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Saturday 12th May: Waiting for Jem with a blasting
session at Scraggane. |
Jamie's place - shop on
the right and the Lodge dead ahead |
The flags were the first
thing we checked every morning |
Strong Currents - but no
mention of strong waves! |
The kelp stranded on the
beach was put to good use as fertiliser by the local farmers |
Greg tries out the 9.5 m
Ezzy Infinity - probably the biggest sail he's ever used! |
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Sunday 13th May: Day 1 of the clinic and a solid day of
fine tuning the basics at Scraggane |
Scraggane is relatively
sheltered from the big waves but gets the wind, so great for chop
hopping |
Jem and Connor blasting |
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Connor was chasing Clive
but couldn't resist hopping |
...and at the end of the
day even Wild Horses need to go home |
Above:
Nice little synchronised
sequence of Jem and Connor taking advantage of Scraggane's great bump
and jump condition |
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Monday 14th May: everyone
learned that the wind comes in with the tide... |
The Car and van cavalcade
on the beach at Kilcummin |
Jem on video duty, Connor
out to sea |
Jem on video duty -
heavily disguised for more candid shots |
Red Nemesis Dog Mobile
Windsurfing Site |
Dirt Boarding whilst
waiting for the tide to come in |
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Tuesday 15th May:
Now it's serious, the morning spent learning the moves and then out for
more training |
Jem shows the Jedi wave
moves |
Clive looking very serious
and a bit like a Jedi |
Paul wondering if Clive is
going to catch him on the turn |
Connor gets to grips with
keeping his hands close together |
Rob having a good old push |
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Grasshopper Porridge is awesome - 100% organic and
wholesome and a fantastic way to keep warm and fuelled on the water. The
photo's show how a desire for more Grasshopper porridge can make people
behave in a rather strange manner... |
Greg looking like he just
remembered he had a harness on after all that boom stroking |
No journal of a Jem hall
Clinic would be complete without a 'V' for Victory |
Con with (another RRD)
board of his desire: the Twin Tip |
Twin Tip in action |
Rob focussing on driving
hard into a speed tack |
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Wednesday 16th May: Morning
and yes we were waiting for the wind and waves on the tide... |
The Cavalcade returns to
Kilcummin |
Connor having a quiet look
in the back of Jems van to see what RRD and Ezzy goodies are hidden in
it's depths |
Jem just checking that
everything is still there... |
There are only so many
photo's you can take of windsurf junkies having fun, but these are from
the morning preparation and wait for the wind and waves |
Greg starting the long
walk up the beach at low tide |
Connor's turn to test the
wind |
Greg's first surfing
experience - not a bad effort |
Paul shows he's surfed
before |
Clive returns from his
turn at testing the conditions |
International Rescue were
on hand all day... |
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Wednesday 16th: Afternoon
and the tide definitely brought the wind and waves |
Connor refuelling |
Brian McDowell takes to
the waves early as the rain sets in |
Clive looking exhausted
after a mere 2 hours in the waves |
Connor and Tom Knox set
off into the waves |
One of Connors first real
wave riding experiences |
Donkey Kick attempt |
Connor starting to get the
hang of the wave riding thing... |
and again |
Great jumping was to be
had |
Rob getting onto his first
real wave of the week |
Paul getting into the
swing |
Connor at speed |
Greg showing his done it
before with a slash of spray to prove it |
Rob clearly in his element |
Greg battles against the
wind to launch again |
Greg on one of his first
waves of the day |
Greg getting tuned in and
agressive |
Jamie Knox showing he's
done it before |
Jamie chop hopping his way
out the back |
Jem in dash slash mode |
More slashing from Jem |
Jeremy proving his career
choice was a good one |
everyone lining up as the
sets come in |
Local talent during their
tea break |
Paul putting his surfing
expertise into action |
Nice bit of wave riding |
now Paul gets aggresive |
Connor getting the hang of
it |
Paul battling upwind after
catching a great wave |
Rob sets up for a turn |
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Thursday 17th May:
A relaxing day surfing and a bit of leisurely windsurfing in preparation
for ''BIG FRIDAY'' |
Taking a leisurely pace
rigging up waiting for the wind and waves |
Jem waiting |
Greg waiting |
Rob waiting |
Paul waiting... |
Jeremy proving you don't
need much wind to wave sail |
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Connor and Clive looking
like Pro's at a PWA event |
Paul taking it easy |
Above:
Nice little sequence of
Paul showing that his youth was not at all mis-spent and that he can now
enjoy the benefits of spending so many years surfing |
Jem catching up with his
surf board after his safety leash snapped in a gentle wave |
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Friday 18th May: Big Friday,
morning...and no need to wait for the turning tide - everyone out in
logo to mast high waves in a steady force 6 that was gusting force 9... |
Jeremy setting the
standard |
Brian in the calm before
the storm |
Connor looking a tad
nervous on his way down to the waves |
Clive just wondering
whether his mast looks big in this... |
Clive getting chased back
in by some decent waves |
Jamie Knox leads Connor
out into the waves |
Jem defying gravity |
Jamie aggressively
slashing and turning |
Connor out through the
white water between sets |
Break time watching it get
bigger |
yes, those waves are
really big... |
Local sailors enjoying the
rising waves |
Greg goes topside |
Greg and Clive talking
themselves into going out again... |
...and off they go... |
Greg holding down his kit
in a Force 9 gust |
Jamie on the way out |
Connor on the way in |
Jem on his way out - chop
hopping all the way |
Jem working on Connors
nerves at video central |
Jem wave riding |
Jeremy still jumping |
Brian cutting a dash |
and Jamie leaping |
whilst the local talent
continue to excel |
and excel |
and excel! |
Classic wave sailing photo |
Connor borrowed Jamie's 3
metre sail as the wind built up |
Jeremy and Connor
comparing notes |
Paul riding a perfect
little wave |
Top of Connors sail - yes
the waves were quite big! |
Action central - this way |
Jem clearly having fun |
Brian just checking out
what's happening |
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Friday
18th: afternoon and a move to the relative safety of Scraggane Bay as
the waves cover the beach in Brandon Bay, mind you it's now around a
steady Force 7... Connor had to borrow one of Jamies small sails a his
smallest sail was A 3.7 metre... |
Connor goes for a donkey
kick |
Connor uber vertical |
followed by a nice leap in
Force 7 |
Connor practicing those
vertical leaps again |
Jamie and Tom Knox on the
way in |
Jamie turning hard |
Jamie on top of a wave |
check out the spray off
the island in the background to understand how big a day it was |
Tom goes for a vertical
jump... |
...and smacks off a wave |
Tom Knox riding a baby
wave |
Jamie chop hopping...
again |
Jem telling Connor to
practice his high wind tacks |
Greg carving like a legend |
Tom on his way out for
more |
