First day of the Spanish Cup in Pozo Izquierdo and we have seen an amazing level in the competition, you just have to see the podium, all of the them are copetitors in the World Tour.
Right now, live from California the 6.0 Lowes Pro, Rob Machado won his second round heat a few minutes ago and Dane Reynolds is right now on the water. To see the live action click on the image.
Everything ready for the Funboard Spanish Cup starting this Friday in Pozo Izquierdo.
There's no mast anymore to signal the big rock on the right side of the beach as it broke two weeks ago, now we are having strong tides and the rock is completely covered during the high tide (today two guys crashed against the rock) so be careful if you are sailing in Pozo Izquierdo during the high tide.
Slalom rules have changed this year, it's not 2 boards 4 sails to choose for every competition anymore, now it's 3 boards and 6 sails for all the year, to see the changes in the PWA Rule Book click here.
Plenty of stuff for next weekend, in Pozo Izquierdo will be the Funboard Spanish Cup, for registration and more information you can visit 2NDREEF, in Tarifa will be the Roxy Girls Camp with the Ruano twins, for more details: MORENOTWINSDOTCOM, and in Austria starts the Slalom World Tour sponsored by DWARF8 .
The day is getting better, now we have good wind for the 4,7 (4,2 for the lighter ones) and some little waves for jumping.
The photo is from yesterday, nobody is sailing at the moment today, it’s clouded (with some calima) and flat, but the wind is already there, was lighter early in the morning, but now you can sail wit a 5 or 4,7 but looks like is no hurry on going sailing, maybe is because we had a little overdose of wind yesterday.
Strong wind(3,7) and nearly flat now with the high tide (was full at 14:18), waves are supposed to get better later in the afternoon as the tide goes down.
Anne-Marie Reichman joins the Simmer team, for more information you can visit Simmer Sails website or Anne-Marie's one.
When the wind is strong in Pozo you can always find lighter winds along the coast.
Nuclear winds again in Pozo, at lunch time was just one sail on the water, Dario Ojeda's Simmer Icon 3,7.
We just posted some new photos from yesterday's session at Las Salinas de Arinaga, if you want to see them, click here.
Last Friday were given the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 2009, you can see the feature and winner's videos on Surfline or if you prefer to see all the nominees videos yo can go to Billabong XXL.
Great afternoon of saliling with the last waves of the south swell.
South swell and trade winds on offer today, good wind in Pozo but not the best, some spots arround the corner are a really good option today.
Day with variable winds in Pozo, and even though late in the afternoon the wind picked up and some people were sailing with 4,7 we opted to surf down the street.
On-line magazine www.boardseekermag.com had a poll to decide which sail had the best graphic design, and the most voted one was the Simmer Mission, followed by her sister, the Simmer Icon.
We just recieved those classic photos from our friend Claus, from Club Mistral. Those photos were taken in 1992 by Dario, and as you can see the harbour wasn't there yet. The guys from Club Mistral were the first ones going to Las Salinas for windsurfing lessons.
Perfect waves for the second round of the mens competition starting in 10 minutes, for the really fanatic ones, Kelly's heat will be at 2:00 am (canarian time), click on the image above to see the webcast.
Perfect ending for a windy Easter week, we had wind every single day of the week, and spent the Sunday in the friendly spot of Las Salinas de Arinaga, strong wind, flat water and amazing people having a great day at the beach.
The day started with clouds and inconsistent winds, but right now the clouds have gone and the wind looks pretty stable, like for 4,7-4,2.
After all day with inconsistent winds, late in the afernoon, with an amazing rainbow, the wind turned a few degrees and picked up just enough for a late session with the 4,7 (the kid on the yellow Simmer was on 3,7 but that's another story).
Just starting women's quarter finals (23:00 Canary Islands time). Click on the image to go to the site.
Having a coffee in El Viento waiting for the conditions to improve. Right now is 4,7-4,2 (still gusty but better than yesterday) and some of the local wave spots are starting to break.
The guys from Mauiwindsurfing just posted a few recent videos from the photoshoots at Hookipa for the 2010 sails.
Our friend and good photographer Fernando Sánchez just updated his website with some great photos from the last days in Pozo and the Spanish windsrurfing tour last weekend in Tenerife.
When we have strong wind in Pozo but it's nearly flat, is time to drive along the coast, you can have a nice surprise just arround the corner.
The clouds have gone, perfect day in the 4,7-4,2 range, a little bit gusty, but warm enough to start using the shory.
The day started slow, with light to moderate winds, a little bit too north (which means gusty in Pozo) and with big clouds, but the wind picked up (I'm rigging 4,2 as soon as I post this) and the clouds are starting to leave.
Yesterday’s strong winds performed a significant transformation to the windsurfing sculpture in the avenue in front of the beach in Pozo Izquierdo.
Great sailing condirions this morning, with sails in the 3,7-4,2 range, and waves arround half mast on the sets.
As we can see in this second image, the nuclear winds we had yesterday, caused some little damages.
Víctor Fernández just started a brand new website: www.victore42.com
3,7 and 3,4 were the norm today, really strong winds for tomorrow too, but slowing down a little bit for thursday, and still windy the rest of the week.
The "Gran Premio Secondreef Copa de Espana", will be in Pozo Izquierdo the first weekend of May. For more information you can visit www.2ndreef.com.
Alessio Stillrich just posted in his blog, a small video from the event of the Spanish Windsurfing Tour in Tenerife last weekend.
Tonight starts the waiting period for the most classic ASP surf event, the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, for live coverage and more information click here.
