Witterings Charity Paddle Race 2011 Results

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Surfers Paddle for Charity – Organised by X-Train -2XS and the Shore Surf Club.

Sunday 24th July saw 56 entrants to the Wittering Charity Paddle Race.

Entrants had to paddle against 20 knots of wind from East To West Wittering. The course is just over a mile from East To West Wittering which would normally take (on average) around 20 to 45 mins. However, the windy conditions made it much harder and it took the last competitor just under 2 hours to compete (the fastest time was 24 minutes 39). Even though the conditions were hard, nearly everyone fought on through and there were smiling, happy faces all over the beach at the finish line.

From West Wittering Windsurf Club, it was great to see Oliver Chipperfield and the McKirghans. Emile Kott managed to just squeeze in front of the boss (Simon Bassett) and James Randall managed to beat the old man by a convincing five minutes!

Event Results


The event, which is in its 7th year, brings the surfing community together to raise money for local charities. This year, the charity was The Sussex Snowdrop Trust.

The event raised just over £1000 for the charity and money is still coming in. Everyone involved enjoyed a BBQ at West Wittering Windsurf Club where there was a prize giving at the end of the day.

A lot of people put in a great deal of time to make the event happen, including the Shore Surf Club Team, the WWWC team, Puma Safety, West Wittering Estate Lifeguard.

Thankyou very much to event sponsors 2XS, X-train, The Shore Surf Club, Wittering Surf, Crouchers Country Hotel, The Beach House, Indoboard and Boardshop.co.uk.

The 2012 dates and times will be announced soon on www.2xs.co.uk and www.shoresurfclub.co.uk.

Francisco Goya in West Wittering – 9th July 2011

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Windsurfing legend Francisco Goya is heading to West Wittering on Saturday 9th July from 10am – 1pm

This will coincide with a free demo of Goya Boards and Sails run in conjunction with West Wittering Windsurf Club. All you need to pay for is parking at the beach.

WWWC will be firing up and providing a free barbecue from 12.30pm and it is the perfect chance to meet a windsurfing great and try some new gear!

Please let us know if you are coming down so we can buy enough sausages. Email sales@2xs.co.uk or call 01243 512552

Filming Yourself on the Water with a GoPro Camera

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If you like the idea of taking 5 mega pixel photos and HD video of yourself while you are playing on the water, then you should check out GoPro Cameras.

What do you need?
This varies slightly depending on what you want to use it for. When you are making a video or taking photos, it always makes it more interesting to have a number of different angles. This can be achieved by getting different GoPro Camera mounts.

For all sports, you need a camera and a waterproof housing. A sensible way to start is with a GoPro Helmet Hero HD Camera and Housing. Along with an SD card to record your footage, this give you everything that you need to get started. The Helmet Hero package gives you everything that you need to mount that camera to a helmet or flat surface as well as the camera itself, a waterproof housing and a rechargeable lithium battery.

Surfing and SUP
If you want to use your GoPro for surfing and SUP then it’s worth checking out the GoPro Surfboard Mount accessory kit. As well as a decent sized sticky pad, this kit includes an FCS style plug mount that any board shaper or repairer can fit for you to the deck of your board.

Windsurfing
If you want to use your GoPro for windsurfing then a GoPro mast mount and GoPro boom mount can get some great angles. A GoPro board mount is also worth thinking about.

Kitesurfing
Thinking about using your GoPro camera for kitesurfing?  The Kite Hero Kitesurfing mount attaches to your kite lines so that you can film and photograph yourself.
  

Lots of wind is coming! Get a small sail

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Luckily we have some Ezzy Wave Panthers and Panther 2s in stock that we can get out to you in time for the weekend if you order before midday Friday (3rd Feb)

Panther 2 2010 3.7 Ex-Demo £248
Panther 2 2010 3.7 Like New £280
Panther 2 2010 4.2 NEW £348
Panther 2 2010 4.2 VGC £270
Panther 2 2010 4.2 VGC £270
Panther 2 2010 4.2 Ex-Demo £248
Panther 1 2009 4.5 NEW £285
Panther 1 2009 4.5 GOOD £179
Panther 2 2010 4.7 NEW £356
Panther 2 2010 4.7 VGC £274
Panther 2 2010 4.7 VGC £274
Panther 2 2010 4.7 Ex-Demo £254
Panther 2 2010 5.0 NEW £360
Panther 1 2009 5.0 GOOD £185
Panther 2 2010 5.2 NEW £364
Panther 2 2010 5.2 VGC £281
Panther 2 2010 5.5 NEW £364
Panther 2 2010 5.8 NEW £373
Panther 2 2010 5.8 Ex-Demo £269
Panther 2 2010 6.3 Ex-Demo £279

2XS Christmas Brochure Now Online

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The 2XS Christmas 2010 brochure is now available to download.

All the products from the 2010 Christmas brochure are available online

If you are looking for a present for someone who is into Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, Stand Up Paddlesurfing, or Surfing, then check out our

As a Christmas promotion, we are offering FREE UK MAINLAND DELIVERY on ALL ONLINE ORDERS from the brochure. Simply enter the promotional code: XMAS 2010

If you need help or advice, please give us a call on 01243 512 552 or email us: sales@2xs.co.uk

Escaping the cold: Emile, Neal, Jess and Jen’s Barbados trip 2010

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Neal Gent, Jess, Jen and I (Emile Kott) are just nearing the end of a magic stay in Barbados.

We have had a real mixed bag of conditions and have been all over the island! We have surfed the East Coast (Parlors and The Soup Bowl), the South Coast (South Point and Freights) and the West Coast (Sandy Lane and Maycocks). To add to all of that, the trade winds decided to kick in a bit early this season, so we have had some great sailing and kiting at Silver Sands on the South Coast.

The truly special part of this trip for me was a really fun left-hand reef break in front of the expensive Sandy Lane Hotel. This was just a short walk from where we were staying. Being a west-facing Caribean side break, it is more fickle than the east (Atlantic side) so we have been really lucky to have this wave breaking for a lot of the time we have been here.

All of these photos were kindly taken by Graham Gent. The break is ideal for photographs as the waves break very close to a nice shady tree!

The following shots are from a Spot on the East Coast called “The Soup Bowl”. It’s a favourite of Kelly Slater and is quite a heavy, scary wave as you can see! (pics by Jess Napper)

The final shots are from a spot called Maycocks in the North West. Weirdly. We surfed it on quite a small day – weirdly, the photos make it look bigger than it felt! (pics by Graham Gent)

We will definitely be back to Barbados. Surfing, windsurfing and kiting in board shorts, friendly locals, great food, beautiful scenery and easy living make this the ideal place to escape the cold, European winter.

During our trip, we stayed in a great villa on the South Coast, very near Oistins and Silver Sands (so ideal for windsurfers). The self catered villa is beautiful with everything that you need (including ac in every room and even a washing maching and tumble dryer!)

The villa is owned by Paolo, an Italian pro surfer, so not only can he provide perfect accomodation, he can also give you ideas of where to go each day! For details, have a look at this Cotton Bay Villa

Inspirational Forward Loop tips from Victor Fernandez (E42)

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When it comes to jumping, Victor Fernandez is undoubtedly one of the best windsurfers in the world. He is currently ranked number 1 in the PWA wave fleet after beating Koster at Gran Canaria and just losing out to Kauli Seadi in Klitmoller.

He took the time to quickly give us some forward loop tips at a recent dealer meeting in Mauritius:

What advice can you give to someone who is trying their first forwards?
Just when you feel prepare to do your first try, choose a good day with little ramps,4.5 sail size good power but never power up and try to grab the boom with your hands separated to spin very sideways. I think if you do this you can break through the fear barrier, that´s how it worked for me when I was 11 years old!

How do you spot your landing when everything happens so fast?
A good landing normally comes when you have a good start at the beginning of the move. Having good speed before starting any move for me is one of the keys to land a move properly.

If you were to give 3 tips on landing planing forwards consistently, what would they be?

  • Good speed before getting the ramp to get enough high on the beginning,
  • Move your hands back of the boom to give an extra push an make the rotation more sideways,
  • Once you rotate the move open the sail a bit to stop the spin

And here is the master at ‘home’ in Pozo:


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcn8zt_victor-fernandez-pozo_sport

The 2010 WWWC End of Season Party Photos (Crouchers Hotel)

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We had our usual end of season bash at Crouchers Hotel. This season was very busy with more than 90 people attending, so it was all set for a good night.

The end of season awards were once again given to the windsurfers and kiters as voted for by the WWWC and 2XS crew.

On the kitesurfing front we had 3 nominees: Jess Napper, Olivia Tayler and John Hamer with John Hamer claiming the victory.

The Windsurfing trophy was between Martin Edmead, Justin Goodwin and Paul Simmons -the winner was Justin Goodwin.

The rippers award for best junior was between 4 riders: James Arnell Smith, Jack Petit, James Andrews and Alex Mckirgan – the winner was Jack Petit.

The food as usual was very good. There was plenty of drunken behaviour and some nice shapes on the dance floor – saw Emile hanging of the beams in the restaurant. Lara got plenty of attention with gold lama stretch tight pants. Lots of people turned up in boardies and DJs- Check the pic of Mike Stewart with his cowboy boots. Good to see plenty of new faces: Andy and Caroline, Mark Way, Danny and Zoe – Plenty of hangovers in the morning!

We must thank Jane who organised it, and Lloyd, Lynn, Carlos and all crew at Crouchers.

Check out all the pics here:

An Evening with John Skye and Jem Hall, Crouchers Hotel, 2nd September

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On 2nd September at Crouchers Hotel, between 6 and 8pm, top world cup windsurfer John Skye and coaching guru Jem Hall will present the brand new Version 4 (2011) RRD Quad and Single Fin Waveboards.

2XS will have the first public preview of the Hardcore Quad, Wavecult Quad and Hardcore single fin waveboards.

John Skye, who has been developing the boards with Roberto Ricci in Hawaii and South Africa will be on hand to discuss the performance of the boards. Jem, who will just have returned from Baja, Mexico, will have the latest information on the new Wavecult Quad.

We are also working to have a preview of the new Windsurf Movie 2. Lloyd Van Royen has kindly let us use his hotel as the venue.  Crouchers Hotel is easy to find on the Birdham Road, very near Chichester Marina. For full directions, please see the Crouchers Website.

If you think you might join us, RSVP to simon@2xs.co.uk as soon as possible.