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As I’ve said before, the Puffin TT is a bit of a bugger. 18 years of it now and it still hurts, always has. And in a way that is the point of it. Why? Well the hurting bit is not about some masochistic tendancy, put simplistically it means you are pushing your limits, and that …
It looks like a bunch of squiggles on the GPS track, but it is actually 4 runs of the Killer 8s session. The original Killer Islands sess is a simple one, start on either Bangor shore or Anglesey shore, round the island (Gored Goch – GG) and return to the start point – paddle hard …
by John Willacy Relaxing on the Cardinal Wave, post-training with The Boss. After a sess around The Arches, on the Menai Suspension Bridge, we dropped down for a warm-down surf on The Cardinal. The Cardinal Post creates a strong v-wave on the ebb, with a second wave perpendicular to the flow sitting behind. The V-wave …
Day 7 – Morfa Dinlle – Llanfairfechan(ish) – 37 km We start our final day under a glorious sky, 0900 OTW and it’s a nice warm day – thin-cag time! There is a gentle, clean swell running in on the beach and we partake of a couple of easy runs up by South Sands, before …
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As I mentioned on the lap of Holy Island last week, there is a trick to getting round the island efficiently. The crux-point is the tidal window at Stanley Embankment. This in turn dictates the (usual) counter-clockwise (CCW) direction of the trip, as the embankment-timings match you with the CCW ebb tide. So this means …
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Recently I posted a photo on the Strictly Sea Kayaking facebook page and this prompted a question from Steve Macfarlane on the subject of the rudder. I thought the reply may interest those rudder-equipped paddlers out there. Rudder Release. If you compare the photos we can see that the paddler has moved the boat rearward, …
This was a day of strong easterly winds that coincided with the flood tide in the Menai Strait – together these make for some great waves, just beyond Menai Bridge and some excellent downwind fun! This is previous footage, it was filmed a few years ago but I’ve always wanted to edit it a little …
A gentle surf of the Swelly Rock wave in The Swellies, Menai Strait, North Wales. The rock is positioned mid-flow in the channel, and on the early part of the flood provides a nice surf wave. The wave rises and falls through a regular ‘surge’, and steadily changes as the tide fills the channel, until …
As Storm Eunice caused mischief across the UK, we found ourselves experiencing unusually high water levels at Menai Bridge. So it was time to go for a nosey around the place, dodging the wind along the way…
Easy Downwind Video. The Menai Strait is a natural tidal channel that separates the Isle of Anglesey from the mainland of North Wales. The tide runs through the channel at reasonable pace for a good few miles, and is quite fast in places. All of which gives a variety of options for moving water fun. …