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WINDSURF NEWS BULLETIN: SEPTEMBER

As autumn rolls in, the storm season has already kicked off…one of the most exciting times of the year for windsurfing in the UK and Europe. The water remains warm, the waves have already been pumping and the wind has been delivering in style. The Autumn is also that time some exciting new 2026 gear starts to hit the shelves, so we are going to take a look at what some of the shops in stock and have on offer! On the competition front, the PWA World Tour is building towards its climax with Sylt looming on the horizon this month, while the UKWA has a packed autumn schedule full of wave events not to be missed! We also have a round up of the latest UKWA One hour Classic from Stokes Bay. So here’s to a windy autumn and without further ado, lets get stuck into the latest news and gossip!

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EPIC UK AND IRELAND SESSIONS

CLASSIC GWITHIAN

Sunday 31^st August saw an epic swell hit Cornwall and there were plenty of sailors who were onto it. Freddie Sargent and Max Metcalf made the journey from the south coast along with Timo Mullen and were rewarded with mast high heavy waves at Mexico’s. The likes of Steve Thorpe, Ben Page, Ian Black and a bunch of die-hard locals were also in the mix with some of the crew opting for cleaner waves down at the Bluff.

Photos: Ben Bulson…@bulsonben, Hannah McFadyen…@mcfadyenhannah, sr.offshore and Elsa Edgcombe!

You can see the full gallery from the epic Cornwall sessions here: Windsurf MagazineEPIC CORNISH WAVES: SUMMER SEND-OFF! | Windsurf Magazine

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IRELAND: ON FIRE!!!

The Hurricane Erin swell tempted Thomas Traversa make a timely visit to Ireland and he scored four days of epic conditions around the Bundoran coastline. Timo Mullen flew over for the big day and scored epic waves alongside Thomas on the west coast! You can read the full story here:

Windsurf MagazineTHOMAS TRAVERSA AND TIMO MULLEN: HURRICANE ERIN MISSION! | Windsurf Magazine

 

RHOSNEIGR: WALES WAS FIRING TOO!

Meanwhile in Wales, Sunday was also epic at Rhosneigr with the likes of Phil and Dave Horrocks and plenty of the local crew scoring thirty knot southerly winds, sunshine and some chunky waves. While on the subject of Rhosneigr, that leads us in nicely to the next event on the BWA calendar, which is coming up in a few weeks. 

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UKWA: CONTEST COUNTDOWN!

The Autumn is going to be a busy period for British wave sailing with some epic events locked and loaded on the calendar! Next up is the Round 4 of the BWA Windsurfing, the iconic Rhosneigr Windsurfing Wave Classic 2025! Let’s hope this windy run continues and get all these dates in your diary and support these events if you can!

UKWA – The home of competitive Windsurfing | UK Windsurfing Association

BWA

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RHOSNEIGR: Event Dates: Primary weekend: 12–14 September / Roll-over weekend (weather dependent): 19–21 September.

MEGA MONEY!

Plus- This year, we’re offering one of the biggest prize packages to date. The Pro Men’s and Women’s fleets will each battle it out for: £500 for 1^st, £300 for 2^nd and £150 for 3^rd!

Plus, with @osheasurf as our headline sponsor, there’ll be loads of amazing O’Shea goodies up for grabs too!

SPONSORS!

Proudly supported by O’Shea Surf and The Mailing Room, this event promises top-tier action, great vibes, and unforgettable windsurfing!

ENTRY

Enter now or get all the info at: britishwavesailingassociation.com/rhosneigr

Got questions? Feel free to contact us at info@funsportonline.co.uk we’re happy to help and we can’t wait to see you in Rhosneigr this September!

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TIREE WAVE CLASSIC: Dates: 11-17th (inc) October 2025

The countdown is on!

Only two months until Tiree Wave Classic is on again for year 41!

With big winds and winter like swells on Tiree this last week it felt more like Autumn than mid-Summer!

If not already entered, now is the time to get clicking, since the entries are filling up fast!

https://www.britishwavesailingassociation.com/the-tiree…

Let’s hope we get similar conditions in October!

For enquiries:

Mobile: 07712159205

Email: info@tireewaveclassic.co.uk

Web (entries and tour info): https://www.britishwavesailingassociation.com/the-tiree…

Web (historic information): https://www.tireewaveclassic.co.uk

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THE WEST WITTERING WAVE CLASSIC 2025

Key Details:

England South East: Round 6

Location: West Wittering

Event type: Roll Over

Dates: 24th -26th Oct or 7th- 9th Nov 2025

Event host: Simon Basset – 2XS

Email: simon@2xs.co.uk

Tel Contact: 01243 512552

Kids training: Yes. Further details of number of places and coaching involved to follow…

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NEWS FROM THE SHOPS…BARGAINS TO BE HAD, NEW KIT AND DEMOS GALORE COMING SOON!

Yep Autumn is here, the wind has been delivering the goods! If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your gear, now’s the perfect time to treat yourself while supporting your local retailers. We’ve rounded up the latest shop deals and upcoming demo days; so you can test the newest toys before you buy. Don’t miss the chance to get your hands on some amazing new or second-hand gear!

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WORTHING WATERSPORTS

There are lots of fantastic offers available from Worthing Watersports!

Huge ION Sale

2025 ION Seek Select – 30% off

The 2025 Seek Select, with its graphene lining for incredible warmth and Max_Flex throughout the body for maximum flexibility, is now 30% off. It’s an absolute bargain, but stock is extremely limited — definitely a “grab it while you can” deal.

Additional ION Discounts

We’ve increased discounts across the board on older ION wetsuit models too.

Filter-Friendly Shopping

The website now allows you to filter wetsuits by front/rear zip, thickness, size, gender, and in-stock availability.

https://worthingwatersports.com/collections/wetsuits/SALE?sort_by=best-selling&filter.v.availability=1&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&filter.p.product_type=Wetsuits

Duotone Wing Sale

Duotone Unit Wings – 25% Off

With the new range launching soon, we’ve discounted the current Duotone Unit wings (both standard and SLS constructions) by 25%. We have almost every size available, but stock is moving fast.

https://worthingwatersports.com/collections/wing-foil/SALE

Windsurfing Updates

Super Hero & Super Hero HD Sails

A great selection of Super Hero sails, including the now-discontinued Super Hero HD — perfect for the current stormy, windy sessions.

Board Deals

Grip 2024 boards – 40% off

Grip D-Lab boards – 25% off (with some in-stock for next-day delivery, including a 95L Grip 3 sitting in our garage).

Second-Hand Gear

Our second-hand section is growing quickly — sails, boards, and even a Duotone Aero 3 full carbon boom (the lightest Duotone make) are available, plus a few masts.

https://worthingwatersports.com/collections/used-windsurfing

New 2026 Duotone Gear Live

• Super Hero SLS 2026 — a big step up in performance.
• Grip Ultra — already generating a lot of excitement, and we’re hoping to get on the water with it this week.
• YouTube Review — our early impressions of the new boards are already live on our channel.

FALCON AND WARP 

WAVE

https://worthingwatersports.com/collections/2026-duotone-windsurfing-equipment-boards-future-sails-worthing-watersports

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2XS

First up we have to wish Simon Bassett a happy 60th birthday this week, what a legend! Simon has been instrumental in bringing back the West Wittering Wave Classic and we can’t wait to see some classic south coast competition on the dates 24th -26th Oct or 7th- 9th Nov 2025! Make sure these dates are in your diary.

But before that 2xs are hosting an epic demo weekend on the 27th and 28th September from 10-4pm! Here is an awesome video from last years demo to get you in the mood!

More details here: 2XS Demo Weekend 2025 – 2XS

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BOARDWISE

Boardwise have tonnes of new and used gear in stock plus a great sale on wetsuits…check the website for all the details. In case you missed it, check out this classic video with Dave White from back in the day as he takes a tour round the shop!

Windsurf MagazineBOARDWISE THROWBACK

Boardwise | The UK’s #1 Windsurfing, Snowboarding, Foiling, Surf Store

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4BOARDS

Across various disciplines, Wingfoil, Windsurf & Windfoil we have a 25% plus discount Closeout deals on selected models of GA Sails, Tabou, Exocet & Loftsails products. In store we also have good stocks of  Men’s, Women’s, Junior & Kids Summer and Winter wetsuits ON SALE, buy now @ 4boards.co.uk/

STOP PRESS!

Extra 5% Discount on SALE WETSUITS at Checkout with coupon code 4B05!!!

4Boards also have Parawings from Aeryn, Ensis & North – In Stock, plus a useful new product from Armstrong – to protect your head – Armstrong Bump Cap S/M & L/XL –  excellent value @ £35 + £4.99 postage.

Windsurf – 4boards

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H20: The Has Wind Arrived! 

Roger Turner reports from the latest windy spell around the Poole, Branksome and Avon beaches!

All change! Summer Over, Autumn blows in with Erin!

It’s not just the farmers and gardeners that were grateful for the radical change in the weather. Proper wind and unheard-of swell period of around 20 seconds lit up the south coast. Standouts were Ben Helps at Hook Sands and some very decent action from Branksome Dene Chine (aka Brankipa) and Avon Beach at Christchurch. With wind carrying on right through the weekend there was plenty of Poole Harbour flat water windsurfing, kiting and winging action too.

Oscar Shaw is pushing his spocks and other mind boggling tricks and is fast becoming a local freestyle, and wave guru too. Notably there are a few wingers getting pretty good on the para wings and the hybrid F-One Plume.

H₂0 Sports have a Duotone demo day on September 20^th, with all the latest wings, parawings, boards, foils and windsurfing kit, based on the sea side at either Branksome Dene Chine or Sandbanks car park. Fingers crossed for some wind and waves as this is for proficient watersports enthusiasts.  

Ad hoc fun stuff will be happening depending on the conditions so keep an eye on the shop’s news feed.

H20 Sports watersports mega store

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ROBIN HOOD WATERSPORTS

Robin Hood have a tonne of special offers up for grabs on boards, sails and harnesses! Check out the website for all the details including some great package deals on Point 7 sail quivers. There are also deals to be scored on wetsuits including one time offers never to be repeated on O’Neill wetsuits!

Robin Hood now carry all the major brands across our range of sports and aim to offer the excellent customer service you expect from a traditional retail store while ensuring our pricing is not beaten online. All the sales staff specialise and participate in the sports. 

Specialist Watersports Equipment | Robin Hood Watersports

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O’SHEA

STOP PRESS… You may have seen Simmer rider, Marc Paré winning the 2025 PWA wave event in Tenerife in his custom O’Shea fluoro wetsuit. If you are interested you can CLICK HERE to sign up for updates on Marc’s signature range of wetsuits.

You can also get 10% off of your first order if you subscribe to the newsletter at the O’Shea shop!

O’SHEA SURF Quality Inflatable SUP paddleboards surfboards & wetsuits. – O’SHEA ONLINE STORE

Home – www.osheasurf.com

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ONE HOUR CLASSIC: STOKES BAY

The Weekend of 30/31 August saw the UKWA assemble at Stokes Bay on the Solent for the second round of the one-hour classic event series. It’s a simple and easy event to do, sail as many laps of a 1km beam reaching course as you can in an hour and the one with the most laps wins.

Expectations: In the week leading up to the event the forecast looked really good, and it didn’t disappoint with 20-25 knots of cross onshore wind for the 60 competitors across fin, foil and wing disciplines. Once briefing was over and event tee shirts handed out it was time to kick off proceedings with a mixed wing and wind foil race. The fleet varied from PWA pro Scotty Stallman absolutely smashing it to those who had never competed before pushing their own limits by finishing the course.

After a quick re set the fin race was under way, immediately PWA pros Scotty and Jenna Gibson made their intentions known by steaming into the lead and staying there right to the end, further down the fleet a bit of tide and a slight wind shift made the outside mark hard to make for some, mixing up the results!

Party time! The Saturday evening social centred around the host sailing club, with good food and a very reasonable bar there were stories told and for some an after party in the camping field!

Groundhog Day: Sunday dawned sunny and windy again, at the morning briefing a prize raffle was held with Jon Mobbs walking away with a NeilPryde sail and lucky Jim Crossley snapping the Barti Rum.

Pretty soon after the wind foils and wings started, with Scotty stamping his authority on it ahead of an on-form James Dinsmore and Mike George. In the wing fleet Kuba Staite won both days, followed by a consistent Oscar Dempsey ahead of a battle royal for 3rd between Tom Pringuer and Ieuan Harrison, with Tom just taking the final podium slot.

Nuclear! In an increasing breeze the fins hit the water, within 15 minutes we were survival sailing in a massive squall, literally keeping the board on the water was an effort, let alone sheet in, and then, as soon as it increased it just vanished! The decision was made to stop the race and re-run another 45-minute version as soon as conditions stabilised. Before long we were fully powered on anything from 5.5-7.5 sails in epic south coast conditions. Scotty and Jenna continued their winning ways with on form James Dinsmore and Andy Chambers flying up the rankings. In the end it was Scotty, Jenna, James, Your Scribe and Andy making the top 5.

Family: This event was much more than about the winners though. It’s a super easy accessible format that almost anyone can do, the newcomers and returners all left with smiles on their faces and many with great prizes.

Massive thanks to the UKWA event team and hosts Stokes Bay sailing club as well as event sponsors Barti Rum, JP Australia, Neil Pryde, Gaastra, Tabou, F-Hot fins, Flymount, Oneill Wetsuits, AFS foiling, PPC foiling, Andy Biggs Watersports, Challenger Sails Simmer style, The OTC and O’Shea.

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PWA

DENMARK YOUTH AND SYLT

The PWA season is heating up, and September is going to be packed with action. First, the spotlight shifts to the Youth World Cup in Cold Hawaii, Denmark, where wave and racing battles will unfold from 13–21 September.

No sooner does the curtain fall in Denmark than the tour heads straight to the German island of Sylt for the World Cup Grand Slam, running from 26 September to 5 October. On the schedule: men’s and women’s wave, the men’s freestyle finale, plus men’s and women’s foil slalom…the churning waters of the North Sea promise plenty of drama on the water as the sailors fight for event titles and world title campaigns.

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MAUI

Over in Maui the first north swell of the season hit and that also means the Aloha Classic is also on the radar! The event will take place at Ho’okipa from the 13th-24th of October! To get you in the mood Antoine Martin just arrived to catch the swell and Fish Bowl Diaries were on hand to capture this stunning image!

 

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CLUB VASS

Club Vass tell us they have a secret September special 7th September for one week – only £895 for the last place available! That includes the flight, accommodation, kit usage and tuition! That is simply an amazing deal! Get on that phone now…01992 874566.

info@clubvass.net

Club Vass | Windsurfing & Watersports Holidays In Greece