Invitation to Race with us!!

On the 11th and 12th July we are hosting a light hearted 'Challenge' style slalom race for anyone of any level to enter for FREE on any kit. Its being held at Hunstanton at the Lifestyle 09 event. We are hoping to get 10-15 competitors so we can hopefully the awesome bandwagon of the UKWA race series to Norfolk in 2010. Just contact at neil@quayside-windsurfers.com and register your interest and we will email details of the race nearer the time.

So come on, join in and lets see if we get the UKWA sailing in Norfolk in 2010.

Wells rockin!!

Friday afternoon the forecast looked good for 20mph NW so Steve and I set up to check out Wells on the North Norfolk coast. When we arrived there must have been 30 vans and ALL the local characters were there..... including Terry Vincent, a fantastic guy who makes the oldest rattiest kit look easy to sail.
We had all our Rrd Freestylewave's out on demo, with me using the awesome FSW 85 Ltd with a 5.3 Blade, and Steve on a Rrd FSW 105 Ltd and FSW 95 Ltd with a 5.7 Blade. Conditions were flat so excellent to try a few new moves (which for once went OK for me!!).

The wind kept up and everyone had one of those ' this is why I windsurf moments!!'. I came off the water totally knackered after 2 1/2 hours but boy it was good.

Check out the NEW movies

Check out our 2 NEW movies on the website.

The first is my blog of the month long road trip to Tarifa, Spain. It outlines the ins and outs of motorhoming, freecamping, and the cool spot that is Tarifa.

The second is a tutorial which outlines how to service your fins and care for your booms. Take a look and look out for the Ant Baker article in the next few days.

UKWA Slalom Series - Aberdovey

So we set off Friday afternoon for our 7 hour run to Aberdovey, Wales for the 2nd round of the UKWA windsurfing Slalom Series. We rocked up to this gorgeous Welsh village which has a beach not dissimilar to Wells (the QSW local spot) to see loads of flags, campers and Team kit vans. Saturday was a super sunny day with light winds and it was decided to run 3 Groove Amada races (super relaxed, anyone enters race) at the morning breif which included world renownd names such as Ant Baker, Nik Baker, Dave White and Jamie Hawkins.
So the first race kicked off with me using my 9.0mtr NCX and Rrd X-Fire 120 thinking "how am I gonna gybe this thing!". I managed to negotiate the course coming second............from last!! - but had SO much fun racing Ant and Nik banger racing their boards. Saturday afternoon was spent talking for 3 1/2 hours to Ant Baker (world PWA wave, slalom competitor and 90's wildboy) in the QSW Team motorhome. I will be publishing the chat on the website but what a guy. He is now teaching in a way that sets him apart - 4 hours to forward loop, 3 hours to carve gybe!

Saturday night was 'a mess!'. Nik Baker who doesn't drink had Dave White plying him with cocktails I'v never heard of. 1.00am found me so drunk I couldn't walk, Steve cooking up burgers on the BBQ, and colapsing into my bed. Next morning we all gathered for breakfast and Nik turned up, ate two mouthfuls, and retired back to bed for the day - welcome to Demo's Nik!!!
Sunday Steve and I got to grips with the brand new inflatable Sup ( stand up paddleboard) taking in the waves and surfing.

So conclusion.....Our first and furthest UKWA event was absolutetly fantastic..... roll on Southend!!

Pete does Sushi!!!

No sooner had I sat down to congratulate myself on a job well done with reference to taking the piss out of QSW Team rider Pete Morris and his new white wetsuit............. and he goes on a DIET!!!!

He sat down a started eating Tesco's ready sushi meal. When questioned as to why any sane person would want to eat a scabby pre packed sushi he replied with " I'm on a diet". I think the last straw was when the WWWF were called with a sighting of a scabby white whale on the Wells bar to find Pete waterstarting!!

Pete's new wetsuit....Hmmmm

Pete - don't let anyone say you've not got balls....

......we could see them through yer new white wetsuit. Actually, I don't mind the white wetsuit. My only concern is the 'cut-short' legs and long arms.

Well, and the fact its shows up the beer gut!!

Force 9 Windsurf Clothing

We had our first taste of the new Force 9 Windsurf clothing range designed for windsurfers by windsurfers. This range of T Shirts, Hoody's, and Baseball caps are really well made and are not your normal 'Fruit of the Loom' clothing with a badge!!

The QSW Team have right behind Force 9 and you will see Neil, Steve and Pete sporting the clothing at the UKWA events this year.

See Force 9 Clothing

2010 RRD Sneak Preview

As we are getting closer to the start of the new season pictures start to leak of what we can expect to happen for the new year. Apart from the obvious graphic changes ( i am loving the colour coded rails of the wave cult!) we can see that RRD's new range includes a Wave Thruster, boasting one more fin than the newly introduced wave twin of 2009. 

It appears that RRD are keeping the original line up from 2009 in their wave boards and introducing the new wave thruster, bringing the RRD quiver up to 4 specific wave boards.

In addition there appears to be some volume changes to our old favorite the Freestyle Wave. This must mean new shapes for 2010, which I cant wait to test soon!

These photos are the first that we have seen so far, and we will of course keep you posted on any other developments as soon as they happen!

Pete

Karate Kid sailors!!

I was ambling the internet tonight and I remembered Dave Whites mentioning googling Paul Perry (a local windsurfer and good friend of the QSW team). So I did and WOW!!!

He won't mind me mentioning that he's internationally recognised, got his own website, and has a DVD out. This guys a modern day mix between the Six Million Dollar man and Hong kong Fooee!

...and his faithful assistant Gary Batterick (another good friend and sailor). The scary thing is now I know this god help me if I ever 'whooop they're ass' on the water!!!

Check these links.....its really good stuff.

Youtube video on Paul Perry

Paul Perry JIN SEI KAI