To mark the new website going live ( http://www.x-train.co.uk/ ) we have made this little video walk-around of West Wittering Windsurf Club.
A little taste of summer on a cold winter day!
West Wittering Action Today
Jem,Paul,Innes, Tatsy, Andy R and plenty of others were out on the water this afternoon on 3.5s (including Jem) and 4.0s. The wind blasted through with gusts up to 50 knots some pretty decent action out there. The pics speak for them selves,nice backies from Paul and Innes, forwards from Jem and Paul.
pics by Simon Bassett /2XS
Mark Perry GoPro Mast Mount Photos at West Wittering
Here are some great shots of Mark Perry.
They were shot using a goPro HD camera along with a mast mount.
The 2010 WWWC End of Season Party Photos (Crouchers Hotel)
We had our usual end of season bash at Crouchers Hotel. This season was very busy with more than 90 people attending, so it was all set for a good night.
The end of season awards were once again given to the windsurfers and kiters as voted for by the WWWC and 2XS crew.
On the kitesurfing front we had 3 nominees: Jess Napper, Olivia Tayler and John Hamer with John Hamer claiming the victory.
The Windsurfing trophy was between Martin Edmead, Justin Goodwin and Paul Simmons -the winner was Justin Goodwin.
The rippers award for best junior was between 4 riders: James Arnell Smith, Jack Petit, James Andrews and Alex Mckirgan – the winner was Jack Petit.
The food as usual was very good. There was plenty of drunken behaviour and some nice shapes on the dance floor – saw Emile hanging of the beams in the restaurant. Lara got plenty of attention with gold lama stretch tight pants. Lots of people turned up in boardies and DJs- Check the pic of Mike Stewart with his cowboy boots. Good to see plenty of new faces: Andy and Caroline, Mark Way, Danny and Zoe – Plenty of hangovers in the morning!
We must thank Jane who organised it, and Lloyd, Lynn, Carlos and all crew at Crouchers.
Check out all the pics here:
August Wind in West Wittering
Here is a slideshow of some of the sailing in West Wittering this August.
These shots were taken on “The Trench” by Simon Bassett.
Videos of the new wave toys from RRD
The new RRD Wave Cult V4
The new RRD Hardcore Wave V4
Stuart Holland’s videos
Stuart Holland (2XS team rider) has sent us these great videos of the (very few) decent kite sessions he has had this year!
If you have an videos of sailing or kiting at West Wittering, please get in contact and we will get them up here.
A bit of Wind (at last!)
After one of the longest windless periods we can all remember, those lucky few who can sneak out during the week to play had a moment of respite.
The windguru forecast for last thursday was finally showing a decent number of stars: 25-30 knots with a 3m short period swell.
Thankfully the forecast delivered. Chimet hit 35knots in the middle of the night and built all day. Unfortunately the wind decided to shut off at 4.45pm – perfectly in time to frustrate all the after work sailors!
Stuart Holland and Simon Bassett captured all the photos of the day.
We are now playing the waiting game again. Stuck with this beautiful sunny weather and hoping for windy storms. Pretty sure we’re all stupid!
Congratulations to Adrian Nesbitt and Adrian Hope-Barr who managed 30.24knots on a freestyle-wave and North Duke and 35.91 knots on a Fanatic Falcon and 5.8 NP RS respectively!
Simon Bassett captured a video of the day on his GoPro HD. To follow shortly…