Archive for May, 2009
Friday, May 29th, 2009
With the sports we all do the one thing to keep an eye on is the weather… will it be windy? will the sun shine? what’s the surf like? well you know what I’m talking about.
The latest weather site to get Airhead’s attention is BigSalty.co.uk. This site has some great features like where is “going off” near you… in their words “Big Salty is a hybrid weather service that aims to identify which locations will provide the best conditions for a given forecast”… I can hear you all saying… at last just what I have been waiting for…
Here is the low down on the the Big Salty story
Big Salty is a new weather service dedicated to watersports enthusiasts in the UK and Ireland. It has been created with the aim of trying to get you on the water as much as possible and at the right location. The reason for this is simple. The team behind Big Salty are heavily immersed in the watersports scene and are keen windsurfers and surfers. Reading forecasts and weather conditions right is something that is key to heading to the beach at the right time and Big Salty is designed to make this as easy as possible.
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Tags: Kitesurf, kitesurfing, Littlehampton, Paddle board, SUP, Surf, Weather, wind, Windsurf
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Airhead has had the pleasure of catching up with Adam Zervas.. Surfer, Longboarder and one of the forefathers of SUP in the UK… between his work with Reef in the UK and his family Adam has been finding the time to hit the water and compete, to be honest the results speak for themselves…
English Nationals
The surf on the day was a stormy 4ft plus during the finals with 25mph onshore winds, Adam was riding the Basic BK 10 ft. Squash C4 Waterman which of course did the job for him.
Photo: Splashography.com
1st ADAM ZERVAS
2ND ALEX MURRAY
3RD NICK HEALEY
4TH TIM MELLORRS
Other finalists: Jon Elman-Brown and Bill FitzHugh.
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Tags: Adam Servas, C4 waterman, extreme, Paddle board, SUP, Surf, Watergate
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Anyone who has been to Watergate Bay will surely already love it, and if you have visited or even surfed at Watergate Bay then you must have seen the fabulous Watergate Bay Hotel….. for those of you who have not been here you are definately missing a jewel in Cornwall’s crown.
Watergate Bay is a stunning location even by Cornwall’s standards which offers as you would expect in Cornwall a surf school but not any old surf school.. this is the “Extreme Academy” and as you would expect from the name it offers a wide range of extreme sports to keep most happy…. Surf, Kitesurf, WaveSki, Traction Kiting, PaddleSurf, Kite Buggy / Land board and lastly Mounain board… yep that deserves the title “Extreme Academy”…
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Tags: extreme, Kitesurf, Surf, Watergate
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
The British Kite Surfing Association (BKSA) has seen some great conditions over the weekend and some great results for riders who have worked and trained hard over the past winter.
BKSA kitesurf Swansea: Photography BlueJuice Multimedia
Mens Pro Results:
Toby Raw 1st
Sam Light 2nd
Ali Barrett 3rd
Girls Pro Results
Hannah Whitely 1st
Nicky Rudd 2nd
Sarah Sylvester 3rd
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Tags: BKSA, Kitesurf, Surf, Swansea
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
A1Surf.com teams up with Groundswell to help young British surfers..
A1Surf.com has become one of the founding partners of Groundswell, a new not-for-profit organisation for young surfers in the UK.
Groundswell was set up with the aims of inspiring and educating young surfers aged 13 -21 in Britain.
With surfing as the backbone of the foundation, Groundswell will provide education in many areas such as marketing, business management, entrepreneurship, video editing, beach lifeguarding, surf coaching and PR to name a few.
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Tags: A1surf, Groundswell, Kitesurf, Surf
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
The world famous Indo Board balance trainer is the best way to keep yourself fit when you cant make it to your favourite surf break…
Indo Board presents a new graphic “Bamboo Beach” - an original design created by well known surf artist, Drew Brophy. Colour, fun and a little “retro” is what it is all about as this design will bring a bit of tropical surf to the already popular graphic design range.
Bamboo Beach
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Tags: balance board, indo board, Surf
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
The past few days have seen great conditions for the local kitesurfers… Littlehampton has always been a great kitesurfing spot and when the wind and the tide work together it is the perfect place to hit the water.
Oli Sweeney
The local riders have been taking full advantage of the weather so we took the camera along to capture some of the action…
Peirz taking it in his stride
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Tags: Kitesurf, kitesurfing, Littlehampton
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
May bank holiday Monday started at Littlehampton with no wind but as the day progressed the wind picked up enough for some kitesurfing action and three local riders where ready to take full advantage of the conditions.
Local kitesurfer Toby Raw has been spending some of his free time putting together a slider and today was the day to put it to the test… Toby Raw, Oli Sweeney and Dan Sweeney would be the test Pilots.
Dan, Toby & Oli
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Tags: Kitesurf
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Testing out using the blog while on the go from the iPhone, this will allow us to keep you upto date while we are on the move…
Fingers crossed this works well and as you know you will hear more news for the Airhead soon and now while we are on the move.
Tags: Airhead, extreme, news, sports
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