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Foux Du Fafa

Mon, 5 Mar 2012 13:38:25 +0000

I’ve been in france for a while now, had some good windsurfing, eaten some snails, had some wine so its been a pretty awesome trip. Here’s a couple of photos from La Franqi.

The Vans been awesome too, super quiet and warm. Will put more photos up soon...

Check out boardseeker in a few weeks for a full Leucate guide and story....bound to be an epic read...

Juicey Van...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:44:19 +0000

I’ve had a pretty busy week! After i picked up my new van a few weeks ago I had a chat to Gump at Juice Vansports and decided to do the interior of the van properly. I really wanted to save money and do it all myself but after seeing the quality of his work I changed my mind!! So I booked the van in with him for insulating, carpet lining, lighting, doing the floors, cruise control fitting, window fitting and new proper seats. Thinking this would be a small job I volunteered to help as I thought it would be fun....

Before Gumpys magic....

So on thursday morning I went to Juice in huddersfield. When I arrived we got started straight away, stripping the van out completely.

Then it was time to cut new panels, insulate the van, and make the roof. Gump has all the templates ready made for transporters so this was pretty quick! Within an hour the roof was ready and the windows were done.

Pre windows! Not the nicest thing watching someone chop into your new van!!

Once the windows were done we did the insulation, put the panels up then it was time for the mega impressive bit... the lining. I went for the nice covering for the ceiling, the Al catara....(think thats what its called!) looks awesome!! Somehow Gump managed to do the ceiling in one piece then the carpets down each side as one piece. Looks incredible!!

The last thing to go in was the flooring. We used heavy duty lino which again looks awesome. Then the posh lights were wired in and the seating done....

2 Captain seats with swivel base....

The interior....

So all in all it took us 30 hours over 2 days. By the end of it i was shattered! Pretty sure Gumpy was too!

Im currently on the Channel Tunnel lying in the back of the van on my nice comfy bed on the way for some windsurfing in france!

Will put more details of the van conversion up soon. I’d like to thank Gump at Juice Vansports lots for all the time and work that he put into the van to get it ready in time. It really is top quality. If you are thinking of getting your van converted or lined, or racked out I’d give Juice a call!

Having just driven 5 hours in the van its definitely a lot quieter and the seats are soooooo much better than the normal ones. Loving it.

More info on the trip soon!!

More Ireland and Van Progress...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:12:50 +0000

So here’s a few more photos from my new year trip to Ireland..
Check out the awesome mystic kit! so warm!

New van!

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:18:01 +0000

So after 5 years with the trusty transit the time came to move on to something a bit nicer to drive!

It took me a good few weeks to find what I wanted for my budget but ended up with this 2008 LWB T5 with 45000 miles so was pretty happy with that. Has aircon too so summertime driving will be nice.

So its time for the conversion to a windsurf van to start. Im hoping to do this van pretty well but its going to take a long time for me to finish! Next stage is getting cruise control fitted for the motorway driving, then its time to insulate the van.

Not entirely sure what im going to use, will put some photos up when i’ve done it!

The van looks awesome though, looking forward to a good drive tomorrow!The K718 number plate is on the way too... Here’s a little pic of the first van with the number plate, it was K reg so hence the sail number!

Hopefully a windsurf trip in it soon!

New Year trip to Ireland

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:23:37 +0000

So its been a busy month with a last minute 3 day trip windsurfing to Ireland, a week skiing in the best snow I’ve ever seen, selling my lovely van, and hopefully finding a newer one!

First the Ireland trip....

It was my first chance to test out my new mystic gear and I have to say it was much better than my older stuff! The wetsuit took a little getting used too as you have to climb in through the neck but once i had this cracked...(after 1 go) it was awesome. Mega warm and stretchy, love it. I got the harness with the boa system they use in snowboard boots in and again it was awesome. Lots of support! So despite the weather being pretty horrific (30 knots, hail, rain, and mist) I was nice and warm.

The conditions were awesome... more will follow about my trip so dont want to give it all away now!

The Skiing...

I went to Austria in the first week of January and there was so much snow! We stayed in a really nice Austrian run b&b which was a short walk from the lifts. Was pretty perfect!

As well has having loads of snow we had a couple of days of sun too. I took the Volkl RTM 84’s with me to test and they were incredible. Really good in the powder and on piste.

Back to windsurfing....

So after having my van for about 5 years and it taking me to Morocco, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland the time came to sell it. Within a day of putting it on Gumtree someone had come to buy it so was pretty ideal really but I was sad to see it go! I’m hoping to get a newer transporter in the next few days so hopefully back on the road soon. Pretty devastated i missed out on an awesome session at Bridlington with the Juice boys....the pics look awesome on facebook! Check them out!

Heres a pic of my lovely van so everyone can see him for one last time!

More on the Ireland trip soon....