April 18th, 2009
 
Easter weekend saw the first customers stay in Oceans Eleven holiday cottage in Mumbles swansea.
The cottage which can sleep up to 5 is situated a stones throw away from the Mumbles promanade with easy access to the water for your SUP board or a 10 minutes drive to the best kiting spot in the area!
Mumbles is a lovely village with restaurants, pubs and cafes all centred around the spectacular views across swansea bay.
The details of the cottage include|:
Sleeps 4 (1 double , 2 singles ) lounge sofa can accomodate 1.
Lounge with 3 seater sofa, flatcsreen TV and DVD and floor cushions & Log burning fire
Fully equiped kitchen with gas cooker and breakfast bar stereo CD/MD.
First floor Wetroom shower bathroom
sea views over swansea bay from double bedroom
Outside entertaining areas to front and rear of property
Japanese style HOT TUB garden
House faces – East and as situated up a quiet cul de sac road in southend of Mumbles with easy access to shops, pubs and restaurants all within 5/10 minute walk.
The new wet room was a success with the clients and I must say a big thankyou to ‘Steve’ for helping me out of a tight spot in getting the place up to scratch on time.
“Cheers Stevo I owe you” Â
More info and testimonials can be found on the facebook group ‘Oceans eleven cottage- mumbles’.
PRICES START FROM 300 for 3 nights
TO GET IN TOUCH CALL- 07799062447
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April 18th, 2009
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Bae Fest is a one-day FREE beach festival which will take place on Swansea Bay, South Wales on Saturday 19th September 2009. The event is in aid of charity, with worthy causes such as Action For Children, Wales Air Ambulance, RNLI and Maritime Volunteer Services nominated as beneficiaries.
Swansea Bay is a beautiful 5-mile stretch of sandy beach extending from the newly developed Maritime Quarter to the picturesque fishing village of Mumbles. The Bay itself is a relatively calm area of water with very little wave swell, perfect for the water events in the festival.
The festival itinerary includes: -
Water Events:
BSUPA Stand-Up Paddle Endurance Challenge (men’s, women’s & junior categories)
SUP Aqua Gauntlet (it’s a knock-out, SUP boarding style where he who cheats wins!)
Surfers’ Chain World Record Attempt
Land Events:
Parkour (freerunning)
Skate Park
Live Music
Surf Mart
Little Bae Fest (children’s entertainment area)
Craft Stalls
For more info join the Bae fest facebook group
Tags: Bae fest - swansea bay festival and the bsupa national
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March 11th, 2009
Race limited
Comfortably cruising in 8 knots is no longer a dream…it‘s a reality! The reality is that you can now ride in conditions you would never have even considered to be kite-able. Ken Winner has used his 20 plus years of windsurf racing experience to develop a board with mind blowing upwind performance and extreme light wind capabilities. This board has already been proven in PKRA Racing by reigning champion Sean Farley. The earliest planing board ever developed for kiteboarding, the North Race Ltd. is the ultimate course racing board or simply a tool to get you upwind and cruising with very little effort. Angled twin blade-fins with symmetrical foils produce high lift and very little drag while the board‘s „wedge“ outline helps the fins to operate at the highest possible angle of attack. Sharp rails and a wide square tail give you plenty of „bite“ to push as hard as you want to fly upwind when you can barely feel a breeze on your face.
This is a seriuosly fast board with unbelievable upwind performance and after trying one at the North dealer meeting, within two tacks I knew I had to have one- COME TRY one with us at Gower kiteriders this summer.
Its not actually that bad in surf either – i tried it in solid 3-4 ft Polzeath surf over winter and it performed suprisingly well!
163cm x 45cm
Tags: Kiteboarding course race boards, north 09 race board, North race limited kiteboard, Race ltd
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March 5th, 2009
SUP etiquette
With numbers of Stand up paddleboarders already on the increase I thought it was about time I put
an entry on ‘SUP etiqette’ before we annoy our wave brotheren so much, we get mobbed!
Coming from a surfing background and surfing all over the world i have seen wave localism in various different scenarios.
From don’t stare at the hawaiian in Hawaii, to drop in Brazilians in Bali through to full on fist fights in Narrabeen.
The whole point of surfing etiquette is Courtesy in the water although at times there can be blatant disregard for this.
Stand up paddlesurfing has’nt had good press from the surfing Community over the 2 years it has been mainstream.There was one incident
i read about on surfline recently where a Mavericks local out on his stand up was heckled and run over by a jetski driven by a Pro surfer.
This blog entry had lots of feedback some good some bad, bottom line it should not have happened ! a wipeout in big surf on a SUP could be fatal!
Most surfers already know the score- we’ve had canoes and wave skis in the water since the 80′s and we hated them, now SUP boarders are the new hated water ethusiasts in the lineup.
Stand up paddleboarding isn’t going to dissapear it will grow, and with this SUP’ers will get better and more radical on waves.
A paddle or SUP board in the face would not be a good thing, similarly a canoe, so if your new to SUP or already catching bombs try and act responsibly!
I had one occasion recently on a gower pointbreak where the shortboard surfers out, were paddling
Staight back out through the lineup, not Around the lineup like most good surfers realise! – This is what I class as surfing ‘etiquette’ so therfore why should SUP etiquette be any different!
Whether you’re a SUP addict, diehard surfer or Surfer who likes to SUP on small days: be couteous,aware, dont drop in, and dont be a wave hog.
Check this diagram if your new to it all- HAVE FUN !
Tags: Stand up paddleboarding etiquette
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March 5th, 2009
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March 5th, 2009
CRAZY FINS
Whilst out in Morocco i took a set of fins ive been eyeing up off one of my kiteboards and was ‘tres’ impressed
The fins are off the new NORTH KITEBOARDING ‘race limited’ board .A funny looking set of fins, angled twin blade-fins with symmetrical foils produce high lift and very little drag.
The ride on my GONG greedy 10’2 quad was amazing – so much speed in big waves i really had to stick the paddle in the water bigtime to slow down!
In smaller waves the fins performed very well too, lots of speed straight from takeoff i have since been playing around with different placements in the mini tuttle box setup use on all GONG stand up paddleboards
see the pictures – tried this setup yesterday in 3ft Gower surf and was very suprised -really loose off the top and lots of speed off the bottom (not what you would expect)
If your considering getting a STAND UP PADDLEBOARD ‘SUP’ this summer look no futher than a ‘GONG’ Galaxy of new Generations
we have stock of 9’3, 9’11 ,10’2 and 10’8
Call us on 07799062447
Tags: GONG paddleboards, GONGSUP WALES, SUP wales
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February 2nd, 2009
Snowkiting Switzerland
is it easy?
The Simple answer is “yes” if you can fly a kite on land then you can kiteboard on the snow, and even if you cant fly a kite the basics can be learnt pretty quick.
The hard part is deciding whether you are going to ride a snowboard or a set of skis.
Im a skier at heart,but my first outing in light winds with a 12m Ozone frenzy foil kite was actually with a snowboard.
If you can kitesurf or kite landboard it will be instinctive, and going ‘UP’ hills is a pleasant bonus!!
If you are keen to give it a try Gower kiteriders can highly reccomend there affiliate welsh school ‘Big blue kitesurfing’ who
are out in switzerland till the end of march – and have spaces in their 8 sleeper chalet.
Within easy reach of piste skiing this location offers customers the opportunity to snow kite and piste ski/snowboard all
in one day.
Other contingency activities include a 2 mile downhill toboggan run through the trees,exploring the mountains and glaciers or just taking time to take
in the stunning scenery and fresh mountain air.
Tags: snow kiting, snowkiting the simplon pass
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January 15th, 2009
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