GetWindsurfing in Ireland

“Join us for an amazing trip to famous Brandon Bay in South West Ireland for a week of windsurfing and other epic watersports.

Whether you are a complete beginner or advanced wanting to jump higher, ride harder and just generally have an awesome time Ireland is a great place to come. The scenery is beautiful, the people super friendly and welcoming, and of course the food and drink well worth the trip too!

So, tell me more I hear you say!!!

When: 24th June – 30th June

(straight on from Beach Break Live for all those heading that way, for those who are not feel free to come over on the 23rd for a cheeky extra day!)

What? : 5 days windsurf coaching with Phil and Danielle from Getwindsurfing, or Jamie Knox for the beginners, 7 nights in a beautiful self catered cottage right next to famous Spillanes Bar….(so close its scary!) and a free surf lesson to all those renting equipment from Jamie Knox, and just 10€ per person for everyone else.

Where: The dingle peninsular, Kerry, South West Ireland.

How do I get there? : The best way to head across to Ireland is with Stena Line, they run ferries from the UK to various Irish ports. Check out their website here for more information. 

Why? : So many people travel away from the UK and Ireland every summer to windsurf when we have such epic locations on our doorstep!

-Ireland is world famous for its conditions and the Dingle Peninsular has great conditions for all abilities and wind and swell conditions..there is always an option.

-With Phil and Danielle from Getwindsurfing on hand for coaching you can really get the most out of your trip.

-Jamie Knox Watersports is situated perfectly to help with kit rental for windsurfing, SUPing and surfing, as well as having a great shop to grab some new windsurf and watersports toys! Jamie will be teaching the beginners too and with so much experience in this location he is definitely going to get you out there loving  windsurfing in Ireland!

-June will be good temperatures to make the most out of what we are so lucky to have so close by….you know you want to come and check it out!

-Last but by no means least, the Guinness is pretty amazing too!

Prices:

Beginners : £330 includes kit, tuition (5 full days), accommodation

Intermediates and Advanced renting equipment : £420 includes kit tuition (2-3 hrs a day) and accom.

Intermediates with private kit : £260 (safety boat included) includes safety cover on all coaching days, tuition (2-3 hrs a day) and accom.

Advanced with private kit : £250 includes tuition (2-3hrs a day) and accom

Single supplement will apply for those not wishing to share a room, limited spaces available.

Any questions, please email getwindsurfing@gmail.com or call Danielle on 07814536372

Phil Richards in Dahab

Phil and I are back in Egypt, ready for two great coaching weeks in Dahab coming up.  We still have spaces so if you fancy joining us here is more information, please feel free to get in touch via email with any questions or to make a booking.  We are now also offering last minute discounts to previous customers as well as Bray Lake members, just ask!

NOVEMBER 25TH – 2ND ALL ABILITIES.  Five HALF DAYs of coaching, so a slightly less intense but still great chance to learn lots on the water with Phil and I.  Open to all abilities on the flat waters of Dahab.  £500.

DECEMBER 2ND – 9TH  Intermediates and Advanced, make the most of flat water Dahab to improve on your skills, again whether it’s waterstarts, footstraps, gybing, jumping or spinning round in various crazy ways in the air. Come and join us to enjoy warm waters of Dahab and skip a week of chilly UK December.  Five full days coaching, half board hotel, transfers and equipment hire £575 (£425 if you bring your own kit)

We are also busy planning next year, during which we have plans for more Egypt in March, a great chance to tune up again after the winter ready for getting back on the not so warm UK and other European waters.  We will be running course again for all abilities in Dahab.  Following this we have courses planned in Ireland, Morroco and then a little more Ireland, as well as we are working on new locations in the Med, such as Turkey and some Greek options.

Email Danielle or find out more on their website here. 

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Scottish Windfest – The watersports festival that rivals NWF. Coaching, racing, demos, great music and a lot more. http://scottishwindfest.com/  Big names from windsurfing will be there including Boardwise, Dave White, Jo Wright, plus kiting superstar Holly Kennedy!

Max Rowe at West Witterring

UKWA Freestyle tour at West Wittering. Find out more on the latest from the tour and the upcoming event here. 

Check the UKWA website for more about the organisation and events.

Sam Ross

On Saturday 22nd, Sam Ross will be heading to Queen Mary with the Starboard/Tushingham demo equipment to offer windsurfers the opportunity to try the latest gear, plus get some coaching tips too!

Also on Saturday Ant Baker, and his new company 77 Sports Management, are hosting a kitesurfing and SUK open. Let’s hope Ant has some windsurfing events in the pipe line too, check out the Facebook page for more info on 77 Sports Management. 

FLOW and Lagoon full event info

FLOW and Lagoon Watersports are running a women’s only coaching day, and the first ever women’s only Blue Mile on Sunday 23rd, the event sold out within a week, but more events are planned for the future!

Also on Sunday, GetWindsurfing are running a coaching day at Datchet Reservoir, perfect flat water for all levels. 

Get Windsurfing coaching this weekend

Get Windsurfing coaching this weekend

Come and join Phil & Danielle from GetWindsurfing on one of their popular UK coaching days.

They will be running a session on Datchet Queen Mother Reservoir on 23rd September.

It is a safe, enclosed, flat water location with all abilities welcome.

09:30-16:00 Whole days worth of windsurf coaching for £50

Contact Phil or Danielle to book a place.

getwindsurfing@gmail.com

07905082893 or 07814536372

Check out technique features from GetWindsurfing in the Boards technique section. 

The first weekend of September sees the Extreme racing series and the RS:One class racing head to Cardiff, for a brilliant display of racing alongside some incredible sailing classes. Entry is FREE and open to anyone so get involved, take a look at the full event information in the Boardseeker feature. 

At the same time, over in Christchurch many of the UK’s top course racers will be on the water battling it out in the next round of the course racing UKWA series. Event info here.

NWF Live

Of course, we all the weekend after is the big one! NWF starts on the Friday this year with an additional day of action on and off the water. Check out the full event schedule here - NWF Schedule 2012 Final Copy and full event information on the NWF website. 

The Scottish Windfest then takes place on the 22nd and 23rd of September, http://scottishwindfest.com as does some GetWindsurfing coaching at Datchet and a women’s only watersports weekend hosted by Lagoon Watersports in Hove and FLOW.

Any more events in September? Let us know what’s happening near you!

More Windsurfing Videos

This weekend there are clinics galore going on, including ‘blasting, gybes and jumps’ from GetWindsurfing at Hayling Island and a wave clinic from the Baker Academy at Shoreham. 

On the equipment front, North Sails treated Boards to some inside information on their new sails, while Quatro showcased their new SUP range. 

We have also been covering all the latest news and gossip from the PWA in Costa Brava, with daily reports from Sean O’Brien here and all the gossip from Gran Canaria from Proffitt and the boys here. 

And finally don’t forget on Wednesday, 20th June we have the next LIVE Chat with Josh Stone at 7.30pm (UK time). 

Can Albeau overtake Dunkerbeck? Image credit PWA/JC.

GetWindsurfing with Phil and Danielle

Hayling Island will be the spot for:

Improved technique and board control for blasting with a focus on stance, harness & footstraps.

Getting round the Gybes, smoother turns, faster exits and gybe variations.

Get the Board in the air for the first time, improved height and in air rotations.

Saturday 16^th June

9.00 – 12.00 Langstone Habour (Esso Garage).

14.00 – 1700 The Front (meet at the far end of the car park near the golf course).

£35 half day coaching.

£60 full day coaching.

Contact: Phil or Danielle

Getwindsurfing.phil@gmail.com

Getwindsurfing.danielle@gmail.com

07814536372 or 07905082893

Boards also caught up with coaching duo to find out more about last weekend on the water: 

Last weekend saw Phil and Danielle from Getwindsurfing.com spending the strong winds with the huge windsurfing crowd around Eastbourne on Friday.  By the end of the day, Danielle watched Phil fully powered on her 3.3 and 66litre twin, photos can be seen here as a result.

Phil at Cooden Beach. Image by Danielle Lucas.

Saturday they were at Hove Lagoon Coaching, seeing their students progress in the conditions off the front, which were very windy, wavy and sunny, a brilliant way to experience waves for the first time or improve their techniques in the challenging conditions.

Following a great weekend, Phil and Danielle have spotted the forecast and will be running a last minute Blasting, Jumping and Gybing session at Hayling Island this Saturday.  They have planned the morning at the popular flat water spot of Langstone Harbour (Esso Garage), a great spot for intermediates and advanced to practice their skills, followed by the afternoon off the front to experience the swells and excitement Hayling Island has to offer.

MPORA Action Sports

We a new one planned in for the Jubilee holiday at Bray Lake Watersports!  Other sessions may be run on forecast, and also private sessions can be arranged to fit with your own requirements so if you would prefer to do something different to our plans don’t worry, just get in touch!

Photography by Danielle Lucas

Spaces are available on all sessions although some are busier than others so get in touch soon with any questions or to book a space.

Contant Danielle Lucas through getwindsurfing.com

Check out GetWindsurfing technique on Boards.

“Fancy a trip to the coast to put your windsurfing skills into action? Why not do it with others and gain some expert coaching at the same time…”

The expert coaching team of Phil Richards and Danielle Lucas are running series of South Coast clinics over the coming Bank Holiday weekend. If you’re keen to get some invaluable coaching from the duo then get yourself down to Hayling Island or Eastbourne. Hayling offers a huge range of conditions, from mirror flat water in Langstone Harbour to waves on the front. The three days are aimed at intermediate to advanced sailors. Here is the schedule:

SATURDAY 5th May 2012
10:00 – 13:00 Langstone Harbour  INTERMEDIATES – ADVANCED FLAT WATER Session
This session will cover anything from rigging, harness, stance, waterstarts, footstraps, tacks and gybes even up to jumps and more.

15:00 – 18:00 Hayling Seafront INTERMEDIATE – ADVANCED on the front….
This will cover beach confidence and safety considerations, with general coaching on adapting your technique for sailing on the sea.  For more advanced riders this session will cover turning around and jumping….
£35 for one session, and £60 for the full day. (50% deposit required)

SUNDAY 6th May 2012
10:00 – 15:00  Langstone Harbour INTERMEDIATES-ADVANCED Flat water session
This session will cover anything from rigging, harness, stance, waterstarts, footstraps, tacks and gybes even up to jumps and more.
£50

MONDAY 7th May 2012
JUMP AND GYBE – EASTBOURNE
Exact beach TBC dependant on the weather.
15:00-19:00 Session to cover turning around, whether its the first ones or trying to speed them up, and jumping, again from the start or looking at boosting them higher and looping.
£40

Danielle and Phil will cater the sessions to your goals and the conditions. All sessions will go ahead, no matter the weather!

For further details and bookings, drop the team an email at GETWINDSURFING.DANIELLE@GMAIL.COM

Check out the weekend on Facebooktoo.

Join the GetWindsurfing team for some expert coaching

The clew first spock is a good move to try once you start to get comfortable with your normal spocks and 540′s. For many it will be your first clew first aerial freestyle move. Although the preperation & take off for your Clew First Spock are a little different the end of the move is the same as your normal Spocks & 540′s.

You may even find this Spock variation easier as you don’t have to change your hands in the air.

Find out more at www.getwindsurfing.com

The forward loop is a great move to learn, you can do it in a variety of different conditions and on a variety of different kit.

To be prepared to go for the forward loop you will need to be able to jump the board consistently and the commitment to really try 110%. It’s always a crowd pleaser and will give you forward loop hero status with your windsurf buddys.

Here is the GetWindsurfing simple guide to the forward loop.

www.getwindsurfing.com for more

Phil sticking a shaka. Photo - getwindsurfing.com

So the wind was a little disappointing for the first 2 months this year, but now we have reached March and Egypt is back on form, albeit a little too windy at times!! We have had 2 great weeks of wind, a couple of much needed days off in between and another week of full power wind forecast! This is particularly great for us as we have a large group from Oxford and Cambridge Universities arriving on Tuesday for a weeks coaching and holiday here in Dahab.  This will be the third time we have had a group from these Uni’s and hope to add more universities in the coming years as we begin to arrange more and more weeks for groups just like these.

Other news with us, well we spent a great couple of days in El Tur last week, catching up with friends, training as much as possible, and saying our goodbyes as we near our departure from Egypt!  We were lucky to get permission to windsurf at a spot just downwind from El Tur, where a military base is situated, and so could enjoy a perfect flat water bay with stunning scenery, no other riders and amazing colours for some photos and video.  We had to be careful not to get any of the military area into the footage, and were limited to where we could position ourselves for the video, but we got some good shots and clips and really enjoyed being in such a beautiful isolated spot to enjoy our windsurfing.  Our whole trip to El Tur was brilliant, and a big thanks as always has to go to the Moses Bay Hotel for their hospitality and help with making it a great time. We will be back later on in the year for sure.

Since that trip we have had some busy times working here in Dahab and now have only one weeks work, one weeks training and then we fly back to UK shores, with 3 years worth of belongings, Easyjet could be interesting!!

There are now lots of the riders from the PWA tour here in Dahab so practice is great, motivation is very high and the wind is coming…we couldn’t ask for much more for our final weeks!

We will put up some images from the past few weeks (thanks to all who helped get them), and we are making videos as I type, which we will complete after our last weeks sailing once we have a little more footage…I hope you enjoy!

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