Adam Sims – Tarifa 2013
If you ever plan a windsurf trip to Tarifa and have any doubts on the effectiveness of the Spanish medical system then search no further. This man can give you all the answers! That’s Adam Sims’ clip documenting part of his recent trip
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Video – Adam Sims in Tarifa
Adam Sims recently visited Tarifa for one month and released a pretty nice clip from this trip.
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Another Man Down!
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How?
I’d been keen to try the double for quite a while now. I watched a whole bunch of videos and thought how hard can it be… Well turns out this isn’t one of those moves you learn just by thinking about it! I basically completed the first rotation then went round in to the second and, well, forgot to tuck up and hold on tight (despite telling myself a 100 times on the beach to not untuck). Anyway in the instant I realised I needed to tuck up I did, which only just accelerated my head even harder into the water. I came down perfectly on the side of my head, I’m not too sure if I hit any kit or if it was a perfect landing to the side of my face, either way I’d never hit the water so hard and I don’t really remember the second or two between hitting and then holding on to my kit.
After?
I came ashore feeling ok, wanted to check it on the camera and had a chat with my friends Chris and BR. Then they were both walking upwind and (about 5 minutes after I crashed) my whole body just sunk, all the blood ran to my feet and hands and I had no idea what my body was doing, it just felt like I was collapsing/crashing hard. I started to run to my friends and within another 5 minutes I was in hospital in Tarifa, pretty worried as you hear stories of people hitting their head hard and getting haemorrhages, etc… Then every 5 minutes I was getting the same sinking feeling, I was feeling sick and pretty unaware of what was going on. From there I was put on a drip, put in an ambulance and taken on to Algeciras hospital where they gave me morphine and a whole load of test/scans. Fortunately the scans were clear of a broken skull or haemorrhaging but I was diagnosed with concussion.
Now?
I’m now just chilling in bed for 48 hours to see if I get any swelling… Then if I’m all clear I’ll be back on the water by Wednesday, I hope! Next time a helmet will be pretty useful and an impact vest… I have quite a bit more respect for the guys that do doubles so well now, you see them so often it almost looks easy but really it turns out that getting it wrong can suck pretty hard.
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VIDEO: Sims’s Forward Loop Tips – Landing with Speed
UK freestyler Adam Sims posted a new update on his over the weekend with a whole host of tips on how to forward and how to land with speed. Not your usual pointers you may find a thing or two in there that will be of some use. Check out the full report on his website by clicking here. You’ll find the first bit of text and the video below.
THE FORWARD LOOP
The forward loop is one of those classic moves that just about everyone wants to crack and everyone is teaching. To find the basics of the move I would suggest checking in on a clinic with a pro-coach (maybe I will do a clinic in the future if there is any demand), you’ll learn plenty about it from how to grow the balls to get yourself back slapping to landing upright. What you will get from this bit of text and video is how to get height out of nothing and how to land with the same speed you went into it.
There are three key factors that you can learn one at a time. When these are combined you’ll find yourself rotating and landing like never before.
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1. THE TAKE-OFF
Two essential parts to this, you want to be well powered up or to the point of being almost over powered. This way you will help yourself when it comes to the next two parts. For the take-off itself you need a small bit of chop that is either the face or the back of the chop/wave (it’s easier to land with speed if you go off the back of a bit of chop/wave. You want to be sailing in a direction that is somewhe…………. click here for the rest.
A series of moves are promised over the coming week so tune back in again soon for more.
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Top News This Week
2013 kicked off in style with the BWA Tiree event being featured on Watersports World on Sky Sports, if you haven’t already seen it check Sky and record the next edition, it’s definitely a must watch! And whilst windsurfing was on the TV many of us have been treated to a windy end to 2012 and start to the new year as can be seen all across social media, as well as with galleries from Weymouth and Brandon Bay, and a videos from Jersey and Brogborough.
Another great video came from the SWA, this time of their Bad Education event in Nottingham. If you haven’t seen it take a look here, the SWA will be back with more events this year very shortly!
Boards are also super happy for Adam Sims who has been named as EFPT sailor of the year 2012! Congratulations Adam!
Windy times in Weymouth!
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Adam Sims EFPT Sailor of the Year
2012 saw a series of successful events for the EFPT (European Freestyle Pro Tour), culminating in the King and Queen of the Wind right here in the UK. The EFPT have recently run a vote to give you the chance to honour the top sailor of the year and Boards are please to share the news that this title has gone to Britain’s own Adam Sims!
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Sims not only competed in the tour but was one of the key organisers of the Weymouth event, it was surely the combination of these two talents that has seen him become sailor of the year.
“We had a fantastic time this year on the tour, there was a lot of support from the industry, the event organisers and the competitors themselves. The idea behind this competition was to help highlight the supporting industry brands of the EFPT and to promote the sailors and the tour through the public vote. We had a number of important characters from all over Europe within the draw, which saw almost 1,200 LIKES and 250 SHARES. Our final winner really deserved it due to his consistent and great overall result (8th place) but also for being a huge driving force as one of the organisers of the final EFPT stop in Weymouth, England. This was also a first for the UK and we hope to return there at the end of this year. Congratulations to all the nominees and competitors on this years European Freestyle Pro Tour.”
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European Freestyle Pro Tour – Sailor of the Year
The European Freestyle Pro Tour Sailor of the Year award came to its final conclusion yesterday. There were nine riders nominated, with a high profile list that included; Andraz Zan (F2/F2) from Slovenia, Dieter Van der Eyken (Starboard) from Belgium, Gabriele Varrucciu (Naish/Naish) from Italy, Adrian Beholz (Fanatic/Sailloft) from Germany, Mattia Fabrizi (North/Fanatic) from Italy, Italian JacopoTesta (RRD/RRD), Adam Sims (Sailloft) and Andy ‘Bubble’ Chambers (JP/Neilpryde) from the UK and Youp Schmit (JP/Neilpryde) who competes for the Netherlands.
In the end it was Adam Sims from the UK who took the award with a pro-active performance as both a competitor and an event organiser.
We caught up with Hanna Poschinger, EFPT Press Officer and Tour Manager for a few words about the competition and the final winner:
“We had a fantastic time this year on the tour, there was a lot of support from the industry, the event organisers and the competitors themselves. The idea behind this competition was to help highlight the supporting industry brands of the EFPT and to promote the sailors and the tour through the public vote. We had a number of important characters from all over Europe within the draw, which saw almost 1,200 LIKES and 250 SHARES. Our final winner really deserved it due to his consistent and great overall result (8th place) but also for being a huge driving force as one of the organisers of the final EFPT stop in Weymouth, England. This was also a first for the UK and we hope to return there at the end of this year. Congratulations to all the nominees and competitors on this years European Freestyle Pro Tour.”
An interview and more is promised on efpt.net soon.
Further to this Rick Jendrusch became the EFPT Rookie of the Year after showing some impressive sailing throughout 2012. However, many will remember his come back at the King of the Wind event in the UK where he charged his way past many high profile freestylers to finish 4th. His level continues to improve fast and we look forward to seeing him back in action on the EFPT and PWA next year.
Jendrusch flying high at the EFPT stop in France
The EFPT competitors and crowds gather
Tonky Frans makes a guest appearance in France and wows the crowds with this spectacular pushloop off the smallest wave!
Photos – Raffi Cherbedjian
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Fri 21st – Northsails APP 2.0, Polakow and Swift, Gollito, Sims, Bubble, EFPT and more…
Welcome back for the last update this week. Some cool news for those with smartphones, North sails have released their official NorthSails APP v2.0. The upgrades include a downloads category for on and offline use of all media and brochures as well as iPhone 5 and iPad compatibility. On top of all that there are some pretty nifty features, like the kit check list, so you never forget anything in your rush to the beach or the unit converter if someone ever confuses you with their technical talk about the bft scale or nautical miles an hour. Head over to the iTunes store to grab your copy - https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/northsails-windsurf/id444210914?mt=8
For fans of watersports then this video will quench your thirst, it includes some nice action from Kai Lenny as well as the XXL surfing awards and mark our words, there is some serious eating it in there!
Lastly, this cool one with a nice sound from the wakeboarding scene.
Good news, we are all still here. Even better news, Boardseeker brings you a healthy update this morning. Check out the action that went on around the world in the last few days before the apparent end of days.
Jason Polakow and Robby Swift report in with this edit from their recent trip to Chile. Outstanding action.
Up next is one for spanish listeners or just fans of top level windsurfing. Having featured in our afternoon news section yesterday, Gollito now stars in another movie which shows off the champions that have come out of Venezula.
Something esle of high quality is this sweet looking website from the Austrian slalom sailor Marco Lang, keep up to speed with the Marco as he progresses on the 2013 PWA tour – www.marco-lang.com.
More from the five times World Freestyle Champion, Gollito Estredo. Team QSW recently hooked up with Nik Baker to interview the freestyle champion himself, if you’ve ever wanted to find out what goes on inside the head of Gollito then this is one of the best chances.
Finally for those interested in the European Freestyle Pro Tour, it looks like the calendar for next year is beginning to appear on their website. So far just a couple of events but rumour has it that there is quite the potential for 2013. Check it all out here – www.efpt.net. Whilst you are there be sure to take a look at the nominees for the European Freestyle Pro Tour Rider of the Year and get your votes in. For the UK we have Adam Sims and Andy ‘Bubble’ Chamber nominated, a fair chance for a Brit to hit some pretty decent headlines. Obviously there are also a few others in contention…
Until this afternoon.
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EFPT Weymouth – Centaur King Of The Wind 2012
After the Sigri event the EFPT saw a huge boost with another two super successful events. The final one, Centaur King Of The Wind, was organized by Adam Sims and held in Weymouth UK. Winner of this event was Davy Scheffers
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Top News This Week and Juicy Demo Video
Where do we start this week….so much has happened in the world of windsurfing! To start with, it was less than a week ago that windsurfers celebrated to return of the sport to the Olympics. Both men and women will compete in the RS:X class in Rio 2016, read more here.
After a successful King and Queen of the wind events the EFPT went behind the scenes to find out more from competitor and event organiser Adam Sims. Another event we have heard a lot about this week in the SWA Wet Dream Four….Play; with this event passed and the Northern Monkey event this weekend there is a lot going on in SWA land. Check out all the latest student windsurfing news and features here.
The other big news this week of course cam from Ludertiz, where all sailors have been increasing their top speeds day on day. Zara Davis and Farrell O’Shea have both broken records, but the top news is that Antoine Albeau and Anders Bringdal both broke the 50knot barrier. Find out more about Antoine, including some words on the record from the man himself here. With more promising forecasts around the corner, we will continue to follow all the action in Luderitz, fingers crossed more records will be broken in the near future.
We finish up the news this week with a video from Juice Boardsports and their recent demo at Fraisthorpe beach.
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