Got Wind?

No shortage of wind over the past 48 hours, the only sail Glenn rigged was a 3.7 Gaastra Manic. Sandbanks early Sunday was a blowout with gusting over 60+mph, it was liquid smoke on the water and Glenn lasted about 45 mins. It was certainly to much of a good thing in terms of wind since it made wave riding nearly impossible as a bottom turn with a 50 knot gust in your sail isn't exactly comfortable.

After thawing out and driving home, Glenn did a classic bump and jump session, on a 3.7 again. Actually, not a lot of bumping and jumping since control on the water was pretty hard to come by in the 50 knot gusts.
















Thanks to Mark van Dam for the great shots! (check out his site at www.imagesbyvandam.com)

Bring it!

Classic fall winds set to visit us starting tomorrow morning, and looks like they may stick around for a couple of days?

Want to know how the 2007 F2 Geurilla 69 or 84 sail? How about the 2007 Fanatic NewWave 74 Team Edition vs. 2007 the Fanatic All Wave 74? Those are going to be first out of the van to test tomorrow, so check back for a full update and report!

Working Hard

For us, Christmas always comes a few months earlier as next seasons models arrive and need to be tested. Mike and Glenn got out for an evening session to try the 07 Fanatics. Mike was loving the new Hawk 108 for its speed, quickness to plane, speed, smooth ride in chop, speed, feather light weight, and did I mentioned speed? Mike rips through a jibe at Everitt park, on the left of the picture. Glenn really has been liking the Fanatic All Wave series in the 75L and 85L version for turning the "so-so" backside riding days into ripping front side days. The All Wave series planes so early but is so loose that lighter wind 5.4 and 5.8 wave days are now a blast, and we can make three times the amount of turns on the same wave!