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FOIL TECHNIQUE | PRE-FLIGHT CHECKS | SAM ROSS
As Harty has already noted in the mag, getting your foil set up correctly is key. Not knowing whether the challenges you’re facing are down to user (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – IMPROVING SKILLS WITH TEAM15 AT NWF
Team15 is an RYA run programme to introduce young people to windsurfing and develop core skills of junior windsurfers throughout the country. WORDS & PHOTOS – RYA The (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – FAD OR THE FUTURE?
Harty updates his attitude on the foiling theme. Words Peter Hart // Photo Hart Photography Two years ago I devoted this back page to the nascent pursuit (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Harty picks up on the theme of scoring, suggesting that sometimes the prize isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. I was once ‘Employee (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – LEARNING TO FLY
“WindFoiling is literally the most fun you can have on the water”, says windsurf trainer Sam Ross – and thanks to the RYA it’s now open to (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – PUSH THE BOAT (AND THE BOARDS) OUT THIS MAY
If your new year’s resolution is to get back on the water, inspire your friends to try windsurfing or even persuade your family to get involved, then (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – TO MAUI… OR NOT TO MAUI?
Why would or wouldn’t you head to windsurfing’s Mecca? Jules rented Jenna de Rosnay’s family house on the beach at Sugar Cove, Spreckelsville for 3 weeks. (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – RULES WHAT RULES?
Busy wave breaks at touristy venues can be as confusing as they are daunting. Harty offers a guide to staying happy and out of trouble. Originally published (…)
KERRY MASTERCLASS 2018 (OR IS IT HAWAII?!)
Possibly the best ever conditions for Peter Hart’s 2018 wave sailing Masterclass in Kerry Ireland. Via Peter Hart
RYA KNOWLEDGE – TURN YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBY INTO A JOB
If windsurfing is as important to you as living and breathing, how about a job that lets you do it every day? But where do you start? (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – EMBRACING THE EVIL TACK
Port or Starboard? It matters more than it should. Words Peter Hart // Photo Hart Photography Originally published within the November December ’17 edition. The subject of (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – WINDSURFING FOR ALL
Windsurfing with disabilities is challenging, but the barriers are being broken down with new programs and developments, the RYA tell us more. Words & Photos RYA For (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – THE HAPPY HIPSTER
What level of impairment does it take to stop us challenging the upper levels of windsurfing? Two new hips? Apparently not. Words Peter Hart Originally published within (…)
PEOPLE AND PLACES – CANARY SUMMER
What did you do last summer? Irish youth sailor Finn Mellon, swapped his school-books for the sun and wind of the Canary Islands. Read on as he (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – WINDSURFING WHATEVER YOUR AGE
Age is no barrier to windsurfing – the RYA explains why. Words & Photos RYA Originally published within the October ’17 edition. Russ Towns used to be (…)