LOOKING BACK
Rewind to last year's Lanzarote Foil Challenge and I remember putting a bold note in my diary that said if I was ever invited to photograph this event again, I needed to come far more prepared. A three-metre swell, combined with 30-knot trades made for a treacherous eight-hour boat ride, where I destroyed one camera after the boat ploughed into a wave, while the next morning I woke up feeling battered and bruised, like I had gone twelve rounds with Tyson Fury. Despite years of experience in boats and rough seas, for some reason I was expecting a nice, easy tootle round the island in a RIB and didn't even consider bringing much waterproof apparel or protection for my cameras. In other words, I was a complete rookie and hadn't anticipated that this was a serious test of endurance for all involved. Yep, it all sounded like fun on paper, foiling around the rugged coastline of Lanzarote with a fleet of support vessels, but the reality is that this is an incredibly tough, and serious challenge, and certainly not a mission for the feint hearted.
TAKING NO CHANCES
This story is from the Issue 431 - March 2024 edition of Windsurf.
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