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- 2012 Mistral Boards being tested in the South of France / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Checkout a video with Anders Bringdal and a few others testing the new 2012 Mistral Boards ..
- UKWA Inlands Round 1 & MWA Round 2, Pitsford Reservoir, UK April 21st & 22nd 2012 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Last weekend was the first round of the UKWA Inlands and also the second round of the Midland Windsurfing Association Race Series. I finished work on Friday afternoon at my usual time time of 12.15 and went home, got a q ..
- Round Hayling, Hayling Island, UK 6th April 2012 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)On Thursday 5th April i headed down to Hayling Island for the annual Round Hayling Windsurfing Marathon which was to be held on Friday 6th April getting there at 8pm where a met up with Jon White at the Inn on the Beach ..
- MWA Round 1 Hollowell Reservoir, Northamptonshire, UK March 24th 2012 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)On March 24th i made the short trek over to Hollowell Reservoir in Northamptonshire from Birmingham for the 1st round of the Midlands Windsurfing Association Race Series. As i am now based in the Midlands in the UK this ..
- Events I'm Competing In This Year / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)It's now time to decide what events i want to try to get to this year. I am now restricted to taking time off work at set times during the year when the Land Rover factory is shut and have to work at all other times it i ..
- Fresh Start And New Beginnings / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)I have to apologize for the lack of posts over the last few months but this is because in January i moved over to the UK to start a new job with Jaguar/Land Rover in Solihull, West Midlands and haven't had the time to po ..
- Mistral 2012 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Not long now till the new 2012 Mistral Boards will be available in Europe, Check them out ..
- Irish Speedsailing Championships Round 6 Dungarven, County Waterford, Ireland 26th November / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Unfortunately for me my back injury flared up again in October so that has kept me off the water since the middle of October but last weekend was the last round of this years Irish National Speedsailing Championships. We ..
- For Sale / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)It's now time replace my sails so my current quiver of 2010 KA Koncepts (8.3m, 7.3m, 6.4m & 5.7m) will be available for sale in late December/Early January when my new sails arrive. I have updated my For Sale section ..
- Invited To Become An Author on www.speedsurfingblog.com / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)A few days ago Erik Loots contacted me and asked if i would like to become an Author on his website www.speedsurfingblog.com and i happily accepted his invitation. I have followed the Speedsurfingblog for a few years now ..
- New Sponsor / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)I'm very pleased to announce that for 2012 i will be riding Mistral Speed and Slalom boards. When i first started racing back in the late 80's Mistral were the boards that everyone wanted to ride and now with the legenda ..
- Irish Speedsailing Championships Round 5 Ladies Island, County Wexford & Dungarven, County Waterford, Ireland 8th & 9th October / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Apologies for the late post as i have been away for a few weeks and this is the first chance i had had to write this. Earlier this month the call was made with the current forecasts that Round 5 of the Irish Speedsailing ..
- Irish Speedsailing Championships Round 4 Dollymount Beach & Burrow Beach, Dublin, Ireland 17th & 18th September / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)After the disappointment of having to cancel the first 3 rounds of this years Speedsailing championship we were delighted to finally get a decent forecast and the call was made to call a notice of race late Thursday Even ..
- 2012 KA Sail Range / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)The new 2012 KA Sail sail range has just been released and the sails look awesome. Peter Weitenberg, Jesper Orth, Martin Love and Andrew McDougall have done a great job this year improving the already great KA Sail range ..
- For Sale / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Due to a upcoming change in my Board sponsor i now have for sale my current quiver of Starboard iSonic's (W49, W53, 86, 111, 144), Starboard 12'6" Cruiser Sup and Starboard Evo 100 Wave Board. I have now updated my For S ..
- West Kirby, Merseyside, UK 7th & 8th September 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)I arrived up at West Kirby from Southend just after Midnight and checked out the conditions by the lake to see if i could park the van there but there was no chance of that with the van rocking in the wind when i parked ..
- UKWA Inlands Round 5 Oxford Sailing Club, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxford, UK June 10th & 11th 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)I arrived late afternoon after my drive from West Kirby and after helping the organizers shift some of the boats around to make room for the racers that would be attending the weekend i checked the forecast and decided t ..
- Southend, Essex, UK 6th September 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)After driving from Weymouth yesterday evening and sleeping overnight in the van just by the rigging spot on Southend Sea Front i was hoping after a great session at Weymouth yesterday i was hoping that today would be the ..
- Weymouth, Dorset, UK 5th September 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Sorry for the lack of sailing updates as i have been off the water since my last event at Rutland in July due to me breaking my big toe in my Left foot and the delay in getting this post up as i have been very busy since ..
- For Sale / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)I've just updated my for sale list here :- Alastair IRL-250: For Sale or click on the For Sale link to the right of this post. let me know if you are interested in anything ..
- 2012 Starboard Phantom Race 377 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)The first details have been released of the new 2012 Starboard Phantom Race 377 and it definitely looks different to the current 2011 model which you can see from the picture and video below. Can't wait to try it out an ..
- 2012 Starboard iSonic's, iSonic Speed Specials & Ultrasonic / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Checkout the new 2012 Starboard iSonic's, iSonic speed's & Ultrasonic The board sizes are the same as the previous year but the iSonic's have all had slight tweaks:-The rail thickness has been reduced in the nose whi ..
- 2012 Starboard Wave Boards / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)The new 2012 Starboard wave boards have been released and they look awesome :-)Check out the pics below with details of the Kode, Quad, Evo and Flare and further info can be found on the Starboard website here http://www ..
- UKWA Inlands Round 4 Rutland Reservoir, Whitwell, UK June 23rd/24th 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)After sailing at West Kirby on Tuesday 19th i headed up to the North East where i had an job interview on Thursday so stayed with my Sister before heading down to Rutland Water on Friday morning where i was going to be c ..
- West Kirby, Merseyside, UK 19th July 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Sorry for the delay in getting this post up but i only just got back to Ireland on Tuesday after spending a week in the Uk with no internet access and had loads of things that needed doing once i got back so have been bu ..
- West Kirby, Merseyside, UK Monday 13th June 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)On my way back to Ireland the forecast was looking great for West Kirby so i decided to re book my ferry to a later sailing and drove up to West Kirby on Sunday evening to sleep there overnight and be ready for a full da ..
- Alteration To The Racking In My Van / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)After sleeping in the van for a few events I decided to change the interior racking slightly to incorporate a bed as the existing layout didn't give me much space and and any longer than a few days spent on the van was u ..
- Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland Saturday 2nd July 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)On Saturday 2nd July as there was no wind over in Cork a few of the lads decided to come over to Kerry to sail and as Ventry near to Dingle was showing the best forecast the decision was made to meet up there. Ventry is ..
- East Ferry, County Cork, Ireland Saturday 25th June 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Last weekend i had originally made the decision to head to Dungarven as the forecast was showing 25-35 knots SW -WSW winds so i drove up on Friday night and after a couple of pints in the Park Hotel i retired to my van i ..
- UKWA Inlands Round 3, Rutland Reservoir, Whitwell, UK June 11th/12th 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Sorry for the late update but been very busy since i got back to Ireland and this is the first chance i have write something about last weekends racing in the UK.I went back across to the UK last weekend as it was Round ..
- UKWA Inlands Round 2, Derwent Reservoir, UK May 14th/15th 2011 / Alastair Nichol (IRL-250) /
Alastair Nichol (IRL-250)Last weekend i traveled over to the UK for round 2 of the UKWA Inland Championships which was held in the North East of England. For me this was a return to a location i used to compete at as a youth in the North East Wi ..
