My Second week in Tenerife  During my second week in Tenerife the PWA world tour came to town, which was great because it meant sailing and meeting all  the pro's ! I love the way in windsurfing that everyone is so down to earth. When the current world champ ask's if you will go for a sail with him you know its a friendly sport !  I was impressed by what the top guys could do in pretty poor conditions (by Brandon Bay standards ;-)     ) plus it is also much different to see it in person than to watch them in videos. There was also a junior event that i was competing in. Was pretty cool to be representing Ireland. My dad also came out for the event so I had a caddy haha ! For the beginning of the event there was a opening ceremony held in the town of El Medano, we had to walk through the whole town with the flag of our nationality where we ended up on stage in the town square A Panorama photo i took from the Stage The eve...

Irelands has been flat and windless for to long so pleased to be getting away.  Off to El Medano to hopefully get some Jumping practice . Staying with uk rippers Aleksy Gayda,  Ben Page,and Jony Price  My journey to Tenerife started with me having to wake up at 1:30 am ! Then driving to cork airport where I left Dad and began to board with my 50kg of kit ! Nothing like an easy trip for your first time flying alone ! ;-) Everything went pretty easy, arrived to a windless Tenerife. View from our place The next day showed more signs of wind, eventually got onto the water for a high tide session . Cabezo. Lots of rocks around which is a different from home . It was pretty light, went on 4.7 with 82l board, not windy enough to plane, not much of a wave either but was amazing to  sail in warm water again!  Also cool to sail with all the Top PWA Sailors. Went again for second session at low tide. This time even more rocks and less water on the waves. ...

In general 2014 has been a rather poor year for windsurfing and surfing so far. With silly winds and huge swells making the bay un-sailable or any good for surfing. The big swells and super high tides made  for lots of damage with friends houses  having the sea through the door.  After the winter there been a lack of wind or swell. This is a screenshot of one of the many extreme days we had during winter 2014 But we have had a few brilliant sessions. We had our first windsurfing session of the year on the first day of the year, as we sailed rather big and light Gowlane. (Spot Niall's sail ;-) ) Finn winter Sailing Fun Sailing together Easter During my Easter Holidays we had lots of great spring weather which included a week of 2 surfs daily for my 2 weeks off, We were very lucky to finally get a brake from the harsh winter weather. This is a photo of me surfing my local break, Drain Pipe.                ...