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RYA KNOWLEDGE – WINDSURFING FOR ALL
Windsurfing with disabilities is challenging, but the barriers are being broken down with new programs and developments, the RYA tell us more. Words & Photos RYA For (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – THE HAPPY HIPSTER
What level of impairment does it take to stop us challenging the upper levels of windsurfing? Two new hips? Apparently not. Words Peter Hart Originally published within (…)
PEOPLE AND PLACES – CANARY SUMMER
What did you do last summer? Irish youth sailor Finn Mellon, swapped his school-books for the sun and wind of the Canary Islands. Read on as he (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – WINDSURFING WHATEVER YOUR AGE
Age is no barrier to windsurfing – the RYA explains why. Words & Photos RYA Originally published within the October ’17 edition. Russ Towns used to be (…)
RYA – KEEP ON WINDSURFING AFTER YOUR HOLIDAY
Every year people flee the UK to get their windsurfing fix on holiday somewhere hot and sunny. But how can these adrenaline-seeking tourists get a shot of (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – JAWS GOES BRITISH
With the help of an illustrious expert, Harty investigates the validity of recent Great White sightings along the UK’s south coast. “You wouldn’t get me going in (…)
PETER HART – FILLING IN THE GAPS
“ PETER HART – FILLING IN THE GAPS ” Words Peter Hart // Photos Hart Photography, Andy Stallman Originally published within the July ’17 edition. Some claim to have (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – I FEEL I CAN FLY
Harty joins in the foiling love-fest. I flirted with dinghy sailing as a lad but didn’t get on too well at the local sailing club which (…)
FINN MULLEN – SENSATIONS
‘ The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.’ Lord Byron Originally published within the July ’17 edition Words Finn (…)
KID’S KIT – DESIGNERS CHILDREN
John Skye gives us an insight into his latest rig designs for children. Words John Skye // Photo Pons Training As a designer, one always tries to (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – NOSTALGIA AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
Harty warns against the imagined joy of the good ol’ days of the travelling windsurfer. It was a sorry sight – that of 8 people, friends (…)
RYA KNOWLEDGE – GETTING KIDS HOOKED
Can you remember the first time you stepped onto a board? As a windsurfer seeing your children taking their very own first steps into the sport can (…)
FINN MULLEN – EXPERIENCE
Words Finn Mullen // Photo Tam Mullen No matter how many times we windsurf, practising the same motions, enjoying the sensations, something keeps drawing us back for (…)
AFFAIRS OF THE HART – LIFE CHANGING JOYS OF THE UNEXPECTED
Change is better than a rest. What do the items in the following list have in common? Scottish dancing, curling and speed sailing? The answer is that (…)
RYA – KIT TO GET YOU STARTED
For many people new to windsurfing that can often mean committing to buying their own kit for the first time. But how do you make sure you (…)