Honeymoon in Dahab

Sunday 19th July

Just back from Dahab. Helen and myself had a very relaxing honeymoon by the Red sea. We stayed in the Hilton which is an excellent 5 star hotel with great service and very friendly staff. I even managed to get some windsurfing each day and Helen had a go too! I had her sailing in a straight line after about five minutes. Turning around might take a bit longer! I rented from club mistral which had the best offer and was next to our hotel. The staff were very friendly and even gave me the last day free! We did some snorkeling at the lighthouse which was cool. Loadz of multi coloured fishies, sea horses, nemo etc. Its also very cheap to eat out in Dahab. If you like fish you will be spoiled for choice. A full meal for two cost us about €21

Attack of the Air Guitars

Monday 6th July 2009

Helen and Andy's Wedding party. I decided one day before the wedding to play a song with the band on the night. I knew it would be an interesting performance as I had not played with a band in many years and had no practice or rehearsal with the band and had several drinks at that stage on the night. It went down well even though I played in the key of A and the bass player player played in G# for the first verse! No one noticed as they were too busy with the attack of the air guitars : ) Thanks To George for the filming of this rocumentary!

Just Married

Saturday 4th July

My self and Helen Tied the knot yesterday. We had an amazing day and night. Thank you to everyone who celebrated the evening with us. I don't have any pics as of yet, but there should be some very interesting ones on the way. I even managed to go windsurfing on the day with Oisin and Tom at the south beach Skerries.

Also check out this picture of Balbriggan Windsurfers taken in 1980.
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Survived my Stag

Sunday 28th June


Thanks to everyone who turned up for my stag. I had a great night . Started with a Chinese and then over to Joe mays in Skerries for a drink or two. Tom Lotocki introduced me to the art of flaming sambuca. I had to hold sambuca in my mouth and make sure my lips where dry so they wouldn't catch fire as Tom lit it up! Crazy Pol! We then moved on to Shags nightclub for a bop and more devil juice. Finished the night with a swim at four this morning at the north beach. Great night!

Flow Style

Friday 26 June

Not much wind in Dublin at the moment. Cant really complain as the temp is way up this week with just enough wind for light wind freestyle or 'Flow style' as Ceasar Finies is calling it these days. He certainly does flow.

If you haven't seen him yet check his style out here.

Recycled Tiga Wave Board

Monday 22nd June

I spent the evening making a garden bench from an old Tiga wave board that a friend of mine was dumping. Turned out nice.

Check it out,

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Island Fun

Sunday 14th June

Yesterday Tom, Oisin and Myself scored another freestyle session at the island. Oisin packed his camera in a ruck sack and managed to keep it dry on the way over. Anyway it was a fun session while the sea breeze lasted.

Today I Rest

Tuesday 9th June

I hope everyone had a good weekend of windsurfing. I know the speed boys did at the burrow. Oisin had a nice freestyle session there yesterday with good reports. I got home from town a bit later yesterday, and so sailed closer to home at skerries on 5.7 I'm feeling tired today after four days of sailing, so in a way I'm happy its not windy!

Check out pro windsurfer Yoli de Brendt with her latest video of her training in El Yaque - Venezuela

Nice Session at Skerries

Friday 5th June

Sailed today at Skerries with Tom, Megan and Oisin. We sailed on 5.0 Tom and Megan rigged 4.7 Nice session. Theres plenty of variety sailing at the south beach in Skerries. The sand banks connected to the islands provide flat water areas for freestyle and you have waves on the way out for jumping etc. Also the water is nice and warm now after our mini heat wave. Looks like more North East wind tomorrow at Costa Del Skerries...and rain!

See ya there,

Andy

No Wet Suit Needed in Ireland!!

Monday 1st June

Another super day. Went for a light wind freestyle session at Malahide. Tested the water and decided to give the wetsuit a rest. The water felt warmer than the air temperature! That's a first for Malahide. Anyway I managed to pull something in my shoulder from trying a jiz. Think I need to do some yoga before i try that again.

Przykręcają co muzyka

Sunday the bleeden hot 31th of May

Super hot day yesterday. I met up with Tom Slomski and Oisin at Skerries. We were hoping for a sea breeze to kick in. That didn't happen so plan 2 went ahead -Pimp Tom's ride! Tom had a load of boxed car audio goodies inc, speaker pods, tweeters, amp and crossover, and a bass bin big enough to double as a seat! We finally got the lot up and working . I could definitely see an improvement.. in my tan and Toms stereo is now pumping out polish classics!

Toms Van - Not

Vulcan Simulator

Thursday 28th May

Beautiful day today but zero wind. Not even enough for a light wind freestyle session. Great weather for cutting grass!

I also decided today to spend more time trying port tack vulcans. I have been landing them on starboard for a while now. Its hard to carry over what I've learnt on starboard tack to the other so i set up my vulcan simulator again in the shed to help me gain some muscle memory. Also this is my more natural side for the back winded part of a spock so I need to land one soon!

If you haven't seen my simulator before, Check It Out.

Cracker of a Day

Sunday 24th May

Cracker of a day today. I got a little sunburn and that was with factor 15 applied! Helen wanted me to wear 30. Sailed for about three hours at Malahide trying light wind freestyle. I figured out the best angle for throwing the sail behind my back and retrieving it as it comes around. If you don't throw hard enough it lets you know by hitting you in the back! Great to see so many people on the water having fun.

Victor Fernandez 2009

Wed 20th May
More action from Victor Fernandez 2009. Check it out

Congratulations Sonia and Martin

Monday 18th May

Congratulations to my sister Sonia and her husband Martin who got married on Friday. Great day. Sonia is now 'Sonia O'Sullivan' . The only thing this Sonia ever ran was a bath! The pic is of me playing Van Halen's 'Jump' with the wedding band 'catch 22'.

Relax and Spin

Friday 15th May

More light wind freestyle. This time its Jersey joe practicing some light wind freestyle in front of Windsurf Inc. South Padre Island, TX with some moves he learned in Bonaire.

Sunny Days in Skerries

Wednesday 13th May

I sailed the last two days in Skerries. Nice small waves. Pity the wind was so onshore. Still great to have sun and wind at the same time. Saturday might turn out good for a session at Shenick island Skerries, or if its windy windy! maybe Lowrock. Looks like a day for sail spinning tomorrow in Malahide.

Andy

Sunday 10th May

Loads of sailing this week. I even got to sail on my 68l and a 4.5 for a full session on the estuary on Wednesday. Yesterday had a bit of everything. Tom L was on his 4.7, I rigged a 6.1 and Steve Flanagan sailed a 9m! All sails made sense at some stage. Today Looks like a light wind sail spinning session at Malahide. Hope the sun stays out for a while.

Nice One Kidger

Wed 6th May - Malahide

The Fleadh Kicks Off

Sunday 3rd May

The Fleadh got off to a sunny start yesterday at Malahide with light wind. The lack of wind didn't stop people turning up and getting on the water. For myself and a few others it was a day for tricking around with light wind freestyle. I recently got a bigger board and have become addicted to sail throw tricks and combos. I borrowed the picture above from Pearse Geaney at Bigsurf.ie. Thanks Pearse. There was also plenty of people out on S.U.Ps giving it paddle. Denise worked very hard to make sure no one went hungry with her barbecued quarter pounders. Yum! All donations will go to CARI who help children who have experienced sexual abuse. Alan and the Surfdock crew were very busy as ever getting people on the water and providing kit for testing. Oisin and the red bull girls provided wings! Great day over all.

Today was the same but bigger and better. More people, More wind, More crack and emm, more burgers. No wonder I couldn't get planning! I had a go at my first race. Didn't have a clue where I was going. Unfortunately I had plenty of people in front to show me the way. I also had a go at the speed event and clocked 26.6knots. Not bad for my first attempt. Well done to Steve who clocked the best speed of the day. Over 33 knots. He also does a mean rail ride but not at 33 knots! Looking forward to day three.

See ya there,

Andy