Monthly Archives: February 2012 - Page 3

UK Travel

Dyfi Estuary & Borth, Mid-Wales

This guide covers two locations: a long sandy beach for wave sailing (Borth) and a flat water venue for blasting & freestyle (Dyfi Estuary by...

Dyfi Estuary & Borth, Mid-Wales
UK Travel

Hells Mouth (Porth Neigwl), North Wales

Wales has some of the best windsurfing spots in the UK. With rugged coastlines and sandy beaches exposed to Irish Sea swells, there are surprisingly...

Hells Mouth (Porth Neigwl), North Wales
UK Travel

Criccieth, North Wales

The pretty town of Criccieth in Tremadog Bay rarley gets visited by windsurfers because firstly, most sailors end up at Rhosneigr when visiting North Wales,...

Criccieth, North Wales
UK Travel

Newborough, North Wales

A beautiful beach with clean sand and water although it gets very busy in the summer with tourists. The bay is a very wide bay...

Newborough, North Wales
UK Travel

Garretstown, County Cork, Ireland

Garretstown beach is approx 35 minutes from Cork City. Situated very close to the Old Head of Kinsale, this stretch of coastline benefits from good...

Garretstown, County Cork, Ireland
UK Travel

Keel Beach, Achill Island, Co. Mayo

Not far off being one of the most westerly points in Europe,  Achill Island is a wind and swell magnet.  Watch any weather system that...

Keel Beach, Achill Island, Co. Mayo
UK Travel

Magheroarty, County Donegal, Ireland

Situated right on the very north west tip, this part of Ireland has some of the most unspoilt and beautiful beaches in the whole country. ...

Magheroarty, County Donegal, Ireland
UK Travel

West Shore, Llandudno, North Wales

West Shore is a little known beach on the opposite side from the North Shore beach in the tourist town of Llandudno. At high tide...

West Shore, Llandudno, North Wales
UK Travel

West Kirby, Wirral

This is essentially 2 locations: the Marine Lake and the Dee Estuary. Arguably one of the most reliable venues in the North West, the lake...

West Kirby, Wirral
UK Travel

Machrihanish, Scotland

Legendary wave spot set in the stunning Kintyre Peninsula on the West coast of Scotland. With breathtaking views over to Ireland and Islay on a...

Machrihanish, Scotland
UK Travel

Croy Bay, Scotland

Croy Bay is a large sandy beach with a few reefs exposed at low tide.  It is situated towards the South of the Firth-of-Clyde and...

Croy Bay, Scotland
UK Travel

Largs, Ayrshire

If you want some flat water blasting in a beautiful location 40 minutes from Glasgow City Centre, then Largs is your beach. It is also...

Largs, Ayrshire
World Travel

Island of Madeira, Portugal

Why Madeira? Because in the peak summer season you will be the only one on the water! We only saw two other windsurfers in our...

Island of Madeira, Portugal
World Travel

The North, Fuerteventura

Fuerteventura translates as “Strong Winds” and is the closest you can get to the conditions of Maui on a cheap charter flight. The north of the island has...

The North, Fuerteventura
News

Sarah's Atlantic Crossing - The Latest

Sarah Hebert has started her Atlantic Voyage… Support boat preparations were not quite completed on time, meaning that Sarah’s departure from Morrocco was delayed. Fortunately for...

Sarah's Atlantic Crossing - The Latest
UK Sailor News

Dahab Slalom Week Update

Dahab Slalom Week is well under way out in Egypt, we see what UK representative Colin ‘Whippy’ Dixon has to say on the proceedings… With Day...

Dahab Slalom Week Update
Technique

Jem Hall - Moves That Matter - Wave Sailing a FSW

Over to Jem Hall, our technique guru, to see what he has to say in his new series of articles examining a multitude of windsurfing...

Jem Hall - Moves That Matter - Wave Sailing a FSW
World Travel

Tenerife, Spain

Tenerife seems to get less coverage as a windsurfing destination than the other Canarian islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote but it has some excellent...

Tenerife, Spain
News

RS:X European Champs Kick Off In Portugal

Tomorrow sees the RS:X Class European Championships starting on Madeira Island in Portugal. February 22nd will see the fleets of 56 men and 23 women take...

RS:X European Champs Kick Off In Portugal
World Travel

Costa Teguise, Lanzarote

Costa Teguise is a paradise for the windsurfing holiday maker who wants flat water to medium waves in the day and plenty of ‘holiday atmosphere’...

Costa Teguise, Lanzarote
World Travel

Sotavento, Fuerteventura

Home to the PWA World Cup, Sotavento is a resort known for its wind! It can howl during the summer months guaranteeing hours and hours...

Sotavento, Fuerteventura
World Travel

Moulay Bouzerktoun, Morocco

Moulay Bouzerktounis only just on the map; a tiny village near the fishing town of Essaouira. Once we heard through the windsurfing grapevine that it was...

Moulay Bouzerktoun, Morocco
World Travel

Essaouira, Morocco

Essaouira is known as the windy city – good start! The wind fills in from the North (the Medina and town end) and increases as the...

Essaouira, Morocco
World Travel

Cape Verde

Sal is one of the most barren of the group of ten islands and five islets in the archipelago ofCabo Verde, 1500 km south of the...

Cape Verde
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