THE NOT-SO-FAMOUS FIVE: GO ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHTTHE NOT-SO-FAMOUS FIVE: GO ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHTEleven years, numerous failed attempts and enough unfinished business to fill a very large WhatsApp group finally came down to five windsurfers meeting on Mudeford Sandspit one Sunday morning. There was just enough time for a quick briefing before the Famous Five promptly headed off in five slightly different directions. What followed involved broken kit, questionable equipment choices, disappearing team members, emergency repairs, expedition porridge, a night under sails and a heroic battle past the Needles. In the end, three made it all the way roundbut as youll discover from the following accounts, everyone had their own very different adventure.Below are the ramblings from Clyde Waite, James Cox, Jono Dunnett, Gregg Dunnett and Henry Cartwright in the wake of their epic quest!Clyde Waite:In 1970, Five years before I was born, a rocket called the Apollo 13 circumnavigated the moon. Apparently. Anyway, as you know the only thing that saved that mission was a big roll of Gaffa tape. Gaffa tape, duck tape or whatever you want to call it was also the saviour of this vague plan to circumnavigate the Isle of Wight. That is where the parallels end. The moon is also a lot bigger than the Isle of Wight, and further away.Seven weeks earlier I fractured and badly sprained my ankle landing an aerial at Avon beach, quite close to our launch spot. I doubted that I would be able to be fit or strong enough to windsurf on such a mission, so dis-regarded the prospect. I was still wearing one of those huge boot things. Nevertheless, the Wednesday before our proposed date, Jono Dunnett started firing up the WhatsApp group saying we had to go on the Sunday because the tides are in our favour. I was not readyAt all. (Rounding the IOW is a more complicated task than you might think. Regardless of the wind strength or direction, unless favourable tides are with you, in many spots you will just find yourself going backwards). I was unfit, I hadnt windsurfed in 7 weeks, didnt even know what kit was around. I managed to cobble together an oldish 8.5 rig and a Fanatic Cat raceboard. I also hadnt windsurfed on a raceboard in 12 years. Had I had more time I would have been able to get hold of a modern more durable rig from long time sponsors Simmer Style.The ankle was then strapped up with numerously well thought out bits of gaffa tape. It would be fine. And by and large it was. Because we made it. The bigger issue at the start was the 25 knot wind and a huge downwinder to Bembridge with an 8.5! The Gaffa tape not only was needed to fix a boom clamp that broke. The sail that ripped under the load, my bleeding hands and a small hole in Coxys bag. Without it, I would probably been drifting dangerously through the multiple shipping lane channels and the hole in Coxys bag would be a bigger hole. I doubt Tom Hanks will be up for the challenge of playing me in this feature film The IOW pt 3 but doors are open.We always planned to camp the night and made it to Shanklin at 10pm. This is where I discovered that the large orange dry bag, I strapped to the board with all my clothes in, was not actually a dry bag, but more of a bucket of water with some very not dry clothes in. Adding at least another 10kg to the board and slowing me down. A lot.The rest of the report is well documented by the other protagonists. Three of us made it back from the starting five. After the final 6 hour beat home on the south of the island, a hairy rounding of the Needles overfalls and I was probably more physically exhausted than I can remember. Hitting land my legs just gave way. One pint of water from my lovely wife Liz, then a pint of beer from my father in law and many hoops and cheers from an unexpected welcoming party elevated me to a huge high.. Jono was elated that he had finally made it round the IOW (despite having windsurfed around Britain, Europe and Japan). A special mention to Coxy who had never sailed a raceboard before and took it all in his stride, his UJ snapping clean in half upon landing. Henry and Gregg, well I am sure they will turn up one day.James Cox:Added to the IOW 2026 Whatsapp group, my plans for the next few days must change. My wife away and childcare needed, the grandparents were sent the bat-signal. The search for appropriate equipment commenced. Frantic drives up and down the south coast followed. And in time I was the proud owner of a long board of Olympic provenance and an Ezzy Cheetah whose size 8.0m size was absolutely out of my standard range. Clearly out of my depth. But at least I had the recommended kit. And with the likes of Herculean adventurer Jono, the heavily experienced Henry and the disciples of shred, Clyde and Gregg I had gentlemen I could rely on when the croutons hit the futon.Clyde where are you? I search the horizon trying to track him down. Our team scattered on our opening gambit to Hurst due to strong winds. A strategy of closer quarters was needed. What of equipment breakages and shipwrecked sailors? The lost became found and we stick together blasting like madmen into the Solent. Down-winders of righteous grandeur followed until a broken boom clamp forced us to a muddy shore to make emergency repairs.What of Jono and Gregg? And Henry? These questions lingered but press on we must until rehydration and depleted energy levels demand attention. A welcome boost of morale as Jono emerged from the chaos. News that Gregg and Henry would no longer be with us followed. We will raise a drink in their honour later. Onwards. Our minds were fixed on progress before nightfall. The sands of time were against us. We had unknown challenges ahead and I had children to collect.The rampant down-winders of the Solent ended. Cautious upwind beating in fickle offshore winds followed. Gratefully we land at Shanklin under the cloak of night. Camp was set up swiftly. Water turned to wine. Realisation that Clyde had no dry clothes. Laughter, hysterics possibly. Clyde became Long John Silver, Jono the Blue Phantom. We left Shanklin as the sun rose. The tides guided our passage beneath the cliffs. Only resting in the guiding currents that would take us to our journeys end. My hours of reckoning. Learning to make progress with daggerboard, sliding track and rail. Seconds turned to minutes, minutes became hours. Eventually re-united with Jono and Clyde under the watchful Needles. With conviction we run the gauntlet tooth and claw through the forbidding over-falls of Dolphin Sands. Onwards to the safety of Christchurch Bay.Arrived exhausted, satisfied, surprised. A glorious welcome. As if by an unseen bolt of lightning a strange significance. The final resting place of my UJ. Guided me this far, it meets its end. Board and sail separate in my hands with a dying breath.Gregg Dunnett:Fail to plan, plan to fail thats what my previous unsuccessful attempts at circumnavigating the Isle of Wight had taught me. So, when I signed up for a third attempt, I knew there could be no mistakes. I drew up a rigorous training programme involving sit-ups and a watermelon-only diet.But then I realised what if carrying out this plan resulted in me showing up my fellow adventurers? Jono has windsurfed around practically half the planet. Henry is favourite to inherit his crown as the worlds craziest windsurfing explorer when Jono finally hangs up his harness. Even Clyde was a national raceboard champion in his youth, as he never stops reminding me. And James Cox needs no introduction as a half-man, half-natural-windsurfing-freak-machine-thing.No, I couldnt risk humiliating them. The rigorous plan was set aside and instead I did absolutely nothing to prepare.It was a mistake. A big one almost as big as including me in the expedition in the first place.As we set off, the wind built steadily into five-metre-sail weather. I was wrestling an 8.5m with adjustable downhaul and outhaul and no instruction book. Was it daggerboard up and mast track forward? Pull the red rope or the blue one?Shouted instructions from Jono helped a little, but the wind was so strong he might as well have been a tiny hamster named Wilbur whose squeaky voice couldnt cut through the vicious gusts.I went down. Once, twice, three times slammed by another gust because Id pulled the wrong rope, or possibly the right rope in the wrong direction. Then down again.Every time I staggered back up, I had less energy. My soft desk-job hands hadnt touched a boom in four years and the skin was already flaking off. Soon I could manage no more than fifty metres before the next crash, and it became clear that completing the full route was impossible.So, I changed the plan again.I would become like one of those booster rockets NASA used to launch the space shuttle giving all my energy to send the others successfully around the island. The only difference was that my efforts wouldnt actually assist them in any way and were, in fact, hindering them quite considerably by making them wait for me.Still, I liked the analogy.Then came a new plan.I would get to Lepe.Lepe was where some of us had reached on an earlier attempt, travelling the opposite way around the island. If I could just make it there, I would at least have achieved something. I would have windsurfed every mile of the circumnavigation even if the two halves were eleven years apart and completed in opposite directions.It was honestly the hardest thing Ive ever done on a windsurfer, but, shepherded along by Jono, I made it. Five hours after setting off, I finally collapsed ashore at Lepe.Then I boosted Jono off, NASA-style, to catch up with the others.Fail to plan, plan to fail be damned.The island had been conquered just not all at once, or entirely by me.Jono Dunnett:I had windsurfed round Britain, Europe and Japan in preparation. Would it be enough? Would it be third time lucky for the IOW?My sail was a 9.2 Turbo and my board an IMCO, the same as James, though we had one each.It was windy enough to plane at full tilt going deep downwind. Within a few minutes, the group had separated. Clyde and James were towards the horizon; Henry was ahead somewhere; Gregg was in the water. I abandoned my attempts to herd the group and instead tried to coach Gregg, but the 8.5m sail Id lent him was too big, and his boards mast track wouldnt budge. In these conditions, Greggs gear was a tricky beast.Staying with Gregg meant stop-start sailing for me too. Hauling the sail up dozens of times was draining. We were slow getting to Hurst, our supposed rendezvous point. With no gear visible on the beach, we continued to an easier stop a mile farther on. Gregg was exhausted; my arms were cramping. My barrel had cooking gear, so we brewed coffee to lift morale. Then we sailed a little farther.At Lepe, Gregg called time on his effort.Go on without me! he said. Get round this damned island!There was nothing I could do but leave him there on that exposed slope of the seawall. The seagulls were already circling.I took Greggs board my round-Japan board and hared after Clyde and James, who were taking a breather about eight miles farther on. I arrived in time to accept a sausage sandwich from James. There had been much talk of sandwiches. In terms of taste, it met the glamour benchmark.Where was Henry? A message arrived from Hayling: apologies for absence; a reluctant bail. Two sailors down, three remaining. We were a few miles from Bembridge, the eastern tip of the IOW. Sunset was one hour away.On the last downwind leg, I broke a harness line. Then Clyde needed to stop to repair a split in his sail. We rounded the end, sailed upwind in an offshore wind, and were pushed farther offshore than was comfortable. After ninety minutes, I reached Shanklin beach, followed by James and Clyde under a nearly full moon.Clyde wrung out his soaked clothes. We lucked out and found an Indian restaurant before retiring under our sails for the night.We snoozed through a glorious pre-dawn sky. A few hours later, James and I breakfasted on expedition porridge a genuine recipe used on missions to the poles. Clyde, lactose intolerant, missed out. I was keen to get away early, make best use of the tide when it turned, and avoid the strong winds forecast from mid-afternoon.The wind shadow took a while to clear. Then the current pulled us towards St Catherines Point. Great progress. Lets push on, staying offshore to get the stronger current. In this river of favourable flow, progress was nothing short of astonishing.We regrouped just short of the Needles. The overfalls just past them looked lively, and they were. I followed the others in downwind mode on a joyous romp through the treadmill of breaking waves a treat for our decade of patience. We arrived home to a heros welcome. Cold beers were chinked between us. Friendships had deepened. So had my connection to the island. I looked back towards the chalk stacks. Even the view had changed.Henry Cartwright: (after 5 pints)The Sunday morning it was blowing 20-25 knots and we were rigged in an assortment of sails ranging from huge to gigantic. I was on a more modest 7m in order to tackle the first leg directly downwind to the island for a clockwise circumnavigation over 2 days. Despite long distance windsurfing since 2019, there was something completely new about having a convoy and other people to think about as well as the usual intensity that comes with being solo. A few smiles and handshakes on the beach and we were off. Jono led the way and I was momentarily keeping up. I was very keen not to hold up the show so made it my business to aim deep downwind, get planing and no relent in my efforts to fly downwind, picking the gusts and not falling in. I suspected the pack had gone inshore but was wary that my sail was smaller than the others so headed further out to remain powered up and hopefully keep up for the first check point, Hurst Castle. Halfway to Hurst Castle the wind was getting up and I was close to the limit, making turning around to see what the others were up to at best at best a red herring and at worst a catapult inducing thwack. Lots of gybes later and I decided to pull into the Hurst Castle spit in a rush of shingle and waves and the horrible grinding of a fin.I was slightly confused and surprised to realise I was the first there. Jono was obviously being more sociable and holding back to shepherd the flock, there were some mast track issues with James and some cobwebs to clear for Gregg after years, rather than months or weeks of not sailing. My last trip across the Bristol Channel felt a long time ago being a month prior but that excuse seemed empty in comparison to the others. It had been a long time coming for Clyde, a Southbourne local with too many years looking at the Isle without having lapped it by windsurf, only a few will know that frustration!Anyway, back on the spit I was panting and observing my watch at 184bpm. There were sweets and 7 bottles of water I had carried up the steep shingle bank, so it made sense to eat a few to lighten the load and use the eating and drinking as an excuse to wait for the others. That said, the boiling cauldron of sea to the east at the Hurst Narrows was not remotely tempting, so I decided to descend the north side of the spit and into the sheltered lagoon behind. Theoretically this would be part of the Solent had there been any water. The tide was out. So, on the seaward side I had dodged the shore-dump, remnants of wind over tide which would eek out until slack at 3pm and a horrible kit breaking mess of a sea but now on the northern side lay a muddy swamp with ankle deep water and an hour of wading, suction sounds of legs in sludge and lifting of heavy kit until eventually I was free.The Solent proper was glorious when I was eventually released. I glanced at the lighthouse, the checkpoint and with no surprises there werent any windsurfers waiting. Further ahead however an orange sail James or Clyde I fathomed, and one other sail, Clyde or James. This was great news and gave me a reason again to chase them up the western Solent. Dream conditions! I overtook lots of expensive looking yachts and they could only wave as I left them behind, sailing at a thrilling 8 knots. The board regularly hit 15 and around 20 tops.At this point as you round the Gurnard Ledge Spinnaker Tower appears and it doesnt feel that far to Hayling. Except the others had disappeared and this 7m sail wasnt making life easy. I continued to Lee on Solent to bank a position near the mainland and sat on the board looking at a misty phone screen through the plastic waterproof protector.What was the plan? I saw a photo from Jono and Gregg on the Calshot bank. Somehow I was ahead?? Gregg looked finished, lying out on the beach this didnt look much like an Isle of Wight circumnavigation. There were messages below the photo and I documented one of my own to share, which looked unrealistically cheery. I was in fact quite tired. Setting off on the next broad reach towards the Isle the thought soon dawned that I could return to Hayling and bail out of the Isle of Wight circumnavigation. Were all bets off? Would they make it to the Isle but not back let alone around? I had been there before, three times. The thought of hiring a van to get an expensive ferry to retrieve my kit from a hidden hedge wasnt that tempting. And Hayling was maybe 8 miles away.I tried to bear away as much as possible and, skirting around the Sail GP event with all its buzzing fuss of ribs and helicopters, decided that a DNF would be okay. Several gybes later and I returned to HISC after 50 miles and a hard six hours. I assumed that was really it and the others, like me would find their own face-saving bail outs. That wasnt to be. The evening wore on and I washed down my kit and they were still windsurfing. Shower, changed. They were sill windsurfing. It was now 8pm and there were some pings and photos of Jono tending to one of the others ripped sails, emergency patch. They were still windsurfing. And now as the moon was high and dusk had truly descended three windsurfers, Jono, James and Clyde drifted across Shanklin Bay to land on Isle of Wight. It was the perfect staging post for what was to come.The following day they rose early and with a mix of jealously and relief I observed them advance westwards around the island, across the treacherous overfalls of the Needles and back to Hengitsbury Head to complete a many year long dream, congrats guys!The post THE NOT-SO-FAMOUS FIVE: GO ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.

www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/paddlesports/Glenmore Lodge opens for adventure following evacuation and closure due to wildfire in Cairngorms National Park.National Outdoor Training Centre Glenmore Lodge re-opened on Friday 7 August, when public access to Glenmore from Aviemore was restored following extensive efforts to suppress a recent fire in the local area.On Wednesday 15 July, a fire was reported in the direction of Ryvoan. That afternoon, customers and staff, including residents, were evacuated from Glenmore Lodge as a safety precaution. Thanks to the incredible efforts of the emergency services and significant numbers of local volunteers, Glenmore Lodge and the wider Glenmore community suffered no damage from the fire. While closed to the public, Glenmore Lodge is proud that a few staff were working onsite to provide welfare support for those responding to the fire in our area, with others volunteering at RSPB Abernethy.An exclusion zone remains in place for parts of Glenmore and Abernethy to ensure ongoing work can proceed and the area can be made safe again. However, access to Glenmore, Loch Morlich, and Cairngorm has been restored, and visitors are encouraged to visit the area and enjoy it responsibly. For the latest information on access, please refer to: https://cairngorms.co.uk/visiting/need-to-know/path-closuresFor the Glenmore Lodge team, which includes staff who were evacuated from their homes, these have been challenging few weeks. The local environment is an incredibly important place to many. While it was hard to witness such damage in the nearby area, the team are incredibly grateful to everyone involved in responding to the fire and protecting the community and wider landscape.Shaun Roberts, Principal of Glenmore Lodge, said, Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has played a part in tackling the fire in Glenmore and Abernethy. This area means a lot to us all, and were immensely grateful to those who have helped to protect it.Were thrilled to be back open alongside our neighbouring businesses in Glenmore, and encourage visitors to plan their next adventure here soon.

MIND GAMES: HOW MARC PAR MADE IT THREE IN A ROW IN TENERIFE!MIND GAMES: HOW MARC PAR MADE IT THREE IN A ROW IN TENERIFE!Marc Par arrived in Tenerife as the man to beat, having already won the event twice and with the forecast promising the kind of wild conditions where anything could happen. But beneath the confident exterior, the pressure was real. In this revealing interview, Marc talks about overthinking, finding the elusive flow state, dealing with expectations and why sometimes winning is as much about controlling your mind as it is about landing the biggest moves.Photos: WWT / PWA CARTERWINDSURF: Youve won this event twice before, so coming into Tenerife you were obviously one of the hot favourites. Were you feeling the pressure as the event approached, especially with the forecast calling for full-on conditions? What was your mental state beforehand?MARC PAR: Yeah, it was a little harder for me to get into my focused mode for this event. Id been sailing a lot, so I was tired and then I had a bunch of other things going on before the event. I was a little bit irritated.But, as you said, probably part of it was also because I was feeling the pressure.Its different when you win once. Youre like, Okay, I did it. Then you win twice and youre like, Okay, I did it again. Its like, Okay, it wasnt lucky, maybe!But this time, especially with the conditions being on fire, there were a lot of other guys who sail their best in those conditions. You also kind of have to count on some wild cards doing really well.I feel like I sometimes have a little more of an edge when the conditions are below average because I train a lot in those conditions and I have everything fine-tuned to perfection. So, yeah, I was definitely feeling the pressure this time!WINDSURF: Those really wild conditions arent exactly the sort of thing you can train for every day, though, are they?MARC PAR: No, there arent that many days like that where you can really get dialled in.But it comes down to something Victor always tells me: when its firing, everyone sails good. When its crappy, youve got to put in the work.So I feel like Ive put a lot of work in on the crappy stuff too and that can give me a little bit of an edge sometimes.My whole focus for the event was just to perform and do the things Id been practising before the event. I really wanted to do some power turns, some good doubles and just ride some good waves in general.WINDSURF: You didnt look like you were exactly flowing in the morning. I was watching you warm up and you were crashing quite a lotMARC PAR: Yeah! I was riding a board that I hadnt been using and I put some new fins on it that I wanted to try. They were asymmetric and I had been trying that setup on some of my other boards.Something just didnt feel right. Id go for a jump and feel like I was stuck. I couldnt accelerate I was constantly mistiming things. I was thinking, Thats freaking weird.So, I sat for about an hour trying to fight through it. I was like, Come on!Then Pons was saying, Youre doing this wrong, youre doing that wrong.And I was like, No, its not metheres something wrong with the board!And it turned out it was the fins.So, I swapped to the other board and suddenly I was clicking everything again. I did two push forwards in about a minute or two, which was really weird because it was just the fins.So I put the normal fins back on the other board and ended up competing on the board I felt comfortable onmy Pozo Board.WINDSURF: Your Pozo Board?MARC PAR: Yeah, exactly! Just my free-wave board. It felt really solid. I could go really fast and accelerate, but it was still sharp in the wave. So I just stuck with that. It was windy, sothat board worked and suddenly everything clicked!WINDSURF: You did look a bit edgy in the morning, but when you came out of the water after winning, thats when you finally got the smile!MARC PAR: Yeah, exactly. I kind of got comfortable.At the beginning I was completely out of it, so thats why I sat for an hour and a half thinking, F**k, Im so dumb!But in the end, it paid off because I figured out where the problem was. It hadnt been like that before the event, so it was more noticeable in the big stuff.WINDSURF: You landed some crazy doubles and perfect push forwardshow many attempts have gone into getting there?MARC PAR: Countless, I think. Especially with the doubles. Ive been through years of pain with themgetting frustrated, getting into bad habits, relearning them again and then learning them on the big stuff, which is a lot harder.Its a lot of work behind that. Theres always something to polish. Then the sails change a little bit and you have to adapt your technique, so theres always something you can change or adjust.WINDSURF: But when you first go out and nail a huge double and practically plane out of the landing, that must feel pretty good?MARC PAR: Yeah, it feels really good because its not always like that.Its like I was explaining to someone before: even though its in your game plan and this is what you want to do, that doesnt mean its going to happen like that. Most of the time its the opposite. It doesnt go your way, so you need to fight your way through it.You try once, twice, three times but for whatever reason, Ive felt really in sync with this place over the last few years. As soon as the contest starts, its like, Okay, done. I just click in and seem to be in sync with the spot.Its really weird and, in a way, kind of scary!WINDSURF: If you land a land a double straight right after the green flagyour mind must immediately be thinking, Okay, Im on today.MARC PAR: Yeah, exactly. Its so easy to get into a flow state when everything just keeps happening. You do a jump and nail it, then you go straight into a good wave. Then you take another wave and suddenly you do another good jump. Its like, Okay, the heats closed.WINDSURF: Is that what your mind is saying? Ive just to get four tickstwo jumps and two waves?MARC PAR: Yeah, pretty much.When it happens like that, its easy. But lets be honest, its normally not like that.Im normally a person who needs to fight through the heats. I start wrong and then need to keep fighting my way through it.At least thats how its felt over the last few years. Not necessarily here, but everywhere else. It was the same in Sylt last year when I won. I was completely out of it. I spent about five minutes out the back doing nothing, and then suddenly I clicked and did a couple of good things and ended up winning.Thats more like it for me. You have to constantly search for it and fight for it rather than everything just happening.WINDSURF: So, in the final, once youve nailed that double loop on your first run, are you already thinking, Thats that box ticked. I dont need to do that again?MARC PAR: Yeah, exactly.I just nailed it and thought, Good. Got it in the bank. I dont need to do that again.Then I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw the boys tacking back and forth because some of them had missed the first jump.So, I thought, Okay, Im just wave riding now.Why should I queue up with them if Ive got the whole lineup to myself to wave ride? That was kind of a little advantage.WINDSURF: And then you got that run where you found the ramp for the push forward?MARC PAR: Yeah. I remember talking to Philip Koester after the final. I said, There was that run where we were both searching for the push forward.He went kind of straight and then I saw some white water further down the line. I bore away a lot and started accelerating. I was thinking, Yeah, its going to build, its going to build.Then it just jacked up right in front of me.I was like, Thats it!WINDSURF: Although its not quite that simple. Youve still got to nail the push forward!MARC PAR: Exactly!Its this combination of being lucky and searching for the opportunities. I find that lining yourself up with the waves is normally how it is. That day, everything just synced. It felt like it was happening and I wasnt nervous. I dont know, you get into this stateIts normally not like that, as Im saying. I was just in that mood and I was having a lot of fun.WINDSURF: Did you have someone signalling from the beach to tell you how you were doing?MARC PAR: Yeah, my dad and Ponzo were on the beach. Moritz was there too.But I dont think I looked at them much in the final because I knew I was doing well.WINDSURF: You didnt need to look.MARC PAR: I didnt want to. Whats the point? I did in the previous heats, but not in the final.WINDSURF: So, when you came back to the beach, what was that feeling?MARC PAR: It was weird because I kind of knew Id won. I just felt like Id had a really good heat. I remember when the time finished, I let out a really loud scream while I was out the back coming back in because I just felt good. I was like, Yeah, I might have done it.I didnt know for sure, but as I got closer, I saw them waving and they were like, Yeah, youre first!So I was like, F**k yeah!That was really cool.WINDSURF: Once youve won one time, are you never really fully satisfied unless you win again?MARC PAR: It varies. For example, when I got second in Pozo, I was really happy because its a good result and Im aware of how hard it is just to be in that top three.As we saw with Marino, you can easily fall out of the top three even if youre one of the favourites to win because the level is so high.But, yeah, its more of a personal thing that youre not fully satisfied unless you win.Winning is such a big relief. And on top of that, I won in really good conditions against the likes of Philip Koester in proper windy conditions, where I feel like he really shines.So, yeah, it was pretty satisfying.WINDSURF: Do you ever read the Windsurf predictions?MARC PAR: Yeah, sometimes. But I try not to read them too much when its my event.Because it just stresses me out. I know Im capable of winning. I know the level of the other guys and I know they can beat my ass badly if I dont sail well.So, its more about focusing on what I can do.Im quite a sensitive person at the end of the day, so Ive learned over time that I have to be careful about what I feed my brain.I try to stay focused on things I can control rather than letting outside things affect me, because I know they will affect me in some way.WINDSURF: Well, on the Windsurf website we actually picked you to win. I had Koester second and Marino third.MARC PAR: Oh, there you go! Thank you!WINDSURF: We got the full house!MARC PAR: Thats pretty good! You seem to be good at this because you nailed it at another event too. Youre pretty good at that!WINDSURF: You have to start reading it!MARC PAR: Yeah, I will have to but then it might affect my mind!WINDSURF: Thats the thing. It seems like a lot of this is just dealing with the pressure as well.MARC PAR: It is. It totally is!WINDSURF: It seems like you think a lot.MARC PAR: Yeah! I used to overthink before contests a lot.Now Ive learned to deal with it. I have my own way of handling it.But I am an overthinker. I think about things a lot and things affect me quite a lot, so I have to be careful about what input I give my brain.I constantly need to keep my mind under control!WINDSURF: But when it comes good and you are in the flowyou seem to relax?MARC PAR: Yeah, exactly! Exactly.Thats the thing. Normally you need to fight to get into the right place mentally.WINDSURF: So, what size sail were you on in the final?MARC PAR: I was on the 4.0m for the whole event.WINDSURF: So not small, small!MARC PAR: No. I could have been on a 3.7m, for a couple of heats, but I just prefer the 4.0m because I know how Tenerife is.You get to the wave and suddenly youre like, Oh! There can be no power. Id rather be on the edge and controlling the jumps because on this stack I feel like I can control them when Im really powered up anyway.Id rather have that than be underpowered in the wave and start crashing or missing things because I dont have enough pressure.WINDSURF: So that first run out, when all you guys must be doing 30 knots towards the first rampis that quite an adrenaline rush? Youre coming off the beach, powered up, and all four of you are heading towards the rampMARC PAR: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Its pretty fun.Its also kind of a mental positioning game with the other riders. Who goes first? You see a ramp building and youre thinking about when to go.Normally I feel like Im the guy who tends to push a little bit. I like to be the leader.I dont know why. I just like to get ahead.But in the final, I wasnt like that. I let Philip and Marino go first. I was like, Yeah, you know They went first and that actually gave me the right momentum.I saw Philip going and thought, Hes too early.Then I saw Marino further up and thought, You know what? Im just going to go, no matter what.So, I let them get a few metres ahead and then I went.You always need to leave some space because you cant all go together.Ive had that happen in the past. If you let someone go in front and youre right behind them, you can get too close. Then sometimes you cant jump because youre too close and you dont want to land on or crash into the guy.WINDSURF: Its a fun lineup here, though.MARC PAR: Yeah, I loved it.WINDSURF: So, did you celebrate afterwards or was it just dinner?MARC PAR: We just had dinner and I had two beers!WINDSURF: Two?MARC PAR: Yeah! I was shit-faced after the first one. It doesnt take much!WINDSURF: Well congratulations and we hope you didnt get a hangover. Thanks very much, Marc!The post MIND GAMES: HOW MARC PAR MADE IT THREE IN A ROW IN TENERIFE! appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.

SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIPS | TENERIFE WINDSURF WORLD CUPSPANISH CHAMPIONSHIPS | TENERIFE WINDSURF WORLD CUPThe main competition may have been over but there was still the Spanish Championships to be settled during the event window in Tenerife. Check out the action in this epic edit from RafaSoulart!PWA/ WWT: To round off all the action in Tenerife this week, we finished the event with the Tenerife leg of the Spanish Championships!The post SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIPS | TENERIFE WINDSURF WORLD CUP appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.

SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: CAFFEINE, COURAGE AND TWEAKED PUSH LOOPSSARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: CAFFEINE, COURAGE AND TWEAKED PUSH LOOPSSarah-Quita Offringa has won plenty of World Cups, but some victories mean more than others. In Tenerife, she faced wild winds, heavy waves and a final that pushed everyone to their limitsand came out on top. From pre-heat nerves and caffeine-fuelled preparation to a last-minute, fully committed push loop, Sarah-Quita takes us through one of the most memorable days of competition she can remember.WINDSURF: So, talk us through the two days of wild competition.SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA:I think the first day was quite windy. I ended up sailing my 3.7m and I had my 4.5, 4.2 and 4.0 ready, but in the end I had the 3.7 and 3.3 rigged because the wind picked up a lot.I only sailed one heat that day, which I think went quite well, although I was quite nervous. I couldnt really shake the nerves. I was relaxed when I started, but once the heat began, I suddenly got nervous. But I did okay, passed and won the heat but only by 0. something!I only realised afterwards that the winner of that heat was going straight through to the semi-finals, so that was a nice little bonus to discover afterwards.Then the next day I arrived at the beach and, first of all, Id slept badly, so I didnt exactly have the best start to the day. I was basically feeding myself caffeine!Then I got to Cabezo and the conditions were so wild. It becomes a bit of a mental challenge because you need to calm yourself down. Weve seen this kind of wind before in Pozo, so its very similar, but here, with the waves, it just looked wilder.I was watching all the other girls sailing and I could see from their faces that they were a bit nervous and thinking, Wow, this is rough. So, I decided not to go out for the early-morning session because I didnt want to psych myself out too early.I just waited for the calls. Once they called the competition on, I had my 3.3m and 3.7m ready. About ten minutes before my heat I actually went for a quick run and I was powered, but I just accepted it. I was like, This is what it is.I think my semi-final was the best heat Ive had in a really long time, in general. I had a few good jumps, but it was particularly the waves. It was just wave after wave and the conditions were incredible.I think I finished that heat on 27 points and Lena had 25. I really enjoyed that heat because I saw her doing a really big, stalled forward, which made me want to go for the stalled forward as well. So, yeah, I can say I really enjoyed that one.When I went into the final, I was already pretty exhausted, even though Id only sailed one heat. I realised just how tense it is sailing in conditions that tough and giving it your all.Before the heat I was thinking, Oh, I dont know if I can do this. I only went sailing for about 15 minutes beforehand.Then, in the final, the wind actually dropped a little bit right before my heat. I realised that, so I put a bit less downhaul on my sail. Im not sure it really helped! I was still on my 3.3m, but it became gustier. When there was less wind, there was just nothingyou were standing there with no wind. It wasnt consistent.I had two empty runs on the jumps and then eventually I did a good push loop. But it was a tweaked push loop that was scoring a lot more. I had two okay wave rides, and then Oda was waving to me from the beach to do another jump.I was trying to calculate whether that was the right thing to do because I knew Id already done a push loop and a forward. But then I thought, Okay, I guess I just need another tweaked push loop.All the way towards the end of the heat, in the last minute, I finally found a piece of swell. We didnt have as many opportunities as in the semi-final because the wind was dropping.Then Justyna was coming my way. Id specifically asked that morning who had priority in that situation and I knew jumping had priority. So, I think I jumped about a metre upwind of her and just went for it.I think that was probably the biggest push loop Ive done here in competition for a while. I kind of stomped it, and yeah, that was it, really.Coming back to the beach, I was very satisfied with my sailing because thats been the thing for me in waves. I feel like Ive been spreading myself too thin across the disciplines and not putting enough time into any one of them.I feel it most with wave sailing because Im not always super confident when I compete, especially after Fuerteventura when youre doing freestyle and when I did slalom.So, I came back to the beach already quite happy with the heat. Then Oda showed me that Id won and I couldnt stop screaming!I was so excited because I was happy with my sailing, and the girls I was competing againstLena, Justyna and Alexiaare all incredible sailors. So, yeah, it was really the cherry on top.WINDSURF: So were you feeling much pressure beforehand?SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: No. Funnily enough, here in Tenerife I dont feel so much pressure because, statistically, its not my best event for some reason, even though I love competing here.Its one jump and two wave rides, so Im actually quite relaxed when I compete here.It was more the elation of having such crazy conditions, overcoming my fears in those conditions and performing well. Its not like we just survived, you knowwe actually performed.WINDSURF: It looked like your board was working really well this year. Is that a new design?SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: Im very comfortable on my boards this year. Theyre turning much better for me.But I also took some time off from slalom. I had about ten days in Pozo to sail before coming to this event rather than just one day in between events.So, I feel like I gave myself some time to get more dialled in with my gear. Even before Pozo I hadnt really had the chance to do that because we didnt have much time.I think I just had more time to prepare.WINDSURF: When you came back in after the final did it feel like the pressure had been released?SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: I wouldnt say there was pressure. It was just insane excitement. It was such a cool moment and such a cool day to be competing.Very often we come here and get light-wind days with good waves, but then they only count two wave rides. In Pozo, I finished second and the final was cool, but the conditions were a bit mediocre, so it was a bit boring.This was just super exciting to compete in.So, yeah, it was a day for the history books, I think. One of the best days in the Canaries for me, maybe. In Tenerife, definitely one of the best days Ive had in ten years.The last time I remember conditions this good was probably around 2015, 2016 or 2017, when we had some really good conditions.WINDSURF: Do you read the Windsurf predictions before an event?WOMEN1: Sarah-Quita Offringa2: Alexia Kiefer3: Lina ErpensteinWildcard: Pauline KatzSarah-Quita OffringaWere backing Sarah-Quita to rediscover her best form in Tenerife.Daida Moreno was sensational in Gran Canaria but, from what weve heard, that will be her only appearance on the 2026 tour. That should ease the pressure slightly, while Sarah-Quita will hopefully have had more time on the water after arriving in Pozo underprepared due to the poor forecast beforehand.Never write off a 28-time world champion or is it 29 after Fuerteventura??SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: Yeah, I do. I read the Windsurf predictions all the time because I think theyre quite funny to look at.But also, Im very competitive, so if I see a certain prediction Im like, Oh, okay let me see if I can prove it wrong!For this event, though, you had me in first, and I was actually doubting it a little bit. I was like, Hmm, I dont know because statistically this hasnt been my best event.WINDSURF: So we actually gave you a confidence boost?SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: Yeah, maybe! With the girls you almost nailed itYou had Lena and Alexia the wrong way around.rightBut you got the mens top three correct! Solid prediction this time!WINDSURF: Well take that! We almost had two full houses, so it wasnt bad. Brilliant. Thanks, Sarah-Quita!The post SARAH QUITA OFFRINGA: CAFFEINE, COURAGE AND TWEAKED PUSH LOOPS appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.

INSANE FINALS DAY: TENERIFE WINDSURF WORLD CUPINSANE FINALS DAY: TENERIFE WINDSURF WORLD CUPGet ready to see the incredible highlights from finals day from the Tenerife Windsurf World Cup! The wind was nuking and the action was off the scaleDont miss this! PSour Tenerife predictions almost scored a full house in both mens and womensGet In!There are few places in the world where wave sailing can match El Mdano at its very best and, on Finals Day at the Wind and Waves Festival, Tenerife once again delivered. Thirty to forty-five knot winds, head to logo-high waves and a packed beach created the perfect stage as the worlds best wave sailors fought it out for the event titles. By the end of an unforgettable days competition, Marc Par successfully defended his crown with a breath taking display of jumping and wave riding, while Sarah-Quita Offringa once again demonstrated why she remains one of the sports greatest all-round talents to claim victory in the womens event.The post INSANE FINALS DAY: TENERIFE WINDSURF WORLD CUP appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.

Words & photos: Lisa Drewe https://www.islandeering.comNewquay, the Gannel (6.5km return)Shallow and with vibrant green-blue lagoons, the Gannel estuary is a safe family paddle on lower tides, with a stunning higher-tide option for the intrepid, almost into Newquays centre.Launch at the northeast end of Crantock Beach and head upstream, then immediately pass the Fern Pit ferry boathouse, taking care when paddling over the submerged footbridge at the base of East Pentires cliffs.Cross the mouth of Penpol Creek on the right and look out for ancient rotting vessels the river was an important passage for the schooners and barges that ferried coal and timber up to Trevemper Bridge.Continue upstream, avoiding another hazard: the submerged Penpol footbridge, which crosses the Gannel at low water. Hotels and large houses spill down the north bank of the river, with pasture and woodland on the south.On the approach to Newquays boating lake, glide through a peaceful salt marsh home to wading birds and salt-loving plants. Turn around at the footbridge south of the A392 (or before, depending on tide and time), then return to Crantock Beach for fresh crab and lobster from the Fern Pit Ferry Caf.Access restrictions: No licence required.Starting point: Crantock Beach TR8 5RE.Grid ref. SW 7887 6110 (50.4080, -5.1134).Parking: Crantock Beach Car Park (NT), Beach Road, Crantock, TR8 5RN.Pitstops: Great coffee and cake from a converted army truck on the beach, Cargo Coffee, tel. 07976 238548; delicious crab sandwiches and views, Fern Pit Caf, tel. 01637 873181.Lessons, hire, tours: Big Green Adventures, Crantock Beach, tel. 01637 479279.Getting there: Exit Newquay on A392, right at second roundabout onto A3075 (Goonhavern), then right again following signs to Crantock Beach. Height restriction barrier at Crantock car park (2.1m), open when the car park is attended (09:00-17:00, April to October). Very busy during summer; alternative private parking nearby.Special points: Full journey upriver best paddled on a spring six-metre plus tide. At high tide, buoys mark the position of the two underwater footbridges. Generally sheltered from a north wind, but east and west winds can funnel along the estuary. Avoid the estuary mouth where a rip current is created when the tide turns or when sand bars start to appear. Crantock beach area is best paddled 90 minutes either side of high tide.FULL Route map: www.islandeering.com/paddleboarding-newquay-the-gannel/

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MARIA ANDRES: LIFE ON THE ROADMARIA ANDRES: LIFE ON THE ROADFor Maria Andres, windsurfing is the sport that has shaped her entire existence. Rarely tied to one place and never short on curiosity to explore, Maria has spent most of her life following wind, waves and experiencing cultures across the globe. From camping in remote coastlines to working at wave events on the world wave tour, her journey is driven by a deep connection to the ocean and an unshakable desire to experience places and cultures beyond their conditions.Life on the roadits a way of life for Maria. A life lived between cultures, swells and seasons, where home is wherever her harness hangs and the next session is never far away. We caught up with Maria to talk about travelling without a base, chasing waves instead of routines and why the pull adventure and exploration keep her on the move!WINDSURF: How long have you been living the lifestyle of travelling and being on the road and how did you get into it all?MARIA ANDRES: Yeah, since I got my driving license, I have been travelling and windsurfing. At the beginning maybe it was just a few months a year and now its more. Some years I stay at my home in Spain two or three months in total.WINDSURF: How does it all work?MARIA ANDRES: Theres nothing fixed. Some years I was focusing on competition, some years I wasnt. I love travelling and I love wave sailing in as many good waves as I can and also Im super curious about cultures of the countries I am visiting. I love the beauty and the landscapes. Im sailing and sometimes Im enjoying more the view of the surroundings than the conditions! I enjoy the places through my eyes a lotWINDSURF: So you dont just visit a country just for the windsurfing?MARIA ANDRES: No, for sure not. You need a combination. At the beginning, if I go to the very beginning of why I windsurf or why I travel: I started sailing very early, when I was around eight years old. In Cdiz Bay there was a lot of windsurfing activity and youth teams. We were training and competing, and I realized if I was doing well, I could be in the team and if I was in the team they would take me to places to compete. I realized that that was a way to not only have fun doing what I like the most but also my way to be able to travel! And somehow, over the years it became my way of life.I always try to make my trips my job. It started there. I realized early that I had a strong desire for travelling and huge curiosity to see new things.. and the more I trained and enjoy windsurfing, the more I could travel, so it was win win! The more I got immersed in windsurfing, the more I could live from it, in one way or another. It doesnt need to be from competition or sponsorsit could be promoting places, brands or whatever. For me, its all linked. These are my two passions in life: windsurfing and travelling.WINDSURF: What do you love about windsurfing?MARIA ANDRES: What can I not love about it? (Laughs) Its my life! I cant imagine my life without it! When Im on my board, thats me. Other than that, Im just doing thingsbut on the water, thats my essence, my truest self. I love all kinds of windsurfing, but waves are what I enjoy the most. Riding a nice peeling, clean, long wavethat makes my soul so happy.WINDSURF: When you go on a trip, you dont usually go somewhere just for a week?MARIA ANDRES: No, I hate that. Too much hassle for nothing. When I travel, I like to live the placemeet people, follow their rhythm, try food and make friends. That keeps me on the road all the time. I like to live life the way the locals do. It is a constant change, which takes a lot of energy because youre always adjusting and learning. Sometimes its not easy, but for now Ive never seen my life any other way. I could not stay in one place.Budget is another reason. You cant fly in and out all the time and have a base at home and pay rent while traveling. My only way to travel the whole time was connecting places and not having a base. My base is pretty much where my harness is. I dont really have a base.WINDSURF: Soyou are used to camping and living in vans?MARIA ANDRES: I adapt to make it happen. Of course, Id be more comfortable in a beautiful house in front of the beach, but if it needs to be a van with nothing, Ill take it. Happily. I actually love creating projects where I can involve different brands to make a trip possible. If it is a place I am really looking forward to going to, I will try to make it happen one way or another. Thats how Ive been able to go to so many places Adapting and getting creative, haha.WINDSURF: Dont you ever feel like you need more stable base at home?MARIA ANDRES: Yeah, but two months later I want to leave. I get itchy feetor an itchy board. Home is amazing, but it can be cold and not consistent. If I want waves at home, that is only in winter. Id rather be somewhere I can be in the water more. I like to go back because it is beautiful and I have my family thereWINDSURF: So, how do you fund this lifestyle?MARIA ANDRES: Ive done everything. I always say there are only two jobs I havent doneone I wont say (laughs), and the other is selling drugs. Everything else Ive done. Now I am working for the WWT events and socials.At the beginning of my trips I washed dishes, took care of kids, taught Spanish and cleaned houses. Later, when I started to collaborate with Windsurf and SUP Mags and got better in producing articles, I did promotions for tourism agencies, events, hotels and products. Sometimes I got paid, sometimes just covered costs or got paid with valuable products I could sell later. Communication is keyyou have to put in the work to get the deals and be active. These deals are not coming from the sky.I was sponsored for a while, I also had a magazine and worked online. The money didnt cover everything but made life easier so I could choose better jobs. Now I do the social media for the WWT, which is amazing because it allows me to have a job in places I love. I work online, and so if I can, I stay longer in the ones I like. This job gives me a creative angle too. You get to know the riders better, from a different side, lets say I try to give voice to everyone, to be fair and to show the backstage and emotions, as well as to put a face to those sails with numbers, so that followers get to know the riders behind the sails. I enjoy having the possibility to make an impact on how the sport is perceived Besides the high performance, competitive tour content, I like to show the young, happy, friendly, fun and accessible side of it. I like to think that the what and how is shown is a powerful tool to help the sport (I love) grow WINDSURF: Once the event is over, its your turn to windsurf more?MARIA ANDRES: Thats the hardest part. Seeing good conditions and having to work, especially if Im competing too. Sometimes I dont even know whats happening on the water, because Im doing interviews and posts. Its hard, but so far it works for now. But after working at the events, I get the freedom to sail myself and enjoy the location more!WINDSURF: Do you enjoy competing?MARIA ANDRES: I used to compete in racing and slalom, where all is clear, you finish the position you cross the line and that was a good thing, but even though I had fun I didnt find it very exciting. There was a point I felt it was more stress than joy. In waves, in places I like down-the-line beautiful waves , with good conditions and fair heats (long enough), yes, I like it! When you get the chance with a heat long enough in fair conditions (sets rolling) to do your best, it doesnt matter if you win or lose the heat as long as you are happy with your performance. Having the spot firing for just 4 friends and pushing your limits is pretty awesome! I like the feeling of being focused in the heat, its very intense but fun! When bad conditions or heats are being forced to just be running the event quickly, no, thats not fun!WINDSURF: Youve just come to Australia what are you hoping to get out of the trip?MARIA ANDRES: Australia is a dream. Its my second time, but the first was Sydney and I wasnt wave sailing yet. Now Im making a dream come true. Australia is huge, not crowded, wild and well preserved. I dont like crowds or cities. People are relaxed and friendly. I feel like it is a land of windsurf-unexplored kilometers, and say no more, that translate to me as paradise! haha nothing more exciting than . It is raw beauty, wild nature, waves non stop after this first time in Western Australia I cant wait to be back againWINDSURF: What are your plans for the future?MARIA ANDRES: Ive been thinking for years that I cant live like this much longer, haha it is already ten or fifteen years I was thinking this and here I am, still doing it. But to be honest, as long as I have the energy and the opportunity, Ill keep going! You never know if health, pandemic, wars(!?) or something will stop you travellingWINDSURF: And your own sailingdo you feel like you are still improving?MARIA ANDRES: Always, I think that is the same for all windsurfers. That does not change for anybody at any age, windsurfing is endless. Every session is a chance to learn. Thats what keeps us hooked to the sport with everybody at their own level and bigger or smaller goals.WINDSURF: Do you feel happy being a part of the windsurf community?MARIA ANDRES: Of course. This is part of what keeps me travelling and going to events. That connection is deep between windsurfers. It does not matter where you are from or what your views are. On our boards, thats who we are, and thats where we connect. Maybe we dont need to have other things in common. It doesnt matter where youre from we always support each other too you have friends everywhere in the world and what unites us is stronger than any differences. Its very especialWINDSURF: Do you enjoy seeing kids learning the sport?MARIA ANDRES: I love it. Every time there is a kids camp or kids competing it makes me smile the whole time. Their genuine happiness is contagious. Its so beautiful to see and it makes me so happy to see the sport going somewhere. I have been doing social media for the Youth World Championship and I love seeing those young kids getting hooked on the sport and making friendships for life!WINDSURF: Any low points in this lifestyle?MARIA ANDRES: Uncertainty. Not knowing what next month looks like. Some years I have everything planned and I book all the flights. But some years I like to keep it open and let the universe surprise me. This year I am doing it like that. Sometimes its scary and sometimes it is super exciting. Im working on being comfortable with that its a decision Ive made. It can be more expensive when its open and you can pay a lot more for flights but at the same time you can improvise. You are then open to more opportunities and you can flow. I know it takes my energy and I worry about how it is going to work, but positivity and flow are things you can work on when you live like this.WINDSURF: What are your favourite places you have experienced?MARIA ANDRES: New Caledonia, Tahiti, Baja California, Peru, Maui and Madagascar. Stunning places, not just for conditions but for beauty and feeling. New Caledonia and Tahiti could be at the top because of the waters and landscapes as well as the culture. Tahiti is the most stunning location on the planet I think. As for memorable trips Baja California was such a cool one to do. There was a lot of preparation but it was really cool to be camped there. Peru is the most enjoyable friendly wave in the world. Maui is busy but I still love it. Everything else in Maui balances out the crowds. Madagascar was also marvellous! like unreal almost! And now I really loved Western Australia! I need a bit of beauty. If it is an ugly place, I dont want to be there, there are too many beautiful ones to choose to be in one that does not make your soul sing! hahaWINDSURF: Are there many places left on your bucket list to visit?MARIA ANDRES: Western Australia was one of them but I am here now Indonesia and a lot of places in Africa for sure and many islands in the Pacific Too many places for only one life! Hey, but if a ticket to Tahiti fell from the sky for next week, of course Id go again! haha And that is why I keep my plans open, hahahaThe post MARIA ANDRES: LIFE ON THE ROAD appeared first on Windsurf Magazine Online.