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PRICES TUMBLE IN OUR KIT SALE

We are rolling back the prices for the 2008 equipment we have left, and will further discount the 2009 equipment still in stock. You can see a list of the equipment available on our sales page and make sure you get in contact straightaway if interested, as at these prices, the kit won't be hanging around for long!

News Posted - 10/03/10

SUMMER SAVINGS - BOOK NOW

Book now and avoid the price increases that will be introduced in April. Bookings are already coming in thick and fast for 2010's summer months and space is limited, so to ensure yourself a place at the centre and benefit from this cost saving, get in contact now!

News Posted - 09/03/10

Windsurfing Tenerife Exhibits Las Americas

Jochen from Windsurfing Tenerife hasn't missed a trick this winter and despite us having some a peculiar wind patterns, seems to have spent a lot of time on the water. "Got a car and not afraid to use it", he has recently posted a number of shots from La Fitenia in Las Americas. Las Americas may have a bit of a reputation for attracting the pikie-on-tour, but the waves aren't half bad. Just be ready for a more adventurous launch! To see more pictures from windsurfingtenerife.com visit their site.

News Posted - 08/03/10

Adam Competing in the Fuerte Wave Classic

OTC Centre Manager Adam Lewis is out in Fuerteventura at the moment competing in the Wave Classic event, providing the perfect opportunity to test his new Point 7 prototype sails. The conditions have been fairly marginal for now, but they did manage to get a warm up session at Punta Elena a couple of days ago, the video of which can be seen on Boardseeker Magazine. Adam is in Team 3 with Nayra Alonso, Fabrice Beaux, Dario Ojeda and Ilya Escario, which seems fairly strong to us. The event continues until the 12th March and you can keep up to speed with everything that goes on by reading the posts on The Wave Classic's Website. Pic: FWC / J Piña.

News Posted - 04/03/10

Dany Bruch on the Move
This interview was conducted over Skype late last month, whilst Dany was on his travels in WA. We had heard some rumours of developments, so were keen to get the lowdown from source.

OTC: Hi Dany, you have been in WA for over a month now training for the forthcoming season. How has it been so far?
Dany: Hi Tris, yeah, I can't complain really; got to say ... I reckon I scored it! I haven't stopped sailing since I've been here. In forty days I've been off the water for no more than eight, and on a few of those I have been surfing ... can you imagine! I have done more than 7,000km and have checked out all the best known spots of the Western Australian coast. Using Scotty's house in Margaret River as our base-camp (where I've had some really good days), I have been down south in Esperance on a few sick days; checked out Scarbourough near Perth; Lancelin and Green Head further north to finally score some good days at Gnaraloo just a week ago. What a wave - ten top turns on each wave! Sick!

OTC: Seems like your training is going well! Not a bad time to leave Tenerife either - waves have been great, but the wind pattern has been very odd the last two months. So anyway, what's happening with your board sponsor for this season?
Dany: Exocet were really happy with my work and exposure and they guaranteed me a good deal for this year, but they came back to me pretty late. Also, I am not involved in the R&D as much as I would like to be, so I started to look into other directions. I need to have the best boards to reach the top this year, even if it means starting from the beginning in regards to a lower deal.

OTC: So what has been your choice?
Dany: Patrik Diethelm boards! When I was on F2, I got along really well with Patrik, who was their shaper at the time. His boards worked incredibly well for me and on them I achieved my podium finish in Pozo, so when I found out that he was doing his own brand, I needed to get in touch with him. The best thing was that he was here in WA too, which made it pretty easy to get together and for me to try some of his new 'babies'. I tried lots of different models in different conditions and they are absolutely sick! I figured out that they are what I need for this season to get a good overall result. It will be hard, as he can't give me any financial support yet, but I guess sometimes you have to step back and invest in the future to reach the goal you want to reach. And I know that Patrik will do well in the industry; his commitment is just so big that he will push it to the top! Him being a good sailor too makes the testing of his gear much easier and faster, bringing out a product that will be competing with the best from the off. I totally believe in him and in my decision.

Straightaway, he introduced me to his new concept - the "Trailer Fin". It is basically a twin fin, with the two fins positioned further forward and wider apart, so that you can turn super vertical, rotating directly with your back foot over the fin. As the fins are so forward, to avoid spinout and to keep the board tracking he is using an extra little single fin (hence the “Trailer Fin” name) behind the twinser. I tried it at Margies and it's amazing! It is the most versatile board I've ever used and with the fins I can trim the board for every condition. I use the straight twinser set up on smaller days in short pocket waves. When it becomes bigger I put the trailer fin in and adjust the position to have the perfect grip for fast carving bottom turns. In onshore conditions and for pure jumping I can use the board as a normal single fin. It could even be used as a “thruster” board with two little fins in the front, but I havent tested that yet...

OTC: And how has it been with Severne over there?
Dany: Amazing! They have totally taken care of me since I've been here and I've tried so many different sails and accessories. I have also left behind some damage (laughs) ... but I guess that is part of the testing, no? So yeah, I've got some amazingly good sails for this season and really good boards. Best of all is that I can work with both of the brands together and try lots of different stuff to improve my sailing more and more.

OTC: When are you coming back then? What are your plans for the following month?
Dany: Well, time has come to return home. The Severne photoshoot will be on next week and after that I am pretty much leaving for home. There will be some amazingly good news released soon too (watch this space! Ed), which should result in me having quite a lot of work on! Apart from that, the main thing will be for me to ensure my body is in the best shape. I am now being coached by my new high performance sponsor, CINDE, to make sure that all my training is developing in the right direction.

OTC: And what about some coaching clinics of your own at our centre?
Dany: Yeah, we'll be having a few of those for sure! After the one I did a year ago, together with Nayra Alonso and John Skye, where I loved the experiece of teaching, I'll definitely be doing some more this year. I think we may be having some other great sailors joining me too for a few ... will let you in on it when I can! (laughs).

All Pics: CMD

News Posted - 01/03/10

New Brandwave Marketing Website

Brandwave Marketing have helped us a great deal since we started, providing an invaluable sounding-post for frank, impartial advice which has always been constructive. They have just released their new website, which we have to say is a great show-piece for what they are capable of. Take a look at the case-studies of their work as well - it reads like a who's who of the action sports and marine leisure industries! For more information, email Brandwave or click on their Facebook page.

Writing about Brandwave, founder and director Dan Macaulay says:

"Established in 2007 in Midhurst, England, Brandwave is a highly-focused full-service marketing agency specialising in the action sports market. Our clients include a wide variety of dedicated sports hardware and fashion brands targeted at the youth and lifestyle orientated markets. Brandwave's in-house resources include a team of highly skilled graphic designers, web developers, photographers, and marketing consultants providing tailored solutions to a broad range of creative challenges."

News Posted - 16/02/10

FlyMount Video

The FlyMount is a unique mounting system, which allows you to position a standard waterproof digital camera on your windsurfing equipment and capture footage and images which until recently were solely the domain of those with a very expensive camera housing.

This video was put together by FlyMount's Director Chris Knapton whilst out here in Tenerife on holiday. For more information on the mount, visit flymount.com.

News Posted - 15/02/10

Musso Makes the Most of it in La Tejita

So as you may have gathered from the string of latest posts on this page, the wind has been just a touch out of the ordinary the last few weeks if not months. In fact, that only tells a fraction of the story - whilst mainland Europe is struggling to cope with record amounts of snow, the Canaries are struggling to cope with record amounts of rainwater! We even heard that the floods of Tenerife's capital, Santa Cruz, made the news headlines across Europe, with roads turning into rivers, and cars either being washed away, or buried in debris. All that aside, here in the south, life goes on and windsurfers make the most of every opportunity of wind. These photos were taken by Jochen from windsurfingtenerife.com on the same day as the others below.

News Posted - 12/02/10

Issue 5 of Windsurfer International Out Now
February's issue of Windsurfer International has just hit the electronic bookshelves and is ready to read. Click on the mini magazine on the right to be re-directed.

News Posted - 11/02/10

More South Wind, Witnessed by Fly Mount and WT.com

Last Tuesday we brought you news that we were having another good south wind day, with a bit of swell surging through the bay. As promised, here are some shots, the ones below taken by Chris Knapton of flymount.com - an innovative housing for regular waterproof digital cameras, enabling you to catch the action from various angles. A video of the action they captured on the day will be posted here soon, but in the meantime, click on the link above for more information about the FlyMount housing.

Jochen from windsurfingtenerife.com also got some shots of the day, such as the one on the right. Click on the image to be directed to his site.

News Posted - 09/02/10

The Official Test Centre in the UK

It has been long-awaited, but The Official Test Centre is pleased to announce that their new centre will be opening in the spring of 2010. Based within the grounds of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, the venue for the 2012 Olympics, the centre will stock the very latest freeride, freestyle and slalom equipment from all the major brands, allowing clients to test and compare the kit for themselves.

Portland Harbour is a world-class windsurfing venue, with some of the best wind statistics along the south coast of England, the waterway applicable for use in any tide state. With its affiliated school providing tuition from the grassroots up, the OTC is a centre with something for everyone, and will showcase the modern sport of windsurfing on the most prominent stage within the marine leisure industry today.

Subject to the final planning consent being agreed, the launch date of OTC UK will be announced in the next few weeks. Watch this space...

News Posted - 05/02/10

Umi Visit the North Shore with Dany

Dany has sailed the north shore of Tenerife a countless number of times now, and knows exactly what to look for in a forecast to score it.

On one of his latest trips he took Umi founder Brendan Pyatt and friend Alex Mussolini to introduce them to his playground. This is the video Umi have produce to recount the adventure ... you can spot Dany hiding amongst the mountains! To see the video on the Umi website and read their story of the trip, click here.

News Posted - 03/02/10

North Shore Tenerife from umi pictures on Vimeo.

Las Americas on WindsurfingTenerife.com

We're having another great SW day out here in El Médano at the moment, with head to logo high waves reeling through the bay ... will post some pictures here ASAP.

For now though, take a look at some of these shots of Alex Mussolini and Jochen Stolz (right) on a couple of seperate occasions at La Fitenia in Las Americas. Just goes to prove that the location works in both port and starboard conditions... For more images from these two days, visit windsurfingtenerife.com

News Posted - 02/02/10

KA Sails in OTC to Test

The OTC now has a handful of KA Sails available to try out, including their no cam freeride sail, the Koyote, their crossover performer, the Kult, and a 4.7m version of their wave sail, the Kaos. Hailing from Western Australia, KA is a well established brand within windsurf sail development, having produced the McSail software package used by many leading sail lofts to refine their designs. For more information about the brand, click on the image on the right to be taken to the KA website.

News Posted - 25/01/10

Adam Joins Point 7!

OTC Centre Manager, Adam Lewis, has just signed for Point 7 for the 2010 season. With the Italian sail brand using El Médano as their winter training and development base, it has been hard not to spot their distinctive black sails out on the water whenever there has been the slightest hint of wind. Similarly, it seems Adam has caught the eye of Point 7's head honcho Andrea Cucchi. This is what the two had to say:

Adam Lewis: "I'm really happy to be on the Point-7 team. It's a new brand with great ideas, great sails and real motivation. I hope I can contribute to their program. Working at the OTC has given me the opportunity to test all of the sails and find out not only what I want from a sail but also what you, the end-user, wants from a sail. I'm really excited to put what I’ve learnt into the Point-7 wave range, and am very keen to prove what they can do in future BWA and PWA competitions."

Andrea Cucchi: "Very talented, with lots of style in his wave sailing; powerful and aggressive in his jumps. That was what impressed us when we first saw Adam on the water at our winter spot. After trying our wave sails and new Bico mast, he was happy to jump onto our development team. At only 21, we are sure that he will not only be a key figure in our wave development program, but also bring some good results. And if you visit him at the OTC, he will also be happy to let you try our original black wave sails."

News Posted - 10/01/10

Click on the image below to view a short Point-7 video from here in El Médano

2010 Funboard Wave Test Out Now

The wave test, conducted by the Fabio Calo from Italy's Funboard Magazine and his test team, was published in their December / January issue. To view the pages of the report in your web browser, click on the opening double page spread of the test on the right. Alternatively, right click on the image and save the linked file. The PDFs of the test are approximately 2MB in size.

News Posted - 08/01/10

Escape The Winter Chill!

Okay, so the start of 2010 hasn't blessed us with masses of wind yet, but it is very pleasant out here with temperatures in the mid-twenties, which has on occasion brought a bonus day of wind to El Médano. So why not escape the snow in the UK and continent and head out here for a winter warmer? That's hopefully if you're not snowed in, like our OTC UK van! Happy New Year everyone.

News Posted - 06/01/10

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