Francisco Goya and the SX Watersports crew at Chalkwell

Michael Goldfinch of SX Watersports reports from Francisco Goya’s visit to Essex on Saturday 9 July 2011…

The only way was SX!

What more could you want from a Goya demo day than the actual Francisco Goya himself joining us at Chalkwell beach last Saturday. Showing us the latest in Goya 2012 Sails and allowed the locals full use of the current 2011 boards and sails.

The demo started off with everyone on the water planing with 5/6 metre sails. Every board and sail got used and was well liked. We also had Aleksy and Megan Gayda trying out the quad boards and the new 2012 Banzai sail. It is a four-batten wave sail that is set to be a very different sail to all the rest on the market. It is super-light, manoeuvrable and so powerful. Aleksy was fully powered on a whole square metre less than others on the water. Aleksy was pulling off forwards and nailed his first duck tack. The Banzai only goes up to 4.9 but should be enough to get going in 15 to 20 knots.

What with the BBQ and great company the day could not get any better until Francisco finished the demo by getting on his board and showing us why he was once world champion. But if that was not enough Francisco then became lifeguard for one of the guys who got stuck 200 metres from shore. After swimming to his rescue Francisco then spent 30 minutes in the water teaching him how to waterstart.

We would also like to thank the guys from Zero Gravity for a 6 hour round trip to bring the nicest guy in windsurfing to SX Watersports.

More photos of the day can be seen on our Facebook site (Sxwatersports Essex) www.sxwatersports.com

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Mike Archer shows of the new F2 kit

This Friday F2 are celebrating their 30th birthday, and we have a gift for you. If you’re quick you can score 30% off the price of new F2 kit – then every day that discount will drop 1%, for 30 days. Your brand since 1981 has these incredible products available at phenomenal pricing.

To partake you need your copy of June’s BOARDS Magazine for the voucher code and you need to email markaggjones@mac.com to register.

All products in stock or in stock in europe are included in the promotion. All products to be delivered within 14 days of purchase.

UK standard normal prices: Promotional discounts apply to these prices.

Rebel (single fin wave) 63/68/75/83/91 £1599

Rave (twinser wave) 70/77/84 £1699

Baracuda (quad wave) 76/82 £1799

Rodeo Air (freestyle) 98/107 £1699

Vibe (jump & Jibe) £1399

Vento (free move) £1399

Vantage (freeride)126/136/146/156 £1099

Vantage Air (freeride) 126/136/146/156 £1399

SX silberpfeil Ltd (slalom ltd) 58/69/82/85 £1999 (no fin)

SX racing 58/69/82/85 £1699 (no fin)

FX Z (formula) £1799 (no fin)

Missile Ltd (speed) 43/49 (no fin) £1799

Xantos (freeride) 130/140/150/160 £1099

Discovery (s/m/l) £1099

SUP 9,5 (quad) £1099

SUP 10,5 (tri fin) £1099

Rig Line

Discovery Rig Packs (5.0/5.5/6.0/6.5/7.0/7.5) Complete £599

Checker Kid’s rigs (1.5/2.0/2.5/3.0/3.5) £325

Concept (wave)

3.7 £490 4.2 £510 4.7 £530 5.3 £550

5.9 £570 6.3 £590

Session (freemove)

5.4 £520 5.9 £530 6.3 £540 6.9 £550

Custom (freeride)

5.5 £390 6.0 £410 6.5 £430 7.0 £450 7.5 470

8.0 £490 8.5 £510

Silberpfeil (race/slalom)

6.5 £590 7.0 £610 7.5 £630 8.0 £650£

8.5 £670 9.0 £690

So now click www.f2-surf.com and have a browse at the beautiful kit available and indulge.

Aleksy and his new Simmers at SX Watersports

It’s been a great year for Amateur Windsurfing on the BWA tour, and as we come to the end and reflect on individuals efforts and performance it wasn’t hard to award this prize!

Simmerstyle kindly donated a new sail for the year, accompanied with a Teamrider deal with Simmer hosted by the winners local shop, and this year it had to go to Youth Champion Aleksy Gayda!

With fantastic support and backing from his dad ‘Dave’ throughout the year, Aleksy has shown some real good spirit and fantastic sailing skills for such a young lad! Having seen some real talent in all the comp’s he entered, and expecting him to give some of the older sailors a run for their money, we’ve also taken the decision to promote him up the ranks to full Amateur next year and help him to push himself further…..

BWA Amateur Representative Jim Brooks said “It’s been a goal of ours to boost the number of Amateurs across the board this year, and we are especially keen to help encourage and support the youth sailors out there progress in wavesailing, there just aren’t enough and these guys could be tomorrow’s legends! With growing support from brands such as Simmer the opportunities in windsurfing are just getting better”

SX Watersports had already spotted Aleksy’s talents, and offered him good backing for the event in Cornwall and are real stoked to have him on board now as a fully fledged ‘Teamrider’ for Simmerstyle Sails! Check them out at www.sxwatersports.com for more info and future news on Aleksy’s progress.

We look forward to seeing how he does next year in the hotly contended Amateur Championships, and wish him the very best of luck moving forward!

British Wavesailing Association