Emile’s Backlooping Clinic is back! After a very successful course last year, I am looking for those who are thinking about rotations or have started going for them. If you are nailing your floaty jumps and are ready to step up to the next level with video coaching and the utmost personal attention, then this course is for you!

As well as going through the move in detail, we will look at common problems like under-rotating, over-rotating and how and when to bail out. I have just bought a new waterproof camera, so many of your attempts will be captured in wonderful HD footage for anaysis and you to take away with you at the end of the day.

I am an RYA level 5 (advanced plus) instructor and have spent the last 14 years teaching windsurfing in UK, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Brazil and Cape Verde.

The course will run on the first day with good conditions out of 9th, 10th, 23rd or 24th October. The start time will be announced once the day is chosen but will be early morning for sure. The course costs £120 and this includes at least 5 hours of coaching, a hot shower and tea and coffee at West Wittering Windsurf Club.

If you want to talk it through, please call me (Emile) on 07846 611 618

Peter Hart’s jump and loop course yesterday coincided with pretty much perfect jumping conditions – 18-22 knot side-shore westerlies and sun! Everyone got decent air and Mark Perkins (see pic), who’d travelled up from Hastings gave that old trigger a proper pull and got three-quarters of the way round a few times – that’s a ‘loo ..’ then? “Mark said: “I could believe the conditions at WW – where I sail, when you bear away to get a jump, there’s just nothing there. But today there were little stunt ramps everywhere. I can’t believe I nearly got round – what a day!”

Peter will be running some more spontaneous days in October on the strength of the forecast. Check http://www.peter-hart.com/ and the x-train site for details.

To celebrate this onset of wind, we have some additions to our course dates for October.

KIDS Courses
Watermans (Thursday after school kids’ course) 7th, 14th and 21st October, 4-5pm: £36 for all 3 sessions
This is the best after school club – an intro to windsurf, surf, powerkite and “Ocean Education” depending on the tides. We provide the best equipment so all you need to do is get here as soon as the bell rings!
(Age 7+)

Team 15 (Age 7-15 Windsurfing tuition) Sunday 3rd, 10th and 17th at 10.30-Midday: £12 per session
Team15 is a nationwide network of windsurfing clubs where young people (aged 15 and under) can get together every week to learn new windsurfing skills and have a laugh with their mates on the water. Since the same faces come back every week, it’s also a great opportunity to make new friends.
 
Saturday Surf Club (Saturday Morning kids’ course) 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd at 10-Midday: £25 per sessionSaturday surf club offers kids an into to windsurf, surf, powerkite and all things beach, depending on the tides and conditions. We provide the best equipment available. What better thing to do on a saturday morning?
(Age 7-12)
 
Rippers Carve and Tack Course (3 hour advanced windsurfing clinic) 19th, 27th, time TBC £75 per session
This is an advanced kids’ windsurfing course. We will break the carve gybe down into manageable chunks as well as looking at the basic tack and how to make it work well on a smaller board. All students must be able to plane comfortably in the harness.
(Age 7-16)
 
Rippers Intro to Waves Course (3 hour advanced windsurfing clinic) 22nd and 25th at times TBC £75 per session
This is designed for kids who want to take on waves for the first time in a safe way. We will look at launching and landing in the surf, how to control the board through the rough stuff and where and how to safely play in the waves. All students must be able to plane comfortably in the harness.
(Age 7-16)
 

Kitesurfing
Kite Improvers Courses 20th, 22nd and 23rd time TBC, £89 per sessionA course to assist you in getting on the board, riding both ways and staying upwind. This follows on from the learn to kitesurf course.
 
Other Courses
Chicks that RIP and SUP (Windsurfing / SUPing course for women) 13th Oct, Time TBC £89
This course is designed to take advantage of whatever the conditions throw at us. If there is wind, we will windsurf, paddlesurf if not. Both sports complement each other amazingly well and with both of them under you belt, it is hard to find time to do anything apart from being on the water!

Emile’s October Backloop Bonanza (THE clinic to get you around your backloops): The first backloopable day out of: 9th, 10th, 23rd or 24th at 9am ’til death or tears: £120 (the best £120 you have ever spent!)

Emile’s Backlooping Clinic is back! After a very successful course last year, I am looking for those who are thinking about rotations or have started going for them. If you are nailing your floaty jumps and are ready to step up to the next level with video coaching and the utmost personal attention, then this course is for you!

Coaching legend and WW local Peter Hart, by very popular demand, is running another series of courses here in the early autumn.

You’ve seen the DVDs. Now experience the real thing. No one does it better you WILL improve beyond your wildest expectations!

Witterings Clinics
1st Sept: LADIES DAY (aka Birds on Boards)
Standard: Planing in the harness
A chance to relax and excel in like-minded company

6th-7th Sept: SLICKER CORNERS (general skills)
Standard: Planing in the straps and harness
Nailing the tacks and gybes on and off the plane

15th-16th Sept (one day course – windier day chosen): JUMP AND LOOP
Standard: Sailing a sub 100ltr board in breaking waves
Control your air with the aim of nailing a big one!

To book or for more information on any of the above courses, please call Chris or Roscoe on 01243 513077

The West Wittering Lagoon: the perfect carve gybing arena.

Only the finest company on a Peter Hart course

If by then, you are dreaming of warmer climes, check out Peter’s foreign schedule.

The Overseas Clinics
12th-20th Oct: General Skills
Location: Dahab, Egypt
Standard: Planing in the straps

16th-30th Nov: General skills and waves
Location: Mauritius
Standard: Sailing sub-120ltr board on the sea

8th-18th Jan: General skills and waves
Location: Jeri, Brazil
Standard: Sailing sub-120ltr board on the sea

To book the abroad courses, please call Sportif on 01273 844919

Rosco and the guys at West Wittering Windsurf Club have give us this further information about the Team15 sessions at West Wittering. If you are interested, please get in touch by calling 01243 513 077

Timing
You must be at West Wittering Windsurf Club, rigged and ready, 30 minutes early.

Please Pre-book
Pre booking is essential for us to plan our staff and equipment needs.

Kit and Cost
The cost is £12 per session; please bring your own kit if you have it. We can provide gear if you don’t have any.

T-15 will follow the RYA plan to develop youngsters’ windsurf skills and racing skills every 2 weeks on thursday from 4.00pm till 5.00pm. Followed by some sunday dates at the end of the summer. This is the next stage after beginner windsurfing.

5th, 19th August

Sunday 5th(10.30am), Sunday 19th (10.30am) September,

Sunday 3rd (10.30am), Sunday 17th (10.30am – raceday)October

Race Days
31st August and 17th October 2pm-4pm

Coaching
We will be working on developing all point s of windsurfing concentrating on figure of 8’s planing, fast tacking, gybing start lines, basic rules, wind shifts and finish lines.

T-15 is also about social interaction so kids and their “beach crew” can have fun meet other windsurfers and naturally (without mum and dad pushing to get out on the water).

Mum and Dad
Mums and Dads can help on the water -this is not like our rippers intense coaching it’s more of group coaching and general skills -your involvement can be to help learn about coaching and help carrying gear to and from the beach.

Sail Rigging
We do want kids to rig their own sails to improve rigging skills and understand wind speeds and tuning decisions so please don’t rig their sails

Book Now
So please book the sessions you want and ensure you’re there 1/2 hour BEFORE the session as we will start on time… Call 01243 513 077 to book sessions now.

Cheers Roscoe and team

Starting from 8th July, X-Train at West Wittering Windsurf Club will be running Team15 sessions:

Team15 is a nationwide network of windsurfing clubs where young people (aged 15 and under) can get together every week to learn new windsurfing skills and have a laugh with their mates on the water. Since the same faces come back every week, it’s also a great opportunity to make new friends.

Whatever your skill level, regular windsurfing sessions will improve your windsurfing ability very quickly. If you’ve never tried it before, you’ll have the basics mastered in no time. From first time windsurfer to a relative expert, Team15 clubs welcome all levels.

Team15 offers young people the chance to be part of the weekly club sessions and also to participate in the inter-club challenges. It’s your call whether you take part in one or both. But it’s the challenges that give Team15 its name. Each club can enter the inter-club challenges with a team of up to 15 people aged 15 and under; Team15!

At X-Train, we will be running sessions on Thursday afternoons. We have kit but if you have your own, you can bring it down. We are also looking for volunteers to help us run the sessions – a great opportunity if you are starting a career in watersports and it will help us get more kids on to the water.

• Thursday evenings 4pm – 530pm from 18th July onwards
• Cost £12.00 Per session, maximum group size is 12
• Price includes kit but if you have your own bring it down.
• Contact Rossco or Chris on 01243 513077 / info@x-train.co.uk for more info or to book

The first thing that you may have noticed is that being a new sport, no one has actually fixed a name for it. You may see it called SUP, SUPing, stand up paddling, stand up paddle surfing, paddlesurfing, paddleboarding, stand up paddleboarding: it’s all the same thing!

I want to have a go

• How to hold the paddle
• Safety
• How to turn around
• How to paddle

A great place to start is at X-Train, West Wittering. We offer a Learn to Paddlesurf Course covering everything mentioned above. It lasts 2 hours and costs £45. We provide all the equipment, including a hot shower and tea / coffee. All you need to bring is a towel! X-Train is run by Simon Bassett who is a BSUPA head coach. As well as running paddlesurf courses, X-Train trains BSUPA instructors.

Why Paddlesurf in West Wittering

Most importantly, paddlesurfing is not anywhere near as condition dependent as other sports. For windsurfing and kitesurfing you need wind, for surfing you need waves, but paddlesurfing can be done in flat water, waves, wind or no wind. This means that it lends itself very well to the UK’s changeable weather conditions!

The boards are fairly large and so it’s easy to learn the basics without taking too many dunkings. Also, the large size makes it easy to catch very small waves – once again, perfect for the UK!

Paddlesurfing gets you very fit. The paddling motion gives you a great core workout – when you come in after a long session, you can definitely feel it, and let’s face it, it’s a lot more fun than going to the Gym!

You don’t need much equipment: 1 board, 1 paddle, 1 wetsuit, done! Compare that to windsurfing: board, sail, mast , boom, extension, base, harness, wetsuit, not to mention lots of rope, footstraps etc…. This keeps paddleboarding affordable.

What size board do I need to start?

It helps to start on a fairly large board (around 12 foot) – the 11’0 NSP at £425 for instance is a great choice. Don’t think for a second that these large boards don’t perform – the shaping makes them very agile in the biggest of waves!

Full carbon paddles like the Kialoa shaka pu’u are great. They are very stiff, light and offer a lot of performance to your paddling. However, you can save quite a lot of money when you start if you go for an alloy paddle like an Ainsworth paddle at £55.