Laylo Goya will be coming to West Wittering today, Monday 10 September with the 2013 Goya boards ,Goya 2013 sails and Quattro boards we have wind so if you fancy coming down for a test drive please let us know –we will also have the latest Goya range of of quads, thrusters and freestyle models plus the new Banzaii. If want to organise a demo please call Simon 0774 775 8883 – we are expecting him midday at the beach .
On Weds this week- Dave White will be turning up with the new 2013 RRD cult range plus RRD sails – we have here the new Ezzy Elite’s again if you fancy a test drive please call me 0774 775 8883
Chris and I will be on the beach so see you there –we will also be having a Dan Sweeny RRD kite demo and Chris Martin from Cabrinha and Nik Baker from North Fanatic. ..
X-Train Rippers Freestyle Camp – Sat 27th Sun 28th October @ West Wittering
We are happy to announce the Freestyle X-train Rippers Camp will be running for its second year.
The WWWC beach venue offers one of the UKs best flat-water freestyle locations at low tide and then a fantastic wave spot at high tide. This weekend has been selected to get the most out of the tides and so should offer the best and greatest range of conditions for aspiring freestylers and wave sailors alike. Between Sam Ross and Jamie Drummond they bring a host of experience with almost 2 decades of windsurfing coaching between them as well as competing and judging on the PWA world tour, instructor training and UK titles between them. Trevor Funnell and Julian Duvall will also be on hand on Sunday –with practical advice on competing in the UKWA freestyle tour. X-Train also has additional equipment to help young sailors make the most out of the weekend as well as showers, kitchen, changing facilities and rescue cover on this exclusive piece of the south coast.
Last years camp was a great success with 17 young rippers enrolled all improving hugely over the weekend and a full wave and freestyle competition to finish. Read our new story from last years wave camp.
As far as minimum ability level you need to be planning in the foot straps we will divide groups up into their ability levels –please call us if you are unsure. Check out the video online:
Booking: Please call 01243 513077 or drop us an email at info@x-train.co.uk.
Prices are £120 for the 2 days which includes a free Rippers Tee-shirt. If you need hire gear we can offer a 50% discount of our day rate. Sups and surfboards will be provided free if required. Camp enrollment instructions are below.
Itinerary Saturday 9:00-9:30- arrive Rig and Register 9:30-10:00- Goals, Groups and team warm up 10-13:00- Tacking transitions 13:00-14:00- Lunch 14:00-14:30- Getting into waves, getting out, getting in and what happens when you’re out there 15:00- 16:30- Taking off and tearing it up, getting airborne and wave sailing 17:00- end of day one plan for the following day Sunday 9:00- Rig and ready for action. 9:30- 12:00- Putting your heat together, nailing the moves you’ve been working on and putting them together for best effect. 12:00-12:30- competition briefing 12:30-13:15 – Lunch 13:15- Competition time 16:00- Prize giving Sailing Instructions:
This two day camp is aimed at Kids and teens who are already blasting around on boards of around 100ltrs and below on all points of sails. Sam and Jamie will split the group according to ability but both groups will have the same overall aim. To dramatically push and improve these young sailors in a coastal environment over the weekend and have loads of fun. The groups will be looking at a range of things from sailing on the sea more confidently, carving gybes, duck gybes and jumping. Too popping for freestyle moves forwards and all modern freestyle maneuvers. With or without wind this camp is aimed at improving these young ripper’s all round waterman ship and so will be looking at knowledge, skills and etiquette within the coastal environment. Surf, Paddlesurfing and Wind supping are all tools that the camp will make use depending on what the conditions are most appropriate for. Sailors will need the following:
1. Windsurfing equipment appropriate for the conditions i.e.: a board around 100 ltrs or less appropriate for the conditions found at the coast. Larger boards will be available as part of the camp and small freestyle and wave boards are available for hire through X-train.
Frank and Alex McKirgan returned recently from Baja Mexico from the perfect father and son windsurf trip to Punta San Carlos with Solosports. This place is a great wave sailing destination, and also good for surfing kiting and mountain biking.
You can see by the pics this was a epic trip; not only the master coach himself, Matt Pritchard, but also for legends of the sport including: Brazinho, Grahame Ezzy, Wyatt Miller, the king of Ho’okipa Levi Silver, Kevin Pritchard, Keith Taboul (Quattro) and Bernd Roediger.
Alex took some good beatings in mast high waves in the first week which unfortunately took him off the water with a suspected fractured arm – luckily after a quick flight back to San Diego all was good.
2013 RRD Cult Quad LTD at 2XS Just had delivered the first in country 2013 75 RRD Cult quad ltd to the RRD test centre at West Wittering. Looks very different to the previous model – on first impression it is lighter, has a new fin set – (ultra fin style – more upright), a new outline – narrower rails and much thinner in overall thickness than previous cults. The new RRD cult Ltd 2013 has a flatter rocker line with more vee into a double concave and a narrow pintail.
You will notice each model is wider this season (approx 1 cm) so the concept here is thinner overall thickness for improved handling and early planning and a more surfboard thinner rail style for better grip and control.
Specs are as follows for 2013 models: RRD Cult Wave Quad Ltd 75 Litres: 229×57, 83Ltrs X 230 X 57 RRD Cult Wave Quad Ltd 92 Litres: 231 X 61,100 litres 233 X 62
You notice the contest line is now called the LTD and is made in the super light contest construction. The RRP on these are £1650 and delivery is 15th September for the 92l, 75l, and 100l and then the 83l will be arriving 30th September.
If you need any more info please send me an email simon@2xs.co.uk
We looking forward to testing this board over the weekend as it look like it will be windy – call Chris @ the windsurf club on 01243 513077 to book your test ride.
The 8th Annual Wittering Charity Paddle Race organised by West Wittering Windsurf Club and Shoresurf Club held on Sunday 29th August has more than doubled the amount raised over 2011 for The Snowdrop Trust. This year we raised the entry fee a little this year to £15, and all of this amount was given to the Snowdrop Trust, which also helped raise the overall amount. We also encouraged people to raise a minimum of £15 in sponsoship money, and Simon Bassett pledged to ride with an inflatible crocodile on his back, which more than doubled the amount he raised. Next year we are looking to including a ‘teams’ category and a ‘fancy dress’ category.
Due to strong onshore force 6 winds the event was shortened and an upwind course was laid at West Wittering beach. The 32 competitors battled through the chop, paddling into the wind around a marker buoy then headed directly down wind back to the beach and ran over the finish line.
There were riders on surfboards, standup paddle boards, prone surfboards and kayaks – the ages of competitors ranged from 7rs old (Ollie Holland, Prinstead) up to 75yrs old (Roger Wilson, East Wittering) who brought a 1930s kayak made by his father.
On the beach we had a BBQ organised by Dicky Dale and Oliver Chipperfield and supported by the lovely ladies Sandy, Kate and Charlotte . To add to the atmosphere we had some great live music from the youngsters at the Chichester Music Academy who played all afternoon.
This year the overall results were combined with the total amount raised for the charity so the winners were:
Kayak class 1st Pete Dalaway 2nd John Watts 3rd Roger Wilson
Standup Paddleboard Class 1st Simon Bassett 2nd Paul Burgess 3rd Jamie Hawkins
Ladies Surf Class 1st Mary Rotterman
Prone Surf Class 1st Adriano Roldan 2nd Graham Taplin 3rd Brian James
Juniors Kayak Class 1st Theo Burley
Juniors Prone Surf 1st Miles Piper
Juniors Surf class 1st Lucy Howell
Junior Standup Paddleboard Class 1st Holly Bassett 2nd Poppy Holland 3rd Ollie Holland
Simon Bassett event director “We had hoped for no wind all week, Sunday morning we were ready to cancel the event, but we decided to shorten the course and run the event. Our objective this year was to increase the amount of money we raised for the charity we have doubled what we raised last year to £2270.00. I had to ride an inflatable stand up Padddleboard with an inflatable toy crocadile on my back to get some more donations”
We also like to extend a huge thank you to all the helpers, volunteers, and sponsors (total prizes donated £450)
Shore Surf Club (Adriano, Will, Graham, Adrian and Sarah) WWWC donated jetski/fuel/2 staff members X-Train (Chris, Luke, Angus and Jack) – staff for the event 2XS (Jane and Daisy) – donated all the event t-shirts, and event photography and posters/flyers/forms Puma safety (Martin and Neal) – donated boat/2 crew/fuel West Wittering Estate (David, Marcus and the lifeguards) – donated boat/fuel/lifeguards Richard Dale & Oliver Chipperfield – donated all the food (with the help of Wallace Butchers & Splits Bakery) – donated Indoboard (Adriano, Mary) – donated medals/prizes Wittering Surf Shop – donated prizes Ion – donated prizes O’Neill – donated prizes Prosport Suncreen – donated prizes Supglobal – donated prizes The Beach House – donated prizes Lazy Days (Tiggs) – donated the inflatible crocodile!
And below are listed the finish times of each competitor:
SUP Mens Race 1 – Charley Grey – 07:14 2 – Jamie Hawkins – 07:38 3 – Matt Argyle – 08:03 4 – Paul Burgess – 08:26 5 – Jay Manning – 08:31 6 – Kevin Nind – 16:19
SUP Mens Open 1 – Bart Gay – 09:25 2 – Giles Barley – 09:41 3 – Russel Taplin – 09:46 4 – Simon Basset – 11:18 5 – Ken Harmer – 11:21
Wouter from Seasprite sent me over a a 5.3 Ezzy Panther Elite for me to test out. Having used 5 batten sails for the last 15 years I looked at the sail with some uncertainty. For 2 weeks I put off using the the 5.3 just because of the unstable and backhanded feel I expected to get from the the 4 batten sail (this was my perception from previous 4 batten models from other brands ). But in fact I am so happy with my 5 batten Ezzy panther Ltds I was really not in the mood to change my sails at all.
I tried the 5.3 in 20 to 26 knots of wind side on shore conditions at West Wittering with waist to chest high waves – I rigged my 5.2 panther ltd too just in case I didn’t enjoy the the elite – I had pretty much convinced my self I wasn’t going to like the 4 batten sail(!)
After 2 hours of of windsurfing, getting some monster jumps and good riding I had one of the best sails I had for ages. The 5.3 didn’t over power or get backhanded –I just increased the out haul when I need less power and more control. It felt super light in my hands –perfect balance –not shifty and gives a real boost when you take off –different to the panther LTD. What I also liked was the back hand power in bottom turns you get some real controllable acceleration from the back hand when your riding. The Ezzy Panther Elite when riding or turning has a more noticeable de powered feel but also when you sheet in turns the power back on just when you need it.
When I took the 4.7 Elite out the wind kept building all day I started at high tide in around 30 knots all seem very good by the end of the day I was holding the 4.7 in 40 knots of wind on flat water –I increased the downhaul to the high wind setting and tuned the out haul and was stunned to find the sail held its shape and I felt in total control. Like all the Ezzys I have owned the wind range per sail size is massive when you use the correct Ezzy mast.
Each person who also tested the sails on the beach both in flat water and in waves we very impressed with the performance its not just a performance wave sail its great in flat water –if your not sure why not test one for yourself please contact me at 2xs to arrange a test -simon@2xs.co.uk 0774 775 8883
So I have just sold all my Ezzy panther Ltds and the rest of my set Panther Elites are arriving this week.
I attended the Cabrinha 2013 dealer launch last week in Poole. It was good to see all the usual team from Cabrinha including Chris Martin and Simon from the Pryde group. Also I met up with Susi Mai and Dre (team riders from Cabrinha). All the new toys were on display including the new surf board range in both PU and Epoxy. The boards have a combined wood and cork top sheet in the new models (a subwoofer, re tuned s-quad and skillet, the trigger and Pete Cabrinha’s own signature model).
Mike Rapier explained that Cabrinha have their own factory to make kites and now have a new factory making boards – the first boards are the beginning of a new project that they hope will push Cabrinha to the top of the board pile. The new twin tips look decent too with a stack of new models with refined existing models including Dre’s ‘Custom’ which has retuned channels/rocker, new tronic quad concave bottom, caliber and spectrum.
Susi May has developed a new line of ladies products in the ‘Siren’ line. The kites and boards have been tuned for women, and include narrower widths, a new bar with less through for depower, kites tuned for lighter riders who still want performance and yet they look good.
Lots of work has gone into developing the kite bar/lines/pumps –a complete re design for the switchblade. Work has been done on the bridles, foil shapes, material, colours and even the pumps have smoother action. (The pumps are see-through (!) so you can see the sand gathering inside). The drifter and vector have had a re fit with new material, lines, and tuned bridles. There is a redesigned X Bow which is faster for course-racing and a full bridled C Shape kite. And this year the Chaos which replaces the Nomad as the freestyle kite. The bar had had some tune ups including new lines, and detail work on the quick release with new ergonomic trim adjusters.
We will be having a Cabrinha demo of 2013 at West Wittering so watch this space ask simon@2xs.co.uk for details.
Big thanks to Stuart Holland for sending in his GoPro footage from the 15th June.
If you have any photos from last weekend (30/1st July) then please drop an email as we would to showcase your footage and action photography.
Have a look at the action shots. The GoPro Camera takes watersports photography to a new level with amazing high definition – just look at the detail in the water droplets in some of the photos for a brief insight into the camera’s capabilities. And in the 2nd photo, who is the windsurfer in the background!?
If you want to create photos like this, then have a browse through our GoPro Products. Stuart mainly 3 mounts: the helmet mount, the line mount, and the surf board mount. They all create different angles of view – question is – which one would you buy?
Another hard charging weekend started with a 40 knot Friday third one in a row used my 3.7 again in June .
Seems like we are getting some full on weather this summer and with maybe more coming next weekend.
Thanks for all the photos that are being sent in. This week Mark Rutherford, Craig Leroux, and Mark Perry’s GoPro took a sand blasting on the beach to get these great shots, and I also took a few of them.
If you have any decent photos or video, then please send them to me: simon@2xs.co.uk.
It was good to see so many people out – including a couple of Pros Andy bubble chambers &Timo who were going for some large moves.
And then Neal, Emile, Kyle, Justin were seen doing some nice stalled forwards. Other people I spotted were: Goodwin, Hatton, Da Perry’s, Mike Chesnut, & Westy…
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