RUARAIDH SOMERVILLE
ANTICIPATION
The buildup to the 2024 Tiree Wave Classic brought with it the usual feelings I have had every year since my first one back in 2016, when I was thirteen. It's a brilliant mix of fear, excitement and anticipation. There are two things that keep me coming back and I know that they're the same for everyone else. The first is the community - I look forward to registration day every year because of the familiar mix of welcome hugs, handshakes and friendly smiles on weather-beaten faces. There's anticipation in the air, everyone yapping on about what the week will hold. Tiree is unique in that aspect, we can have the full range of wave sailing conditions hit us in a week and at the contest that means there's a slight air of unpredictability about it. In theory, there can be upsets at other venues, but the chances of someone other than the usual suspects winning Rhosneigr are a lot lower than in Tiree. And that's the second attraction of Tiree that makes it a mainstay on everybody's calendar. From the moment you get off that ferry and onto the much-wobbled-across single track roads, you don't know what the week will have in store for you.
STORMY SATURDAY
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New School
Slingshot’s windsurfing brand manager, Wyatt Miller, has noticed that kids are drawn to playing with wings and puts forward an interesting case as to why he thinks this could help entice them and others into windsurfing.
Changes
Wave sailor Flo Jung reflects on our changed world during his lockdown in Germany.
THE LAST WAVE
Lockdown stirred the creative juices of reader Björn Alfthan, who peers into the future to present a fictional story set in the wild waves of Norway, five years from now.
STILL IN THE GAME
After a horrific fracture in his leg from a crashed aerial in 2018, Alessio Stillrich is back! John Carter talks to the highflyer from Gran Canaria about his move to the Simmer team, recovering from injury and how he learned to windsurf in Gran Canaria!
MOVE ON UP - GET ON THE FRONT FOOT
This month we look at how our front foot weighting can affect and improve different aspects of our main windsurfing moves.
SOUTH' KIPA
Nik tweaking it over home waters.
A NEW NORMAL
On a trip to La Tranche-sur-Mer in France last year, Tris Best estimated over 80% of the windsurfers were foiling. This summer in Portland Harbour, foiling activity has increased dramatically too he reports. With the market offering plenty of choice to recreational windfoilers, our test team check out some of the latest foil offerings.
TACKING – THE SEQUEL
Having given you time to practice, Harty concludes his tacking series by critiquing various tacking options, including the carve tack, as well as offering solutions to common slip-ups.
‘NO VAPOUR TRAILS TO SCAR THE SKY' *
Realising we may be about to enter an extraordinary period in our lives, Harty decided to keep a windsurf-centric lockdown diary. Here are some of his choice excerpts.
REDEMPTION DAY!
Renowned for its windsurfing and variety of spots to sail at, Kimmerdige Bay is a wave sailing jewel on the south coast of England. Timo Mullen gives a guide to its shores while reflecting on why a recent session there was a reminder that there is no place like home!
