Ending the season

Bridlington didn'y go to much to plan. Pretty dire wind conditions meant that the comp was run in little or no wind. On my biggest kite i struggled in the prelimenaries to even stay in the area. I got back int o the final but again the wind was poor. Comming third over all i was not happy with my performance. But i was more unhappy about the conditions the girls were being put out in. Anyway on to the trip i had been looking forward to. IRELAND.

Ireland was fantastic we covered a staggering 2500miles in 13days but got good sailing on 11 of them. The sun shown for the entire trip and we visited some incredible spots on the route including. DINGLE,ACHILL ISLAND,BELLMULLET,LINCH,ROSSLARE. Basically we went everywhere.I would strongly recommened it for a trip. Ferries are quite reasonable about £120 for a van each way.

Fraserburgh 31st Septmber
The Fraserburgh National Wave Masters was fantastic. Just the conditions i wanted Port Tack fantastic down the line sailing in a stonking wind which at times was a little to much for my 5m gusting upto about 50mph. The waves were mast high+ in the biggest sets which absolutely delighted me. The rest of the competition struggled to get out the back. I was loving it.Getting some great wave riding action in Sc0tland.Mark and Maggie made it a great event for everyone. The prize money situation was a bit of a sore point with the Pro men walking away with the entire prize fund and the Women receiving nothing. Not Exceptable!!!HOpefully this will not happen in the future. So i was Crowned British Wave Masters Champion 2009

Recar Oct 8
Straight after the SCotland event was Redcar and the freestyle finals. Again it started ok with me going through to the finals. But yet again the ladies final was run in bad conditions. So bad in fact that the mens competition was abandoned at the last heat.Why was ours run? Anyway the result already stood from the previous events and Hannah took the title this year and i finished 2nd in Freestyle.Its great this year because the level of the other girls is being
raised all the time and i have pressure to push myself. Next year will be very interesting with Holly Kennedy and Nicky Rudd improving so much this year as well. I have lots of work to do over the winter.