THE WINDSURFER’S CHRISTMAS LIST
Let’s face it Santa isn’t getting any younger and we all know how busy he can be with letters, reindeers, elves etc. So to give the poor guy a hand we have made a list of stuff that he can get you to make your windsurfing life complete and avoid a new sock mountain come Christmas day!
FLYMOUNT
Flymount have a selfie Christmas covered and say. “Open up a world of mounting possibilities with a Flymount! Our new Aero mount fixes securely to wing struts and leading edges, incorporating a new patent pending one-handle-design to reduce bulk and keep weight to a minimum. Our long standing Flymount Original is the mount of choice for windsurfers worldwide, designed and built specifically for windsurfing. All Flymounts are proudly manufactured here in the UK. R.R.P. Aero £59.99 / Original from £44.99.”
ION’S OPEN PALM MITTENS 2.5
ION say, “Neo accessories are the key for turning your cold water days into good ones. ION Lobster Mittens ensure warmth without sacrificing on a good grip. These are especially orientated towards windsurfers. The gloves keep you warm by shielding the freezing wind from the outside. At the same time, the open palm allows you to feel the boom just as normal. R.R.P. €44.95”
LiP Watersports Sunglasses
LiP sunglasses have the festive season sorted with their, ‘All Seasons Watershades’, telling us, “With the introduction of photochromic lenses to our Typhoon lineup, we’ve got your eyes covered no matter the weather conditions or time of day. Incorporating NXT lens technology and a state-of-the-art anti-fog coating, these light sensitive feather-light and unbreakable lenses provide unrivalled clarity and exceptional performance. With a rapid activation / deactivation time of 25 seconds and optical quality close to that of mineral glass, there is no better eyewear solution for dawn to dusk action. Available with a matt black or transparent grey frame with silver mirror coating. R.R.P. £145 / $198 / €168.”
SURFBENT
Want to keep your windsurf board intact this Christmas? Then Surfbent say, “If you want to prevent your beloved board from getting damaged and avoid annoying repairs, the new Surfbent Windsurf board Protector (wbp) can help. The Surfbent wbp is made of a tough plastic material that attaches directly to the base of your mast and reduces the energy of the impact via the powerjoint or chord (energy reduction through deformation), so that damage to the nose is reduced or avoided. The mastfoot can be completely shifted in the mast track, so that sail and board can be trimmed optimally. Surfbent wbp is available in four colours, weighs approx. 340g, and can be mounted on any board with a mastfoot up to 122 mm diameter. Also available for Starboard iQFOiL 95 & 85 boards. Price €68 Euro.”
TRICKTIONARY
The Tricktionary team have Christmas reading at its finest, telling us, “The perfect present, ideal for every windsurfer is our very popular coffee table instructional windsurfing book, the TRICKTIONARY 3. With 480 pages (188 pages more than Tricktionary 2) in 7 main categories, it never gets boring! Includes all the very basics, light wind freestyle, as well as focus moves such as the fast tack, power jibe, 360 and chop hop, wave basics, the latest power moves and a slalom chapter. The book also works perfectly hand in hand with the renewed Windsurfing Tricktionary app (get a free month’s premium access with code ‘WSUK2021’)! R.R.P. from €49.90.”
SUBSCRIBE TO WINDSURF
As we gather round the two bar electric heater in the Windsurf office at this time of year, wondering how many Turkey Twizzlers we can eat this Christmas, we often think, there really can’t be a better time to give someone a subscription to ‘Windsurf’ magazine as a festive present. It’s a way to thank the person who at key and important moments in your life when you need a hand, goes windsurfing instead. And it guarantees they will have something good to read with their cup of tea when they come home too. If you do want to do the right thing, and we as unbiased journalists with bills to pay would encourage you to do so, then the world’s number one windsurf magazine with the best features, test reports and technique articles all delivered to your door ten times a year – is available at the bargain price of £51 for UK postage, Europe £71 and rest of world £81. It’s also available in a multi format digital subscription for £27.68. Check out the link for more.
www.windsurf.co.uk/subscriptions
OTC GIFT VOUCHER
For that windsurfer that’s hard to buy for, the OTC have a solution, telling us, “Our ever popular gift vouchers cover all the sports we offer tuition in, like the ‘bucket list’ favourites of wind foiling, wing foiling and Fliteboarding … or the pure pleasure that is windsurfing! Portland Harbour is brilliant for all wind sports, with some of the most consistent winds, a long safe sandbar and flat water, making it the perfect arena to progress in, as well as being one of the best locations for foiling too, in all its forms. You can purchase the vouchers on our website, or give us a call on 01305 230296 / 07817 717904, email: [email protected]”
