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BOARDWISE DEMO WEEKEND 14th / 15th OCTOBER @ ABERDYFI
justal - 18-8-2006 at 09:44

DEMO WEEKEND 14th / 15th OCTOBER @ ABERDYFI
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Our Autumn demo will this year be held at Aberdyfi and NOT Borth as in previous years. The event will be held from the main carpark in Aberdyfi, again it is a free event just bring your wetsuit / harness and try out all the new equipment from our suppliers. We hope that by holding the event at Aberdyfi, it will attract a wider range of improver / intermediate and advanced sailors. Aberdyfi offers both flat water blasting and wave break for the more experienced.

shem - 18-8-2006 at 11:03

Hope theyve got a rescue boat, for pulling learners back in from the rip!!!! hehe.

Jonny - 18-8-2006 at 12:44

Superb. I was thinking this morning when the demo would be so I went on googles search engine looking for 'boardwise demo 2006' and this was the first search result that came back, this forums thread.

Sounds good to me. Lets hope its gonna be a windy one. Gives us something to look forward to cos the weather cant be any worse at the moment. Rain and no wind! No wind forecast for the weekend either.

justal - 20-8-2006 at 06:49

It probably will be a windy one.... Not sure if I'd make the trip to Aberdovey anyway (unless the wind was in the right direction to sail across), but I shall be at a wedding that weekend so won't be able to make the demo...

So there's your sacrifice to the wind Gods.... you should all have an excellent day now thanks to me.

Al.

Jonny - 21-8-2006 at 16:22

Booo - So I cant come along that weekend and buy some more old kit of you Al.

justal - 21-8-2006 at 17:43

Not that weekend I'm afraid.....

Have you used any of the kit you got last time yet??

Al.

Jonny - 21-8-2006 at 19:31

Yeah I've used both your old 6.3 & 5.7 sails when I was in France on the lake - hardly any wind though so just pottering about. Im gonna get a new panel in the 6.3 and then it'l be a pretty good sail again.
Im hoping it'l be 25 knots all weekend on 14/15th Oct for the demo weekend - its gotta be if your not there Al. Even if it isn't, I think another piss up in Aberystwyths on the cards as well so hopefully gonna be a good one.

Jonny

Hans@BW - 14-9-2006 at 19:44

Al,

Thanks for putting this out for us.

Hopefully we will get rewarded with wind. It would be a shame if there wasn't, there is some really nice kit for 2007, had me a blast on the Kombat 97 last week up at Rozzy - what a board it Rocks! I can highly recommend one.

Take care, see some of you in Dovey

Hans.

mNeil - 14-9-2006 at 19:46

that's not Hourten lake you taliking about Johnny

shem - 14-9-2006 at 20:40

Looks like the Party may have to be on this weekend, just waiting on confirmation.

Jonny - 14-9-2006 at 22:26

Mneil wrote

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that's not Hourten lake you taliking about Johnny


I was windsurfing in a local lake in the huates de Alpes provence about an hour North of Marseille. The lakes pretty good when the French Mistral blows down the Rhone valley. No such luck this year with the mistral though.

Aberdyfi party sounds good as well Shem. I've got 5 days holidays left for the rest of the year so I might make a big long week out of it all down in Borth/Dyfi.

Jonny - 9-10-2006 at 22:02

Thought I would post this again for a reminder about the Boardwise Demo. Whos gonna be comin to Aberdyfi this weekend?
Forecast is looking like gusty South Easterlys for the estuary. Should be ok for windsurfing though.
Hopefully Ivor will come into effect for the estuary, turn it more Easterly and blow a hoolie.
I really hope High Pressure doesn't set in next week as that really will ruin my plans completely for 5 days of windsurfin/kitesurfing in Dyfi/Borth!

justal - 10-10-2006 at 07:20

When are you here from - to Jonny??? I won't be making the demo weekend, but I shall be around before and after. We'll have to catch up sometime.

It's still a few days off yet, so the forecast could quite easily improve.

Al.

AndyW - 10-10-2006 at 16:05

I might be up for a day.

Hopefully there will be some wind. It would be quite good to sail some shiny new kit in the estuary ;-)

Jonny - 10-10-2006 at 21:42

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Originally posted by justal
When are you here from - to Jonny??? I won't be making the demo weekend, but I shall be around before and after. We'll have to catch up sometime.

It's still a few days off yet, so the forecast could quite easily improve.

Al.



Im comin down for the weekend Al on Friday night for the Boardwise demo. Planning to spend all next week sailing at the estuary or seafront. Bringing all my toys with me. Im relying on there being some wind but the weekends looking a bit rubbish for wind.
I'l be around all next week Al so give me a ring or I'l give you a ring and we'l head out. Same gos to Shem as im sure he'l be out at some point.
Hoping to get loadsa kitesurfing in as im really gettin into it now.

Jonny

justal - 11-10-2006 at 08:23

Cool... I'll see you next week then Jonny.... Wind is looking good for Tuesday at the moment (But that will all change).

Does anyone know what exciting new toys I shall be missing out on at the Boardwise Demo this year?

Al.

justal - 13-10-2006 at 10:56

Here's the latest from the Boardwsie guys:

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DEMO WEEKEND 14th / 15th OCTOBER @ ABERDOVEY (Aberdyfi)
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Well the forecast looks good!

Don't be fooled by the moderate wind forecast or the direction...

Currently looking like 12mph SSE on Saturday and 14mph East on Sunday. The set up of the mountains and hills inland mean that any Easterly wind is accelerated and you can expect 17 - 20 mph on Saturday and 19 - 23 mph on Sunday. This will be a cross shore wind at Aberdovey.

The equipment should be available for use from 10:30 - 11:00am, please be patient if the importers are still rigging the equipment...

We always advise that you bring your own kit as well as comming to try out the latest 2007 kit, as there is only so much equipment.

Aberdyfi offers both flat water blasting and wave break for the more experienced. The yacht club's facilities are available for changing, showering and refreshments etc. The yacht club will also be providing a BBQ on the Saturday night for a small charge.

We hope to see you there...

Regards,

Ian G.

justal - 20-11-2006 at 11:20

Boardwise have just sent me a CD with all of the photos from this years Demo....

Take a look here for the Aberdovey Demo 2006 photo album

If you are in the photos, submit a comment so that we know who is who!

Al.

Jonny - 20-11-2006 at 19:33

Awesome pics Al. Theres quite a few guduns in there that I'l download. What a weekend it was!

Jonny - 20-11-2006 at 19:47

I was gonna post a few comments on the pics but there was no option anywhere within the galleries section to post comments.


I went to login within the aberdyfi windsurfing gallery and it took me straight onto the forum pages once I had logged on. Went back to the Aberdyfi gallery and it was the same as before

justal - 20-11-2006 at 20:30

Try again Jonny..... There should be a place to add comments right at the bottom of the page. Let me know if there isn't

Al.

Jonny - 20-11-2006 at 21:55

It works now Al, cheers


Jonny