APT World Tour Tow-In Surfing Circuit, kicked the tour into gear today in high performance surf conditions at Puuena Point. Surf ranged in the 12 to the 18-foot range, some 30-foot faces Hawaiian Style.

Finisterre’s ambassador and the fantastic Zillian duo - Carlos and tow partner Eraldo Gueiros locked up second place at the APT World Tour Tow-In Surfing opener. Aside from charging Halewai with the worlds top big wave surfers and snatching up a second place finish, Carlos has been testing product for next year and currently gearing up for another visit to the British isles… we’ll keep you posted.

Us here at finisterre are stoked, beers are on the house at the local.
Get the facts..

http://www.protowsurfers.org

Making tracks in the Green Wave - Finisterre gets a mention on one of the leading environmental websites. We were stoked. Click the link to read in full.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/finisterre_maki.php

Our design director, Tom Podkolinski, will be making a presentation at the secondary schools conference on issues facing designers and manufacturers in the 21st century. Basing his talk on Finisterre’s direct experience, areas’s of discussion will include sustainability, air miles, recycling and the impact of new technologies in their particular field. The conference is taking place on Friday 2nd March at the Design and Making Centre, Pool, Cornwall. For details of availabilty please call 01209 86334 or email:dmcentre@cornwall. Should be a good day.

Now back on things in Aggie - a gale force WSW wind is blowing with a huge storm sea running - not much on at all, which is good for us as there is a stack of work to be getting on with. Rest ot the week looking better. Tuesday sees the wind more in the South with a 5-6ft sea running - sheltered spots could be worth the go. Wednesday sees a NW wind messing most things up for the North Coast - probably not enough N in it for the South Coast. Thursday and Friday looking like the best days of the week with a 4-5ft swell running and South winds all the way - should be a few options on at the more sheltered spots of the North Coast. Weekend could go either way, so check Thursday’s update for latest.

Just had a mental week in Poland on the wolf trails with some of the guys from here. Minus 15 deg. cel temps, snow, wind and then rain. Went snow shoeing and cross country skiing tracking following wolf and bear trails (cross country skiing is as hard as it looks). No direct sightings, but plenty of track activity. This year’s kit performed superbly well in the pretty extreme conditions. We also began to tweak ideas for the new stuff that’ll be out this September - all pretty exciting.

Fabric swatches, testing rooms and lab coats are just a first step in the creation of our technical products.
The second stage is a load of field testing and where theory meets reality.
So this Saturday we are off to track wolves (and test our new Finisterre gear) as part of a conservation project in Eastern Poland.

What’s on the cards:
Finisterre new product range
1 x founder, 1 x marketing director, 1 x design director, 1 x doctor
The Carpathian Mountains
8 x pairs of cross country skis and 2m of snow
minus 15ºC temps
days of snow/hail (or both);
1 x bearded wolf /bear tracker (and his Polish mead)
…and some wolves

We’ll let you know how we get on…