UKWA News

Tow Surf Action in Brandon Bay as the wind falls light.....

Day 4 over here in Brandon Bay dawned cloudless and windless with very little hope of any competition. Luckily for the competitors they are very rarely stuck for something to do here in the action sports capital of Ireland. While the majority of competitors hit the water for a surf Ben Proffitt hit the greens!

UKWA Four Nations Cup Day 2 and 3

Day 2 saw sun and surf but no wind at the Four Nations Cup in Brandon bay. However a Wacky Races type pursuit was instigated in order to get over to Inch reef to surf the perfect waves that were peeling off the reef there. Apart from that, no on water action happened on Day 2 but with a very promising forecast for Day 3 everything was set for another day on the water.

Four Nations Cup Ireland Day 1 report

50 knots and head high - Brandon Bay fires for the first UKWA Wave event of the season hosted by Jamie Knox Watersports and supported by Ultra Sport Europe.

Micah Buzianis Slalom Clinic

There are 10 more places up for grabs for UKWA members, for this clinic with Micah at the Academy, FC Watersports, Poole 8-9 June 2007.

Carsington update

Due to popular demand please see further directions for camping at Carsington.

Speedgun comes to Carsington at no extra charge.

Marlow Sponsorship for Keith Atkinson

Keith has secured Sponsorship with Marlow Ropes. Marlow, leaders in rope technology and known for their quality and performance at an international level, are continually tested and developed by the worlds best yachtsmen and woman and in the worlds harshest conditions.

The Corona Extra PWA World Cup - Tiree

The island has hosted an open contest for over 20 years, and now, courtesy of Corona Extra, Event Scotland and The Highland Year of Culture, its' weathered shores and a prize purse of €30,000, will lure the sports elite in this landmark year for the highlands and islands of Scotland

JP / Pryde Party Nite.....

One of the highlights of the recent event in Marazion was without doubt the JP / Pryde Party on saturday evening. The evening kicked off with a quiz. To a packed house, the Station House, quizmaster Mike Dempsey fired off a series of general knowledge questions interspersed with windsurfing gems.

Typhoon on board

Typhoon International are pleased to announce their new sponsorship of the UKWA and its associated race crew clothing support for the 2007 season. Agreeing to support the UKWA's race crew is another step in Typhoon's commitment to supporting watersport participation.

South West Cup ..by Krafty

As I type this, the event results are up, and from those you can note that we all enjoyed some racing over the course of the weekend. What you can't see from these results is how very close we came to not scoring a full event due to extremely light winds, so credit is certainly due to the event crew for making sure that no opportunities were missed to get some racing in, whenever the wind blew.

Ireland - Wave 1

Round 1 of the, new, 2007 UKWA Wave Championship is coming very soon! This years championship is a 4 event series - "The 4 Nations Cup" - Brandon Bay is once again the venue for the Irish leg of the tour.

South West Cup Results - updated

A public apology - unfortunately an incorrect set of results have been published; and were used for conducting the prize giving. This does not affect FW sailors -but it does RSX,Raceoard and Techno. (Updated results)

Starboard Serenity - Demo Opportunity at Marazion!

John Hibbard will be attending the Marazion UKWA event this weekend armed with a Serenity - Starboard's amazing new light-wind displacement hull. Whilst not exactly the weapon of choice for slalom racing, in non-planing conditions this board is simply light years ahead of everything else.

Tricky conditions test Brits in Palma

The RS:X windsurfers finally saw some racing today at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma (Olympic Sailing classes), with Nick Dempsey crossing fifth in the men's fleet and a respectable 14th for Youth squad sailor Richard Hamilton, while Lucy Horwood and Bryony Shaw finished in fifth and seventh places respectively in the women's event.
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South West Cup, Racing, Slalom & Freewave

Marazion... no better place to spend Easter. If you have not already finalised your plans for Easter, it is not too late to consider a trip to Marazion on Penzance Bay.