at last predicted westerly wind showing for this weekend; maybe get to try out the new 6 mtre on sunday if it holds. lest ways will get on the water and get some fitness back prior to my 2 weeks in the wost place to kitesurf in the world....yes you guessed it Tenerife!!! LEAST WAYS ITS WARM

Still early days to get excited Neil... Forecasts only seem to be showing about 10-15 knots NW at the moment for Saturday and little for Sunday.

Lets hope that changes.

Al.

Yesterday (Monday) was great, fully lit on a 12, blue skys, 11 degrees and waves. No hat, gloves or boots!

Medano's not too bad Neil, I think it'll be my 14th year this year lol. I still love the place. The conditions can be challenging though. the air in the Winter is a lot less stable. There was also a lot of fronts about when you went. Luck of the draw really eh.

I must like it too!!, just booked a week at the end of May, staying at the Playa Sur Tenerife, with leanne and baby ryan, i've had some good trips to medano, many with dunks, windsurfing and kitesurfing, might be temped to hire a pole for a day!!

God Neil Youve jinxed the wind with your early post

Anyways looking at the long term (Monday) I think you jinxed the temp, looks like we will be getting the snowboards out again

Anyways you should have been there last Saturday.

I enjoyed my 2 weeks in El Medano and would go there again on a cheep one but there are so many other options. I've just got back from a 2 week hol in Essaouire that cost £372. Flew royal air maroc, caught a supertours bus from Marrakech to Essaouira and stayed in a very comfortable Ibis hotel, bargain.

The winds were predomninently from the SW due to the storms blowing across the Atlantic but on the last 4 days, the wind tuned NE, that is the trade that accelerates down the coast, the same windflow that makes El Medano so consistent. The NE was extremely gusty in the morning but cleaned up later in the day doubling in intensity. I prefered sailing the SW as it complimented the swell that hit the bttom end of the bay causing the waves to jack up as it was slightly cross off. That is not dangerouse as due to the bay being ark shaped, It was blowing cross on further along the bay. Wave riding was a real pleasure until I ditched my kite on day 6 and a powerful wall of water split it in two. Cost me aprox £45 to get it put back together and a real quality repair at that.

The town (Medina) was a culturaly fascinating experience and you could get a 3 course meal for less than a fiver..although, if you wanted alcohol, you would pay a premium. I just stocked up on duty free

Have come back grinning ear too ear with 11 of the 14 days kiting with quality waves, clean and weel spaced with no chop in between...larvly

i will hand my head in shame then Chris!
me thinks we dont often appreciate just how lucky we are to sail at borth; there can be fantastic conditions right on our doorstep, generally the only thing that is missing is the heat!
i do like going to Medeno but maily because of the sunshine and the warmth and also its a lovely small place and not full of fish and chip shops, where tables and chairs can be found in the same place in the morning and not in the sea etc....................not seen any nutters but a pleasant atmosphere. probably the reason why me and Ren go back year after year also Dunk. see youz all on the beach saturday for some wind i hope.

Must say i'm an el med fan, we went there again over Christmas this year, had great wind, rode 6 days out of 7, nice and warm and super convenient. Thought wind direction was a bit weird being predominantly SW but it wasn't a prob just gave the place a different feel.

what a reward for turning up to the beach this weekend; a lovely sess on the 20 mtr and the skim board with full sun and westerly winds blatting up and down the length of the beach................oh my aching legs after such a long time off the water!! and sunday another fully sunny day looked almost like summer.

well friday did bring an unexpected 8m session in the afternoon not too long after Col left....must have been good Al was out windsurfing!! today again wind from the north late afternoon, firstly our on the 20 and then in for the 15; Dunk needed a bigger kite than the 12 he was out on. boomin cold though!!!! bring on medino on monday!!
forgot to say that someone walked off with my sand bag from the beach; not bothered about the bag but someone is now the proud owner of a good stainless carrabeana, or some such spelling! grockles for yer!!!!

[Edited on 4/4/10 by mNeil]

i thought you were going to say someone's got a bag full of sand, hopefully it'll turn up

hope its come back, these last few day have been horrific!

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[Edited on 13-5-2010 by kitesnowboarder]

horrific: heres me stuck in el medano with no flights and also no wind..............but sun oh dear shame i´ll have to grin and bare it!!!! isnt it great knowing that every one else is back at work.

oh poor Neil, how will you cope!

Well I'm stuck in bloody China since last week with no flight and will be for another week. Have found a kite school in hong kong though so trying to blag some gear.

Poor old Neil was sent home today, don't know how he coped really. I have suggested that he goes to counselling on his return to deal with the aftermath of what is sure to be post traumatic stress disorder.

when customs and immigration see him, he might be held as an illegal , either that or a stunt double for the cuprinol man