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The Windsurfing Movie 2 will be available from 5th August 2010.
It promises to be yet another iconic moment in windsurfing history.
Preorder your copy now and use the promotional code: POORBOYZPOSTAL to have FREE delivery as soon as we have it in the store!
Check out the trailer:
On Friday 25 June Simon Bassett of 2XS and X-Train , Matt Argyle of SUP Global and Jock Patterson from Brighton set a new record for paddle surfing across The English Channel. The relay from Dover to Calais took just over 5 hours 38 minutes (it took Laird Hamilton 7 hours!)
The record which is currently being ratified should stand as a new relay Guiness World Record. This will be confirmed in the next few weeks.
The crossing from Dover to Point Delas just south of Calais was in aid of Surfers Against Sewage and has raised (so far) just under £8000. If anyone would like to make any further donations please visit Simon’s JustGiving Page or Matt’s JustGiving Page.
Simon Bassett: “We had perfect conditions as we set off from Dover: flat water, light winds and sunshine. As the the crossing progressed, we hit a sea fog bank and had around 100 feet of visibility. A Tanker passed 200 feet in front of us, amazingly only visible on the support boat radar – we couldn’t see it in the fog!
Fortunately the fog lifted and again we had perfect weather for the rest of the crossing to France. It was certainly much harder than we thought as we seemed to push against the current for most of the way there.”
Matt Argyle: “The crossing was harder than I expected it to be, but it was an amazing experience. We had everything thrown at us from tankers, currents, the heat, choppy water, bow waves and even a pod of dolphins. It was amazing to be in the water and to see the coast of France come out of the haze, it was also an experience to be dodging giant ships through the shipping lane. We also sadly saw a lot of rubbish floating in the sea, so please take your rubbish home with you when you visit the beach and support Surfers Against Sewage in keeping our oceans clean.”
Jock Patterson: “The crossing had many moods, it felt like different chapters in a book: a perfect start with clearing fog and sunshine, fog banks, chop, current and really tough paddling in the middle. Then the fog lifted and it became very hot and glassy. The sea breeze picked up and we got to France!
It was great to be out in the ocean with a bunch of mates. It’s a day I will never forget – really magic. When the dolphins turned up it was like a thankyou for the work SAS are doing to keep the ocean clean and a good omen for the crossing.
The crossing wasn’t just about the ego trip of setting a record. The bigger picture for all of us is about keeping the ocean clean and raisng awareness and funds for Surfers Against Sewage.”
Elliot Dudley, the human torpedo from Cardiff and the 4th member of the team paddled the whole distance and was hoping for a sub 5 hour time but in the adverse conditions, managed 5 hours 38 mins for the 19.78 nautical mile distance and didn¹t stop for the until he hit the beach in France.
Even more amazingly Eliiot drove from dover to Watergate for a BLU surf competition on Saturday morning and came 3rd in the event.
The boat crew had to film and log the crossing with witness statements to verify the record attempt.
The whole project was very well organised by Dom, Andy and Steve from the Surfers Against Sewage team and Claire on the video camera from BSUPA.
The whole experience, from the begining of the training 6 months ago has been a good one. Even down to the the last month when I have been laid out with back problems, not certain whether I was going to be able to take part and was just back to to fitness only a few days before leaving.
I would like to thank the folowing who supported us with gear: Jason Greame from Da Kine, Chris from Animal wetsuits, James from Big Salty (the forecast Guru), Caroline and Andy who helped with the training and Jane who put up with my moaning during the endless training. I also must not forget all the people who kindly donated money for the crossing and finally to Jock who hollered at me to keep up with Elliot all the way from Dover.
Matt and Simon Used 14 ft Bark Expeditions with Kialoa Shaka Pu’u Paddles. Elliot used the same Baord and a Werner paddle. Jock used a Naish 14 ft with Kiaola Nalu Paddle.
This photo was taken on the way to Dover to pick up Jock. Simon looking a bit tired and hungry already! (8pm on 24th June)
5.37am on the day of the stand up paddle crossing from England to France, it’s a bit foggy!
A quick carb loading stop at 6.45am
Unloading the van at 8am. Fog is being burnt off and it’s getting hot!
Loading the boat at 8.30am – the wind is onshore – doh!
On the boat at 9am, heading to Sampire Hoe, ready for a 9.30am start.
The white cliffs of Dover!
Who forgot their compass?
And they’re off. Eliot Steams ahead from the start!
Simon powering away from the cliffs
30 mins in, 3.5knt average, southerley wind, swimmer has just left Dover as well. All good so far
Jock starts and is going strong. Speed up to 4.2kts.
Entering the shipping lane in the fog, not ideal!
Heading over the choppy water on a sandbar!
Simon having been suffering from back issues over the last few weeks has had the all clear to do the channel crossing .
The crossing which has a week window for favourable conditions from the Friday 18 June until 25 June .The crossing is in aid of Surfers Against Sewage and the group are hoping to raise 10k for the charity. www.sas.org.uk
Matt(Simons relay partner) and Simon Have been training hard for the Channel paddle surfing from West Wittering up to 15 miles in a session to get fit and make sure they have enough water skills to dodge the many tankers and ferries that use the waters between Dover and Calais .They will be using 14 ft boards specifically designed for distance paddle surfing.
The official crossing organised by SAS and BSUPA will also be a first for the attempt on Guinness Book of Records to set the fastest time .In total 4 riders will taking part Elliot Dudley Paddlesurf Champion from Cardiff and Jock Patterson Paddlesurf Overall winner 2009 from Brighton.
If you would like to sponsor either of them take a look at
http://www.justgiving.com/Simon-sas
http://www.justgiving.com/Matt-Argyle
More information on the attempt will be on http://www.2xs.co.uk/
Photo: Simon Bassett on left, Matt Argyle on right (http://www.2xs.co.uk/)
Club member Francis Goodwin was lucky enough to win “The Golden Ticket” to Maui in a Boards Mag competition. The whole family went on the trip of a lifetime, including Justin, who had this to say:
The windsurfing at “our” beach between Camp one and Kanaha was amazing with flat water on the inside and a decent wave break on the outside. The wind did not disappoint and blew between F5 and F8 most of the time.
We had some mornings of light wind for the little kids Taya (7) and Jenna (9) to practice. Emily (13) and Jack (11) were waterstarting experts, well into harness and footstraps and starting to jibe while Leah (11) progressed well into waterstarting and sailing in the harness.
Two doors down was Jeff Henderson from Hot Sails Maui. We frequently used “his” beach with the kids and he lent us a big board for Taya and Jenna and helped out with other bits and pieces for the GoPro. We also hired kids’ kit from his shop Kanaha Kai.
All in all a fantastic trip filled with great conditions and great people. We are working on a return trip next year if funds allow..
Simon just recently returned from Maui where he was playing with a mast mounted GoPro HD Camera.
In a few runs in Sprecks, Maui he recorded some HD footage which we have just uploaded to Youtube.
Hopefully this will be followed by some great UK sailing this summer!!!
Simon Bassett, owner of 2XS and X-Train is crossing the English Channel on a paddle board to raise money for Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).
The crossing is from Dover to Calais (dodging the ferries) and is set to be on the day between 18th and 25th June that has the best tide and weather conditions in which to make the 21-mile crossing. The crossing should take around 5 hours and if the paddlers are successful they will be the first ever SUP team to have ever crossed the English Channel.
Simon will be joined by 4 other paddlers: Elliot Dudley (UK longboard champ), who is going for the outright distance world record, his team mate, Matt Argyle (BSUPA chairman and ranked no 2 BSUPA WAVE champ), Jock Patterson (UK BSUPA overall champ) and Claire Blacklock (BSUPA ladies champ). Both relay teams are going for the relay distance record.
They could also potentially break the record for the fastest channel crossing too:
The Guinness World Record™ for crossing the English Channel by prone paddleboard currently stands at five hours and nine minutes, and was set by US paddler by Michael O’Shaughnessy in 2006.
Simon will be using a 14 ft Bark expedition board with support from www.2xs.co.uk, X-train, Prosport Sunscreen, Dakine, NPX westuits and Kialoa paddles – you will be able to see updates on www.supglobal.com and the 2xs site. Bigsalty.co.uk will also be supporting the crossing.
The event has been put together by SAS with the support of BSUPA, and the paddlers aim to raise at least £10,000 in sponsorship money to support SAS’s campaigns to protect surfers and waveriders, waves and beaches around the UK.
Simon is currently beasting himself with plenty of gym work and a personal trainer. He has also, just returned from Maui, where Laird Hamilton gave him some advice.
Simon:
After my recent trip to maui extented by the volcano and cancelled flights had a month of windsurfing every day and downwinders on a SUP.training for the channel crossing is still on target the new bark 14 ft expedition has just arrived and have been out testing the beast. Have been checking out some fin options for the board to see what the fastest combination will be.
While I was on Maui-Hawaii we met up with Laird Hamilton at the Oxbow clothing launch in Neil Prydes store .We had a chat about the channel
crossing- and he told me he took 7 hours to do the crossing after he ran from london- then cycled to Paris- his parting comments was to watch out for the tankers and ferries.Laird seems a real nice guy and had plenty of time to talk loads of people at the Oxbow launch in maui.
Da kine have delivered me a whole pile of new sup leashes paddle covers rashies will get the go pro attached to the board soon so look out for the video footage.
Please support Simon’s cause by sponsoring him at his Just Giving page.
If you fancy turning up to perfect beach set up with all the facilities- rescue, beach webcam, broadband, showers, changing rooms, great coaching and the full rental deal (like you find when you go abroad the 2XS RRD EZZY Test centre in West Wittering is the place to come.
We just have had delivered some of the new 2010 RRD and Ezzy gear for our windsurf test centre on the beach at West Wittering .We have the new RRDS in ltd freestyle waves, x-rides, wave twins, Cults, Evo and Easy riders.We also a have a full stack of RRD kitesurf gear including 2010 Passions, Obsession kites and placebo twin tips. This year we have kids boards from Fanatic and sails Hotsails Maui we also have some 2010 Fanatic New waves single fins on test. On the sail front we have 3.7 to 6.3 wave panther 2 and 7.5 Ezzy free rides.All our sails have all Ezzy carbon skinny’s and the 2010 Chinook booms and bases. We also have a full rack of Dakine harness on site as well surfboard from NSP, SUPS from Drops Gong and NSP.
West Wittering Windsurf Club opens from the begining of March until 30 October and is manned 7 days per week -membership is available for windsurfing and kitesurfing which starts from £260 for annual membership. We have a full hire package so you can switch between windsurf ,SUP and Kite surf gear all for £510 on top of your membership and you can use this every day through the season .We have a beach web so you can check the weather tides wave heights and temps here. The club has great facilities including showers changing rooms ,free tea and coffee ,broadband we have jet ski rescue and beach has lifeguard cover in the summer .West Wittering is also blue flag beach so the water quality is good.
X-train our tuition centre based at the club has been running for more than 10 years we are a full RYA,BKSA and BSUPA school and we teach windsurfing from 5 years upwards to advanced coaching ,we teach kitesurfing from 12 upwards to advanced levels ,as well as surfing and SUP where we were the first centre to paddle surfing on the south coast .We offer courses ,private lessons ,clinics and video coaching -we run a very successful kids program called Rippers from 5 upwards and have RYA Team 15 and the RYA Onboard school program for this season .We also work with top coaches including- Jem Hall ,Pete Hart ,Jim Collis ,Jock Patterson ,Andy Gratwick ,Neal Gent ,Emile Kott and Jamie Hawkins.
If you need to buy gear, the online warehouse is near by – so beach deliveries are easy to arrange and we stock all the small spares at the windsurf club.
The privately owned beach has been is very rural with a sandy beach and grassy car park ,cafe -great for all the family and has superb condition from waves at high tide and flat water chest deep lagoons at low tide .Car parking is cheaper than a day in Poole or day in most town centre car parks.
For more information please contact Simon Bassett or Chris rainbow on 01243 513077 or check out the website or email sales@2xs.co.uk
