![]() ![]() ![]() I mostly run my clinics abroad for a few reasons. I still do a bit of freestyle I just don’t bend as much as the kids do anymore! That was my main focus but there was and always will be a love of waves so I am thankful now that I have the opportunity to wave sail and teach in the waves. Club Vass was perfect as all of the destinations were high wind and flat water allowing me to get pretty good pretty quick, for the level at the time, which lead to sponsorship and competitions. It wasn’t until I started working for Club Vass that freestyle really kicked off and was getting a lot bigger with new switch moves. When freestyle first came around we would all try on the way in to the beach from the waves in Australia. Then when I went to Australia I was exposed to waves even before freestyle. When I first started windsurfing I got into racing, a little bit of One Design, course racing, Aloha. ![]() Anyone who has ever caught and ridden a wave knows you can’t take that feeling away, it is such a nice feeling and I get that with every wave. It has taken me away from freestyle a little bit, but to be completely honest, after 10 solid years of doing freestyle I got a little bit bored, partly because I could not keep up with the moves the guys are doing now and partly because it doesn’t offer the same rush and experience of catching a wave. Not only the launching and landing and intro to waves stuff but also people looking to forward, back loop, push loop and get their turns and aerials dialled. Yes, I am hugely focusing on waves as I said. Just launching and getting out, that’s what has made my intro to wave clinics so popular. I do run flat water courses in Sardinia, but I find the waves more enjoyable myself and there’s a bigger gap in the market for guys who want to make the transition from freeride to wave – those who really want to go out on the coast but fail at the first hurdle. I don’t think I would run my own clinics there, I am most happy when teaching in the waves now. Would I go back to do clinics? I would to go back and do Speed Week with Dave White when he gets back on the water. Also now that foiling is a big part of the game, it is a really good location for that, just before it gets mega windy. I did go back for the first time in about three years (2017) and it was great to catch up with everybody. Would I go back? Hell yea! I love Club Vass. It was a very hard place to leave but seasonal life can get too much (after 11 years) and I found myself doing more and more private coaching and really enjoying it so the time seemed right to launch Windsurf Coaching. I owe an awful amount to Club Vass making it all a possibility for me, so a massive thank you to them! I loved it but my time came to move on and forge a path of my own. It was one of the best experiences of my life, I met so many lovely people and made some of my best friends. Club Vass actually turned me down but then offered me a job in Dahab as they were desperate! I spent 15 months in Dahab before going to Vassiliki where I then did 10 summer seasons in a row, three winter seasons at Club Margarita and two more running Club Dahab. When I came back from a trip to Australia and had sold all my kit I tried to find a job where I could use centre gear. #Dixon family surf boards how toIt is a lake so it taught me how to read the gusts and lulls and also it had short runs meaning I practised turning, a lot! Also in a northerly it’s the windiest place in Cornwall, special days. The last time I sailed there was about 10 years ago. I’m not often down that part of the country and when I am I favor the wave spots. We didn’t have any kiddy kit so my first sail was a mistral 3.7 wave sail on a 460 mast and I couldn’t lift it! Every six months my dad would take me round to my friend’s house who had a swimming pool, to test if I could lift it out of the water! Once I was ten I was strong enough to get the thing out of the water and started sailing at Siblyback Lake in the holidays properly.ĭo I ever go back to Siblyback? Not as much as I’d like. The instructor did say to my dad that I should perhaps try a different sport, but it did finally click in the last hour. I first jumped on a board at eight years old having had two days of lessons on the south coast of Cornwall. With stints in Vass, a helping hand to PWA voice Ben Proffitt in the commentary box, owner of and part of new Tenerife travel company Black Sands Travel LTD you could say Mr Dixon has his fingers in many windsurfing pies. #Dixon family surf boards proKnown to many as a globe trotting pro windsurfing coach Colin ‘Whippy’ Dixon’s windsurf teaching career stems way back. Used Good (1 available) Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.Pics: Adrian Irvine, Dasher Films, Mira Strashilova, Windsurf Tenerife ![]()
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