We at Boards would like to extended our congratulations to the new family. Well done!

Skyeboy has also finished editing the next part of his ‘Skyeboy’s Year’ video which you can view below.

“Listen live on 4th May along with 3.5 million people to my interview on

www.skysports.com/radio

and also on the Sky Sports News app. It’s a series on the lesser-known Olympic sports! I will also be posting the mp3 very soon…” Bryony Shaw

In other news, all at Boards would like to say congratulations to John Skye and Nayra Alonso, who are expecting their first chid. A windsurfing champion in the making we are sure!

Pro Coaching
Windsurf coaching will be available with PWA starsJohn Skye and Nayra Alonso who are regulars in Cape Town and therefore perfectly suited to take us to the best spots.

The Location
You’ll be based at The Kites Nest, Cape Town’s premier water sports lodge situated in stunning Sunset Beach. A family run business, Katie, an artist, has created a beautiful environment for you to relax in while enjoying the benefits of beach life. Brad, with his passion for the sea and an accomplished waterman, is able to offer help and guidance for all your needs.

Facilities:

• Posturepedic beds with Egyptian cotton linen
• Full breakfast
• Free ADSL wireless internet
• In house laundry service
• Weekly evening braai (BBQ)
• Communal living room with large flat screen TV
• DSTV multichoice channels
• Kitesurf, surf and windsurf equipment storage
• Close to Golf course, shops and restaurants
• Safe streets with no busy noisy main road

The Action
This trip is aimed at enjoying South Africa to the fullest. We’ll be cruising around in search for the best spot of the day in and around Cape Town whilst Sunset Beach, within a stone’s throw from the The Kites Nest, offers the perfect place to launch into the amazing wavesailing conditions that South Africa is now famous for. For those seeking calmer conditions, a nearby lake offers a more ‘relaxed’ setting and the perfect spot for busting some freestyle or perfecting those carve gybes.

Equipment
It is highly recommended that you bring your own equipment to maximise your experience. Equipment can be taken for free with Virgin Atlantic and more information on this will appear here shortly. However, local equipment rental is available should you prefer, just let us know your requirements and we’ll get it organised in time for your arrival.

Find out more at oceansource.net

Nayra Alonso on the Team - Pic by JC

Right before of the end of the year 2011 we like to update you on our team 2012: the Fanatic International Windsurfing team for 2012 is lining up to be one of the strongest ever!

Our Wave team will be led by 2010 PWA Wave World Champion, Victor Fernandez, eager to claim another title. Victor is supported by top PWA rider and R&D Manager Klaas Voget and top lady Nayra Alonso, as well as a host of young up and coming riders like Alessio Stilrich from Gran Canaria, and the newly signed 12yr old talent from Lanzarote, Noah Voecker-Roche (more info & pics will follow soon)!

Our Freestyle team is led as always by our four times PWA World Champion Gollito Estredo, Vice World Champion 2010 Yoli De Brendt and Vice World Champion 2011 Laure Treboux and supported by rising PWA stars, Max Rowe from the UK and Yarden Meir from Israel. Not to forget about Andre Paskowski, who hopefully will be back on the water as well in 2011!

Finally our Slalom team will be one of the strongest ever with top PWA riders Peter Volwater, Gonzalo Costa Hoevel and Pierre Mortefon charging for the top places on our renowned Falcon Slalom boards.

Leaving the team for 2012 is Marcilio Browne, we wish him all the best for the future and thank him for all the input and effort he made for Fanatic over the last 3 seasons with us!

More specific info on all Fanatic International riders: www.fanatic.com/content/team

Go With The FLOW...

Amy Carter at For Ladies Of Windsurfing (FLOW) is proud to announce Go With The FLOW – Cape Verde Clinic with Nayra Alonso…

FLOW goes international holding their first action packed, but relaxed week for female windsurfers on the beautiful, unspoiled island of Sal, Cape Verde.

The world class breaks of Cape Verde are often misconceived as too tricky or hardcore for many, especially the ladies, however as British born CV local, Vickey Abbott can confirm the island has a lot more to offer than the most talked about break.

Sal is a great destination for water sports of all kinds. Although, thanks to its recent inclusion on the PWA wave tour, Sal is now widely known for Ponta Preta with its perfect and large cross off shore waves.

Sal also hosts a large variety of conditions from flat freeride to cross-onshore bump-and-jump / mellow waves to perfect cross-offshore waveriding of all sizes. The north-easterly trade winds kick in towards the end of September and blow until usually the 1^st of July when the doldrums creep up and the calm hot summer starts. The wind is generally fairly light averaging 15-20 knots, strongest in the months of Jan – June. Due to the diminutive size of the island all spots are within 20mins of the town allowing multiple sessions at different locations throughout the day.’

The week organised by FLOW founder, Amy Carter, and Vickey, director of Cape Verde Imports, will combine yoga, windsurfing, surfing, SUP and many other day/evening activities, making the most of all the island has to offer on and off the water.

Top PWA competitor and approachable, experienced coach Nayra Alonso will be on hand all week to offer an abundance of coaching sessions and top tips. As a highly skilled wavesailor Nayra is an excellent instructor at all levels, to make the most of both Nayra’s abilities and the fantastic range of conditions we are aiming the week at experienced female windsurfers, who are comfortable planing, waterstarting, ideally having windsurfed on the sea, wanting to build confidence in waves, and get into/improve their wavesailing. Don’t worry we are not looking for pros, we just want to make sure that all women attending will be able to make the most of the conditions, just drop us an email to discuss further.

“I am super-excited about running this clinic along with Amy and Vickey. They are both really enthusiastic water women and I am sure they are organizing a hell of a holiday for the girls that will join the clinic!!. The aim is to help girls to start getting into the waves or improve their wave sailing skills. When it comes to waves there is as much ability and technique involved as mental preparation. We would help you trying to get more comfortable on the waves and try to get your riding and jumping better, feeling confident about it and going one step farther.” Nayra Alonso

Condition dependent the trip will also include the opportunity to learn/improve your surfing and SUP skills, meaning what ever the weather we will be able to hit the water. Off the water we will relax and restore our muscles with a series of yoga sessions, giving all the opportunity to unwind before the rest of the days activities. Of course all waterwomen also love great food and drink, the odd adventure, exploring and the odd bit of shopping, all this plus more will be available, island style.

Accommodation:

Will be in the Surf Activity guest house which is situated on the east side of Santa Maria town, 200mtres from the majority of the windsurfing centres and 5mins walk from the centre of the town. The surf house is run by a very friendly Italian Windsurfer who loves to welcome people to Cape Verde for the water sports and he and his wife are always delighted to help. The atmosphere that has been created here is very friendly, hospitable and the rooms themselves are kept clean and tidy. Please check out the website www.surfactivity.it it’s in Italian but the pictures tell you all you need to know! The rooms vary but all have a double and single bed with ensuite, there is a communal kitchen with cooker/oven/fridge, freezer and a dining table and sofa area.

Clinic Details

Dates: 12th – 18th March 2012

Price: £850 – £1000 (dependent on participants and exact package) to include coaching, food, accommodation, kit rental, transfer, vehicle hire and fuel.

We are recommending a UK flight with Thomson, but can assist with flight bookings from any location.

Package is flexible and can be individually tailored to dates/needs of each participant.

Minimum windsurfing level requirements comfortable planing, able to keep upwind, waterstarting, experience of windsurfing on the sea/coping with shorebreak.

Minimum of 6, maximum of 8 places available.

The clinic will rely on a minimum of 6 women confirming their entry by no later than 1/12/2011.

Once minimum entry has been reached the clinic plans will be finalised allowing entrants to book their own flights after this date.

Please do not book your flight until we have confirmed the clinic has 6 entrants.

For further details and full booking information please email amy@flowindsurfing.com – full information will of course be online at www.flowatersports.com

The FWC draw

Monday 7 February – opening and drawing of the heats

On Monday evening the opening ceremony and the drawing for the first round took place. The ceremony was held in the Oasis Papagayo Resort in Corralejo and organizer Orlando Lavandera announced the main goal of the event: “This is an event, which is made for riders. And together with all of you, who showed up, we want to present windsurfing as a cool and radical sport.”

Orlando Lavandera also explained the judging system and informed the riders about the race comitee and riders representatives, which will exist of Iballa Moreno, Dario Ojeda and Stephane Etienne.

The whole event will be judged by the riders. Heat 1 will be judged by heat 3, heat 2 by heat 4, heat 3 by heat 1, heat 4 by heat 2.

The first skippersmeeting will take place on Tuesday at 10.00 am in the hotel.

FWC first round

THE FIRST ROUND:

Heat 1 Women:

Daida Moreno

Iballa Moreno

Nayra Alonso

Nicole Boronat

Alice Arutkin

Fanny Aubet

Heat 2 Men:

Shannon Bohny

Yannick Anton

Jaume Coll

Eleazar Alonso

Thomas Traversa

Heat 3 Men:

Dario Ojeda

Aleix Sanllehy

Alex Mussolini

Mickey Clancy

Justin Denel

Jonas Ceballos

Heat 4 Men:

JB Caste

Albert Ferroni

Will Ward

Stephand Etienne

Tom Hartmann

FWC women

DAY 1  – Tuesday 8 February 2011

After the skippers meeting at 10am at the reception of the hotel Oasis Duna the organiser and race committee (Iballa Moreno, Dario Ojeda and Stephane Etienne) decided to meet at Majanicho at the North Shore. The waves were looking nice but the wind was too light for windsurfing or a competition. SUP was the sport of the day. The riders took their SUP boards or borrowed one and went on the water the whole afternoon.

At around 5pm the organisation decided to announce the end of the competition day. The forecast for today (Wednesday 9 February) predicts wind from the south, which doesn’t really work well at the spots here in the north.

Keep up with the latest from the Fuerte Wave Classic at www.fuertewaveclassic.com

More at nayraalonso.blogspot.com

Nayra Alonso

After a great weekend at NWF ( check out National Windsurfing Festival - The Write Up http://www.flowindsurfing.com/node/495 ) the next stop for the FLOW Ladies is Animal Windfest in Poole (www.animalwindfest.co.uk) where we will be running two sessions, both at 11am on Saturday 11th andSunday 12th September.

Saturday will focus on introducing women to the sport, explaining why we love it and about competition, with chats from experienced female instructors and competitors, including wave sailing super star and Animal team rider Nayra Alonso. Question and Answer sessions will follow every chat, so you have the chance to ask anything that hasn’t been covered. Add in a cuppa and chocolate brownies and you have to perfect mid morning chill out session!

Sunday will be a masterclass with Amy Carter and Nayra Alonso who will both concentrate on what is close to their hearts. Amy (a former international racer) will be giving tips on getting planing and going faster, while Nayra will cover sailing in waves and getting over the “fear factor”. We welcome all the windsurfing Ladies to come on down!

So whether you are thinking about getting on board, or into waves there will be something for you at the FLOW sessions. Most importantly it will be a great opportunity to meet other windsurfing women, chat, gossip and get to know each other.

For more about FLOW head to www.flowindsurfing.com

For more about Animal Windfest head to www.animalwindfest.co.uk

For more about Nayra Alonso head to www.nayraalonso.blogspot.com

Amy Carter

John and Nayra (inset)

Oceansource tell us there are still some places left for anyone seeking a week’s worth of wavesailing heaven in the rustic windsurfing village of Moulay Bouzerktoun, Morocco.

And there’s £50 off for any last minute bookings!

What to expect from a Skyeboy/Nayra coaching clinic:

• Two incredibly friendly, enthusiastic and encouraging coaches
• Video coaching, including head cam footage
• A fairly relaxed atmosphere. It doesn’t feel like school
• An emphasis on higher level moves, such as improved waveriding and jumping
• Morning yoga sessions
• The latest thinking on equipment, and all the gossip and news from the PWA world!

Full details on the Oceansource website

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Covershot: John Skye breaks his Jaws virginity, by Nayra Alonso

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