in the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve, but be careful of the baboons.

Thanks to Suntrax out there who lent me a sail and a re doing a great job as our NEW Ezzy retailer.

Sorry for not getting more blogs up but I will get some pics and news on Mauritius and Brazil soon. Hope to see you on a clinic in Baja on Aug 21 – 29 this year or somewhere else.

Thanks to Liz from Cape Sessions for the Pix.

October Ireland action

Every autumn my coaching clinic tour sees me heading off to the west coast of Ireland to Brandon Bay in the county of Kerry where my clients and I are guests of Jamie Knox at his infamous lodge. Throughout the week i cover getting out, selecting waves and how to ride them in style. We also get a chance to go surfing / SUPing when the wind takes a break. Its unique geography allows you to side to side off wind in almost every wind direction and it picks up heaps of Atlantic swell. The local scenery is breathtaking and although it is a tad cold it is one of my favourite clinics of the year. 

I also get the chance to give my clients a spin on the Ezzy wave panthers and freewaves and the joy RRd boards which always go down a treat. Get yourself out there sometime or come and join me on a clinic. The dates for 2009 are October 3 – 10. Waves, wind, Guinness and good times are guaranteed. 

I hope to get some Mauritius and Brazil pix up here soon so stay tuned. Thanks to Tim for making the post about my Boardseeker technique series. Now please let’s have some warms South Westerlies in the UK : – )

Freestyle Series in Boardseeker

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Sweet shots from Rhodes

Hi there, just back from Rhodes in September and it was great to be coaching and freesailing with the Panthers and to see alot of my clients enjoying them as well.

My first group were well up for the loops so there was plenty of carnage but in the end some successful attempts. I did some more shots on the 7.0 freeride which was holding it together in 5.0 winds!

Please enjoy these nice shots from back in June from www.nuralikushkov.com, my good Danish friend. Meanwhile i will work through the freeride shots and post some up at a later date.

Freewave is rocking

After using the new Ezzy Freewaves in 5.8 and 5.2 quite a bit whilst out coaching in Rhodes and enjoying them so much i was itching to get out on the 6.3 which was back in the UK. The 6.3 had the same attributes as the other freewaves – smooth power delivery, very stable, light in the hands and an excellent tuning range. The fact that the sail has less shape than the 08 wave SE and 09 wave panther meant it was very easy for freestyle and for flipping in gybes. With the boom length coming down in both the freewave and the wave panther in the bigger sizes (6.3 to 5.2) they feel really throwabout. 

Out in Rhodes my lighter riders and the freestylers who are part of Team Seasprite were loving the easy power and control through their moves and will definitely be slipping a freewave in to their quiver, alongside the panthers of course.  

What also rocks is the new VTS which allows you to see exactly how to trim the sail and this is also present on the new freeride sail from Ezzy. 

I am eagerly waiting for my production wave panthers now so i can test them out and enjoy them in full alongside my NEW RRD twinfins out in Baja. I am going there with solo sports for my first trip – excited is not the word. 

pic ; Rob Ferneyhough