D.I.T Award For The Late Mikey Clancy
Yesterday we had the release of the tribute song to Mikey Clancy, today we hear that he received an award for his outstanding contribution to sport. Here is the official news, including a moving video from a proud and loving father – Michael Clancy.
“Mikey Clancy who passed away in January was awarded the outstanding sports contribution Award at his University, Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin last week. Mikey an elite sports student who was completing a degree course in Marketing at the college was awarded the accolade for his exploits on the PWA tour during 2012. During an emotional tribute where a video presentation of Mikey in action was shown, Mikey’s parents accepted the award from Fiona Coughlan the Irish Women’s rugby captain. Here is the D.I.T. video of Mikey.”
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Dissertation vs Windsurf
For once the weather may have just saved our student windsurfers from having to repeat their final year again. With a very much over extended winter this season, the student population have been locked in their rooms studying hard and finishing their dissertations. We’ve had word from Starboard/Tushingham team rider, Ollie Acton about the experience and how he is finally stoked to have finished so that he can hit the water again in these rather mild and windy days.
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A Song For Mikey
Mikey Clancy shook the world of windsurfing and beyond when he passed away in late January. Circumstances surrounding his passing came to light about a week after and since then there has been much debate about this topic in Ireland. Now friends and family of Mikey have arranged for this song to act as a charity single so that anyone who wishes to purchase it off iTunes or any other music downloading website will be contributing a certain percentage to Pieta House Suicide Prevention in Dublin, Ireland.
This humbling song that will be hard to listen to and watch for many includes images by John Carter, Peter Rowan and Michael Clancy (Mikey’s dad). The song is by Roger Smale (Mikey’s uncle) and friend Tony Pacholuk and it is titled “When Birds Fly From The Shore” – the time when windsurfers arrive at the shore.
Please click on one of the following links to download:
Song iTunes
Amazon Mp3 Store
Google Play
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UKWA Freestyle – Round 1
This weekend saw one of the best freestyle conditions to hit a UKWA freestyle contest in a very very long time. Flat waters and strong winds allowed the stylers to bust out all their top moves. In the end it was John Palmer who took the win ahead of Adam Sims, Oscar Carmichael and Nic Hibdige. Whilst in the Amateurs Alex Mitchell stormed his way to success by winning all four rounds.
The event itself was at an awkward time for some of the others who couldn’t make it but for those who did many travelled 1000′s of kilometres just to be there. Nic Hibdige flew from Bonaire the day before, then had to drive from Heathrow to the south coast and back up all before Saturday night. Adam Sims drove for 22 hours with one hours sleep from Vienna in Austria and many of the others had to also make the long journey from the south coast up. Dedication by a few but the reward was high as they scored some of the best freestyle conditions they could dream of.
All photos courtesy of Trevor Hibdige
Nic Hibdige steps up his game after two weeks in Bonaire
We caught up with JP for a word:
“After all the snow in the last few months when I saw the forecast for the event at one of the best freestyle spots in the UK I got pretty excited! I hadnt windsurfed since a trip to Ireland at new year so couldnt wait to get back out on the water with everyone. Event started and I started sailing pretty well with some solid heats. Felt pretty bad in the first final when Oscar crashed his first Flaka next to me because his footstrap broke, he still sailed a pretty impressive heat though! I managed to sail a solid heat getting some decent moves on each side so wasnt too surprised to win that.
Mr Sims then rocked up after his marathon drive and started dominating and sailing pretty well. I had some solid heats, did have one nightmare which meant I had to sail an extra heat to get to the final – not ideal when I was so tired could barely hold the boom anyway (maybe more exercise needed before the next comp…). By the second day I had a 1st and 2nd.
David Bradley organised a cracking evening with food and drinks at Toast so was good to catch up with everyone on saturday night.
Sunday started with a full english with the boys then was straight into sailing. The wind was still pretty gusty, but full power on my 4.8 Freek. I got another 2nd place, then it came to the final round. It was either me or Sims to win and whoever finished ahead won the event. The wind was pretty dodgy so I rigged up my 5.2 Freek for the first time and went out on that for the final. Had a pretty solid heat again, getting a decent shaka, a nice switch kono and pretty much every move I can do. I hadnt seen much of the others so wasnt sure how they had sailed. When it came to the prize giving I was real happy to here Id won!
Was a great event, decent wind, tight competition and really well organised so thanks to everyone that competed and helped out with it!”
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VIDEO: Edd Seater in Dahab
One of the Club Vass crew, Edd Seater recently put this video clip together all shot from his Drift Camera. Capturing the lifestyle as much as the action, Edd shows us a bit more around Dahab and a couple of nice time-lapses along the way.
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IFCA Slalom Worlds – Alacati, Turkey
Pre-Notice of race has been published for the IFCA Junior, Youth & Masters Slalom World Championships to be held from 1 to 6 July 2013 at the Cagla Kubat Windsurf Academy, Alacati, Turkey.
Alacati is located on the Cesme Peninsula, the westernmost point of Turkey in the Aegean Sea. It is 12 kilometers away from Cesme, a well-known holiday town that is famous for its thermal waters, clean white beaches and its vast holiday options. Alacati, overshadowed by Cesme until recent years, is quickly becoming one of the most popular holiday places for windsurfers who visit Alacati Bay to enjoy its constant wind, nice waves and surf schools.
Cagla Kubat: Windsurfing has been a huge part of Cagla’s life. Her love for the sport has been an inspiration to all aspects of her life. She has been known as a television personality, an actress, a model, a beauty queen, an engineer, and as a champion windsurfer. In her heart and soul she is simply a windsurfer. It is now her desire to help bring more people into the sport of windsurfing and share in the joy and adventure she has experienced. The Cagla Kubat Windsurf School has been founded to share her love for the sport, to inspire healthy living, and enjoy the beautiful conditions that the nature of Turkey has to offer.
Event website – www.caglakubatwindsurf.com/en/
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Spring Is In Town
Despite predictions* that we may never see temperatures rise above 10 degrees this year the wind and weather gods have shined upon us this weekend and lets just say the cobwebs were well and truly blown off any of those still hibernating this winter. Huge swells struck Cornwall whilst strong winds and decent waves showed their face at Rhosneiger, meanwhile the UKWA saw their opening event in West Kirby take place in some of the best conditions to ever hit a UK freestyle event, more on that soon.
We caught up with Stef Hilder for a few words about Gwithian going off -
“The morning saw small but fun conditions with 40-50 windsurfers on the water, a clear sign that everybody had been dying to get out after such a cold winter! After sailing for 3-4 hours I was pretty worn out and hadn’t had the best session. We then noticed more and more sets coming through and knowing it would be good as the tide pushed in we snuck off to mexicos where it was side offshore and getting bigger by the minute.
I wobbled out on my 78l and 4.2 Icon which was perfect on the wave if a little light when negotiating big close out sets!
3 of us then had the perfect hours evening sessions with lots of sets and no-one else around! Quite a few guys stayed out at Gwithian so I am sure more pics will appear from their session where there must have been a few monster sets!”
Stef is supported by:
| Puravidaboardriders | Simmer Style | O’Shea Surf
| No Limitz Masts | K4 Fins | Crossfit Plymouth
The pictures are starting to hit the web and we’ve got just a handful for you now but check back later, on this news post, for further updates.
Phil Horrocks in Rhosneiger
Phil Horrocks tweaking it!
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VIDEO – Jem Hall in Prasonisi
Jem Hall is one of the UK’s finest coaches with multiple sold out clinics each year he is safe bet that you are getting your moneys worth. His unique yet professional coaching style pushes even the most stubborn of people to try moves and progress much faster than they normally would. If you fancy finding out a bit more about his clinics then we suggest you watch this latest video of the crew in Prasonisi to see exactly what goes down.
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ION – New Website – New Stash
ION recently launched their new website (check out the screen grab of that below). With this there are a some new products in the line up including the next generation MADDOX Harness, which has been developed in conjunction with 5x World Champion Gollito Estredo.
More about the next generation MADDOX
We are happy to present you the next generation of the MADDOX windsurf waist harness, that is well known for its soft support and maximum priority on freedom of body movement.
The 2013 edition is again available as a special Gollito Estredo Signature Model and additional features the all new Contour shape 2.0 at the inside of the harness, which guarantees an ideal fit to the upper and the lower part of the back by the help of different shaped areas in the harness body.
For a really short sum-up of all the details, please find attached an official press release.
The MADDOX is available from now on in sizes XS, S, M, L, XL and retails at 139.- €.
This top of the line product is just one out of 6 different windsurf waist harnesses. The full product line, including more budget oriented models, can be found on: www.ion-products.com
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Alex Mussolini Tearing up Tenerife
Alex Mussolini is another one to set his feet on Tenerife this winter. Proving to be one of the ultimate European training grounds, Musso shows his form in this epic video by Bartek Jankowski. The moves are big and after some decent results on the PWA last year he no doubt has his mind set on one goal…
Words from Bartek Jankowski
“Playa de El Cabezo in Tenerife is not the only place where you can windsurf! Playa de Las Americas is the largest touristic resort in Tenerife, and one of the most popular party destinations in the Canary Islands. It is a famous surfing spot with north west swells hitting the coast almost every day.
Once in a while the north west wind creates a good windsurfing conditions, while in the same time in El Medano there is no wind at all. In this short video Alex Mussolini (3rd in PWA last year) proves that he is an universal sailor and that he has the same smooth style in this difficult starboard tack side-onshore conditions.
Camera & edit: Bartek Jankowski (bj-productions.com)”
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