Monthly Archives: May 2009

The local Typhoon Lagoon

Old Crantock Beach is a notoriously fickle place to kitesurf. It is a good high tide spot in comparison to what is on offer in the local area, but you do need to be minute perfect with the tides. Today, … Continue reading

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Flat water larks at Daymer Bay

Celine Collaud is a lovely Swiss kitesurfer (now resides in Egypt) who is going out with me mate Will, a scruffy Cornish kitesurfer (now resides in St Mawgan). Today, we all met up at the flat-water-sometimes-pointbreak Mecca that is Daymer Bay, near Wadebridge. … Continue reading

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Cornwall sea breezes

Many people wonder what effect, if any, sea breezes will have on their kite trips to Cornwall. It’s true that Cornwall doesn’t get anywhere near as strong a seabreeze as some places, and this is because the peninsula can only … Continue reading

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A good afternoon of surf along the North Cornish coast

We all want to appreciate the sea as much as possible, and I find for me it helps if I build a bigger picture of what is actually going on out there. Somedays it’s nice just to take the camera, … Continue reading

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Should’st thou wisheth to relight thine fire, teacheth ye a newcomer.

If you ever get the feeling that the sheen of kitesurfing is starting to rub off, if the sport really is addictive as you first thought, one of the best things to do must be to pass a kite over … Continue reading

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BKSA Supersize Me!

It’s been a while since I updated the blog, didn’t realise how long it had been…18 days; terrible!  Righto, the first significant event of the last three weeks was the BKSA Kiteival Round 1 at Swansea. I won’t give you … Continue reading

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Bustin’ surfboads

The wind has been building all week, and the swell with it (apart from yesterday which was just quite chunky but with little wind). It’s good to see those classic winter conditions we’ve come to appreciate so much stretching their … Continue reading

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Summmer breezing with the Peter Lynn Twister II

  Today we (the missus and I) went to Watergate Bay to catch up on some testing for Powerkite Magazine. I’m very happy at the moment because I have a lovely quiver of foils comprised of the new Peter Lynn … Continue reading

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