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Avon Calling
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- Published: 15 January 2015
- Written by Rod
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The weather forecast for today Thursday 15th January 2015 was for an exceptionally large groundswell pushing up the English Channel. With a westerly wind forecast to go with it I would normally head straight to Kimmeridge or South Wales, but the groundswell on the channel wave buoy was 16ft @ 11 seconds this morning, which would have made Kimmeridge enormous.So instead Martin and I hatched a plan to try Avon Beach near Christchurch instead. On arrival it seemed as though most of Windsurfers along the south coast of England had had the same plan. It was busy out there today despite the biting cold. After a slightly windless start most people rigged 4.7 sails and wobbled out to the sandbar and the wind line. BAM! Wow was it windy. The wind was offshore enough to create a big windshadow near the beach, but once out the cross off wind was blowing plumes of spray of the top of the waves.With waves staying open for whole length of the bay it was as good as I have seen Avon.
Before the pictures of aerials and wave rides special mention must go to Clyde, BWA finalist and avid windsurfer, who had driven down to the beach apparently to cheer on the windsurfing Dads of the kids he teaches. With no time to sail himself (a parents evening was looming, with those same Dads, out there sailing) it was the ultimate selfless act. And although he is smiling in this picture I'm sure he was crying inside.
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| Clyde: Crying inside |
I spent at least 30 minutes grabbing some photos - see the whole album on flickr here, highlights below.
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| Neil |
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| James Cox |
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| James again |
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| And again |
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| Not sure who this is |
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| Mike piles in |
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| Mike out the back |
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| Nice aerial |
Authors: Rod
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