Monthly Archives: April 2010 - Page 8

How To

Wannabe A Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Boosting Better Forwards

In this instalment of his comprehensive series examining every aspect of wavesailing, Jem Hall looks to inject your forward loops with a serious performance boost… Let’s...

Wannabe A Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Boosting Better Forwards
News

BSA Tenby Slalom, Easter 2010

Supported by Tushingham, Starboard and Rat Rigs, here’s a great little movie of this season’s first big event way out in Pembrokeshire, West Wales: “Mix of...

BSA Tenby Slalom, Easter 2010
How To

Wannabe A Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Letting Go

In this instalment of his comprehensive series examining every aspect of wavesailing, Jem Hall looks to ignite your forward loops with the one-handed variation… You should...

Wannabe A Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Letting Go
Intermediate

Bodywise With Simon Bornhoft: Part 1

In this series Simon Bornhoft reveals the secrets of windsurfing body mechanics. How we angle, hold, reposition and ‘mould’ our body on a board has...

Bodywise With Simon Bornhoft: Part 1
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Wannabe A Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Letting Go-The Sequel!

In this instalment of his comprehensive series examining every aspect of wavesailing, Jem Hall looks to upgrade your back loops with the one-handed variation… Many of...

Wannabe A Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Letting Go-The Sequel!
Intermediate

Bodywise With Simon Bornhoft: Part 2: I Like The Way You Move!

Simon Bornhoft examines how we can use our body most effectively to create controlled acceleration and make better use of the rig’s power in marginal...

Bodywise With Simon Bornhoft: Part 2: I Like The Way You Move!
News

Forum down from 9am: normal service will resume shortly...

We’ve been warned that from about 9 o’clock his morning, Tuesday 13 April, the forums will be temporarily suspended. The technically minded might understand the...

Forum down from 9am: normal service will resume shortly...
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Wannabe a Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Letting Go... Completely!

In this instalment of his comprehensive series examining every aspect of wavesailing, Jem Hall rounds his hands-free trilogy off with a no-handed jump. Word on the...

Wannabe a Wavesailor With Jem Hall: Letting Go... Completely!
Intermediate

Bodywise Part 3 with Simon Bornhoft: The Point of Pressure!

Simon Bornhoft looks into effective use of our body when we seek to gain control and cope with rapid acceleration. If ever there was a time...

Bodywise Part 3 with Simon Bornhoft: The Point of Pressure!
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Wannabe a Wavesailor with Jem Hall: By A Nose

Yes, the jumping onslaught continues! Summer’s smaller waves may not deliver classic riding conditions, but they’re perfect for logging some airtime. But before we get to...

Wannabe a Wavesailor with Jem Hall: By A Nose
Intermediate

Bodywise Part 4: Look, Lean and Lever

Simon Bornhoft looks into how we can increase our ability to commit to transitions and create maximum leverage over our kit. Photos by Karen Bornhoft...

Bodywise Part 4: Look, Lean and Lever
News

George Shillito dons GUL wetsuits

Up and coming British wavesailing talent and Team Tushingham stalwart, George Shillito has been recently snapped up by Cornish wetsuit brand, Gul International, to keep...

George Shillito dons GUL wetsuits
Intermediate

Bodywise with Simon Bornhoft: Flexing, Folding and Falling

Simon Bornhoft looks at how our body position has a massive impact on our strength and control over a rig. e’ve covered lighter winds, strong winds...

Bodywise with Simon Bornhoft: Flexing, Folding and Falling
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Wannabe a Wavesailor with Jem Hall: Circuits

Well, the forecast for 2009 being the hottest summer on record turned out to be nonsense, and as I write we’ve just had one of...

Wannabe a Wavesailor with Jem Hall: Circuits
Magazine

Issue 260

Covershot: Two of the Boards Test Team hard at work in Dahab, by Dave White features IN FOCUS Our celebration of windsurfing’s finest exponents of photography continues with...

Issue 260
News

Noble's W4CR at Rutland

Doubtless plenty more announcements of plenty more Sunrise to Sunset charity events coming soon. But, complementing the headline Hayling Island event, here’s news of a...

Noble's W4CR at Rutland
Videos

Hookipa highest backloop competition

From our man in the thick of it in Maui, excellent footage of the highest backloop contest at Hookipa using the new Shadowbox GPS unit...

Hookipa highest backloop competition
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Izzy Hamilton takes third RYA National title

It was a hat-trick for Hamilton and a whole raft of well earned victories for the cream of Britain’s sailing talent yesterday (April 9) as...

Izzy Hamilton takes third RYA National title
Wave Sails

RRD WaveVogue MkII

New into the UK this season, RRD sails from those fine Italian purveyors of windsurfing kit are beginning to turn heads. Not least as John Skye has...

RRD WaveVogue MkII
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Aqua Sports ‘Come and Try Day’

This May Bank Holiday Aqua Sports are running a series of windsurfing tasters aimed at getting the novice into windsurfing. No experience is required as...

Aqua Sports ‘Come and Try Day’
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SX Watersports Car Boots

SX Watersports are starting a new series of regular car boot sales on the first Saturday of every month. Turn up between 9am till 1pm...

SX Watersports Car Boots
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Baker Academy goes live

After weeks of hard work Ant Baker and the guys at Group Brand have released version one of the new Baker Academy website....

Baker Academy goes live
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Jemetic Modification

Jem Hall’s 2010 Performance Boost coaching weeks have kicked off in style with heaps of wind and many happy and much improved customers from his...

Jemetic Modification
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Xpression Easter freestyle double-whammy

Words by: Will Rogers (K-Bay.co.uk / Spartan) and Ric Cleworth (Fanatic, Boardwise) Over the windy Easter weekend, not ONE, but TWO Xpression Sessions were held...

Xpression Easter freestyle double-whammy
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