rednemesisdog windsurfing the freewave gallery

Connor, K678, is sponsored by Seasprite Sports, Ezzy, RRD, Surfstore and Scrub, and by Red Nemesis Dog of course... He is mentored for fitness and technique by Jem Hall

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Halifax sailing Club at the end of November 2007, raining freezing cold wind and great windsurfing!		In the 10% of time left after race training Connor has been splitting his 'free' time trying to crack the Vulcan, which he did in September. The cold water certainly focuses the mind on staying on the board...

West Pennine Race Training in February with Mark Kay...A range of challenges were on offer, not least of which was getting to the reservoir without slipping!	Connor deciding which hat to wear	and yes, snow sticks to your board when it's cold...	and they're off
gentle start to racing, everyone very careful not to fall in	Mark shouting encouragement	Joe warming up	and then inside for a well deserved lunch

Saturday 16th December 2006, West Kirby Sam Neal, who is sponsored by JP Boards and Neil Pryde Sails amongst others, ran a Freestyle clinic at West Kirby for a group of 9 dedicated young windsurfers. It was a crash and burn session with everyone pushing themselves really hard to score new moves and push themselves to the limit. Sam was constantly chasing everyone to tweak their attempts and by the end of the day the competition was filled with sailors achieving lots of new moves. Faye Neal was the expert photographer for the day.
Connor with Ghost in the spray	Sam spinning	Vulcan attempts close to the wall	Joe leaping	Sam being chased by Callum
Connor duck gybes in the competition	Young Guns gunning	Sam doing it one handed	Prize giving	Ian was also their to crash and burn

Sunday 19th of November, 2006, Rhosneigr. A massive wind was forecast as an enormous storm was circling the British Isles. We arrived just before 9.00 a.m. and the wind was already at a force 4 and increasing and by mid afternoon the wind was gusting 35-40 mph. Connor was sailing with Sam Neal (age 16) and Lecky Gayda (age 13) and they were the first on the water. Dave Gayda also joined the 3 boys on the water. By lunchtime there were stacks of windsurfers on the water, but once the big winds arrived this number diminished and the new school was left on the water with the 'hard core' sailors to enjoy some survival sailing.
The 3 intrepid juniors with the whole bay to themselves	Lecky - mid afternoon after changing down to a 2 point something sail	Sam comes in from a full on session	Connor making sure that his sponsors brands are displayed to good advantage at all times	Sam practicing his turns on a baby wave
hands too cold to hold the boom	a small leap	practicing for vertical jumps	baby wave	Connor with a scissor skip
Con Hover-crafting on the way in	vertical 1	vertical 2	Dave racing Lecky to the beach	Lecky and Connor
Lecky hover-crafting in	Lecky going vertical	Lecky gets a wave	Sam, also unable to feel the boom	Sam going high with a nice kick
Sam going for those turns	early morning leap	nice vertical from Sam	early morning jump from Con	Dave enjoying a quality Sail

Remember, Remember the 5th of November...Excellent early morning wind, but very cold. The first real ice cream screaming day of the winter session!
Connor and Carl blasting across the reservoir	Carl still managing to smile despite being unable to feel his hands!	Connor blasting on his Ezzy wave 3.7m	Nice position going into the gybe at full tilt
Gybe part 1	Gybe part 2	Gybe part 3	Gybe part 4
Gybe rig flip - check the hands	Gybe rig flip part 2	More blasting	Connor chasing Carl and Tony
Ezzy's, Ezzy's everywhere	Ice Cream hands part1	Ice cream hands part 2	Tony & Carl in synchronised gybe mode

October 8th 200, Rhosneigr. The day after Connor's 13th birthday he got to sail at Rhosneigr in force 4/5 Cross shore winds and with the highest tide for 10 years there was little room on the beach for kit. The conditions were perfect for the RRD Hard Core Wave XS, starting off on a 3.5 m Ezzy Wave and moving up to a 4.5 m sail as the conditions got lighter. It was a big day for jumps...and after Jem Hall's coaching session in Prasonisi, Connor made the best of the conditions.
Cross shore conditions made wave riding difficult	checking out the ramps	Graham from RoHo looping next to Connor	Connor returns with a nice jump next to Graham
nice 'pop'	and blown down wind	OK, so there was a bit of wave sailing to be had	change up to 4.5 metre
launch	fly	land	every run out to sea was a chance to jump
launch	float	keep floating	So, after a non stop 4 hour session, next challenge is to loop...

August 2006, was Christmas all over again, with the fantastic news that Seasprite Sports and Surfstore are sponsoring Connor for 2007 - 08 to sail Ezzy Sails and RRD Boards	First time out for the Hard Core wave XS with a 5.2 metre Wave SE	Nice 'pop', with Kai paddling un the foreground	The power of the Infinity was easily getting the Formula board planing
Spitfire 125, Infinity and a castle in the background	Tralee Beach, just north of Oban is awesome in the right wind, with a 1 mile curved beach and the place to yourself it makes for great windsurfing.	coming in after a great first session	the wind dropped so out with the 85 litre Free Style Wave...

West Wittering Windsurfing Club, hosted by 2XS, June 4th 2006 Graham Ezzy, son of David Ezzy, stopped off on his way to the PWA event in Guincho to spend time with the Seasprite crew and West Wittering windsurfers to show off the new 2007 Ezzy sails. Unfortunately the wind didn't show, so we weren't able to see Graham perform on the water, however a good day was had by all going through sail fine tuning and Connor also benefited from a one to one coaching session with Jem Hall.
Overview of the new sails	batten lesson	Graham Ezzy	Connor and Wouter of Seasprite Sports, looking a bit serious
Graham with Connor	Graham giving Connor personal tuition on sail tuning	Connor introducing Graham to Dirt Windsurfing	Graham soon got the hang of it...
Jai, Jem, Wouter, Graham and Connor	Graham getting the Jem treatment	Connor after a long day	West Wittering and 2XS location...very cool setup.

First Day Wave Sailing at Rhosneigr in North Wales on the 12th November 2005 Having been to Rhosneigr before to 'sail on the sea', this was the first wave sailing session Connor had attempted
Connors first ever wave video clip click on the bird to start	A huge thank you to Sam Neal for guiding Connor through his first waves. Sam is 14 and sponsored by Ultrasport, JP, Neil Pryde and Animal	Connor & Sam about to hit the water	first waves
	nervous? maybe a tad...	The first ever wave ride	....starting to get the hang of it
lot's to think about...		bigger waves	nice board
the sun even came out	great jump, lousy photographer	4 hours later and time to come off the water	after windsurfing relaxation