Arthur Pollet Freestyle clip with Wave Scape

Gautier Bourgeois on fire !

Gautier Bourgeois is leading the GPS Speedsurfing junior ranking with an average speed of 43,01 knots and a Vmax of 46,23knts !!! Racing Blade 4.9 and Patrik Speed 43, Gautier impressed many giuys that day on the beach. Congratulations !

here is results of the day :

Rigging camed Lofsails 2012

Freestyle rider Pierre Garambois in action with the Pure Lip 2012

Monty Spindler about the new Loftsails range 2012

Interview with Monty Spindler from The Loft TV on Vimeo.

Monty travel to Gran Canaria and interviewed by TV

Interview with Anders Björkqvist

It is almost a year since the Swedish speedrider Anders Bjorkqvist joined the Loft Team.
What is the overall impression on the water with The Loft Racing Blades?
I must say that all the Loft Sails that I have tried, they delivers immediately. And I like that they are so robust in the construction, still light in the hands.

How has the rigs improved your sailing?
Easy to answer! They have extremely good low-end acceleration for a racing sail from speeds 12-25 knots. A neutral feeling when you are powered up, around 30-35 knots of speed, and when I hit the big gusts and get overpowered, I feel secure. Very easy to sail when it gets ugly. Then I’m able to focus on the water rather than anything else. Compared to my previous sails I am about 2-3 knots faster in the whole register. All thanks to the sails.

Any trim tips?
I use SDM´s on from 7,0-9,5. But the setting is different depending of the spots. In some locations I need more acceleration, some other less. I use often around recommended downhaul or up to 1-2 cm more, and quite a lot of outhaul. Often neutral. And of course I use the adjustable trim a lot.

Favourite sail?
The Racing Blade 8.6 has been magic. That’s almost the only sail I use at home and it works well in winds up to 25 knots and in speeds up to 37-38 knots. On smaller boards too. And the 9.5 work also very well. I think Loftsails has a competitive advantage on the big sizes.

Any memorable moments of the past year?
A few days before the European Championship Speed Tour in Germany I fell and hurt a few fingers badly. Still I went to Germany. I sailed well and was in shared lead after 2 heats. But when I crashed in the third I not only broke my sail but also a finger. Still I managed to win the fourth heat and the whole event. That was sweet! Also the 3 weeks in Karpathos was something extra. Dirk Jan Knol added another dimension and I am not sure that he will win so much next year!

Are you happy with the past year?
Everything has worked very well. I have continued to sail on Carbon Art boards and the SP63 that I have designed together with James (Dinnis) is a smash-hit. I have also begun to use their slalom boards. But at the Swedish Championship in October I made a mistake and was seriously hurt in my head. That has affected the last months sailing. My ear is still not healed. I participated in Weymouth.

Looking forward?
The recession in the world affect us. I would like to have a Speed World Championship as we had on Karpathos in 2009. But I guess that none are able to raise the resources and do the effort to arrange that. I hope we at least will have a competitive international speed tour. I will do all I can to support that. I will try to travel and sail abroad about 7-8 weeks next year too. And next year in Weymouth I want to meet them all. It is the event 40-year anniversary and I hope to see Maka, Haywood, Hönschied, Dunkerbeck and Bringdal on the water next year in Portland Harbour, and at the pubs!