Top of the World

Eric and his brother Christian reached a place late last week that a very select few have ever been - the summitt of Mt. Everest. Both Mike and Glenn have been watched their expedition daily, and never had any doubt at all that Eric wouldn't become the youngest Canadian to ever summit at the age of 20 years old. A full detail of their trip can be seen at:

http://www.cdneverest2008.com/

Reading the post about their summitt day was highlighted for me by this picture, and these few words from Christian:

Andrew passed me and we high-fived and hugged, and I waited for Eric. It was then that I was unexpectedly overcome with emotion and tears started to stream down my face, liquids I could hardy afford to lose! We had worked so hard to get here. I wanted Eric to lead us to the summit. I took a photo of him approaching and then fell in behind him and the two of us walked the last few steps to the highest point on Earth.

Congratulations Eric - nothing but respect from us here.

29,028 feet

If you have ordered from us in the last 2 years, Eric has likely had soemthing to do with the shiping of your order. Eric has been our shipping manager - but has left us for higher ground.....literally.

Eric left on the 26th for a climing trip to Everest - with full hopes if summitting. Eric's climbing resume is huge - in the fall he summited Cho Oyo after taking time off to go "hiking in Tibet". That gives a sense of Eric laid back approach when the 6th highest peak in the world is considered "a hike in Tibet".

We are following Eric on the team website at: http://www.cdneverest2008.com/ where they hope to update daily - and most hopefully in early May with reports of a successful summit push!

What is missing?

Devon Jones putting his Carve 111 and Gaastra Poison to good use in Northern Ontario. What is missing - whitecaps. With Devon blasting on a 5.8, a good testament to the Poisons power.

2007 in Review

A great year at Windsurfing Direct -both on the water and off. Mike got married, Glenn and his wife had a baby girl, Tristan had ACL surgery and is back to 100%, and Eric summited Cho Oyo in Nepal and is set to attempt Everest in the spring. Great sailing sessions and trips to Barbados, Jeri, Hatteras, and at home. Plus, our fantastic customers made it a pleasure to keep on bring the windsurfing comminuty the best customer service possible.

What was your best session of the year? Send you story and pictures of it to us at sales@windsurfing-direct.com and we will be sure to post it. To get the ball rolling, here is Glenn's session of the year:

"For Dinahs birthday we took our daughter to Sandbanks to camp (camping this year, with a 4 month old, meant staying in a beautiful little inn) and enjoy the beach. Sunday afternoon about 1:00 the wind came up to perfect 5.4 Gaastra Poison wind - and with the ladies napping on the beach I hit the water for a power session of about 90 mins of perfect sandbanks. 85 degress, port and starboard ramps everywhere and sweet frontside riding was a perfect session capped off with a particularly dry forward in front of the holiday weekend beach crowd"

Some shots from the past year:

Happy Holdidays from Windsurfing Direct

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE TEAM AT WINDSURFING DIRECT!

Many thanks to our valued customers and fellow windsurfers for a successful 2007 as America's #1 windsurfing source.We wish you a safe and happy holiday season.Best wishes for a healthy, prosperous and windy 2008.

Windsurfing Direct customer Greg Pucher playing Santa

Stand up or sit down?

Stand up paddling can be a lot of fun - but, Glenn shows that sit down sailing can be a lot of fun as well as he rides the last wave of the day to shore.

Hatteras Wrap Up

Sunset on the Sound

Glenn is just back from a couple of weeks in Hatteras - a great trip with a huge mix of conditions. Super Powered 4.2 sessions on the sound, light wind freestyle on the sound, maxed out 4.2 Hurricane Noel sessions on the oceanside, as well as a couple of nice lighter wind wave days at either Ego beach or the lighthouse. Hatteras is great in the later fall if you want to take a trip with the family where you can get away from any crowds and just spend time playing on the beach when you aren't sailing - however, lots of sailing to be had in the fall! I sailed about 11 times, never went more than one day between sailing sessions, and only a sail large than 5.4 (it was a 6.2) once!

Hurrincane Noel just getting warmed up