Welcome to a new season for the SWA

The SWA’s confirmed event dates for 2013-2014 are:

• 25th-27th Oct 2013: Aussie Kiss XII - Twelve Members of the Jury: Legal Systems
  
• 8th Nov - 10th Nov 2013: Northern Monkey VI
• 22nd Nov - 24th Nov 2013: Cardiff World Wave
• 6th Dec - 8th Dec 2013: BrUWE Wet Dreams V

• 24th Jan - 26th Jan 2014: Rhossy Wave Event
• 14th Feb - 16th Feb 2014: PlymEx Wave Event
• 28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2014: Nottingham Pondlife
• 14th Mar - 16th Mar: BUCS Windsurfing Championships @ Calshot

With NWF over for another year, and freshers week fast approaching, attention once again turns to the SWA and thoughts of Aussie Kiss 12 swelling like a well-watered pumpkin.

The SWA committee has been hard at work over the summer holidays to bring you another year of fun and frivolity.

There have been a few major changes in the SWA over the summer.

Most notably, long standing SWA director and all round hero Beaker has decided to step back from his commitments to the SWA after what seems like a lifetime of hard work.

I have to say that Beaker has been the inspiration that caused me not only to start my own uni windsurfing club, but also to become a member of the SWA committee. The countless hours he put in over the years will probably never be fully realized by most student windsurfers, and I’m sure his efforts will be sorely missed this year. (He assures me he will still attend events)

Also stepping down this year is the President Will Jones. Will has graduated, and is off on an adventure sailing round the world. Will’s organizational ability has made a huge impact on the SWAs work, and we hope that he will get involved again when he returns from his adventures.

 

Beaker	Will Jones

The Hoff

Stepping into the role is UWE’s own Richard Hofheinz or as everyone knows him “Hoff”. This fine specimen has spearheaded the surge of student windsurfing in the UWE club in recent years, and is a well known and loved character. He brings a ruthless planning structure to the table that is causing a lot of excitement for the coming year.

Sponsors

Every year we get a few new sponsors and this year is no different! This year we are joined by Seafarer Holidays. A few students and XSWA have worked for them, and we are really excited about what they can bring to the party.

Seafarer are a beach/boat holiday company, based in some fantastic spots for windsurfing.

Seafarer said “We provide a wide range of sailing holidays including beach clubs and flotillas, operating throughout Europe as well as the Carribbean. Our beach clubs are RYA recognised providing a wide range of courses, clinics and an instructor academy. As an ever growing company we look to make the most of our partnership with the SWA by providing discounted holidays for its members and also working together to keep windsurfing an ever prospering watersport.”

Also new on the SWA scene are HotSails Maui who already support SWA sailors like Chris Guest. They said "Hot sails are stoked to be involved with the SWA in the UK as We like to support ground level events and organizations.

We fully support and respect what the SWA are achieving."

Hot Sails are Distributed by BMA Distribution and can be found at www.Hotsailsmaui.com / facebook.com/HotSailsMauiUK and contacted at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call Anton 07812 166 846.

The SWA’s confirmed event dates for 2013-2014 are:

• 25th-27th Oct 2013: Aussie Kiss XII - Twelve Members of the Jury: Legal Systems
  
• 8th Nov - 10th Nov 2013: Northern Monkey VI
• 22nd Nov - 24th Nov 2013: Cardiff World Wave
• 6th Dec - 8th Dec 2013: BrUWE Wet Dreams V

• 24th Jan - 26th Jan 2014: Rhossy Wave Event
• 14th Feb - 16th Feb 2014: PlymEx Wave Event
• 28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2014: Nottingham Pondlife
• 14th Mar - 16th Mar: BUCS Windsurfing Championships @ Calshot

Over the next couple of weeks, the updates will be coming thick and fast about Aussie Kiss and the SWA event series. Keep up to date on the :Facebook: and :SWA Website: