LOEKI
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| posted on 18-9-2003 at 16:29 |
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trainee hero
CAN ANYONE TELL ME OF SAFE LOCATIONS
AROUND SOUTH WALES IN WHICH TO LEARN TO WAVESAIL (WINDSURFER).
PREFERABLY SOMEWERE BUSY AS I HAVE NO MATES WHO WINDSURF (SAD GITS).
ALSO IS A JP FSW 94 TO BIG TO RIDE WAVES ON.
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justal
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| posted on 18-9-2003 at 18:15 |
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Take a look through the beachguide on this site, there are lots of places that should be fine for you. Places that spring to mind that
should be OK and also relatively busy are Cold Knap (just avoid it on high tide), Newton, Porthcawl and Aberavon. Try chatting to the
guys at Rat Rigs in Cardiff (http://www.ratrigs.com), or Wind Addiction (http://www.windaddiction.co.uk) in Barry
as well to find out where everyone else will be on a given day. There are a couple of S. Wales sailors on this site too, so hopefully
one of them may help out or agree meet you somewhere one weekend.
The JP FSW 94 should be OK, its obvously not a full on wave-riding board, but it will be perfect for your first forays into the
waves.
Al.
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Joner
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Registered: 5-2-2003 Member Is Offline Mood: Still Learning
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| posted on 19-9-2003 at 06:42 |
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I'm from South Wales, but I'm not actually any good at any of this yet. However, as justal says, check out the beachguide here as its
pretty much spot on as far as I can tell.
If theres some wind, then theres almost always someone out at the beaches justal has mentioned, espeically at Aberavon (listed as Port
Talbot in the beachguide). Although, its mainly kite-surfers these days.
Let us know how you get on with your first wave-sailing attempts.
Joner.
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