Great Surf & Wind on the Way.

September weather has been unreal with good surf most days in sunshine and summer suits in Brandon Bay. Still very little sailing other than one cross off day at Gowlane in 3ft surf. The outlook is looking good for sailing this week at last. 4.5m swell at 16seconds and 20 knots of wind is the stuff of dreams and broken kit at Gowlane for Thursday. Have to work at the weekend but will still will get out on on any windy day. Loads of people round as Jem Hall and Guy Cribb have courses on. It such a big bay lots of sails on the water is not a problem, the only one is parking which is where my old van comes in. It is only worth a few euro but as it 4X4 it can drive on the beach which is far better than a cool set of alloys ! Niall

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Spring 2016

Surf Trip Clare On the 13th of April, Myself and my parents traveled to Clare for a weekend of surfing as there was a Junior National Surf Comp but I also knew Jamie O'Brien was in Clare filming new "Who Is JOB 6.0". A few days before I got a message from JOB on snapchat,I was over the moon getting a reply from him, and that made me super excited for the weekend ahead. I didn't think I would get to see him I was just excited by the fact i was even in the same country as JOB seeing as that he is my favourite surfer. Once we arrived it was pumping so I jumped straight into the water, And once returning back to the beach my Mom said "Jamie O'Brien was here 5 minutes ago" I didn't believe mom at first,I didn't want to believe I had missed the chance to see him ! Later on that day I went searching for Surf with Tom Knox and two other friends and as we were getting close to the surf spot we were over taken by this Red Bull Van, I instantly

Summer 2016

Summer 2016 This summer has been a very good summer for me, In Between working at the beach For Jamie Knox Watersports I got some pretty nice sailing at home not that much of it but some good fun sessions, I also went to Pozo in Gran Canaria for my first time for some jumping training, and then I returned to Tenerife for more onshore training ad for the PWA Event at Cabezo. In this blog I'll talk about my first experiences at Pozo and how Tenerife went for me. Sticking up my new 2016 GA Sails Pozo Pozo was my first excursion of the year, I went the week after I finished school. I traveled by myself I planned on renting kit in Pozo, I flew from Dublin to Gran Canaria which again is the typical very boring and uncomfortable trip to the Canarias ! For the first 2 nights I had an AirBnb appartment to myself which was nice (Ps. Thanks Adam Lewis for teaching me how to use a gass cooker) and then for the other 4 days staying at the Windsurfing Hostel. Not a bad view from

Quatro Super Mini 83 Mini

Quatro Super Mini 83 Mini first impressions Rik from zero gravity was over here for some sailing with board in his van. It seamed rude to let him talk it home, so it ours now. As a rule I tend to choose the board within a range which are the most suited to good DTL conditions but with Finn spending more time in onshore spots and anything which helps with getting going fast has to be of interest. So far only it sailed 4 times. 3 times in waves and once on flat water. Some 5.4 weather but mostly 4.7 in head high waves, side shore and onshore . I bought it as a crappy conditions/ onshore/ jump board which will get sailed in proper ground swell too. It's a sweet board very quick to get going and fast while still having a good front side turn. In average south coast / Tenerife conditions it is great board because Super quick to get going Jumps really well feeling light and small in the air. Points really high. Very good at carrying speed on soft waves. You

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