Stephen Gibson: April 2014

Saturday, 12 April 2014

Cape Town.

It's been a long time since I saw a real interesting, different windsurfing video but this latest webisode from the Fanatic Team in SA was most enjoyable- loads of action, beautifully filmed and good to see some self-deprecation from the incredibly talented sailors, definitely worth a watch from start to finish. Check it out...

FROM CAPE TOWN WITH LOVE from Fanatic International on Vimeo.

Saturday, 5 April 2014

Pics from Punta last week.

The wind has pretty much gone and left us with only beautiful sunshine, pah! Time to chill and recharge the batteries before the next front comes through, hopefully for Easter when I have a full week off. No group clinic this year so just tons of freesailing for me, yeeha!
There's a bit of wind forecast for this afternoon so I'm off to Punta to try and get some more video for my instructional DVD, bit of freestyle and tacks and gybes today hopefully- the jumping and riding section is all but done now so the last bits should be quick and easy to get...
Anyway, I sorted through the photos from Victor of last week's jump sessions
and now have loads of great shots to post up. Here are a few of my favourites...

Welcome to the site!
Aswell as regular features and news updates from Fuerte, I am going to be using this site to promote my windsurfing clinics.
After 15 years on the island,having competed in the PWA freestyle world cup and now representing Fanatic Boards and North Sails, I have decided to give something back to the sport which has given me so much over the years.
My aim is to provide clinics "tailor-made"for each individual, with a strong emphasis on practical in-the-water instruction, backed up by on-the-beach tuition and video analysis. The consistent conditions here in Fuerte make learning so much easier and, perhaps equally important, more fun than the typically inconsistent, cold UK - why not come over for a week and improve your windsurfing by a year!!!
I can help with any manoeuvres from carve-gybe through to advanced jumping and freestyle, just email me with your wish list and we'll take it from there! Over the next few months, I am going to be video-chronicling manoeuvres which you can check out on the right in my tricktionary sections. This will give you some idea of the things we can work on, or, if you can't make it over here, you may find them useful to help understand and break down a manoeuvre you would like to learn (hopefully, the slow-mo will help in this respect!).Just click on the trick and scroll down..........
Anyway, keep checking it out as I have loads more in my bag of tricks and will be updating as and when I get the footage.
If you're interested, e-mail me on gibboinfuerte@yahoo.co.uk
See ya in Fuerte?
Stephen.............