Windsurfing A Way Of Life

Well after a slow start to the day the wind kicked in, the guests started arriving and service resumed as normal.It wasn’t so sunny today hence the bad light in the pics but still it was another great day in paradise. We did some general checking of equipmnent, sail trimming and so on while there was no wind and then after the guests were all sorted and out on the water some of the team who either had a day off or have now started their annual holiday went out on the water so I asked Matrix if he would kindly drive me out to Manawa with my camera and the video to get some footage.

The waves in Manawa were very nice again today around 1.5 to 2.5 meters in some sets, good wind direction and well perfect for a fun session. Ninja, Baba, Johnny and Alexis were out along with an Italian guest who had to turn in early due to a washing that left his sail in bits. Lots of riding going on, Alexis was really going for it as you can see from the pic of the day for today.

Alexis also landed his first front loop today in a short session in Little Reef on the way back from Manawa. Maximum respect mate nice one!

Best regards to all and happy wind and kite surfing.

Lovely day today, very productive morning preparing some new things for the centre then during the afternoon Ninja, Baba, Johnny and myself headed out to Manawa for a little session. The wind was a little bit onshore so Manawa seemed a much better bet than heading off downwind to One Eye which was not so big today and breaking very very close to the reef.

After the usual slog upwind to the break we arrived to find it working very well. Waves between 1.5 - 3.5 meters very smooth and a real treat as its generally low season here so we were the only people there. Very regular sets rolling in and plenty of waves for everyone. The only thing wrong with my session was my technique hehehe I seem to have a habit of bending my front arm instead of straightening it! oh well practice practice practice.

The wind was pretty constant outside and the Duke 5.4 I had plus the new Mistral Wave Rd 86 were just perfect.

Thats it for today take care everyone best wishes and happy sailing.

Well not much to report on today. I woke up this morning poured some very nice vanilla flavor coffee then sat down and did some work on a few new pages for Windhut.

Around lunchtime I checked the Club Mistral Mauritius webcam saw there was a bit of wind and a few of our guests were out on the water so called a taxi and hot footed it down there.

There was not so much wind so I decided to try the new Mistral 2008 SL RD 95 out with a Natural 6.6. It all seemed to work find and I blasted out through the channel to cruise around a a little bit. First time I have taken any slalom kit since I left Dahab but it was all good appart from the fact that I was not jibing it well pffft this is the problem when you start using wave boards and the like, needs a little bit of time to get used to a slalom board again but all the problems I encountered were my own fault, the board was great fun to ride and I am looking forward to trying it with a 5.5 or 6.0 I think this will be a lot of fun.

After my blast around on the slalom kit I went back to the centre and decided to have another go at kite surfing. So i had a drink of (water) hehe took a Rebel 10 and a twin tip and off I went . Today i got on much better than yesturday and actually managed to leave the beach, sail around for an hour and come back to the same place. Its only the 6th session for me but now I can ride, go up wind and make small jumps (even if i do land toe side sometimes and get a good washing). I cant say kites surfing will draw me away from windsurfing but when the wind is not so strong for me as a windsurfer its a great alternative. Its also good to be a student again hehe.

Anyways no pics from today spent my time sailing and not with the cam sorry for that hehe but i have included a couple of scenery shots i took before.

Best regards to all and happy wind and kite surfing.

Well after 30 days of either no wind or wind around 3-4 bft for 2 hours in the morning it seems the wind has finaly returned. Yesturday was a steady force 6bft and today 6-7bft.

Didn’t have much opportunity to sail yesturday but did manage 40 minutes at 8:00am with a Mistral SL 105 and a 6.6 R-Type (maxed)

Previous days have been taken up with frisbee and snorkling (took some video will post some Red Sea underwater delights tomorrow night). Its quite amazing here the landscape is very dry and barron but under the water is beautiful and alive so its worth checking it out.

Hopefuly the wind will stay for a few days so we can get some more video done and posted up for your enjoyment.

Take care and happy windsurfing.

Sadly I haven’t much time to sit and write a lot about Morocco, but I can tell you that its a place that I felt very at home in. Friendly open minded people still in touch with their roots. Amazing Atlantic coastline offering fantastic year round surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing. Can’t wait to get back there in the summer !!!!

You can view a selection of the pics I took from a trip to a local market, oasis and windsurfing session in Moulay (Fab wave spot cross off from the right) HERE!.

Big thanks to Club Mistral for the invitation to the meeting there and also a huge thanks to Marie and Seb from Ocean Vagabond for their hospitality. I’ll post up some pictures of the Ocean Vagabond Hotel when I get back to Dahab.

WINDSURFING PICTURES FROM MOROCCO.