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Hello

Finally had a weekend with 2 days sailing!!!! Hope the weather is getting better and more stable for the North thermal winds!!!

Saturday I went out with 3 friends only as some of the usual guys are kind of not taking the risk to drive to the spot and noting having enough wind…..it is being a very instable and weak year!!!

The wind predictions were not good….showing very light wind on Windguru……but I was so hungry for windsurfing so took the risk and drove the 42Km to Cabedelo, Viana do Castelo, the usual spot!!!

When I arrived the wind was around 5 knots but increasing so we rigged big sails and went out.

I went out on my NP V6 8.0m sail and my Futura 122L…..at first we were only planning in the gusts and doing a lot of pumping……Ufffff……that’s hard!!!

After 30 minutes the wind increased to 15 knots and it was time to blast up and down despite some big lulls!!! But had lot of fun!!!!  

In the end of the day I tried João Leitão Starboard Ultrasonic again, second time now!!! What a board!!! You can just fly on the plane and keep on going and going……what a light feeling under your feet with a lot of control!!! You don’t drag on the water…..you fly over it!!!! One day I will buy a toy like this……full carbon…..full pleasure!!!

On the Sunday we had a better prediction for wind but it was light again…..i rigged my NP V6 7.0m Sail and went out with my Futura 122L board.

There were a lot of big lulls but still managed to have a great time with 4 friends on the water this day despite not sailing very well…..…missed out a lot of gybes!!! FUCK!!!!

For sure I need a lot more hours on the water if I want to raise my level to be able to participate in slalom events!!!

This day I mounted my Go Pro and made a video:

Saturday GPS Track:

Sunday GPS Track:

Hi

Long time has passed before posting…..but this is happening because we are having a very strange year in terms of wind!!!

The wind we are having in North of Portugal is very light or none!!! So far in 2012 I just sailed 6 days, comparing to the 13 days I had already sailed in 2011….this is a disaster for now!!!

One good news his that I finally passed the 50KmH barrier!!! Yupiiii!!!!

On the 14 of April I arrived at the beach to see winds between 25 and 30 knots…..very gusty….but WTF…its wind after all!!!

I rigged my brand new NP Hellcat 5.2 and went out with my Starboard Futura 101L……on the second run I hit 50KmH new speed record for me, YESSSSS!!!! Two more runs and I hit 50.1 KmH!!! YEsssss again!!!

So despite the wind being very strong and gusty the water state was pure flat water as the tide was going out in the same direction of the wind, leaving the water like a fantastic slalom and speed course inside the harbor in Cabedelo, Viana do Castelo .

The wind predications are very bad for the next couple of weeks……I hope that in May the North Termal winds return because everyone is getting desperate!!!!

New Speed Record:

GPS Track:

Hi

I cant resist to post this video of Koester doing 4 Backloops in the same run!!!!
This Kid doesnt exist!!!! He his really a true Wonder Boy!!!
I think he will become the next legend in windsurfing!!!

Hello

YES…..had another great day on the water on 10 March at my home spot!!!

We had wind around 15 to 20 knots and most of us, around 10 windsurfers, rigged 7.0m slalom sails and boards and went out for a blast!!!

The days are warmer but the water is still very cold so we have to use 4/2 wetsuits!!!

I made around 30Km this day but didn’t have much top speed……can’t understand why, I was powered up…..i was happy after all because I´m getting much better gybing!!!

 So I can rate a very good day on the water with friends!!!!

In the afternoon one of the guys, António Pereira got catapulted and broke his mast!!! Got rescued and toed in by Rui Cruz….the usual rescuer in the zone…..last year he made 6 rescues….this year’s he counts one already!!! We will have to start paying him with beers!!!

Video of the rescue:

Video of me having a blast:

GPS Track:

Here are some photos of the Sunday riders taken by Manuel Novais:

Libório Silva:

Marco Morais:

João Leitão:

 Pedro Camera:

Cecilia Apura:

André Videira:

 And Finally me (Mario Milhazes):

Hi

I had another great windy and sunny Sunday at cabedelo yesterday!!!

The wind was 20 to 25 knots and I went out on my Futura 122L and NP Hellcat 6.2…..i could I used my 101L board but the water is still very cold so I prefer to play safe and have I bigger board for more bouncy and less time spent in the water….lol

 It was like 6 windsurfers out and 20 kites, but we had a hell of a time!!! Made a max speed 48,6Kmh….start to warming up the engines!!!

February has been great!!! 3 days on the water…..so lets hope that March is much better as the warmer days are coming and so the famous Viana´s thermal winds!!!

The video of the day:

GPS track:

Hi There

Finally got out this weekend!!!

On Saturday the wind was so light that I had a light wind training session…..i went out with a big board a small sail to do some warm up for the season that is opening now with the weather getting sunnier and warmer…..and kicking in some north trade and thermal winds!!!

On Sunday the wind really kicked in and went out with some friends, the usual team.

Used my Starboard Futura 122L board and my Neilpryde Hellcat 6.2 and made some reaches up and down before getting wasted….the beginning of the season is hard because no matter how fit you are you work very different muscles in windsurf so you have to get them fit again!!!

But after all…..had a great time and finally went out this year!!! YES!!!

The link to the video:

The link to the GPS track:

Hi

Long time since my last post……but still waiting for warmer conditions to start the windsurf season….i think this month……lets hope so…

Meanwhile a great new video from Starboard:

Well

As the year of 2011 is finished i leave my sailing stats for this year.

For me overall it was a good year as I started to nail the gybes!!!

For 2012 my goals are to sail comfortable in high winds with my 86L Kode and to start riding some small waves…

The final Stats: (http://mmilhazes.windsurfing.pro/windsurf-statistics/)

Totals:

Boards Used:

Sails Used:

Months sailed: