Airhead has some hot off the press video footage of Dan Sweeney the UK’s top kitesurfing “Young Gun”.
In the last couple of months Dan has been globe trotting with a trip to Maui with the Cabrinha kitesurf team and no sooner had his feet got back to the UK he was on a flight Egypt bound… You will see from the footage Dan had a great time.
In Dans own words…. “So I had a great time in Egypt mainly training for this years competitions but to also to start off one of my first series of monthly podcasts for this year. Not only that but I have been shooting new content for my 2010 website with Craig from Blue Juice Multimedia. The new content and full podcast is dew to be online in a week or so at DanSweeney.co.uk. Here is a little teaser of whats to come. Stay tuned at Air-head.com for updates.
Cheers Dan”
You can find more out about Dan Sweeney at his web site DanSweeney.co.uk this young guy is an up and coming Kitesurfing star to stay tuned for the latest on him and his travels.
Keep checking back for the latest from the Airhead team… Ride safe
Big Salty has launched a new and unique service to all water sports users to help them keep up to date with conditions that they are interested in as soon as the latest data hits our servers. Users can either set Wind Alerts or customise swell and wind conditions to trigger their email alerts.
The alert system works alongside the Watchlist concept of having a series of beaches that are of particular interest to a user. A user may decide to setup email alerts for one or more of his locations and also decide whether he wants to set the conditions manually or opt for the Big Salty Wind Star Rating.
The Airhead team have had fresh information passed to us by Bracklesham Board Riders regarding Kitesurfing around the Pagham Harbour Area … please take time to check it out and make sure you stay within the guide lines so that everyone can enjoy the area.
Kitesurfing codes of conduct:
Be sure you can handle the prevailing weather conditions
Always assist fellow kitesurfers when launching and landing
Always use an effective kite safety leashing system
Wrap your lines when not in use and secure kite properly
Keep a reasonable distance between you and your fellow kitesurfers / beach users
A kitesurfer must know the navigation laws and abide by them at all times
If you ride alone, let someone know you are out and what time you will be expected back
If you lose your kite or board whilst on the water, always report it to the coastguard General Information
The kitesurf magazine is going from strength to strength and this issue is packed full of some fantastic kitesurf travel articles, as well as the first tests for some of the 2010 equipment. There is also the ever popular technique article with Christian Black and Karine and a great interview with Mallory de La Villemarque, arguably the man with the greatest name in kiteboarding! Add to that some of the best kitesurfing pictures they have ever run and you have a recipe for an awesome magazine! Be sure to check it out! IKSURFMAG
The team at Hooked on kitesurfing inconjunction with iKSurf Mag are organising an epic kiting trip to Dakhla Morocco… I know October seems a long way off while we are in the heat of the summer but to quash the winter-blues as it begin to rear it’s ugly head why not get in on an awesome trip to Dakhla which is a kitesurfing paradise.
With a huge flat water lagoon and a fantastic wave spot 5 minutes away, Dakhla offers something for all levels of kiter. Its tranquil setting next to the Sahara, along with consistent winds and warm temperatures makes it a no-brainer choice for an Autumn kiter’s getaway near to perfection.
Just had an Email from a young local kitesurfer.. he has not long been kitesurfing off Littlehampton, normally with his North Rhino or his Best Yarga and his Bang board.. He has lost his board today Saturday 11 July.. his kite ripped.. and he could not body drag out to the board..
This lad knows most of the local kitesurfers and he is going to be completely lost without his board, his Mum tells me “its a great board and it suits him just fine… with chance it will turn up.. I hold out a small amount of hope”
The Lost Board.. Can You Help ??
So if you find it please let us know and help this young guy out… if you kitesurf you know what loosing your board would do to you so please keep you eyes open for it when your at the beach.
Thanks for your time and help on this one… the Airhead team…
This year we have seen some of the best summer weather that we have had for a long time in fact I struggle to remember a year that has been this good… With this good weather comes great seabeazes and people pouring out of the town towards the coast, so why not take a look at one of the best sports there is Kitesurfing… yep I can tell you like that idea… but stop.. you dont just want to learn anywhere you want to make sure that you learn with a kitesurf school that will help you learn in a safe and fun environment with the very best equipment… thats where the Bracklesham Boardriders team come into it. BBR’s Kitesurfing Store and Training Centre is a British Kite Surf Association approved school.
Bracklesham Boardriders near West Wittering and Chichester is one of the countries leading kitesurf shop and kite school’s, Bracklesham Boardriders (BBR) are Authorised dealers for North, Best, Ozone, Slingshot, Wainman, ION, Flexifoil, Prolimit, Mystic, Peter Lynn, ABoards, and many more…. they are able to bring you the choice of the very best kitesurfing equipment available.
International Kite Surf Magazine, IKSURFMAG for short, has been around for a few years now, during that time it has become one of the most respected kitesurfing magazines on the planet. Read in over 160 countries worldwide the magazine has reached hundreds of thousands of kitesurfers around the globe.
Of course IKSURFMAG isn’t just any magazine, the team behind it pioneered digital publishing back in 2006 allowing the magazine to take on a wholly more interactive feel. The page flipping technology created a real buzz in the kitesurfing world and the ability to embed video right on the pages of the magazine got lots of kiters and industry folk excited.
The first magazine ever published went live in November 2006 and started out as just 32mb of information. These days with all the video content the magazine is huge by comparison with the last issue topping out at just over 860mb! Each issue is around 150 pages and the team try to cram as many stories, pictures and videos into that as possible.
This information has come to the attention of Airhead please make sure you read it… The place in question is near Bognor Regis in West Sussex.. You can find out more at WSCC Pagham Harbour or British Kitesurfing Association
IF YOU DO NOT COOPERATE YOU MAY LOOSE THIS LOCATION OR FACE A FINE .
Pagham harbour Local Nature Reserve, West Sussex holds most top national and international designations and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, being protected by various wildlife legislation. It is especially famous for birdlife.
In recent years it has become attractive to Kitesurfers who use the sea at the harbour entrance, but often access the Reserve via a private unadopted road (Harbour Rd) and then park in the free car park owned by West Sussex County Council (WSCC) who manage the reserve.
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…
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.
