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Really great to see so may people turn up for the 2008 Fleadh! We were blessed with sun, wind of all sorts - to suit everybodys taste, and loads of gear to play with.
The 30 or so racers had a great time in light and strong wind, while the beginners and improvers courses were almost booked out. A great future for our sport, seeing so many newcomers around and having a go.
Our demo kit from was in high demand, with plenty of people taking the opportunity to try out as many boards and sails as they could. With the stronger winds on Saturday, the smaller boards like the Freestyle Waves, Freestyle, XCites and smaller Supersports (particularly the 100 litre which is a dream machine) were very popular.
Sails wise - the new Hellcat & Oisin's Combats proved very popular, as did the new Zen, which is a rig package option from pryde, all 5 sizes designed around one mast and boom.
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Once the wind lightened off, the bigger sails like 7.2Hellcat, V6, V8 & Rs Slalom were unleashed on the bigger Supersports, and the blasters had a field day.
Thanks too must go to Oisin for asking RedBull along with their RedBull Dodge music truck (Lyndon the DJ kept us chilled out with smooth grooves).. and of course the girls Jill & Joanna in the RB minis (cars - not skirts!). Dunny too for firing up the Surfdock BBQ.
Sunday dawned calm, which suited the beginners better.. but as the saying goes.. if you rig - the wind will come. Again a good day for the bigger kit to get planing, and for a few to try windsurfing on our Naish SUP boards. The sun got warmer still, and made for a nice vibe, and the coaching sessions went very well under the watchful eye of Dave Garvey (DMG sailsports) and teamriders Noelle and Jeff C. Even though at times there was not much wind.. it was cool just to see so many new faces, and of course many of teh regulars, just hang out and enjoy everything windsurfing has to offer.
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Monday the wind turned to a better direction for a seabreeze to kick in, which sucked in some fog half way across the estuary. The morning was spent SUP-freestyling-paddling-sailing, until the breeze was good enough for the big kit again. It was funny to be sitting in glorious sunshine, and watch people planing across the estuary at full speed and dissapear into the fog.
We packed up later in the day, and can say that from our side, seeing the amount of people enjoy the weekend showed the event was a huge success - we hope you aggree.
A huge thanks to: DMG sailsports (Dave, Cora, Aoife & Ali), Shakelton OEC students for all the help, Chris and JP/NeilPryde for turing up, Oisin & the RedBull crew... and finally VERYONE for coming along and making it a great weekend !!
www.surfdock.ie
The 30 or so racers had a great time in light and strong wind, while the beginners and improvers courses were almost booked out. A great future for our sport, seeing so many newcomers around and having a go.
Our demo kit from was in high demand, with plenty of people taking the opportunity to try out as many boards and sails as they could. With the stronger winds on Saturday, the smaller boards like the Freestyle Waves, Freestyle, XCites and smaller Supersports (particularly the 100 litre which is a dream machine) were very popular.
Sails wise - the new Hellcat & Oisin's Combats proved very popular, as did the new Zen, which is a rig package option from pryde, all 5 sizes designed around one mast and boom.
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Once the wind lightened off, the bigger sails like 7.2Hellcat, V6, V8 & Rs Slalom were unleashed on the bigger Supersports, and the blasters had a field day.Thanks too must go to Oisin for asking RedBull along with their RedBull Dodge music truck (Lyndon the DJ kept us chilled out with smooth grooves).. and of course the girls Jill & Joanna in the RB minis (cars - not skirts!). Dunny too for firing up the Surfdock BBQ.
Sunday dawned calm, which suited the beginners better.. but as the saying goes.. if you rig - the wind will come. Again a good day for the bigger kit to get planing, and for a few to try windsurfing on our Naish SUP boards. The sun got warmer still, and made for a nice vibe, and the coaching sessions went very well under the watchful eye of Dave Garvey (DMG sailsports) and teamriders Noelle and Jeff C. Even though at times there was not much wind.. it was cool just to see so many new faces, and of course many of teh regulars, just hang out and enjoy everything windsurfing has to offer.
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Monday the wind turned to a better direction for a seabreeze to kick in, which sucked in some fog half way across the estuary. The morning was spent SUP-freestyling-paddling-sailing, until the breeze was good enough for the big kit again. It was funny to be sitting in glorious sunshine, and watch people planing across the estuary at full speed and dissapear into the fog.We packed up later in the day, and can say that from our side, seeing the amount of people enjoy the weekend showed the event was a huge success - we hope you aggree.
A huge thanks to: DMG sailsports (Dave, Cora, Aoife & Ali), Shakelton OEC students for all the help, Chris and JP/NeilPryde for turing up, Oisin & the RedBull crew... and finally VERYONE for coming along and making it a great weekend !!
www.surfdock.ie
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