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BWA Round 1- Rhosneigr

So its the time of year again. The first stop to the BWA tour has been and gone. All in all a very good event held here in Rhosneigr. We ended up with 2 days of wind.

The Friday we had about 15-20 knots North Westerly so it was port tack wave riding over on the cymyran side of the bay. Where we managed to run most of the pro's single elimination up to the final! where the wind actually started to die off slightly. Then the Friday night everyone went to the Dry Ski Slope in Llandudno, which was great. A good crowd over there.

Saturday ended up with a no-winder. Today was the day of registration for all the Amateur/Womens/Masters and Youth fleets.This year we had a massive 52 competitors in total which everyone was definitely pleased about. Sun was out plenty of people around and keeping us on our toe's over here at the shop. Saturday night ended up with a good doo at the Sandymount Club on the Rhosneigr High Street. They put on a great spread for us, Curry! At least 40 people ended up coming for the food and from then on i don't really remember much. So a great sign of a good night. We did try to make it a themed night by making it Olympics fancy dress. Proffitt,Jystina, Shillito, Lewis and Muzza put some thought into it and all came dressed up which was brilliant. Myself(Liam) and Ben Todd ended up going as some St.Lucian olympians, The Lycra shorts came out!

So Sunday was the big day about 25 knots early on blowing up to a possible 35 knots at the end of the day. With the swell building all through the day. We managed to run a single for all the competitors and also a double for the Pro's. It was definitely classic Rhosneigr conditions. With the South Westerly and also some big swell by the end of the day. Amateur Scotty Mcdowell was ripping all day and actually scored the highest score Head judge Duncan Coombs has ever seen with a 17/20. Well done Scott! The Youth fleet were definitely getting some good action out on the water with some big airs. We actually had an 11 year old competing this year and was impressing everyone. Jystina Sniady ended up taking the Womens 1st! Well done Jystina! Some Amazing riding and nice Forwards!The Pro Final was very exciting stuff! Big tweaked pushies, some huge double attempts and some crazy taka's. I think Phil used some of his local knowledge and came out victorious in the end!

Thanks to everyone that came to the event and also to everyone that helped in the organization over the weekend! Top work!

Overall results for the comp:

Pro Fleet:

1st - Phil Horrocks (Tabou/Gaastra/Funsport)

2nd- Adam Lewis (Point 7/Quattro)

3rd- Ben Proffitt (Simmer style/Funsport)

Amateurs:

1st- Scott Mcdowell

2nd- Alfie Hart

3rd- Tom Bennett-Lloyd

Womens:

1st- Jystina Sniady

2nd- Lucy Robson

3rd- Sofia Gilje

Masters:

1st- Davy Edmiston

2nd- Ed Heath

3rd- Mark Lloyd

This week has been a busy one! prepping for the BWA Round 1 over here in Rhosneigr, Tidying the extension ready for a briefing room and also signing up! Also somewhere to go when its raining outside! We are getting goodies ready for all the winners! Supported by O'Shea clothing, Circle One, North/Fanatic.

Also going to be busy making about 150 sandwiches for all the competitors!

We have sorted out our competition and that is going on at the Sandymount in Rhosneigr! We have also decided that there is going to be a themed Fancy Dress of:

OLYMPICS

So get your outfits ready!

Talking of Olympics. The sad news has hit us that Windsurfing has now been taken out of the olympic fleet for 2016! And replaced by Kitesurfing!

So the forecast is getting windier everyday! Tomorrow looks like it could be a good days training ready for the weekends competition!

Sunday could also be the big day!

Hopefully see everybody on friday in Rhosneigr or at the Ski Slope in Llandudno to register for the event this weekend!

So Half term has been and gone! and has left us with a taste of summer. Shop was very busy with selling clothing to teaching 'SUPing'.

Last week gave us the oppertunity to hold one of the Forces windsurfing competitions up in Rhosneigr! Fortunately for them they brought big sails! a few light wind days from the North. But then mid week the wind switched on! Both Dave and I managed to get out for a couple of hours through the day. Starting off with 5.3 then Dave on his 4.7 then I again got out and ended up nicely powered on 4.2! Brilliant day had by all i'm sure. The Forces managed to get a result from the South Westerly of 25-30knts and RAF lad Craig Hamilton managed to get to grips with the Port tack action and win the comp. Well done Craig! Unfortunately we were only granted the one day of SW. Which meant all the boys had to get over to Penrhos for some really fun sailing by the sounds of it.

Funsport's Taster Sessions are now beginning to take off, with a few people coming in for lessons over half term and plenty inquiring about lessons for when the weather decides to play ball and give us a few more degrees! Saying that we now don't have to wear hoods and gloves whilst sailing! Must be getting there slowly.... Remember its only £35 for a two hour session in any of our taster activities which include- Windsurfing, Surfing, Kayaking, SUPing, Power kiting and of course some fully professional/qualified instruction!

We are now also fully stocked up with our summer clothing and wetsuits with brands such as - O'Neill, Musto, O'Shea, Saltrock and Oxbow.

Check out this link!!     http://www.dermandar.com/p/eCktQR/funsport

Beautiful weather over in Rhosneigr this week!

Shorts are out. speaking of shorts, we have just received an O'Neill summer delivery, shop is looking much better with summery colours in! Other Brands coming in before Easter. Should be fully stocked up with some funky summer clothes!

At Funsport we are also beginning to run taster session's again. In Windsurfing, Kayaking, Surfing, Powerkiting and SUPing. All are £35 for a 2 hour session.

Come and have a look in the shop! New stock is definitely worth a look!

Easter will soon be here and so will the summer! We are slowly getting new stock in to fill the rails! Just received hundreds of Reef Flip Flops! New designs are looking Cool if i do say so myself! Men and Women's out ready to be purchased.

We still have the winter clothing sail and a few deals to be had on Hardware! There are a few Sails on the shelf ready to shred! Also now stocking the Simmer Boards Range as well as the Simmer sails. The Flywave Quad- Amazing down the line radical board, The Quantum Quad- The more onshore quad slightly wider and earlier planing, The FSW Thruster- Brilliant freewave thruster loads of drive!

This season's O'Shea Surf Boards also recently came into the shop! Some Crazy colours this year on the boards! look like some awesome shapes too!

from a 7'0 to 8'0. All Ready to Rip! Just Wax up and surf away!

Get down to the shop check it out! Open Everyday of the week! Shop looking brighter with the summer colours starting to get in!

Work on the new Extension began in 2011. We were granted planning permission in 2004 to build an extension at the back of the shop and together with help from the Welsh Assembly Government, work is progressing.

The first Job on the agenda was to install a new drainage system, in deep sand this was easier said than done!

 Finally the drains were complete then the base for the steel structure could be laid. The steel arrived like Meccano to be bolted together and craned into position.

It only took 3 days to erect the whole structure!

The completed structure finally gave the idea of the actual size of the intended new building. Getting the concrete floor laid was a real milestone as this meant we were finally out of the ground and no more Sand!!!!!.

Once the concrete floor was laid we were able to start the brickwork

The block and beam floor was then laid and the brickwork completed.

The race was on to get the roof on, and the windows in, so the building could be watertight for the winter.

Now the work begins to finish the interior ready for the new season. Please call in and we can show you round.

This weekend sees the final round of the BWA wave series in Gwithian,

www.cornwallwaveclassic.co.uk

Conditions look amazing for Saturday and Sunday with strong south west wind and huge swell for Sunday morning. As funsport is event holder of the Welsh leg of the 4 Nations series we have decided to go on a road trip to support the event, Wahoo!

It has been about 17 years since Bucky went to cornwall to compete, the last two events were the 'surf cup sponsored by Surf washing powder. then the world cup event at Marazion, Back in the day.

Updates to follow!!

The first event of the season is just few days away so now is the time to look through your kit very quickly, find out if everything is in working order, put it on the top of the car and get yourself down here for another great weekend!!

We are expecting a good forecast wind and waves... This is not only going to be a chance to see pro windsurfers in action like Ben Proffitt (BWA Wave Champion 2010); Chris Murray and George Shillito (top sailors from 2010), Phil Horrocks and living legend Nik Baker; but also a chance for any amateurs to try their skills during the competition and wave conditions.

This is the best way to improve your sailing but also a great opportunity to socialize with top sailors, get some tips, advice and try some of their kit...