The last weekend in October we had our Rippers Freestyle Wave Camp, hosted at West Wittering Windsurfing Club with Sam Ross and Rossco Moore.
The weekend kicked off early Saturday morning and the concept is a mixture of fitness, freestyle technique and wave sailing technique. Sam Ross who is one of the most energetic instructors in the UK delivered the course with Rossco from X-train.
The group was warmed up then did dry land drills and then spent the rest of the time out on the water as the wind picked up and the tide changed developing new skills to take their windsurfing to the next level.
On the second day of the course, Julian Du Vall and Trevor Funnell from the UKWA came over and explained how Freestyle Comps worked, judging, about starts and competition zones and held a “mini comp” on Sunday afternoon in pretty light and difficult conditions.
Jamie Drummond, Adam Sims were on hand over the weekend inspiring the new crew with reasons why you should take up windsurfing to a higher level. James Randall also helped with the judging at the mini event.
A big thanks to Chris Rainbow, James Randall, Rossco Moore, Sam Ross, Trevor Funnell and Julian Du Vall; also thanks to Ion, Seasprite and 2XS who gave us some goodies to hand out.
Next years date: 27/28 October 2012 – if you like what you see, get yourself booked on!!!! Contact: [email protected]
Holly Bassett has put together this video which really sums up the action and fun we had over the weekend.
We are running a Rippers Freestyle wave camp 29th-30th October at West Wittering beach.
It is designed for young guns who can plane on their short boards and waterstart who are looking to develop skills to take them to next level.
The course will be full-on and fun for the 2 days with early starts and will incorporate:
-developing new manoeuvres
-learning about competing in wave and freestyle
-fitness-mental focus
-kit tuning
-technique and a mini comp on the second day.
There will be a push to try new manoeuvres and develop the next techniques and drills to take your windsurfing forward. We hope to inspire the next level of freestyle wave sailors.
We will be having some guest stars inc Jamie Drummond, Adam Simms and others to turn up during the weekend to chat about there competition experience and give some advice. Sam Ross (PWA freestyle judge top freestyle sailor and RYA coach) will taking the rippers course, along with X-train Team Chris Rainbow, Roscoe Moore ,Simon Bassett.
There will be still photos and video analysis. If there is a shortage of wind we will concentrate on developing light wind skills-fitness and SUP and equipment tuning. Saturday
Day 1
Arrive at beach – register –
8.00 am Briefing – outline plan to parents and groups
8.15 Kit rigged and warm up and hit the water
8.30 Session 1 on water Freestyle fundamentals and transitions upwind moves-switch stance – downwind moves
12.00 Lunch
2.45pm Session 2 on water Wave session getting though surf Jumping and riding the wave
3.00pm Off water / warm down
3.30pm Video debrief of water sessions
5.00pm End of day Sunday
Day 2
8.15am Warm up session /hit water
8.30am On water freestyle recap and new moves
10.00pm Comp rules and how to start/finish
12.00pm Lunch
12.45pm First comp heats
3.0pm Finals
3.30pm Video debrief
5.00pm Prize giving
What you need to bring:
winter suits
winter boots
hoods
towels
warm clothing
woolly hat
windsurf kit 100 to 90 ltr and appropriate sails sizes
Emile’s Backlooping Clinic is back! After a very successful course last year, I am looking for those who are thinking about rotations or have started going for them. If you are nailing your floaty jumps and are ready to step up to the next level with video coaching and the utmost personal attention, then this course is for you!
As well as going through the move in detail, we will look at common problems like under-rotating, over-rotating and how and when to bail out. I have just bought a new waterproof camera, so many of your attempts will be captured in wonderful HD footage for anaysis and you to take away with you at the end of the day.
I am an RYA level 5 (advanced plus) instructor and have spent the last 14 years teaching windsurfing in UK, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Brazil and Cape Verde.
The course will run on the first day with good conditions out of 9th, 10th, 23rd or 24th October. The start time will be announced once the day is chosen but will be early morning for sure. The course costs £120 and this includes at least 5 hours of coaching, a hot shower and tea and coffee at West Wittering Windsurf Club.
If you want to talk it through, please call me (Emile) on 07846 611 618
Peter Hart’s jump and loop course yesterday coincided with pretty much perfect jumping conditions – 18-22 knot side-shore westerlies and sun! Everyone got decent air and Mark Perkins (see pic), who’d travelled up from Hastings gave that old trigger a proper pull and got three-quarters of the way round a few times – that’s a ‘loo ..’ then? “Mark said: “I could believe the conditions at WW – where I sail, when you bear away to get a jump, there’s just nothing there. But today there were little stunt ramps everywhere. I can’t believe I nearly got round – what a day!”
Peter will be running some more spontaneous days in October on the strength of the forecast. Check http://www.peter-hart.com/ and the x-train site for details.
To celebrate this onset of wind, we have some additions to our course dates for October.
KIDS Courses Watermans (Thursday after school kids’ course) 7th, 14th and 21st October, 4-5pm: £36 for all 3 sessions This is the best after school club – an intro to windsurf, surf, powerkite and “Ocean Education” depending on the tides. We provide the best equipment so all you need to do is get here as soon as the bell rings! (Age 7+)
Team 15 (Age 7-15 Windsurfing tuition) Sunday 3rd, 10th and 17th at 10.30-Midday: £12 per session Team15 is a nationwide network of windsurfing clubs where young people (aged 15 and under) can get together every week to learn new windsurfing skills and have a laugh with their mates on the water. Since the same faces come back every week, it’s also a great opportunity to make new friends.
Saturday Surf Club (Saturday Morning kids’ course)2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd at 10-Midday: £25 per sessionSaturday surf club offers kids an into to windsurf, surf, powerkite and all things beach, depending on the tides and conditions. We provide the best equipment available. What better thing to do on a saturday morning? (Age 7-12)
Rippers Carve and Tack Course (3 hour advanced windsurfing clinic) 19th, 27th, time TBC £75 per session This is an advanced kids’ windsurfing course. We will break the carve gybe down into manageable chunks as well as looking at the basic tack and how to make it work well on a smaller board. All students must be able to plane comfortably in the harness. (Age 7-16)
Rippers Intro to Waves Course (3 hour advanced windsurfing clinic) 22nd and 25th at times TBC £75 per session This is designed for kids who want to take on waves for the first time in a safe way. We will look at launching and landing in the surf, how to control the board through the rough stuff and where and how to safely play in the waves. All students must be able to plane comfortably in the harness. (Age 7-16)
Kitesurfing Kite Improvers Courses 20th, 22nd and 23rd time TBC, £89 per sessionA course to assist you in getting on the board, riding both ways and staying upwind. This follows on from the learn to kitesurf course.
Other Courses Chicks that RIP and SUP (Windsurfing / SUPing course for women) 13th Oct, Time TBC £89 This course is designed to take advantage of whatever the conditions throw at us. If there is wind, we will windsurf, paddlesurf if not. Both sports complement each other amazingly well and with both of them under you belt, it is hard to find time to do anything apart from being on the water!
Emile’s October Backloop Bonanza (THE clinic to get you around your backloops): The first backloopable day out of: 9th, 10th, 23rd or 24th at 9am ’til death or tears: £120 (the best £120 you have ever spent!)
Emile’s Backlooping Clinic is back! After a very successful course last year, I am looking for those who are thinking about rotations or have started going for them. If you are nailing your floaty jumps and are ready to step up to the next level with video coaching and the utmost personal attention, then this course is for you!
Coaching legend and WW local Peter Hart, by very popular demand, is running another series of courses here in the early autumn.
You’ve seen the DVDs. Now experience the real thing. No one does it better you WILL improve beyond your wildest expectations!
Witterings Clinics 1st Sept: LADIES DAY (aka Birds on Boards) Standard: Planing in the harness A chance to relax and excel in like-minded company
6th-7th Sept: SLICKER CORNERS (general skills) Standard: Planing in the straps and harness Nailing the tacks and gybes on and off the plane
15th-16th Sept (one day course – windier day chosen): JUMP AND LOOP Standard: Sailing a sub 100ltr board in breaking waves Control your air with the aim of nailing a big one!
To book or for more information on any of the above courses, please call Chris or Roscoe on 01243 513077
The West Wittering Lagoon: the perfect carve gybing arena.
Only the finest company on a Peter Hart course
If by then, you are dreaming of warmer climes, check out Peter’s foreign schedule.
The Overseas Clinics 12th-20th Oct: General Skills Location: Dahab, Egypt Standard: Planing in the straps
16th-30th Nov: General skills and waves Location: Mauritius Standard: Sailing sub-120ltr board on the sea
8th-18th Jan: General skills and waves Location: Jeri, Brazil Standard: Sailing sub-120ltr board on the sea
To book the abroad courses, please call Sportif on 01273 844919
Rosco and the guys at West Wittering Windsurf Club have give us this further information about the Team15 sessions at West Wittering. If you are interested, please get in touch by calling 01243 513 077
Timing You must be at West Wittering Windsurf Club, rigged and ready, 30 minutes early.
Please Pre-book Pre booking is essential for us to plan our staff and equipment needs.
Kit and Cost The cost is £12 per session; please bring your own kit if you have it. We can provide gear if you don’t have any.
T-15 will follow the RYA plan to develop youngsters’ windsurf skills and racing skills every 2 weeks on thursday from 4.00pm till 5.00pm. Followed by some sunday dates at the end of the summer. This is the next stage after beginner windsurfing.
Coaching We will be working on developing all point s of windsurfing concentrating on figure of 8’s planing, fast tacking, gybing start lines, basic rules, wind shifts and finish lines.
T-15 is also about social interaction so kids and their “beach crew” can have fun meet other windsurfers and naturally (without mum and dad pushing to get out on the water).
Mum and Dad Mums and Dads can help on the water -this is not like our rippers intense coaching it’s more of group coaching and general skills -your involvement can be to help learn about coaching and help carrying gear to and from the beach.
Sail Rigging We do want kids to rig their own sails to improve rigging skills and understand wind speeds and tuning decisions so please don’t rig their sails
Book Now So please book the sessions you want and ensure you’re there 1/2 hour BEFORE the session as we will start on time… Call 01243 513 077 to book sessions now.
Team15 is a nationwide network of windsurfing clubs where young people (aged 15 and under) can get together every week to learn new windsurfing skills and have a laugh with their mates on the water. Since the same faces come back every week, it’s also a great opportunity to make new friends.
Whatever your skill level, regular windsurfing sessions will improve your windsurfing ability very quickly. If you’ve never tried it before, you’ll have the basics mastered in no time. From first time windsurfer to a relative expert, Team15 clubs welcome all levels.
Team15 offers young people the chance to be part of the weekly club sessions and also to participate in the inter-club challenges. It’s your call whether you take part in one or both. But it’s the challenges that give Team15 its name. Each club can enter the inter-club challenges with a team of up to 15 people aged 15 and under; Team15!
At X-Train, we will be running sessions on Thursday afternoons. We have kit but if you have your own, you can bring it down. We are also looking for volunteers to help us run the sessions – a great opportunity if you are starting a career in watersports and it will help us get more kids on to the water.
Thursday evenings 4pm – 530pm from 18th July onwards
Cost £12.00 Per session, maximum group size is 12
Price includes kit but if you have your own bring it down.
Contact Rossco or Chris on 01243 513077 / [email protected] for more info or to book
The first thing that you may have noticed is that being a new sport, no one has actually fixed a name for it. You may see it called SUP, SUPing, stand up paddling, stand up paddle surfing, paddlesurfing, paddleboarding, stand up paddleboarding: it’s all the same thing!
I want to have a go
There are a number of places in the UK to try paddlesurfing. It is a great idea to start with a lesson that will take you through the basics of the sport. It is important to learn at a BSUPA recognized club. A course include:
• Where and how to stand on the board
• How to hold the paddle • Safety • How to turn around • How to paddle
A great place to start is at X-Train, West Wittering. We offer a Learn to Paddlesurf Course covering everything mentioned above. It lasts 2 hours and costs £45. We provide all the equipment, including a hot shower and tea / coffee. All you need to bring is a towel! X-Train is run by Simon Bassett who is a BSUPA head coach. As well as running paddlesurf courses, X-Train trains BSUPA instructors.
Why Paddlesurf in West Wittering
West Wittering is one of the most scenic beaches on the South Coast. Placed right next to the mouth of Chichester Harbour, it offers stunning views across to Hayling Island and is the only beach with white, soft, clean sand for miles around!
West Wittering is ideal for learning to SUP. The sandbars create tidal lagoons so that complete novices can go through the basics of the sport without having to worry about waves throwing them off the stand up board.
Chichester Harbour was designed to be explored by paddleboard. It is probably one of the most relaxing things you can do in the area. The peacefulness from the water really does make you wonder if you are in fact in the UK!
Once you have progressed past the basics and are ready to catch some waves, the sandbars in West Wittering once again can come in handy. At high tide, when there is a decent swell, the sandbars provide perfect paddleboard waves that are ideal for getting to grips with basic riding and turning.
Why is everyone taking up Paddleboarding?
Most importantly, paddlesurfing is not anywhere near as condition dependent as other sports. For windsurfing and kitesurfing you need wind, for surfing you need waves, but paddlesurfing can be done in flat water, waves, wind or no wind. This means that it lends itself very well to the UK’s changeable weather conditions!
The boards are fairly large and so it’s easy to learn the basics without taking too many dunkings. Also, the large size makes it easy to catch very small waves – once again, perfect for the UK!
Paddlesurfing gets you very fit. The paddling motion gives you a great core workout – when you come in after a long session, you can definitely feel it, and let’s face it, it’s a lot more fun than going to the Gym!
You don’t need much equipment: 1 board, 1 paddle, 1 wetsuit, done! Compare that to windsurfing: board, sail, mast , boom, extension, base, harness, wetsuit, not to mention lots of rope, footstraps etc…. This keeps paddleboarding affordable.
What size board do I need to start?
It helps to start on a fairly large board (around 12 foot) – the 11’0 NSP at £425 for instance is a great choice. Don’t think for a second that these large boards don’t perform – the shaping makes them very agile in the biggest of waves!
What paddle should I get?
Full carbon paddles like the Kialoa shaka pu’u are great. They are very stiff, light and offer a lot of performance to your paddling. However, you can save quite a lot of money when you start if you go for an alloy paddle like an Ainsworth paddle at £55.
Emile Kott (Level 5 instructor, Boards Magazine tester and 2XS team rider) has announced his summer 2010 courses. The courses are unique, in that they only run if the conditions are there. This means you won’t be doing light wind forwards, backies and carve gybes!Get in touch early to avoid disapointment! To book or for more information, please call 01243 513 077.
Course: The WINDY Carve Gybe Clinic Possible Timeslots: (the course will run on the one date below which gives the best conditions. Please only book onto this course if you are free for all the dates.) 21st May, 9am – 3pm (1 hour lunch) 22nd May, 10am – 4pm (1 hour lunch) 23rd May, 11am – 5pm (1 hour lunch)
Course Description: If you are struggling to get around your carve gybes or can’t quite plane out, then this is a course for you. Emile has devised a tried and tested carve gybe course through years of instructing all around the world. Emile will use a mixture of one-one, group and video tuition – his new waterproof video camera lets him sit in the water and have you gybe around him!
The course will only run if there’s enough wind to plane comfortably on a 6.5 sail or below. The timeslots mean that we will be running it in the perfect flat water of West Wittering low-tide lagoons.
Minimum level for course: Planing comfortably in the footstraps and harness on a sub 150 litre board. Waterstarts make it easier but are not a prerequisite. Course price: £120
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Course: THE 2010 Back Loop Clinic Possible Dates: (the course will run on the one date below which gives the best conditions. Please only book onto this course if you are free for all the dates.) 15th May, 11am – 4.30pm (30 mins lunch) 16th May, 12noon – 5.30pm (30 mins lunch) 29th May, 11am – 4.30pm (30 mins lunch) 30th May, 12noon – 5.30pm (30 mins lunch)
Course Description:Following on from 2009’s extremely popular and successful Backloop Clinic, Emile has further tweaked the course and has improved it for 2010.
The course breaks down the backloop into manageable sections and using on-water, land-based and video tuition, Emile is sure to have you making your best back loop attempts to date and you will leave the course as obsessed with the move as he is!
As last year, the course will only run if there is enough wind and waves to land a back loop. While not being renowned for huge waves, if it’s windy at West Wittering, we are almost guaranteed to have a good selection of ramps.
Minimum level for course: Comfortable sailing and jumping in strong wind and wave conditions on a sub 90 litre wave or freestyle wave board. The more vertical you can jump, the more you will get from the course.
Course price: £120
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Course: The Forward Loop Clinic Possible Dates: (the course will run on the one date below which gives the best conditions. Please only book onto this course if you are free for all the dates.)
12th June, 10am – 3.30pm (30 mins lunch) 13th June, 11am – 4.30pm (30 mins lunch) 26th June, 10am – 3.30pm (30 mins lunch) 27th June, 11am – 4.30pm (30 mins lunch) Course Description:New for 2010, Emile is running his first forward loop clinic. The course will run using a similar method to his very successful back loop clinics and is aimed at those who feel they may be ready to master this life-changing manoeuvre.
The course will break down the move into manageable, easy parts and is sure to get you around and improve your first forward loop attempts by the end of the day. Emile will use a mix of water-based and land-based one-one, group and video coaching to break down the move for you.
The clinic will only run if there is enough wind to complete a decent forward loop (around 20 knots of wind) and the timeslots have been organised to ensure it is run around a high tide at West Wittering, giving the best change of launch ramps.
Minimum level for course: Comfortable sailing and jumping in strong wind and wave conditions on a sub 90 litre wave or freestyle wave board
Course price: £120
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