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Escape from Pressure

Posted by windsandbreezes on March 6th, 2010 under being a crazy kite girl, making me happy...  •  No Comments

Ages ago now, from the front of a windsurfing magazine, I got a free DVD called Escape from Pressure. It must have been 7 or 8 years ago, maybe 10. Before I started kitesurfing anyway. It was one of the best DVDs I ever got, even though it was free. It should be on MPORA [...]

And it’s official :-) Elle Paris says it so

Posted by windsandbreezes on October 26th, 2009 under beautiful things, being a crazy kite girl, fashionista stuff  •  No Comments

Apparently, the look which suits my hair is “Le Look Wavy”. No, seriously, I did all the questions, in French, most of which I understood despite Elle being a fashion magazine and me not being a fashionista.
Le principe est simple, il suffit de laisser vos cheveux sécher à l’air libre… vous qui n’aimez pas les [...]

Bank holiday weather

Posted by windsandbreezes on October 24th, 2009 under Uncategorized, being a crazy kite girl  •  No Comments

So, according to windguru, we were looking at 20-25 knots off shore this morning. According to Dun Laoghaire, we were getting 8 SSE.
This is an exact combination of useless to me. The sun is in and out and in and out and in and out so much so that frankly it’s confusing me. The reality [...]

Music from the sea…

Posted by windsandbreezes on September 12th, 2009 under being a crazy kite girl  •  No Comments

One of the handiest sources for DVDs is the front of surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing magazines and a few years ago, windsurf handed my a free DVD called Escape from Pressure. You can download the film here.
Apart from the fact that it is one of the greatest windsurfing films made – I don’t think I [...]

Planning holidays

Posted by windsandbreezes on September 11th, 2009 under being a crazy kite girl  •  2 Comments

For reasons currently too convoluted to go into, my holiday plans have changed quite a bit and if you have me on Facebook or Twitter, you’ll know that I’ve spent the last few days trying to figure out how to get to Antigua.
It’s all Cabrinha’s fault. And Andre Phillip. It’s his fault more than anything. [...]

Kristin Boese is coming to Ireland.

Posted by windsandbreezes on September 5th, 2009 under being a crazy kite girl  •  No Comments

And if you don’t kitesurf, you may not know who that is. Anyway, thanks to the genii at Pure Magic Kitesurfing and the Best Dealer Network, Kristin is coming to give a kite clinic for girl kitesurfers in Mayo. I knew she did stuff like this from time to time and was angling to plan [...]