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West Coast of Europe (Part 3)
On my way back south I stopped by Wales (why not) to sail Rhosneigr. I’d heard it was good from a group of windsurfers I’d met on my travels (read the story here) and it was practically on my way. The forecast didn’t look promising but when I arrived after a rainy eight-hour drive, the…
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West Coast of Europe (Part 2, Tiree)
It was time to head north. The rest of the west coast does not get strong thermals and relies on passing storms instead. These form in the Atlantic and follow the Gulf Stream current past France and up towards Scotland. September is when they pick up and the forecast was good (ie, bad) for Scotland,…
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West Coast of Europe (Part 1, Sagres)
I’m back! After a two year break, almost to the day, I was ready for the next stop on my windsurfing tour. If you missed the first part, here’s the overall plan and I went as far as Hawaii. Next on my list was the west coast of Europe. (Most of the pictures are for…
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Wrapping Up
What happened? There I was on my worldwide windsurfing quest, ready to line up another trip after California, Chile, Australia and Hawaii, with a little Alaska skiing thrown in, and niente. What happened to Peru, Western Europe, the Caribbean, South Africa and Mauritius? Life happened. Wanting to be a part of it. So here I…
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Reflections on Diamond Head
I learned to windsurf when I was 12 on a cold winter’s day in the south of England using a friend’s board and the top half of his two-piece wetsuit. I was immediately hooked. Back then, windsurfing was at its peak of popularity, when world champions were household names (Robby Naish anyone?), competitions were held…
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Why Surfing Doesn’t Suck (Sorry)
Please accept this article as a mea culpa for my hasty vilification of this noble, royal passtime. I now know better. My windsurfing quest continues in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, in Waikiki, where kings and queens have surfed for hundreds of years. This seemed like a good place to learn how to surf…
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Skiing Steeps
As much as I love windsurfing (which should be obvious by now), I’m actually a better skier. I was fortunate to have a French mother that took her two then three then four children skiing every year for four to five weeks over the Christmas and Easter holidays (in France skiing is considered a basic…
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Reflections on Western Australia
Time to move on after a couple of months in the land down under. The summer winds are winding down, wrapping up a wonderful trip on my journey to windsurf the world’s best wave sailing spots. As someone who’s lived equally between England and America, it’s hard not to feel right at home in Australia,…
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Karma
Karma’s hard to believe. I sort of understand and accept that it’s out there, a vague concept, like Supreme Court Justice Stewart’s definition of pornography: “I know it when I see it.” A few days ago I saw Karma in action. I’m still not sure I believe. I’m in Australia to windsurf Surfer’s Point in…
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refugeecrisis.ai
There have been refugees as long as there have been disasters and repression. Refugees are collateral damage in our fraught human history. No one chooses to be a refugee, forced to leave behind their home, family, friends, and way of life. Refugees are in effect stateless, pushed out of their home state and unwelcome anywhere…
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