It wasn't until we got to Costal Coffee in Shoreham and saw a table of professional windsurfers, representatives from both Boards and Windsurf Magazine and renowned local sailors we realized that today was going to be memorable!
After talking about the eagerly anticipated North and Fanatic 2010 range ( and placing orders!!) we headed for the beach.
It had been a good few weeks since i had been out on the water (Dahab) and the wind was a solid force 6-7 i was thrown a new ICE 4.7 in the code blackberry colours and had a ball at the first beach. After a realtively short sail and having a bit of a rinsing! we decided to move to a spot more easterly more suited for low tide.
I was so impressed with the new ice, it handled so well and was much more positive than i thought they would be. in the air they are really stable and encourage you to push harder. The wave twin i couldn't believe. After going to a RRD twin fin (82) this year and going through that learning curve of getting used to two fins, i was suprised to see how user friendly this wave twin is. Fanatic have really raised the bar with this board.
the conditions were still big and the wind seemed to be gusting higher - which gave Neil a bit of a shock when his FSW 85 and blade 4.7 hit the water!
overall a brilliant day, thanks go to the baker boys for organizing it all and providing us with all our gear!
3 comments:
Hey, where did you get those pics? one of them is me on the yellow north ice, was a amazing days sailing at shorekipa. have any more by any chance?
Sam
Hi Sam
We took some of the photos but Dave White took some too - it was a full on day for us sailors who don't normally see waves!
Neil
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